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drblbaker
It seems like in ealier versions of Windows I deleted sections that
dealt with the motherboard and then at restart, it just detected the
new hardware and restarted once or twice.
Isn't there a simple way to still do this?
Not really worried about reactivationg I guess. REALLY don't want to
go the repair route. Probably means reinstalling programs, data
settings etc, etc etc.
Thanks again
Bruce
dealt with the motherboard and then at restart, it just detected the
new hardware and restarted once or twice.
Isn't there a simple way to still do this?
Not really worried about reactivationg I guess. REALLY don't want to
go the repair route. Probably means reinstalling programs, data
settings etc, etc etc.
Thanks again
Bruce
Colin said:The motherboard plays a large role in the activation scheme so you may
very
well have to reactivate. Don't worry about that. It is easily done
over
the internet, especially if you have made no other changes to your
system in
the last 120 days. If you need to activate by phone, the activation
process
will tell you what to do.
You should back up your system fully.
You may have to do a repair installation (install in place). See and
out ahead of time:
http://tinyurl.com/2zgk
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"drblbaker" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
I need to install a new motherboard on a machine with XP sp2 and all
current updates. The existing mb is Gigabyte and I would prefer to
replace with Asus and a much faster chip.
What steps should I take in XP to avoid having to reinstall,
reactivate, etc.? It seems to me that there are drivers related
specifically to the mb and that they should be removed or there will
be
a conflict.
Thanks for any suggestions.