Xeno

The point I'm making here is that if Toe has a system builder OEM then he will have to obtain a new copy of XP because he has upgraded the motherboard therefore making a new computer in the eyes of Microsoft.

Sorry wolfey, I must have missed that he changed his mobo. Gotta stop skimming through stuff and read it all.

Funny, it turned out in the other thread the person wasn't using a legit copy of windows either.

EDIT:

To members reading this please be aware that my "comment" was to the first sentence made by Xeno and not the latter.

got it sorted thanks

How so if you don't mind me asking Toe?

I followed the link that xeno provided for a previous post, deactivated my key, then just rebooted and rang microsoft for a new key.

Many thanks to you all, I do have an unrelated problem but I will start another thread for that

Can I just ask what is written on the XP cd you do have please?

Hi

The first thing I would have done is "negate" the previous activation, and activate again.

Here's how you can do that:How to Reactivate Windows Update after Repairing the System | Computer Repair Guide