XP Home Re-Activation Question

[cooltouch]

My PC is about eight years old now, and I plan to replace the motherboard,
CPU, memory, and hard drive very soon. All other components will remain with
the possible exception fo the power supply, which may need to be upgraded.
The system is a digital audio workstation and I also use it for rather
intensive graphics applications. Baby needs a lot more ram and the current
MB/CPU can't handle it.

I'm running XP right now, and because of all the new stuff I'll be
installing, I plan just to re-install XP. Which means I'll have to
re-activate it. Once re-activated, I plan to d/l Windows 7 and, if I like
it, I'll upgrade to it as soon as it becomes generally available.

But my concern right now is, how am I going to convince MS that this is the
same machine, just upgraded, and that I'm not trying to install the OS on
another?

I've already been through a system crash on this same machine, which
required re-installation of XP, and I ended up having to re-activate it over
the phone. But that wasn't too bad, because it was the same machine with all
the same hardware. Things will be a lot different the next time I have to go
through this.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[Daave]

My PC is about eight years old now, and I plan to replace the
motherboard, CPU, memory, and hard drive very soon. All other
components will remain with the possible exception fo the power
supply, which may need to be upgraded. The system is a digital audio
workstation and I also use it for rather intensive graphics
applications. Baby needs a lot more ram and the current MB/CPU
can't handle it.

I'm running XP right now, and because of all the new stuff I'll be
installing, I plan just to re-install XP. Which means I'll have to
re-activate it. Once re-activated, I plan to d/l Windows 7 and, if I
like it, I'll upgrade to it as soon as it becomes generally available.

But my concern right now is, how am I going to convince MS that this
is the same machine, just upgraded, and that I'm not trying to
install the OS on another?

See this post:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...p.help_and_support/msg/1545b49f833f0c43?hl=en

 

[db ´¯`·.. >]

my suggestion is to
simply take that
old hard drive which
has xp on it and

install it in the new
machine, when you
get it.

the old drive can be
of great benefit, plus
the xp on it will serve
as a alternate method
to boot up the machine.

of course, that winxp
will have to go through
a "repair installation" in
order to produce a new
hard ware hash,

then ascertain a new
activation code.

since win xp is installed
on one machine, you will
be in compliance and get
the activation from microsoft.

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re-Activating after a clean install should go off without a hitch, assuming
you have the requisite information to do so.

WinXP will not be a valid Upgrade path for Win7: You'd have to format & do a
clean install of a retail version of Win7.

 

[Alias]

My PC is about eight years old now, and I plan to replace the motherboard,
CPU, memory, and hard drive very soon. All other components will remain with
the possible exception fo the power supply, which may need to be upgraded.
The system is a digital audio workstation and I also use it for rather
intensive graphics applications. Baby needs a lot more ram and the current
MB/CPU can't handle it.

I'm running XP right now, and because of all the new stuff I'll be
installing, I plan just to re-install XP. Which means I'll have to
re-activate it. Once re-activated, I plan to d/l Windows 7 and, if I like
it, I'll upgrade to it as soon as it becomes generally available.

But my concern right now is, how am I going to convince MS that this is the
same machine, just upgraded, and that I'm not trying to install the OS on
another?

I've already been through a system crash on this same machine, which
required re-installation of XP, and I ended up having to re-activate it over
the phone. But that wasn't too bad, because it was the same machine with all
the same hardware. Things will be a lot different the next time I have to go
through this.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

You'll be upgrading your machine which is within the EULA guidelines. If
it's been over 120 days since your last activation or hardware upgrade,
it will activate on line. If not, use phone activation and tell them you
upgraded your computer. What parts you upgraded are none of their
business and are not required by MS to activate. XP cannot be upgraded
to Windows 7, btw. You have to have Vista installed or do a clean install.

Alias

 

[Peter Foldes]

You need to format your hard drive and reinstall windows.


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[D.]

is that ALL you ever have to say ?
you are full of SHIT !!!!!!!!
D.

 

[Twayne]

That posted response was written by a malicious impersonator; completely
ignore it.