Re: XP Validation Problem after Hdwe Change??


EW1947@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Aug 21, 11:17 am, "Ken Blake" <kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

So the answer, with an OEM version, is that there is no real answer.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Thanks for the info, Ken (and Alias above). I have no idea what I'll
do now. I guess I'll just get the motherboard replaced (by a service
tech) and let him deal with it. The C: drive should be fine, so I
anticipate that XP "should" boot up just fine, even with a different
motherboard. I'll worry about the validation thing later!

Stupid Dell!!! The darned thing should have lasted another 5
years!!! I babied it carefully, daily. Other people I know let their
systems run 24/7, don't clean them, could care less, and they run
forever. Me: I do the right things and it craps on me.

Oh well.

EW



Look at it this way. Five years is a pretty good life for any computer,
whether it has been well maintained or kept sloppily. But on the bright
side, by maintaining it well, it also means that you took care of the
other aspects of computer use and you could probably walk away from this
without having lost a single important file. And as for those who do not
normally take care of their systems, they experience crashes at the most
inopportune moments and without backups. Time to move on. Maybe your new
and more modern system will last 10 years.

.

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