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It seems like in ealier versions of Windows I deleted sections that
dealt with the motherboard and then at restart, it just detected the
new hardware and restarted once or twice.
Isn't there a simple way to still do this?
Not really worried about reactivationg I guess. REALLY don't want to
go the repair route. Probably means reinstalling programs, data
settings etc, etc etc.
Thanks again
Bruce
Colin Barnhorst Wrote:
> The motherboard plays a large role in the activation scheme so you may
> very
> well have to reactivate. Don't worry about that. It is easily done
> over
> the internet, especially if you have made no other changes to your
> system in
> the last 120 days. If you need to activate by phone, the activation
> process
> will tell you what to do.
>
> You should back up your system fully.
>
> You may have to do a repair installation (install in place). See and
> print
> out ahead of time:
> http://tinyurl.com/2zgk
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "drblbaker" drblbaker.1kk4dn@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:drblbaker.1kk4dn@pcbanter.net...-
>
> I need to install a new motherboard on a machine with XP sp2 and all
> current updates. The existing mb is Gigabyte and I would prefer to
> replace with Asus and a much faster chip.
>
> What steps should I take in XP to avoid having to reinstall,
> reactivate, etc.? It seems to me that there are drivers related
> specifically to the mb and that they should be removed or there will
> be
> a conflict.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
> --
> drblbaker-
--
drblbaker
It seems like in ealier versions of Windows I deleted sections that
dealt with the motherboard and then at restart, it just detected the
new hardware and restarted once or twice.
Isn't there a simple way to still do this?
Not really worried about reactivationg I guess. REALLY don't want to
go the repair route. Probably means reinstalling programs, data
settings etc, etc etc.
Thanks again
Bruce
Colin Barnhorst Wrote:
> The motherboard plays a large role in the activation scheme so you may
> very
> well have to reactivate. Don't worry about that. It is easily done
> over
> the internet, especially if you have made no other changes to your
> system in
> the last 120 days. If you need to activate by phone, the activation
> process
> will tell you what to do.
>
> You should back up your system fully.
>
> You may have to do a repair installation (install in place). See and
> out ahead of time:
> http://tinyurl.com/2zgk
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "drblbaker" drblbaker.1kk4dn@pcbanter.net wrote in message
> news:drblbaker.1kk4dn@pcbanter.net...-
>
> I need to install a new motherboard on a machine with XP sp2 and all
> current updates. The existing mb is Gigabyte and I would prefer to
> replace with Asus and a much faster chip.
>
> What steps should I take in XP to avoid having to reinstall,
> reactivate, etc.? It seems to me that there are drivers related
> specifically to the mb and that they should be removed or there will
> be
> a conflict.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
> --
> drblbaker-
--
drblbaker