New WinXP CD - dead MOBO so get new PC. How to activate/Validate???

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If I buy a new standalone version of WinXP that DOES NOT come with a
PC (i.e. it is not an OEM version) - and either my motherboard dies,
or I get rid of an old machine, house is flooded and PC is ruined,
etc.

Then what could I do?? I would buy or build a new one that has no OS
on it because I would want to use the expensive software I just
bought. But . . . can I then install WinXP, Activate it - and
also be able to Validate it when I need to download software from
Microsoft? Of course, right? Hmmm - I think not, incredibly.

Yet it if that is the case it is completely unfair. Imagine if I
bought a new copy of XP, then avtivated it but a 3 months later my
home was flooded or my system died. I would then have a useless piece
of pricey software. I would have to buy a NEW copy of XP just 3
months after I bought it ??? I paid for the software but cannot use
it because Microsoft would block me from doing so.

Is there no way around this?
 
This link may help.

How and When to Contact Microsoft Customer Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];295539

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

<keith> wrote:
| If I buy a new standalone version of WinXP that DOES NOT come with a
| PC (i.e. it is not an OEM version) - and either my motherboard dies,
| or I get rid of an old machine, house is flooded and PC is ruined,
| etc.
|
| Then what could I do?? I would buy or build a new one that has no OS
| on it because I would want to use the expensive software I just
| bought. But . . . can I then install WinXP, Activate it - and
| also be able to Validate it when I need to download software from
| Microsoft? Of course, right? Hmmm - I think not, incredibly.
|
| Yet it if that is the case it is completely unfair. Imagine if I
| bought a new copy of XP, then avtivated it but a 3 months later my
| home was flooded or my system died. I would then have a useless piece
| of pricey software. I would have to buy a NEW copy of XP just 3
| months after I bought it ??? I paid for the software but cannot use
| it because Microsoft would block me from doing so.
|
| Is there no way around this?
 
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