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Reinstall - Starting Over
I am currently in the process of rebuilding my personal
computer, i.e. new motherboard, CPU, memory, drives, burners, video etc... I have heard so many horror stories about once you install a certain copy of XP on your computer the hardware is locked in somewhere and it will not function if it is all together changed. So will I ahve to call Microsoft and "unlock" my installation before it will allow me online ever again? Or is this something that doesn't really happen? I am going to reuse my main hard drive, but due to some registry problems, inadequate partitions, etc.,I am going to re-format and start all over. Any information or advice would be greatly appreicated. Gary P |
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"Gary P" wrote:
I am currently in the process of rebuilding my personal computer, i.e. new motherboard, CPU, memory, drives, burners, video etc... I have heard so many horror stories about once you install a certain copy of XP on your computer the hardware is locked in somewhere and it will not function if it is all together changed. So will I ahve to call Microsoft and "unlock" my installation before it will allow me online ever again? Or is this something that doesn't really happen? This is the case. Change the hardware and then reinstall Windows on top of the existing files by booting from the Windows-CD. Once you are done with this you will be prompted for to re-activate the copy what will work the same way as when you installed Windows XP for the first time. -- (tm) |
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Thorsten,
Thanks for the reply. Gary "Thorsten Matzner" wrote in message ... "Gary P" wrote: I am currently in the process of rebuilding my personal computer, i.e. new motherboard, CPU, memory, drives, burners, video etc... I have heard so many horror stories about once you install a certain copy of XP on your computer the hardware is locked in somewhere and it will not function if it is all together changed. So will I ahve to call Microsoft and "unlock" my installation before it will allow me online ever again? Or is this something that doesn't really happen? This is the case. Change the hardware and then reinstall Windows on top of the existing files by booting from the Windows-CD. Once you are done with this you will be prompted for to re-activate the copy what will work the same way as when you installed Windows XP for the first time. -- (tm) |
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"Gary" wrote:
Thanks for the reply. You are welcome. -- (tm) |
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