Re: changing mother board and proccessor

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From: qwerty (i_at_i.com.au)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:58:39 +1100

"Buddy Lunceford" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ce701c51599$bdbdf690$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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