Subj : Windows Update
To   : Alan Zisman
From : Ross Cassell
Date : Wed Feb 26 2003 04:45 pm

Hello Alan!

26 Feb 03 07:09, you wrote to me:

 RC>> chips 512m each PC133. Oddly enough with this much of a hardware
 RC>> change, I did not have to "re-activate".

 AZ>  Even re-activation isn't that big of a deal... I got a new notebook,
 AZ> replacing another that I first removed Office XP from... after
 AZ> installing, it recognized that it was a completely different system--
 AZ> and required that I phone a toll-free number.

Oh I was just amazed that I wasnt forced to do a reactivation with as much 
hardware change I did do, but I think I may know why??

The new processor is a palamino core AMD Athlon XP 1700+, initially after 
firing up the new setup, I kept getting an error message stating "error loading 
operating system". I called Microsoft up and they told me that if I did a 
install (to repair an existing installation) it should be fine, did that when 
install went to reboot (had booted to install disk) still same error. It was 
determined that I needed to flash the motherboards BIOS, once I did that system 
booted and the rest of the repai install completed.. I suppose if I had deduced 
the flashing BIOS part before trying a install, I would have been prompted to 
do a reactivation but I suppose when a reinstall/repair is done it somehow 
fixes that.

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