I haven't activated my OEM Windows XP on the new computer
I built because the computer hangs (the mouse and keyboard
are non-responsive and the screen freezes on the view at
the time of hanging). Hanging intervals vary from hours to
minutes. I am pursuing hardware problems, but I'M
WONDERING IF NOT ACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE IS CAUSING THE
HANGING TO ANNOY ME INTO ACTIVATING IT. All the hardware
manufacturers are willing to take back their hardware for
testing. I'm going to start with the Soyo motherboard then
the Intel CPU then the power supply. I have two brands of
memory so I've ruled memory out. After that I'm going to
chunk the thing in the dumpster.

"WONDERING IF NOT ACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE IS CAUSING THE
HANGING TO ANNOY ME INTO ACTIVATING IT".

No. Not activating Windows XP right away has no detrimental affect
on any performance aspect. Did you install the motherboard chipset
drivers?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I haven't activated my OEM Windows XP on the new computer
| I built because the computer hangs (the mouse and keyboard
| are non-responsive and the screen freezes on the view at
| the time of hanging). Hanging intervals vary from hours to
| minutes. I am pursuing hardware problems, but I'M
| WONDERING IF NOT ACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE IS CAUSING THE
| HANGING TO ANNOY ME INTO ACTIVATING IT. All the hardware
| manufacturers are willing to take back their hardware for
| testing. I'm going to start with the Soyo motherboard then
| the Intel CPU then the power supply. I have two brands of
| memory so I've ruled memory out. After that I'm going to
| chunk the thing in the dumpster.