Change of motherboard and processor with XP Professional - problems?

I'm about to upgrade my motherboard and CPU on my computer running windows xp professional with service pack 3 installed. Should I wait for all the problems of the operating system because it's not the original equipment that I have installed windows on?

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html - to change the motherboard

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - repair install how-to

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean install - how-to

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - what you will need at hand

You may need to do a clean install. In all cases, be wise and back up your data before doing anything else. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

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