"Christopher" wrote:

I have WIN98 OEM on an IBM Aptiva Desktop.
I have WIN98SE OEM on an IBM Thinkpad Laptop.

Is there any reason why the WIN98SE should not work on the Desktop ?

My reason for asking is that a number of applications seem to have 98SE as a
minimum requirement.



Licensing is one reason.

Your Windows 98 SE is an OEM version and the terms and conditions of
the End User License Agreement lock that license permanently to the
first computer (the Thinkpad Laptop) that it is installed on.

It cannot be legitimately transferred to another computer even if the
original computer is lost, stolen, scrapped or destroyed.

And if you were contemplating installing the 98 SE on the Aptiva
desktop machine and also leaving it on the Thinkpad then that would be
a flagrant contravention of the licensing terms for any version of
Windows including the retail products.

Good luck


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