yes

yes. motherboards and cpus are not plug and play. you
will need to reinstall windows
>-----Original Message-----
>When I upgrade my motherboard and CPU, will it be
>necessary to reinstall the Win XP Pro OS?
>.
>

[Jim Macklin]

A repair reinstallation not a full clean install.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341&ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


> wrote in message
...
| yes. motherboards and cpus are not plug and play. you
| will need to reinstall windows
| >-----Original Message-----
| >When I upgrade my motherboard and CPU, will it be
| >necessary to reinstall the Win XP Pro OS?
| >.
| >