Is it OEM or Retail vista disk?
With OEM, you are not supposed to Upgrade hardware, just replace, BUT.
With Retail disk, you can upgrade hardware.
Chances are that you will have to do a reinstall.
Your existing OS will think it is a new computer; which it really is!!!
Motherboard and CPU is the heart of the computer!
At the very least, you will have to re-activatre.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"PhilB" wrote:
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> Hi all
> I am about to upgrade my motherboard and processor,i would just like
> to know what effects this will have on my O/S (Vista Home Premium SP1).Will i
> have to reinstall everything?Can i just plug everything back in (HDDs
> Graphics cards Sound card etc) and just carry on as if nothing has
> happened?or are there more sinister things lurking that may bite me.
> Any help will be much appreciated
> Phil