[Tfug] A stupid Windows question that somebody...

[Jim March]

This particular critter seems to be pretty standard inside.  ATX power
supply and MB.

Jim

On 10/30/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> Jim, I'm not sure but I think Dell does some "creative" power supply/mother board stuff.  You might not reach the point where you have to worry about activating XP.
>
> Earl
>
> "God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
> "The fates guide him who will, him who won't they drag" Spengler
>
> -- "Jim March" <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...will know the answer to :).
>
> I've got a consulting client with a Dell P4, came stock with WinXP,
> she's got the CD.  Her motherboard just blew up, and it's pretty much
> all-in-one.
>
> Can I shoehorn a new MB in there and expect Windows to still work in
> terms of activation/registration?  Sure, I'll have to mess with
> drivers for miles, but...what's the odds I can get it to work at all?
>
> Jim
>
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