Yeah--just put all of your shit in at once and tell MS you upgraded. Seems
like a whole lot less work than all that crap.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "rls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'The Hardware List'" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: [H] activation of XP questions
Really don't want to have to go through the re-activation on XP - have new
CPU (but both are AMD 939 - one is just a bit faster though), Motherboard,
video card, and memory // with motherboard will also be new NIC.
So I could stage this install if it would help.
Before I start, would it help if I uninstalled the NIC before the swap?
Ok I can start with the new motherboard and use the old cpu, current
cd/dvd
drives, same amt of memory amount ( I guess its not brand just amount will
install 1 stick of 1 gig not 2 @ 512) , obviously use the old hard drive.
According to my understanding of reactivation scheme -
to start with it will be new video
New nic,
IDE controller serial number
So my number is only 3 and I am thinking that my cpu change should only
account for 1 not 2 points that I might include that in the first
iteration.
Then in the course of the week add the additional memory, swap a DVD-ram
for
the cd writer and DVD player. I have seen no references that one has to
wait
any predetermined amount of time between updates.
Am I missing something? Any other suggestions?
Thanks
