Activation

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Alright, I built my computer at home and I have recently had to upgrade the
hard drive, processor, motherboard, video card, and system memory. I have
installed windows but it will not allow me to use the same activation key
because its already in use. The old hard drive was filled with nasty viruses
so I am not even going to use it again. How do I go about trying to activate
my windows XP Pro SP 2 on the new system?
 
Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

"activate by phone".

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890/en-us

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| Alright, I built my computer at home and I have recently had to upgrade the
| hard drive, processor, motherboard, video card, and system memory. I have
| installed windows but it will not allow me to use the same activation key
| because its already in use. The old hard drive was filled with nasty viruses
| so I am not even going to use it again. How do I go about trying to activate
| my windows XP Pro SP 2 on the new system?
 
Acrew3 said:
Alright, I built my computer at home and I have recently had to upgrade the
hard drive, processor, motherboard, video card, and system memory. I have
installed windows but it will not allow me to use the same activation key
because its already in use. The old hard drive was filled with nasty viruses
so I am not even going to use it again. How do I go about trying to activate
my windows XP Pro SP 2 on the new system?
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You need to activate by phone.

Alias
 
Alright, I built my computer at home and I have recently had to
upgrade the hard drive, processor, motherboard, video card, and system
memory. I have installed windows but it will not allow me to use the
same activation key because its already in use. The old hard drive was
filled with nasty viruses so I am not even going to use it again. How
do I go about trying to activate my windows XP Pro SP 2 on the new
system?
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Sounds more like a whole new computer, not an upgrade. And why don't you
want to use the old HD ?
 
DanS said:
Sounds more like a whole new computer, not an upgrade. And why don't you
want to use the old HD ?
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It's an upgrade as long as some of the original parts are still there,
like a screw for instance. A new computer would be, well, new with no
old parts.

Alias
 
It's an upgrade as long as some of the original parts are still there,
like a screw for instance. A new computer would be, well, new with no
old parts.

Alias
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According to M$, a new motherboard constitutes a new computer, at least
as far as OEM licensing, unless the MB was faulty and replaced with the
same MB.

NOT THAT I AGREE WITH THAT !!
 
DanS said:
According to M$, a new motherboard constitutes a new computer, at least
as far as OEM licensing, unless the MB was faulty and replaced with the
same MB.

NOT THAT I AGREE WITH THAT !!
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Not according to the EULAs I have with three computers, one XP Pro
English, one XP Pro Spanish and one XP Home, all generic OEMs. What
Carey and other refer to are the rules for a system builder, not an end
user.

Alias
 
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