Re: Activation

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You can replace about 5 components - except the motherboard. The software is
"married" to that.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"NoWayJose" <no.way@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I bought an OEM version of Office 2003 about five months ago. The computer
> that I installed it on continually crashes for some unknown reason. I
> want
> to do a fresh install of WinXP Pro, but am worried about what Office 2003
> will do when I try to activate it after reinstalling WinXP. The only
> changes I have made to the desktop's harward has been to replace both the
> CD-ROM and CD-R drives with DVD-ROM and DVD+/-RW drives. Will these
> changes
> be enough to cause Office 03 not to work on my desktop ?


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