xp home activate problem

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I recently had only my motherboard replaced, and nothing else was touched.
After I got my computer back from the shop, the activate Windows bubble
appeared. I did not do anything because I thought that it would go away. All
I had was a new motherboard placed in. Windows works fine and all my programs
and stuff are the same. When I try to put in my cd key for Windows XP Home,
it keeps telling me that I have an invalid cd key and will not let me
activate it. Please help me solve this problem.

 

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Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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"jreddevil07" wrote:

| I recently had only my motherboard replaced, and nothing else was touched.
| After I got my computer back from the shop, the activate Windows bubble
| appeared. I did not do anything because I thought that it would go away. All
| I had was a new motherboard placed in. Windows works fine and all my programs
| and stuff are the same. When I try to put in my cd key for Windows XP Home,
| it keeps telling me that I have an invalid cd key and will not let me
| activate it. Please help me solve this problem.

 

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"jreddevil07" <jreddevil07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8619EA13-71B9-4A1C-B094-F57152647553@microsoft.com...
>I recently had only my motherboard replaced, and nothing else was
>touched.
> After I got my computer back from the shop, the activate Windows bubble
> appeared. I did not do anything because I thought that it would go
> away. All
> I had was a new motherboard placed in. Windows works fine and all my
> programs
> and stuff are the same. When I try to put in my cd key for Windows XP
> Home,
> it keeps telling me that I have an invalid cd key and will not let me
> activate it. Please help me solve this problem.

 

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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:08:55 -0700, "jreddevil07"
<jreddevil07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I recently had only my motherboard replaced, and nothing else was touched.
>After I got my computer back from the shop, the activate Windows bubble
>appeared. I did not do anything because I thought that it would go away. All
>I had was a new motherboard placed in. Windows works fine and all my programs
>and stuff are the same. When I try to put in my cd key for Windows XP Home,
>it keeps telling me that I have an invalid cd key and will not let me
>activate it. Please help me solve this problem.

Try the key fix.
http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/key.html


If they key fix does not work. The shop did not image your hard drive
correctly.


Greg Ro

 

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Call Microsoft and tell them what you did. They will probably give you a
activation key to use.
"Greg Ro" <webworm12@yes.lycs.com> wrote in message
news:efnemUkuFHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:08:55 -0700, "jreddevil07"
> <jreddevil07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I recently had only my motherboard replaced, and nothing else was
touched.
> >After I got my computer back from the shop, the activate Windows bubble
> >appeared. I did not do anything because I thought that it would go away.
All
> >I had was a new motherboard placed in. Windows works fine and all my
programs
> >and stuff are the same. When I try to put in my cd key for Windows XP
Home,
> >it keeps telling me that I have an invalid cd key and will not let me
> >activate it. Please help me solve this problem.
>
> Try the key fix.
> http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/key.html
>
>
> If they key fix does not work. The shop did not image your hard drive
> correctly.
>
>
> Greg Ro