Buying windows xp advantage kit need help on uphrade

October 19, 2008

Hi there ,i recently bought a second hand PC with window's already installed

i tried to get windows media 11 but was told me OS was not genuine and i`m

not impressed with the seller,that aside i`m going to buy a key from

microsoft online my question is i will be upgrading this pc with a new

motherboard/hard drive and the like in a year or two. If i was to do this

could i still use the XP cd and product key that i bought online from

microsoft,on the new system i built and it would it be genuine and be able

to download updates/ directx 10 ect ?

October 19, 2008

Re: Buying windows xp advantage kit need help on uphrade

yeah, you should have

no problem.

however, if you do switch

out motherboards, then

your o.s. will see the mobo

as new hardware and you

will have to reinstall the o.s.

with your cd.

the above is due primarily

to prevent piracy.

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"spook.1987" <spook.1987@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B7B415CB-ED33-4185-9EBD-73A372E2743C@microsoft.com...

> Hi there ,i recently bought a second hand PC with window's already installed

> i tried to get windows media 11 but was told me OS was not genuine and i`m

> not impressed with the seller,that aside i`m going to buy a key from

> microsoft online my question is i will be upgrading this pc with a new

> motherboard/hard drive and the like in a year or two. If i was to do this

> could i still use the XP cd and product key that i bought online from

> microsoft,on the new system i built and it would it be genuine and be able

> to download updates/ directx 10 ect ?

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