Installing a New upgrade CPU on a Windows XP Pro. machine

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"Roger C. Bledsoe" wrote:

| Do I had to get a new installation key to use when I install a upgrade CPU on
| a Windows XP Professional OS machine plus upgrading my system memory too?
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| Roger C. Bledsoe

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NobodyMan wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:59:02 -0700, "Roger C. Bledsoe"
> <RogerCBledsoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Do I had to get a new installation key to use when I install a upgrade CPU on
>>a Windows XP Professional OS machine plus upgrading my system memory too?
>
>
> You won't need a "new" installation key. However, you more than
> likely will need to do a repair installation of XP, which will require
> you to enter your Product Key. If it is showing in the MS database as
> already having been used, you'll need to make a phone call to MS to
> activate the OS.
>
Incorrect. CPU and/or RAM upgrades do not require repair or activation.

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Hi, only a change in chipset will require a repair installation, a change in
CPU will not...
ChrisC
"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:40:12 -0400, Triffid <triffid@nebula.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>NobodyMan wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:59:02 -0700, "Roger C. Bledsoe"
>>> <RogerCBledsoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Do I had to get a new installation key to use when I install a upgrade
>>>>CPU on
>>>>a Windows XP Professional OS machine plus upgrading my system memory
>>>>too?
>>>
>>>
>>> You won't need a "new" installation key. However, you more than
>>> likely will need to do a repair installation of XP, which will require
>>> you to enter your Product Key. If it is showing in the MS database as
>>> already having been used, you'll need to make a phone call to MS to
>>> activate the OS.
>>>
>>Incorrect. CPU and/or RAM upgrades do not require repair or activation.
>
> RAM upgrades? No. CPU upgrades? Maybe. It depends on how different
> the processor is from it's predecessor. If it's a major change, a
> repair install may be in order.
>

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Tweak wrote:
> ChrisC Wrote:
>
>>Hi, only a change in chipset will require a repair installation, a
>>change in
>>CPU will not...
>>
>
>
> ^^^ True. you can change cd drives cound cards video cards ram
> processors ect and dont need to do anything in window. ONLY the chipset
> do you need to do that. I've swaped out proccesorr all the time. From
> celeron to penium 3s and P4's with no problem
>
>
That isn't true. In my case I swapped the motherboard, CPU, and memory
without having to reactivate. Replacing the CD recorder with a DVD
recorder triggered the reactivation.

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but reactivation or not - its not going to mess with my files if put my
current hardware and windows installation onto a new mobo with a new
cpu?

reactivation and repair installs arent as much of a problem (as i own a
copy of windows) as my files getting messed up


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