Hello,

I was able to do a successful repair install of Windows XP Pro after
changing from an Intel CPU and motherboard to an AMD 64 system. It went so
smoothly I still don't believe it! All applications work wonderfully and
faster (AMDs are fast). And I had started out with a lot of
none-too-good-outcome-scenarios in mind!!

The funny thing is that the reactivation requirement has popped up only
after the system has been used, shut-down, and restarted several times for
about a day! But the message indicates that I have only three days to do so.

I was wondering if there could be any problems in this process.

Thanks ahead for any input on this.

Chipper

Worst case scenario is you will need to use the telephone activation process
which takes only a few minutes.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Chipper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dhi02d$sq4$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I was able to do a successful repair install of Windows XP Pro after
> changing from an Intel CPU and motherboard to an AMD 64 system. It went so
> smoothly I still don't believe it! All applications work wonderfully and
> faster (AMDs are fast). And I had started out with a lot of
> none-too-good-outcome-scenarios in mind!!
>
> The funny thing is that the reactivation requirement has popped up only
> after the system has been used, shut-down, and restarted several times for
> about a day! But the message indicates that I have only three days to do
> so.
>
> I was wondering if there could be any problems in this process.
>
> Thanks ahead for any input on this.
>
> Chipper
>
>
>
>

Chipper wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was able to do a successful repair install of Windows XP Pro after
> changing from an Intel CPU and motherboard to an AMD 64 system. It
> went so smoothly I still don't believe it! All applications work
> wonderfully and faster (AMDs are fast). And I had started out with a
> lot of none-too-good-outcome-scenarios in mind!!
>
> The funny thing is that the reactivation requirement has popped up
> only after the system has been used, shut-down, and restarted several
> times for about a day! But the message indicates that I have only
> three days to do so.
>
> I was wondering if there could be any problems in this process.
>
> Thanks ahead for any input on this.
>
> Chipper

LOL! PA code is just as flawed, if not worse, than the rest of MS's
code. Sh*t happens, and it seems to happen more frequently when MS is
involved.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

Kurttrail,
You are such a troll. All you ever do is gripe about MS and tell people to
dump it and start using Linux.



"kurttrail" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Chipper wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was able to do a successful repair install of Windows XP Pro after
>> changing from an Intel CPU and motherboard to an AMD 64 system. It
>> went so smoothly I still don't believe it! All applications work
>> wonderfully and faster (AMDs are fast). And I had started out with a
>> lot of none-too-good-outcome-scenarios in mind!!
>>
>> The funny thing is that the reactivation requirement has popped up
>> only after the system has been used, shut-down, and restarted several
>> times for about a day! But the message indicates that I have only
>> three days to do so.
>>
>> I was wondering if there could be any problems in this process.
>>
>> Thanks ahead for any input on this.
>>
>> Chipper
>
> LOL! PA code is just as flawed, if not worse, than the rest of MS's code.
> Sh*t happens, and it seems to happen more frequently when MS is involved.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> whined:

> Kurttrail,
> You are such a troll. All you ever do is gripe about MS and tell people to
> dump it and start using Linux.

Can you contribute something to the subject at hand or can you only diss
Kurt? Both WPA and WGA are flawed. This is a proven fact, whether you like
MS, think Kurt is a troll, or don't change your underwear.

Alias
>
>
>
> "kurttrail" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Chipper wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was able to do a successful repair install of Windows XP Pro after
>>> changing from an Intel CPU and motherboard to an AMD 64 system. It
>>> went so smoothly I still don't believe it! All applications work
>>> wonderfully and faster (AMDs are fast). And I had started out with a
>>> lot of none-too-good-outcome-scenarios in mind!!
>>>
>>> The funny thing is that the reactivation requirement has popped up
>>> only after the system has been used, shut-down, and restarted several
>>> times for about a day! But the message indicates that I have only
>>> three days to do so.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if there could be any problems in this process.
>>>
>>> Thanks ahead for any input on this.
>>>
>>> Chipper
>>
>> LOL! PA code is just as flawed, if not worse, than the rest of MS's
>> code. Sh*t happens, and it seems to happen more frequently when MS is
>> involved.
>>
>> --
>> Peace!
>> Kurt
>> Self-anointed Moderator
>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
>> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>>
>
>

Bill wrote:
> Kurttrail,
> You are such a troll. All you ever do is gripe about MS and tell
> people to dump it and start using Linux.

LOL! Perhaps you can't read, but I didn't even mention "Linux," in the
post you responded to.

MS isn't God's gift to humanity. All it is, is a soul-less, greedy,
man-made, proven predatory monopolist of a corporation.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

Hello all,

Thanks for the informative responses!!! I did not know I touched on an
apparent sore subject!

Anyhow, I think that MS would also agree that it is not God's gift to
humanity. They would stress that it itself is its own gift to humanity,
maybe!

And, as far as the soul-less..... part goes, isn't that what big
businessses in America are all about? One can call them what they will, but
they do keep America leading the world in science and technology including
Information Technology. Or maybe not for long - the Chinese and Indians are
catching up fast and, perhaps, learning from our mistakes here, if any!

By the way, the online re-activation on the PC went off perfectly. I somehow
still cannot get over the smoothness of the repair install and reactivation
processes. From what I heard locally and read about, they could be tricky
sometimes on a hardware platform change! But I am happy, very very happy.

Regards and thanks.

Chipper




"kurttrail" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
: Bill wrote:
: > Kurttrail,
: > You are such a troll. All you ever do is gripe about MS and tell
: > people to dump it and start using Linux.
:
: LOL! Perhaps you can't read, but I didn't even mention "Linux," in the
: post you responded to.
:
: MS isn't God's gift to humanity. All it is, is a soul-less, greedy,
: man-made, proven predatory monopolist of a corporation.
:
: --
: Peace!
: Kurt
: Self-anointed Moderator
: microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
: http://microscum.com/mscommunity
: "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
: "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
:
:

Chipper wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Thanks for the informative responses!!! I did not know I touched on an
> apparent sore subject!

Not sore at all.

>
> Anyhow, I think that MS would also agree that it is not God's gift to
> humanity. They would stress that it itself is its own gift to
> humanity, maybe!

It is man-made. I don't worship at the shrine of MS as "Bill"
apparently does.

> And, as far as the soul-less..... part goes, isn't that what big
> businessses in America are all about?

Yep, and NO business entity is worthy of trust it hasn't earned.

All the trust MS has earned is popularizing the 3 finger salute.

> One can call them what they
> will, but they do keep America leading the world in science and
> technology including Information Technology.

And your evidence of that is? Since MS has become a major world player,
the US has been declining as the leader of science and technology. What
MS has done is dumbed down computing to the level of the average
American.

> Or maybe not for long -
> the Chinese and Indians are catching up fast and, perhaps, learning
> from our mistakes here, if any!
>
> By the way, the online re-activation on the PC went off perfectly. I
> somehow still cannot get over the smoothness of the repair install
> and reactivation processes. From what I heard locally and read about,
> they could be tricky sometimes on a hardware platform change! But I
> am happy, very very happy.
>
> Regards and thanks.

Congrats. But that you had activation not work the way it is supposed
to suggests that somewhere down the line, you may have problems with it
again.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

You really crack me up. In America corporations make money to pay there
employees and shareholders. There objective is basically to try and make a
better product then there competitors and sell there products for what ever
the market will pay. I'm sure you feel that somehow the world owes you
something so you should be able to run what ever software you have for free.
After all programmers don't deserved to be paid for there work! (NOT).
Please name me one large corporation who doesn't want to make money, doesn't
want to have a product that over 98% of the market wants to buy, or doesn't
want to try and put there competitors out of business?



Let me guess you work for a corporation where you have to pay to work there
and they give there product away free of charge?



"kurttrail" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bill wrote:
>> Kurttrail,
>> You are such a troll. All you ever do is gripe about MS and tell
>> people to dump it and start using Linux.
>
> LOL! Perhaps you can't read, but I didn't even mention "Linux," in the
> post you responded to.
>
> MS isn't God's gift to humanity. All it is, is a soul-less, greedy,
> man-made, proven predatory monopolist of a corporation.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>

Bill wrote:
> You really crack me up. In America corporations make money to pay
> there employees and shareholders.

No all of them are proven predatory monopolies.

> There objective is basically to try
> and make a better product then there competitors and sell there
> products for what ever the market will pay. I'm sure you feel that
> somehow the world owes you something so you should be able to run
> what ever software you have for free.

You're sure how I feel? And how long have you felt you possessed
psychic abilities to know how someone, you never met, feels?

> After all programmers don't
> deserved to be paid for there work! (NOT).

Make up your mind. Should they get paid or NOT? You have absolutely no
idea what my answer would be, but you should be able to figure out how
YOU feel about it.

> Please name me one large
> corporation who doesn't want to make money, doesn't want to have a
> product that over 98% of the market wants to buy, or doesn't want to
> try and put there competitors out of business?

One's that don't want problems with anti-trust regulators. You know,
the ethical kinds of businesses.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"