This page contains answers to common questions handled by our support staff, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as questions.  All of the following are suggestions and the user makes the final decision whether to implement them or not.  Always make a backup of your computer before attempting any changes.  If you have any doubts about making changes, wait and talk to someone experienced with your type of changes.

Note: In these answers we will follow a few shorthand conventions for describing user-interface procedures. Key combinations will be presented like this: Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which means that you should press and hold down the Control key, the Alt key, and the Delete key at the same time. Menu selections will be presented like this: File->Open, which means that you should open the File menu, and then make the Open selection.

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1.  When is it time to reactivate Windows XP?

        Windows XP checks and verifies the same (10) components every time you start your computer.  (Six) components can be changed in a (3) month period, without having to reactivate windows xp.  If you change (seven) components in a (3) month period, you will have to reactivate Windows XP.  One exception to this is, if your computer came with Windows XP pre-installed and you never had to activate it.  Your computer may have been set up for unlimited hardware changes and no reactivation.

          The (10) components checked according to Microsoft are:

  1. CD-ROM/CD-RW/DXD-ROM

  2. Display adapter

  3. Hard drive

  4. Hard drive volume serial#

  5. IDE adapter

  6. Network adapter

  7. Processor type

  8. Processor serial#

  9. Ram amount range

  10. SCSI adapter

 

 

 

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