Upgrading to much hardware = forced to buy a new license for my XP

[Guest]

I have just bought a whole bunch of new hardware for me and my girlfriends
computers. But after upgrading and restarting the system; windows states that
i need to re-activate my windows.

But this is not allowed: Windows tells me that my license key is not valid.

After reading through a bunch of posts from different websites - I get the
understanding that i need to buy a whole new windows !! This can´t be true,
right ? - Is there actually a "maximum" number of hardware that is allowed to
change ????

 

[DL]

If you upgraded hardware you will have to undertake a repair install of win.
However certain pc makers lock the supplied win cd to the specific hw as was
origonally supplied.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

This should give you some background. Unless you have one of the illegal
keys, all you really need to do is phone in the activation.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org