Hi Paul -
I'm Pretty sure that XP reads the CPU identity number , on Intel CPU's
at least - so a swop to an identical motherboard after cloning hard
disk contents would ( I presume ) Hiccup on boot - up , if the same
CPU was not present.
Fly Good - Build Good - Bryan
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