----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Drew" <drewmeister3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "SI LIST" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Off Track system question I meant to send this to the SI-LIST. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Drew" <drewmeister3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Off Track system question Doug, I did not think that Microsoft implemented this "feature" in ME. = However, XP does have "Big Brother" installed. It also may be that if = you make a major change or must register XP two more times, you will be = forced to call Microsoft and explain why you need to do this. They will = decide wether your reason(s) are legitimate. I use W2K only, even for games. Cheers! Drew ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Doug Brooks" <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: [SI-LIST] Off Track system question >=20 > This is a little off-track, but I know someone here knows the answer = to this! >=20 > I just replaced a motherboard in a system from a PII 400 to a PIII 1G. = I=20 > had two hard drives configured for this system that I could plug and = unplug=20 > into the computer, one with Win ME and the other with Win XP. All the = > support hardware (video card, audio card, CD, etc) was the same --- = just a=20 > motherboard, processor and memory upgrade. Neither drive would load = windows=20 > after I switched motherboards. But I COULD do a clean install with a = new=20 > hard drive! (Nothing wrong with the hardware!) >=20 > Does Windows (ME and XP) have a lock that prevents it from being moved = to a=20 > different computer? >=20 > Doug >=20 >=20 >=20 > _____________________________________________________________________ > UltraCAD Design, Inc. Celebrating 10 years of design excellence!=20 > www.ultracad.com >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >=20 > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list >=20 > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field >=20 > List archives are viewable at: =20 > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > =20 >=20 >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu