Unfortunately, this depends if the HAL is different enough
for Windows to notice and NOT load drivers that hang.
It is a "gotta be there and try it" type of thing.
HAL= Hardware Abstraction Layer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q199175
but even better: (but an odd mix of an English page...)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;nl;314070

                              Rick Glazier

> From: "Dean Kukral" 
> I am going to "Upgrade" my computer, 
clipped
> The problem is the operating system.  I am going on the assumption that XP 
> is smart enough to know that
> this is an all-new computer, i.e. too many "points" of change, and will not 
> let my original oem version
> of XP Pro proceed.



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