I've had to reformat and reinstall my os a few times because of problems, and this time when I try to activate xp it tells me the key is expired, and I have to call customer support. I did and got a new key with no problem but it took a while as you can expect. Do I need to go through this every time from now on that I need to reinstall xp? I never knew about this.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention I just switched to a new mobo, that probably answers my question right?