Motherboard/CPU upgrade with XP-Pro

[Guest]

I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu. All other components will
remain the same. Does anyone know if this will create any problems taking
Windows XP updates? Or do I have to call Microsoft?
Anyone ran into any problems before?
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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| I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu. All other components will
| remain the same. Does anyone know if this will create any problems taking
| Windows XP updates? Or do I have to call Microsoft?
| Anyone ran into any problems before?
| Thanks for your reply.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

By Windows Update I take it you mean Activation. If you have not had to
activate in the past 120 days and have not made other major changes to your
system you should be able to activate on the internet. If not, the
activation wizard will present you with instructions, including a phone
number.

You will have to do a repair install in order to generate a hardware
abstraction layer compatible with the mobo and cpu. This is normal. You
will then need to go to Windows Update to bring your system up to date.
Previous upgrades (prior to changing the mobo) will be gone.

 

[Guest]

Not sure what you are trying to say: however when one performs a heart, lung
and liver transplant the Windows XP System will behave as if it had been
copied onto another PC and thus will not boot: part of the anti piracy
measures.

You will need to Repair Install: insert the Windows XP CD into your
computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen,
press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Note Your computer must be configured to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive. For more information about how to configure your computer to start
from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, see your computer's documentation or
contact your computer manufacturer.

You receive the following message on the Welcome to Setup screen that
appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on
your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the
box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.

After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of Windows
XP.

Note:
If you are performing a repair installation because there has been a major
configuration change [such as change of Hard Drive or Motherboard], then you
should check to see if this change is permitted according to your version of
XP.
OEM editions are not permitted to be ‘moved’ to new hardware, such as Mobo
or Hard Drive.

To ensure that the repair installation is ‘legal’ you may need to buy a
retail version or upgrade edition before performing this step.

Once installation is completed you wll be required to activate the XP
licence, you can phone Micrososft or do it over the internet.

By Windows Update I take it you mean Activation. If you have not had to
activate in the past 120 days and have not made other major changes to your
system you should be able to activate on the internet. If not, the
activation wizard will present you with instructions, including a phone
number.

You will have to do a repair install in order to generate a hardware
abstraction layer compatible with the mobo and cpu. This is normal. You
will then need to go to Windows Update to bring your system up to date.
Previous upgrades (prior to changing the mobo) will be gone.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu. All other components will
remain the same. Does anyone know if this will create any problems taking
Windows XP updates? Or do I have to call Microsoft?
Anyone ran into any problems before?
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu. All other components will
remain the same. Does anyone know if this will create any problems taking
Windows XP updates? Or do I have to call Microsoft?
Anyone ran into any problems before?
Thanks for your reply.

Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the 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

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
more stable than the Win9x group.

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

This will also probably require re-activation, unless you have a
Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro installed. 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.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Not sure what you are trying to say: however when one performs a heart, lung
and liver transplant the Windows XP System will behave as if it had been
copied onto another PC and thus will not boot: part of the anti piracy
measures.

No, this has *nothing* to do with anti-piracy measures, at this point.
It's purely a technical issue caused by the hardware changes.



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[Colin Barnhorst]

It is not an antipiracy measure. The problem is that the hardware
abstraction layer written to the harddrive when Windows was installed is
wrong and the OS cannot communicate with the new hardware. The repair
install writes a new hardware abstraction layer, among other things.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Not sure what you are trying to say: however when one performs a heart,
lung
and liver transplant the Windows XP System will behave as if it had been
copied onto another PC and thus will not boot: part of the anti piracy
measures.

You will need to Repair Install: insert the Windows XP CD into your
computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer.

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen,
press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Note Your computer must be configured to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive. For more information about how to configure your computer to start
from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, see your computer's documentation or
contact your computer manufacturer.

You receive the following message on the Welcome to Setup screen that
appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on
your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the
box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.

After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of
Windows
XP.

Note:
If you are performing a repair installation because there has been a major
configuration change [such as change of Hard Drive or Motherboard], then
you
should check to see if this change is permitted according to your version
of
XP.
OEM editions are not permitted to be 'moved' to new hardware, such as Mobo
or Hard Drive.

To ensure that the repair installation is 'legal' you may need to buy a
retail version or upgrade edition before performing this step.

Once installation is completed you wll be required to activate the XP
licence, you can phone Micrososft or do it over the internet.

By Windows Update I take it you mean Activation. If you have not had to
activate in the past 120 days and have not made other major changes to
your
system you should be able to activate on the internet. If not, the
activation wizard will present you with instructions, including a phone
number.

You will have to do a repair install in order to generate a hardware
abstraction layer compatible with the mobo and cpu. This is normal. You
will then need to go to Windows Update to bring your system up to date.
Previous upgrades (prior to changing the mobo) will be gone.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I'm planning to upgrade my motherboard and cpu. All other components
will
remain the same. Does anyone know if this will create any problems
taking
Windows XP updates? Or do I have to call Microsoft?
Anyone ran into any problems before?
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Oliver Walter]

....snip...

OEM editions are not permitted to be 'moved' to new hardware, such as Mobo
or Hard Drive.

Not true, except for some special cases (probably some kind of "own
brand" versions). See the thread on this very topic that I started
on 10 February in uk.comp.homebuilt

Oliver

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Well, Bruce, the usual suspects jumped on the antipiracy thing, I see.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Well, Bruce, the usual suspects jumped on the antipiracy thing, I see.

Yep. Scary, isn't it? ;-}

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