The registration is not stored in the CMOS. You probably set the settings back to default and caused enough of a hardware changes, like disabling/enabling devices onboard, (as seen by Windows) to inkove the activation.
--- In [email protected], "Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was playing around with the jumpers on my motherboard (as I do!) and > inadvertantly reset the bios. On power up I had to re-register my copy > of XP Home!! Online reg would not work so I had to use the lengthy > phone option. > > Does this mean that the XP registration data is held on the bios chip > and under what circumstances, other than a reset, would it be deleted? > > TIA > > GR If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
