XP home edition refuses to load after changing mother board

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XP was installed by emachine that was zapped by lightining. After repalcing
the mother board with a generic brand, XP refuses to load it keep saying that
this is not an emachine. Tried to load from another CD and to use the legal
emachine software key, the process did not work. Called Microsoft they say
that this is two years old warranty expired, they wanted 35 dollars for
technical help. I do not believe this is fair. Appreciate any help in the
mean time, the new ivestment in the new mopther board have to wait till I
will be able to buy an operating system. Thank for any help you may provide.
My email is (e-mail address removed)
Dvid Shehadeh
 
If Windows XP was preinstalled by eMachine and you
did not replace the defective motherboard with the exact
eMachine replacement, your eMachine version of Windows
XP is not going to activate since it is looking for the same BIOS.
All you can do is to purchase a conventional "Full Version" of
Windows XP and proceed with a "Repair Install".

A preinstalled OEM version of Windows XP cannot be used
with a different type of motherboard. The license is tied to
a specific motherboard model and BIOS and cannot be transferred.
Also, the Windows XP Product Key provided with your eMachine
computer will not work with any other Windows XP CD.

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

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

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| XP was installed by emachine that was zapped by lightining. After repalcing
| the mother board with a generic brand, XP refuses to load it keep saying that
| this is not an emachine. Tried to load from another CD and to use the legal
| emachine software key, the process did not work. Called Microsoft they say
| that this is two years old warranty expired, they wanted 35 dollars for
| technical help. I do not believe this is fair. Appreciate any help in the
| mean time, the new ivestment in the new mopther board have to wait till I
| will be able to buy an operating system. Thank for any help you may provide.
|
| Dvid Shehadeh
 
Basically, how I understand it, most significant hardware components give
votes and a way of generating a product activation number reported back to MS
servers for authentication. It is an insane, but rightly paranoid way of
checking if people really HAVE paid blood money for, lets face it, the OS
everybody must have. As it is explained, it also applies to OEM
installations. And why should it not, one should be able to make upgrades,
having a completely "fine" OS that should not need to be bought AGAIN when
having only ONE installation on ONE machine. The EULA gives the right to
transfer the OS when giving or selling your machine, so why should it not
apply if you are having nature calling through the wires on your mobo? It is
not pirating.

The following is an excerpt from http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm dealing
with the technicalities of XP WPA (Windows Product Activation). Does it fly?

"Changing the motherboard
Installing a replacement motherboard will change the IDE controller, and
usually will mean that you change to a new, faster, processor. If the
processor is one with a serial number (Pentium III), then you lose a third
vote — including when you change to a processor with no serial number, such
as an Athlon. If you also add RAM, or if the motherboard is one with an
on-board SCSI adapter, that makes four or five categories now voting No — you
would need an unchanged NIC to avoid having to call in for reactivation. If
the new motherboard also has inbuilt video (and possibly even a NIC of its
own!), you run right out of Yes votes with this one hardware change.

Again, this doesn’t stop you from making such a hardware change, nor from
using Windows XP thereafter. The phone-in reactivation option was created for
just this type of situation. Also, this is an extreme example. Due to the
onboard features of some motherboards, this one hardware change is equivalent
to several changes at once."

Visit the page and get some useful information.

Nanookalook
 
Nanookaloo said:
Basically, how I understand it, most significant hardware components give
votes and a way of generating a product activation number reported back to
MS
servers for authentication. It is an insane, but rightly paranoid way of
checking if people really HAVE paid blood money for, lets face it, the OS
everybody must have. As it is explained, it also applies to OEM
installations. And why should it not, one should be able to make upgrades,
having a completely "fine" OS that should not need to be bought AGAIN when
having only ONE installation on ONE machine. The EULA gives the right to
transfer the OS when giving or selling your machine, so why should it not
apply if you are having nature calling through the wires on your mobo? It
is
not pirating.
Click to expand...


The EULA for an OEM edition of Windows XP does not allow the transfer or
resale of the license for the OS as it is part of the original OEM PC it was
installed to.
When that PC is no longer the machine the OEM shipped or is willing to
support then the license also is gone.
This is one reason why POEM license are considerably cheaper then retail
ones. They are one time use/non transferable license.


The following is an excerpt from http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm dealing
with the technicalities of XP WPA (Windows Product Activation). Does it
fly?

"Changing the motherboard
Installing a replacement motherboard will change the IDE controller, and
usually will mean that you change to a new, faster, processor. If the
processor is one with a serial number (Pentium III), then you lose a third
vote - including when you change to a processor with no serial number,
such
as an Athlon. If you also add RAM, or if the motherboard is one with an
on-board SCSI adapter, that makes four or five categories now voting No -
you
would need an unchanged NIC to avoid having to call in for reactivation.
If
the new motherboard also has inbuilt video (and possibly even a NIC of its
own!), you run right out of Yes votes with this one hardware change.

Again, this doesn't stop you from making such a hardware change, nor from
using Windows XP thereafter. The phone-in reactivation option was created
for
just this type of situation. Also, this is an extreme example. Due to the
onboard features of some motherboards, this one hardware change is
equivalent
to several changes at once."

Visit the page and get some useful information.

Nanookalook
Click to expand...

That page is all well and good when talking about Retail software - the
licensing for OEM products IS different.
If you have an issue with the license on your OEM PC then contact the OEM.

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