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changing mother board and proccessor
I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a
better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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"Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud AFAIU, yes, but you'll have to put in a call to the 'activation center' explaining this is due to an upgrade of motherboard and cpu. george |
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"Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud When I upgraded my motherboard, CPU and AGP graphics card all in one hit, a message came up that went something like - "we have noticed you have made major hardware changes to your system, click here to re-activate Windows XP". Put simply, your MB and CPU upgrade will not be a hassle. |
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Hi Buddy,
If you have a retail version of WindowsXP, then you will be able to reactivate on the new hardware. If you have an OEM version (whether that be a stand-alone disk bought with a piece of hardware, or a preinstalled system), then the change will be seen as a new system, and OEM versions are generally permanently tied to the original. In most cases, you will not be able to reactivate an OEM version on new hardware. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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Buddy Lunceford wrote:
I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud The answer mostly depends upon what type of license and installation CD you have for WinXP. If you have a retail license, you'll have no trouble. If you have an OEM license with a non-branded, generic OEM CD, you should also have no problem. If, however, you have an OEM license with a branded, BIOS-locked CD or a "Recovery" CD, you may well not be able to even install or repair the OS, much less successfully activate the it. Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at the very least: How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341 The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x group. As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any important data before starting. This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Alex Nichol has an excellent page on Windows Product Activation here
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm You may need to run a Repair Install immediately after you upgrade your hardware. This will rebuild the HAL and enable you to boot to the new system. Instructions can be found for How To Run A Repair Install at http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm -- Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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Rick:
The latest hair-splitting on the oem/motherboard replacement issue from Microsoft is that a faulty motherboard can be replaced and still activated because that's a repair, but if it's an upgrade or a replacement just for the fun of it, that doesn't qualify. That takes care of activation. The problem of a bios-locked oem cd not running on the new motherboard is a whole other issue, should a repair install be required. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi Buddy, If you have a retail version of WindowsXP, then you will be able to reactivate on the new hardware. If you have an OEM version (whether that be a stand-alone disk bought with a piece of hardware, or a preinstalled system), then the change will be seen as a new system, and OEM versions are generally permanently tied to the original. In most cases, you will not be able to reactivate an OEM version on new hardware. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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The latest hair-splitting on the oem/motherboard replacement issue from
Microsoft is that a faulty motherboard can be replaced and still activated because that's a repair, Yes, as long as it's a replacement of the same board. It's not considered a repair if you replace it with a different make/model. This is actually fine under activation, you can replace any component with another of the same one. As in, you can replace a AMD 2700XP chip with another AMD 2700XP chip without adding to the count, but if you replace it with an AMD Duron, then that will trigger one of the points counted towards needing reactivation. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "D.Currie" wrote in message ... Rick: The latest hair-splitting on the oem/motherboard replacement issue from Microsoft is that a faulty motherboard can be replaced and still activated because that's a repair, but if it's an upgrade or a replacement just for the fun of it, that doesn't qualify. That takes care of activation. The problem of a bios-locked oem cd not running on the new motherboard is a whole other issue, should a repair install be required. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi Buddy, If you have a retail version of WindowsXP, then you will be able to reactivate on the new hardware. If you have an OEM version (whether that be a stand-alone disk bought with a piece of hardware, or a preinstalled system), then the change will be seen as a new system, and OEM versions are generally permanently tied to the original. In most cases, you will not be able to reactivate an OEM version on new hardware. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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That's not what was said at a recent seminar. If it's being replaced because
the old one is dead or defective, it doesn't matter if it's not the same one, as far as activation, although it may make a difference if it's a customized oem cd. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... The latest hair-splitting on the oem/motherboard replacement issue from Microsoft is that a faulty motherboard can be replaced and still activated because that's a repair, Yes, as long as it's a replacement of the same board. It's not considered a repair if you replace it with a different make/model. This is actually fine under activation, you can replace any component with another of the same one. As in, you can replace a AMD 2700XP chip with another AMD 2700XP chip without adding to the count, but if you replace it with an AMD Duron, then that will trigger one of the points counted towards needing reactivation. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "D.Currie" wrote in message ... Rick: The latest hair-splitting on the oem/motherboard replacement issue from Microsoft is that a faulty motherboard can be replaced and still activated because that's a repair, but if it's an upgrade or a replacement just for the fun of it, that doesn't qualify. That takes care of activation. The problem of a bios-locked oem cd not running on the new motherboard is a whole other issue, should a repair install be required. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi Buddy, If you have a retail version of WindowsXP, then you will be able to reactivate on the new hardware. If you have an OEM version (whether that be a stand-alone disk bought with a piece of hardware, or a preinstalled system), then the change will be seen as a new system, and OEM versions are generally permanently tied to the original. In most cases, you will not be able to reactivate an OEM version on new hardware. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Buddy Lunceford" wrote in message ... I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud |
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-----Original Message----- I'm having problems with my system, can I upgrade to a better mother board and proccessor and still be able to activate? thanks, bud . Hey guys, thanhs for the informative responses! I do have retail full version XP Home cd. I have 2 120gig drives and inten to reformat the slave and use it for a reinstall. That should get around the "pulling the rug" thing. I liked that analogy. thanks again, bud |
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