On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Carl Denk wrote: > My current motherboards are Intel DP965-LT, and D845-WN, and use ATI > video and tuner boards. The older computer still has WINME running. I > have in storage a Compaq that came with XP Home, no install CD, but had > a restore CD. I slipstreamed and generated an install disc, and tried to > install it on the Intel motherboard. But the Compaq version looked for a > Compaq motherboard, and had to leave it on the Compaq. If you have a restore CD (now they further cut the cost and you need to create restore DVDs by yourself from the recovery partition), then it is an OEM version which is locked to the particular computer. You can not use it on other PCs. > What I remember of the XP3 issues, I thought one was that once > installed, you couldn't go back to SP2 or other OS. > This has nothing to do with XP SP3. All OEM versions of XP/Vista/7 is like this. -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist