I have an installed, activated, upgrade version of Windows 7. I had a full version of XP, which I used to activate Win 7 (I think - this was quite a while ago).
I've bought a new motherboard/CPU/memory/graphics card, but now can't find my original XP! We've moved in between, so it must have gone missing then.
So, my question is: if I just change the hardware, will I be prompted to activate? If so, how can I do it? Is there any way I can get the serial number of the full XP from my current install? I'm not clear at all how I should proceed.
I've bought a new motherboard/CPU/memory/graphics card, but now can't find my original XP! We've moved in between, so it must have gone missing then.
So, my question is: if I just change the hardware, will I be prompted to activate? If so, how can I do it? Is there any way I can get the serial number of the full XP from my current install? I'm not clear at all how I should proceed.