How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

[Guest MachineMessiah]

Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with all

the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

replace the motherboard?

[Guest no_one]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

typically you can; might need to call the phone number but I have done this

several times.

 

"MachineMessiah" <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote in message

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>

> Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

> months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with all

> the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

> replace the motherboard?

[Guest John]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

Here's some help from Microsoft on that subject:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824125/en-us

 

| Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

| months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with

all

| the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

| replace the motherboard?

[Guest Plato]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

MachineMessiah wrote:

>

> Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

> months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with all

> the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

> replace the motherboard?

 

After you replace your motherboard, you may have to call MS to get a new

key to make it active.

 

--

http://www.bootdisk.com/

[Guest Harry Ohrn]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

If the last time you activated was over 120 days ago it is highly unlikely

you will have to call Microsoft to activate again.

 

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User]

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

 

 

"MachineMessiah" <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote in message

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>

> Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

> months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with all

> the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

> replace the motherboard?

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:54:04 -0400, MachineMessiah

<Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:

>

> Husband has a lemon of a motherboard on a machine we built less than 6

> months ago. I've found a couple new motherboards that will work with all

> the existing hardware. Will we be able to re activate Windows if we

> replace the motherboard?

 

 

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

 

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

 

Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across

multiple newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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[Guest MachineMessiah]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,

kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...

snip

>

> Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

> separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

> just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

> doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

> those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

> see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

> once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

> time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

>

> If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

> do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

>

> Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across

> multiple newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

>

>

 

I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.

You may be noticing something about my off the wall Gravity newsreader.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah

<Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:

> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,

> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...

> snip

> >

> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so

> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for

> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they

> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only

> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

> >

> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please

> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

> >

> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across

> > multiple newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

> >

> >

>

> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.

 

 

Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,

the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of

newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of

multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,

gets you poorer help.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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[Guest Smirnoff]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

 

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah

> <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:

>

>> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,

>> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...

>> snip

>> >

>> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

>> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing

>> > so

>> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

>> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And

>> > for

>> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to,

>> > they

>> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it

>> > only

>> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

>> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

>> >

>> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup,

>> > please

>> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

>> >

>> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across

>> > multiple newsgroups?" at

>> > http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

>> >

>> >

>>

>> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.

>

>

> Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,

> the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of

> newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of

> multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,

> gets you poorer help.

>

>

Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and

which one is acceptable.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

This post is cross-posted to two groups. Every reader sees the same post,

every reply appears in every group that was cross-posted to. If the same

post were sent to each group separately, that would be multi-posting.

Replies are only seen in the group where they are posted. Cross-posting is

OK, multi-posting is not.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote in message

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> Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and

> which one is acceptable.

>

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

"Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and

>which one is acceptable.

 

 

Multiposting: five groups, you post a question one at a time to each

group: FIVE posts.

 

Crossposting: five groups, you post ONE question to all groups

simultaneously: ONE post.

 

The latter is the best, because any answers will normally appear in

all of the groups.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:06:22 +0100, "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid>

wrote:

>

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:bh0293t78jeea17g6ksvc1dpf9bojjbh64@4ax.com...

> > On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:40:00 -0400, MachineMessiah

> > <Geoffthegodofbiscuits@cakeordeath.ne> wrote:

> >

> >> In article <kggv83thofbss5p8ltn309jt9bb9f81bi4@4ax.com>,

> >> kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain says...

> >> snip

> >> >

> >> > Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message

> >> > separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing

> >> > so

> >> > just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup

> >> > doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And

> >> > for

> >> > those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to,

> >> > they

> >> > see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it

> >> > only

> >> > once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's

> >> > time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

> >> >

> >> > If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup,

> >> > please

> >> > do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

> >> >

> >> > Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across

> >> > multiple newsgroups?" at

> >> > http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

> >> >

> >> >

> >>

> >> I crossposted this to a mere 2 newsgroups.

> >

> >

> > Although *this* message, to which I am now replying, was crossposted,

> > the original to which I replied was multiposted. The *number* of

> > newsgroups you multiposted to is not an issue, but the fact of

> > multiposting is. It's an inconvenience to everyone, and as I said,

> > gets you poorer help.

> >

> >

> Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and

> which one is acceptable.

 

 

I already did. Please reread my original message, beginning "answered

in another newsgroup," quoted above, which answers both your

questions, explains why multiposting is bad, and further cites a web

site with more information on the subject.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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[Guest Bob I]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy anothercopy of windows?

 

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy anothercopy of windows?

 

 

 

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

> "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>

>

>>Please explain the difference between multiposting and crossposting and

>>which one is acceptable.

>

>

>

> Multiposting: five groups, you post a question one at a time to each

> group: FIVE posts.

>

> Crossposting: five groups, you post ONE question to all groups

> simultaneously: ONE post.

>

> The latter is the best, because any answers will normally appear in

> all of the groups.

 

Actually the "best" is crossposting one message to 2 or 3 "appropriate"

groups.

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> The latter is the best, because any answers will normally appear in

>> all of the groups.

>

>Actually the "best" is crossposting one message to 2 or 3 "appropriate"

>groups.

 

Fer crissakes, it was a freakin' EXAMPLE, mofo.

[Guest Stan]

Re: How much hardware can you replace before you have to buy another copy of windows?

 

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:54:05 GMT, Uncle Grumpy

<unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote:

>Fer crissakes, it was a freakin' EXAMPLE, mofo.

 

I had the same thing happen to me a while back on here when I posted

an EXAMPLE, even being very careful to state in simple English that it

was an EXAMPLE and still had some inbred moron come back and blast

away at the EXAMPLE as being directly related and not an unrelated

EXAMPLE like is was. The inbred moron in question even quoted my

ENTIRE message (too stupid to edit out the unrelated parts) where it

was plainly stated that the text was an EXAMPLE. I guess you just

have to put up with some illiterate inbred morons more often than not

these days.

 

Regards,