I have a Genuine OEM version of windows XP Profesional installed on my PC and I am thinking about installing more ram and mabey a new graphics card. Will this render my copy of windows as a non genuine copy or will it still be a valid copy?
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I have a Genuine OEM version of windows XP Profesional installed on my PC and I am thinking about installing more ram and mabey a new graphics card. Will this render my copy of windows as a non genuine copy or will it still be a valid copy?
it will still be a valid copy - the OS does not care about the RAM when hardware changes, it cares about if the motherboard (which holds the BIOS) has been changed and I believe it will ask you to reactivate the product. As for RAM, this is safely OK.
it will only become a non valid copy (and illegal) if:
