getting new motherboard and cpu, do I need to reactivate?

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I plan on purchasing a new motherboard and cpu, do I need to reactivate my copy of xp home?

 

[t.cruise]

Not only will you have to reactivate (if it's been more than 120 days since
your first activation, you'll be able to quickly activate again with the
wizard), you will have to do a Repair Install of Windows XP after installing
the new motherboard and CPU. A Repair Install will save your programs,
settings and data files, but will change Windows XP system files and the
registry. For a step by step walk through of a Repair Install:

http://www.web.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

When the page opens, scroll down and click on: How To Run A Repair
Install.

IF YOUR WINDOWS XP CD IS AN OEM VERSION, TIED TO YOUR PREVIOUS MOTHERBOARD:
Then ignore the above. You'd have to purchase a retail version of Windows
XP.
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Good evening,

I plan on purchasing a new motherboard and cpu, do I need to reactivate my

copy of xp home?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM licenses are not
transferable to a new motherboard), unless your motherboard is
virtually identical (same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS
version, etc.) to the one on which the other WinXP installation was
originally performed, you'll need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place
upgrade) installation, at the very least:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341

As always when undertaking such a significant change, back up any
important data before starting.

This will also require re-activation. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most
likely be able to activate via the internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.


Bruce Chambers
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[Michael Stevens]

Good evening,

I plan on purchasing a new motherboard and cpu, do I need to
reactivate my copy of xp home?

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[Alex Nichol]

I plan on purchasing a new motherboard and cpu, do I need to reactivate my copy of xp home?

See www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

You may or may not: if you have a Network card (NIC) installed that has
always been there since before initial activation, you have to change
quite a lot of other things. You will be changing the board (as
represented by IDE controllers), the CPU, possibly a CPU Serial number,
if one is a Pentium III, and probably the amount of RAM. Then you
*might* change the video adapter, especially if one board has on board
video. If you take the Hint in 'Format a hard drive' at that page, and
reset the volume serial number after formatting and before activating,
it may go through on the net - and certainly will if it is over 120
days since you activated the first time. Even if it doesn't, and says
you have installed 'too many times' (a disconcerting way to put it),
activating by phone is no very big hassle provided you expect it.