Re: New motherboard and processor - win xp?
- From: "Kevin" <webman6@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:10:38 -0700
This helps answer my post of today with the subject of: Building a new PC
can I use my old OEM XP install disk. I checked, and my version of XP is
not tied to the hardware as I DO HAVE the menu item of Activate Windows on
my Accessories>System Tools menu list. Thanks!
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pete <peteroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I'm about to install a new motherboard, processor and matching memory
> >in my pc, keeping the same hard drive.
> >
> >Will I have an issue with XP registration? I've taken part in the
> >genuine check thingy - but will I have to re-register, and is that
> >permitted?
> >
> >TIA, pete
>
> At a minimum you will have to do a Repair Install as per the
> instructions at http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm and
> then reactivate your Windows XP.
>
> If your Windows XP is an OEM version and if it is "BIOS Locked" then
> you may not be able to reactivate it on the new hardware unless the
> new motherboard is from the manufacturer/assembler of your computer.
>
> If your Windows XP came preinstalled on a new computer then it is
> almost certainly an OEM version. You can check this by opening
> Control Panel - System - General and looking at the 20 character
> Product I.D. Code shown in the "Registered to:" section of the Window.
> If the second segment of the Product I.D. Code is "OEM" then you do
> have an OEM version of Windows XP.
>
> To check for a possible "BIOS Locked" version look on the Start menu
> in the Accessories - System Tools category. If there is no "Activate
> Windows" entry then your OEM Windows XP is a BIOS Locked version and
> reactivation on a new motherboard not supplied by the same
> manufacturer will not go through.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
.
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