new motherboard

[harly]

Hey everyone, can some one tell me please when i upgrade
my wifes pc with a new m/board and cpu, how will it affect
the licensing issue of WinXPro on that system? Do i ring
MS and explain to them what i've done? Not quite sure here.
Thanks, Harly

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Harley;
A Repair Installation is normally required to properly detect the new
hardware:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
Worst case will be a 5 minute toll free call to Microsoft as long as
Windows XP is retail.

If Windows XP is OEM, the above may not be possible.

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"harly" > wrote in message
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> Hey everyone, can some one tell me please when i upgrade
> my wifes pc with a new m/board and cpu, how will it affect
> the licensing issue of WinXPro on that system? Do i ring
> MS and explain to them what i've done? Not quite sure here.
> Thanks, Harly