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"Code Purple" is the name of an error message shown on [[Hewlett Packard|HP]] computers that have undergone hardware changes. Specifically, the computer is designed to check if the motherboard and hard disk are from the same system - if they are not, this error message is displayed. Although the error message is called "Code Purple," the dialog box for it is a standard [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[dialog box]] and has no special purple color.

Since a standard PC can run correctly with any motherboard and any hard drive, the restriction of needing the original motherboard / hard drive pair is artifical, and considered a form of [[copy protection]]. However, the system which raises a Code Purple error, known as [[Desktop Management Interface]], does help the user by ensuring that information needed for technical support is available to her.

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