I upgraded my computer with a new processor, new MB and new memory but left
everything else the same. I am now getting the error message "Windows
Product Activation" "This copy of windows must be activated with microsoft
before you can log on." Do you want to activate now? and then my mouse and
my keyboard lock up. What does this mean. I went from a 1.8mhz machine
with 1g memory to a duo core processor/2g memory. Can anybody tell me what
I need to do? The BIO does recognize the keyboard and the mouse.

Thanks for any assistance.

A "repair" installation and re-activation at the very minimum.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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"xwdpuzzler" <xwdpuzzler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D86723B3-30FF-46DB-8A29-44E885882C02@microsoft.com...
|I upgraded my computer with a new processor, new MB and new memory but left
| everything else the same. I am now getting the error message "Windows
| Product Activation" "This copy of windows must be activated with microsoft
| before you can log on." Do you want to activate now? and then my mouse
and
| my keyboard lock up. What does this mean. I went from a 1.8mhz machine
| with 1g memory to a duo core processor/2g memory. Can anybody tell me
what
| I need to do? The BIO does recognize the keyboard and the mouse.
|
| Thanks for any assistance.

And...


Perform a Repair Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ps/doug92.mspx

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341


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"Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAM.Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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|A "repair" installation and re-activation at the very minimum.
|
| How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
| http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
|
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| HTH,
| Curt
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| www.aumha.org
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| "xwdpuzzler" <xwdpuzzler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:D86723B3-30FF-46DB-8A29-44E885882C02@microsoft.com...
||I upgraded my computer with a new processor, new MB and new memory but
left
|| everything else the same. I am now getting the error message "Windows
|| Product Activation" "This copy of windows must be activated with
microsoft
|| before you can log on." Do you want to activate now? and then my mouse
| and
|| my keyboard lock up. What does this mean. I went from a 1.8mhz machine
|| with 1g memory to a duo core processor/2g memory. Can anybody tell me
| what
|| I need to do? The BIO does recognize the keyboard and the mouse.
||
|| Thanks for any assistance.
|
|

"xwdpuzzler" <xwdpuzzler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D86723B3-30FF-46DB-8A29-44E885882C02@microsoft.com...
>I upgraded my computer with a new processor, new MB and new memory but left
> everything else the same. I am now getting the error message "Windows
> Product Activation" "This copy of windows must be activated with microsoft
> before you can log on." Do you want to activate now? and then my mouse
> and
> my keyboard lock up. What does this mean. I went from a 1.8mhz machine
> with 1g memory to a duo core processor/2g memory. Can anybody tell me
> what
> I need to do? The BIO does recognize the keyboard and the mouse.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.

It's surprising you got that far. Often systems modified like that won't
boot at all. You need to do a repair install, use the motherboard driver
CD, and then activate, and do all the Windows updates.

HTH
-pk

"xwdpuzzler" wrote
>I upgraded my computer with a new processor, new MB and new memory but left
> everything else the same. I am now getting the error message "Windows
> Product Activation" "This copy of windows must be activated with microsoft
> before you can log on." Do you want to activate now? and then my mouse
> and
> my keyboard lock up. What does this mean. I went from a 1.8mhz machine
> with 1g memory to a duo core processor/2g memory. Can anybody tell me
> what
> I need to do? The BIO does recognize the keyboard and the mouse.

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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