"DJW" wrote in message
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Boy windows is really complicated that's a rant from a Mac person
where live is much easier! Ok for give me PC people. I got a Compaq
computer with what I assume was a windows 98 OEM disk the book has
Compaq printed on it but looks like other windows manuals other than
that and does not have OEM in its product key. I have a valid windows
98 CD and product key. When I put it in and try to in stall (upgrade
over the current 98 OS) it tells me I can't.
Does this mean that I can not get a windows 98se upgrade disk and do an
upgrade at all.

No -- i.e. you ought to be able to upgrade to Win98SE.
The upgrade disks I have seen all required Windows to
be loaded in the first place (i.e. did not run under DOS).
Your other difficulties should not prevent an upgrade.
(If you lack USB jacks, we might wonder why you
want to upgrade . . .)

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)