i replaced my motherboard. now mce asks for activation

[cganesh75]

as the title says, i changed my motherboard from An8 ultra to A8N-sli deluxe. now MCE wont log me in, it says i need to activate. but i already activated this last month when i had the AN8 ultra. should i just call or activate online?

 

[Smitty308]

And a lot of you can't wait until Vista has the official release!!!!! It will own you!!!!!

 

[cganesh75]

Originally posted by: Smitty308
And a lot of you can't wait until Vista has the official release!!!!! It will own you!!!!!

what does this have anything to do with the thread?

 

[magomago]

try to activate online...if you have any problems call them. seems straight foreward if you ask me

 

[RebateMonger]

All versions of XP MCE are OEM. This means that your license is only valid for the orignal motherboard that it's installed on. Moving MCE to a different motherboard is a violation of Microsoft's EULA.

Microsoft doesn't HAVE to allow you to re-activate MCE after the move, but they'll probably allow it either online or when you do a telephone activation.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: cganesh75
as the title says, i changed my motherboard from An8 ultra to A8N-sli deluxe. now MCE wont log me in, it says i need to activate. but i already activated this last month when i had the AN8 ultra. should i just call or activate online?

The real solution is to download, install, & start to learn to use Ubuntu Linux - it is FREE.

I have a real strong feeling that in two to three years, there will be very few home based Microsoft O/S users.

But good luck, in any case.

 

[EndGame]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: cganesh75
as the title says, i changed my motherboard from An8 ultra to A8N-sli deluxe. now MCE wont log me in, it says i need to activate. but i already activated this last month when i had the AN8 ultra. should i just call or activate online?

The real solution is to download, install, & start to learn to use Ubuntu Linux - it is FREE.

I have a real strong feeling that in two to three years, there will be very few home based Microsoft O/S users.

But good luck, in any case.

LOL! Wishfull thinking perhaps.......at best! As stated before, a vast majority of "home users" check email, IM, maybe play some games, read news........they started on Windows and have no desire/will to learn anything else.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: magomago
try to activate online...if you have any problems call them. seems straight foreward if you ask me

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: cganesh75
as the title says, i changed my motherboard from An8 ultra to A8N-sli deluxe. now MCE wont log me in, it says i need to activate. but i already activated this last month when i had the AN8 ultra. should i just call or activate online?

The real solution is to download, install, & start to learn to use Ubuntu Linux - it is FREE.

I have a real strong feeling that in two to three years, there will be very few home based Microsoft O/S users.

But good luck, in any case.

We really need to start banning posters who thread crap is OS threads like this...

 

[bearxor]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: cganesh75
as the title says, i changed my motherboard from An8 ultra to A8N-sli deluxe. now MCE wont log me in, it says i need to activate. but i already activated this last month when i had the AN8 ultra. should i just call or activate online?

The real solution is to download, install, & start to learn to use Ubuntu Linux - it is FREE.

I have a real strong feeling that in two to three years, there will be very few home based Microsoft O/S users.

But good luck, in any case.

Sorry dude, but I've heard the whole 'Linux will be mainstream in two years' since about 1996.

But anyways, thanks for your contribution to the thread, your advice really helped :up:

 

[cganesh75]

Thanks for the help guys. I will try to activate it online and over the phone.

smitty308 and wpshooter: thanks for your advice, but i think i will stick with MCE

 

[smack Down]

You replaced your motherboard because the old one died, at least that should be what you tell MS.

 

[Looney]

Give them a call, i'll bet you won't have a problem.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: wpshooter
The real solution is to download, install, & start to learn to use Ubuntu Linux - it is FREE.

I have a real strong feeling that in two to three years, there will be very few home based Microsoft O/S users.

We really need to start banning posters who thread crap is OS threads like this...

Occasionally, I'm tempted to barge into threads about Linux configuration problems (i.e. HELP! I can't get my video card to work from the Command line in Linux Distribution ZZZ!) with an snide remark about how much easier it would be with Windows XP.

But then I think better of it, and move on. 😉
There are reasons and uses for both Windows and Linux.

 

[cganesh75]

called Microsoft for activation. few basic questions and they activated it. no problem. thanks guys