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New hardware and same windows....
Name: BigBwoi2000 Date: December 14, 2005 at 17:22:23 Pacific OS: WinXp Home CPU/Ram: Celeron D 2.93/512 MB
Comment:
i heard if i get some new hardware like, a motherboard and cpu i will have to reactivate windows, is that true.
Hp Pavillion a1010n Intel Celeron 2.93 GHz 160 Gb Hard Drive 512 pc3200 Mb of Ram 64 Mb Graphics Chip Windows Xp Home Edition
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Response Number 3
Name: GX1 Man Date: December 15, 2005 at 03:29:32 Pacific
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You should probably reinstall windows too, not just put an old hard drive in a new box.
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Response Number 4
Name: dsbal Date: December 15, 2005 at 06:23:58 Pacific
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Or, copy the file wpa.dbl from Windows/System32 to a floppy, replace the parts, then restart the system. Replace the newly written file with the one from the floppy, restart, and you should be good to go. Worked here when I added more RAM and switched IDE cable assignments.
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