Hardware upgrades and win7

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:13:59 -0600, "R. C. White"
wrote:

?Hi, John.

One advantage of the much-maligned (often deservedly so) Windows Live Mail
is that it naturally handles long URLs:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-b314e04dd49a

No cut'n'paste required. ;)

MS solved this problem in the later versions of OE, and both WM and WLM
continue the proper handling. Last I checked, Outlook still does not.

Outlook? Outlook doesn't do Usenet, at least not natively, right?

--

Char Jackson

On 24/11/2010 17:51, Bob H wrote:
I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.

Thanks


Ok, thanks to all who replied on this.

My license is a retail one in that I purchased the DVD separately by pre
ordering from a local store last year.
My machine is homebuilt which I tend to upgrade about every 3 years, so
this will be a major upgrade when I install a new board, cpu and ram.

I have recently cloned the win7 system from one HD to another using
Acronis, and that went ok without any further problems.

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a suck
it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7 installation
afterwards.

Thanks

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a suck it
and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7 installation
afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really appreciate
if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM.
I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a time
(e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation are
based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components changed.
Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a system
upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is more like
moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!


"Bob H" wrote in message
...
On 24/11/2010 17:51, Bob H wrote:
I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.

Thanks


Ok, thanks to all who replied on this.

My license is a retail one in that I purchased the DVD separately by pre
ordering from a local store last year.
My machine is homebuilt which I tend to upgrade about every 3 years, so
this will be a major upgrade when I install a new board, cpu and ram.

I have recently cloned the win7 system from one HD to another using
Acronis, and that went ok without any further problems.

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a suck it
and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7 installation
afterwards.

Thanks

On 11/24/10 10:15 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:13:59 -0600, "R. C.
wrote:

?Hi, John.

One advantage of the much-maligned (often deservedly so) Windows Live Mail
is that it naturally handles long URLs:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-b314e04dd49a

No cut'n'paste required. ;)

MS solved this problem in the later versions of OE, and both WM and WLM
continue the proper handling. Last I checked, Outlook still does not.

Outlook? Outlook doesn't do Usenet, at least not natively, right?

I was referring to Windows Live Mail, sorry I should have made myself a
little more clear on that.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Professional
Thunderbird 3.1.6
Thursday, November 25, 2010 6:10:56 AM

R. C. White wrote:

?Hi, John.

One advantage of the much-maligned (often deservedly so) Windows Live Mail
is that it naturally handles long URLs:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-b314e04dd49a

No cut'n'paste required. ;)

MS solved this problem in the later versions of OE, and both WM and WLM
continue the proper handling. Last I checked, Outlook still does not.

RC

My news client is quite happy to display a long link on received posts.
No cut'n'paste required.

However when sending a long link I have to remember to turn off the Word
Wrap feature, otherwise it forces a new line at 80 characters.
So my fault in the first attempt.

--
John

On 11/25/2010 12:23 PM, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!

It won't work but your suggestion would bring the OP a lot of work that
is not needed. MS remembers changes for 120 days. Luck has nothing
whatsoever to do with it.

Still top posting like a newbie I see.

So, your advice is wrong and you're posting incorrectly. You're zero for
two. Maybe you should file this in one of your phony x-files.

--
Alias

Char Jackson wrote:

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:06:41 +0000, John Aldred
wrote:

Bob H wrote:

I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.


I have a vague memory of discussion about new motherboards in relation to
the revalidation of Windows.

I'm sorry but I can't remember where I saw this. Hopefully someone else
may have the information.

I think that the answer was that if you had a retail copy of the OS then
there shouldn't be too much of a problem with revalidation, but you may
have to contact Microsoft.

However if it is an OEM copy I believe it was said that this was
registered to a particular motherboard and would necessitate buying
another license.

*groan* Please don't dredge up the thread that went on for ages in
this newsgroup where a certain person incorrectly claimed that "the
computer" (for licensing purposes) referred to the motherboard, and
then went on to claim that his motherboard has a CPU and enough
storage onboard to run Windows. It was a mess of a thread.

No, you will be please to see it's not that one.

--
John

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:11:11 -0600, Roy Smith
wrote:

On 11/24/10 10:15 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:13:59 -0600, "R. C.
wrote:

?Hi, John.

One advantage of the much-maligned (often deservedly so) Windows Live Mail
is that it naturally handles long URLs:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-b314e04dd49a

No cut'n'paste required. ;)

MS solved this problem in the later versions of OE, and both WM and WLM
continue the proper handling. Last I checked, Outlook still does not.

Outlook? Outlook doesn't do Usenet, at least not natively, right?

I was referring to Windows Live Mail, sorry I should have made myself a
little more clear on that.

Gotcha, thanks.

--

Char Jackson

I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board
is a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board
must go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon is
DDR3, whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.


On 25/11/2010 11:23, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!


"Bob H" wrote in message
...
On 24/11/2010 17:51, Bob H wrote:
I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.

Thanks


Ok, thanks to all who replied on this.

My license is a retail one in that I purchased the DVD separately by
pre ordering from a local store last year.
My machine is homebuilt which I tend to upgrade about every 3 years,
so this will be a major upgrade when I install a new board, cpu and ram.

I have recently cloned the win7 system from one HD to another using
Acronis, and that went ok without any further problems.

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

Thanks

On 11/25/2010 06:46 PM, Bob H wrote:
I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board
is a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board
must go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon is
DDR3, whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.

So do it, reinstall Windows and if you can't activate on line, use the
phone option.

--
Alias

I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board is
a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board must
go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon is DDR3,
whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.

I guess so, it was just a thought as mentioned. Good luck!

"Bob H" wrote in message
...
I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board is
a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board must
go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon is DDR3,
whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.


On 25/11/2010 11:23, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!


"Bob H" wrote in message
...
On 24/11/2010 17:51, Bob H wrote:
I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.

Thanks


Ok, thanks to all who replied on this.

My license is a retail one in that I purchased the DVD separately by
pre ordering from a local store last year.
My machine is homebuilt which I tend to upgrade about every 3 years,
so this will be a major upgrade when I install a new board, cpu and ram.

I have recently cloned the win7 system from one HD to another using
Acronis, and that went ok without any further problems.

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

Thanks

Nothing valuable to be quoted

You are incapable of learning and have been proven beyond any reasonable
doubt to be a troll, so the reply was not for you.

There will be no 120-day limitation if no reactivation was incurred. As
mentioned, sometimes (meaning under certain conditions) a reactivation could
be avoided, and since there was no reactivation, neither will a 120-day
requirement incur.

This is a very simple and basic dependency relationship, and again, please
use your brain - Alias. -------- This is for you.

"Alias" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/2010 12:23 PM, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!

It won't work but your suggestion would bring the OP a lot of work that is
not needed. MS remembers changes for 120 days. Luck has nothing whatsoever
to do with it.

Still top posting like a newbie I see.

So, your advice is wrong and you're posting incorrectly. You're zero for
two. Maybe you should file this in one of your phony x-files.

--
Alias

On 11/26/2010 05:31 AM, xfile wrote:
Nothing valuable to be quoted

Yet you quoted it anyway.


You are incapable of learning and have been proven beyond any reasonable
doubt to be a troll, so the reply was not for you.

Oh, the little boy hurled an insult. How quaint.


There will be no 120-day limitation if no reactivation was incurred. As
mentioned, sometimes (meaning under certain conditions) a reactivation
could be avoided, and since there was no reactivation, neither will a
120-day requirement incur.

You don't know what you're talking about.


This is a very simple and basic dependency relationship, and again,
please use your brain - Alias. -------- This is for you.

The irony!


"Alias" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/2010 12:23 PM, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!

It won't work but your suggestion would bring the OP a lot of work
that is not needed. MS remembers changes for 120 days. Luck has
nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Still top posting like a newbie I see.

So, your advice is wrong and you're posting incorrectly. You're zero
for two. Maybe you should file this in one of your phony x-files.

--
Alias



--
Alias

On 11/25/2010 11:00 PM, xfile wrote:
I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board
is a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board
must go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon
is DDR3, whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.

I guess so, it was just a thought as mentioned. Good luck!

And an incorrect thought.


"Bob H" wrote in message
...
I can't install one part/component one at a time because the new board
is a 1156 socket and the old one is a 775 socket. So the cpu and board
must go together first. Then the ram I have ort will be getting soon
is DDR3, whereas the ram on my existing board is DDR2.


On 25/11/2010 11:23, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!


"Bob H" wrote in message
...
On 24/11/2010 17:51, Bob H wrote:
I am planning on some major upgrades quite soon, which includes a new
motherboard, cpu and ram. How will my existing installation of win7
64bit fare when the new hardware is installed.
Will I have to re install, repair, revalidate or what.

Thanks


Ok, thanks to all who replied on this.

My license is a retail one in that I purchased the DVD separately by
pre ordering from a local store last year.
My machine is homebuilt which I tend to upgrade about every 3 years,
so this will be a major upgrade when I install a new board, cpu and
ram.

I have recently cloned the win7 system from one HD to another using
Acronis, and that went ok without any further problems.

The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

Thanks




--
Alias

You are much older than me and this is the best you can do?

You really made my day, my dear Alias.



"Alias" wrote in message
...
On 11/26/2010 05:31 AM, xfile wrote:
Nothing valuable to be quoted

Yet you quoted it anyway.


You are incapable of learning and have been proven beyond any reasonable
doubt to be a troll, so the reply was not for you.

Oh, the little boy hurled an insult. How quaint.


There will be no 120-day limitation if no reactivation was incurred. As
mentioned, sometimes (meaning under certain conditions) a reactivation
could be avoided, and since there was no reactivation, neither will a
120-day requirement incur.

You don't know what you're talking about.


This is a very simple and basic dependency relationship, and again,
please use your brain - Alias. -------- This is for you.

The irony!


"Alias" wrote in message
...
On 11/25/2010 12:23 PM, xfile wrote:
The upgrade is going to happen regardless and I guess it will be a
suck it and see situation as to what I have to do with mywin7
installation afterwards.

I have not contributed anything to your inquiry, but would really
appreciate if you could share with us by letting us know the result.

Also, you mentioned that you will replace a new motherboard, CPU, and
RAM. I don't know if it's possible for you to replace one component at
a
time (e.g. a new motherboard with the old CPU and RAM, provided they
are
compatible with the board) instead of replacing all three critical
components at once.

The reason is that sometimes the activation scheme and Windows
operation
are based on the accumulated scores/points of critical components
changed. Replacing one critical component at a time is more like a
system upgrade/repair while replacing all three critical components is
more like moving to a new system.

So by replacing one at a time, you might avoid a reinstallation or
reactivation.

In any case, just a thought and good luck!!

It won't work but your suggestion would bring the OP a lot of work
that is not needed. MS remembers changes for 120 days. Luck has
nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Still top posting like a newbie I see.

So, your advice is wrong and you're posting incorrectly. You're zero
for two. Maybe you should file this in one of your phony x-files.

--
Alias



--
Alias