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Old July 26th 04, 01:07 PM
Peter Jones
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My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter
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Old July 26th 04, 01:43 PM
Bert Kinney
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Hi Peter,

If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
you take a look at the system requirements before
attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
are the very bare minimum requirements.

Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...n/sysreqs.mspx

And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask you to insert
the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.

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Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
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How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

To find your existing product key in Win98
Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe Mode)
run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Peter Jones" wrote
My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter



  #3  
Old July 26th 04, 02:42 PM
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Hi Bert,

Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find my
98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
work?

thanks again,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
Hi Peter,

If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
you take a look at the system requirements before
attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
are the very bare minimum requirements.

Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...uation/sysreqs

..mspx

And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask

you to insert
the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

To find your existing product key in Win98
Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe

Mode)
run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersi

on\
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Peter Jones" wrote
My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter



.

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Old July 26th 04, 02:53 PM
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Default Upgrade to XP Home

No the WIN95 disk will not work and if you can't find your
WIN98 disk the WINXP upgrade wont work you're better off
buying the Full version which will upgrade without asking
for any qualifying previous OS disk.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Bert,

Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find

my
98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
work?

thanks again,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
Hi Peter,

If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
you take a look at the system requirements before
attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
are the very bare minimum requirements.

Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...luation/sysreq

s
..mspx

And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask

you to insert
the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

To find your existing product key in Win98
Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe

Mode)
run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rrentVers

i
on\
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Peter Jones" wrote
My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to

XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather

than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter



.

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  #5  
Old July 26th 04, 02:54 PM
Bert Kinney
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Default Upgrade to XP Home

Hi Peter,

Yes, that is my understanding. It's confirmed here.
You could always ask this question on one of the XP
newsgroups for another opinion before you spend any
money.
Upgrading to Windows XP:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.php

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

Peter wrote
Hi Bert,

Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find my
98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
work?

thanks again,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
Hi Peter,

If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
you take a look at the system requirements before
attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
are the very bare minimum requirements.

Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...uation/sysreqs

.mspx

And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask

you to insert
the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

To find your existing product key in Win98
Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe

Mode)
run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersi

on\
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Peter Jones" wrote
My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter



.



  #6  
Old July 26th 04, 07:40 PM
Ron Martell
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Default Upgrade to XP Home

wrote:

No the WIN95 disk will not work and if you can't find your
WIN98 disk the WINXP upgrade wont work you're better off
buying the Full version which will upgrade without asking
for any qualifying previous OS disk.


That is not correct. Windows XP (Home or Pro) will not upgrade an
*installed* copy of Windows 95. That is by design.

However if you are doing a clean install (newly formatted drive) using
the Retail Upgrade version of Windows XP (Home or Pro) then it will
ask you to insert a CD from a qualifying product and a Windows 95
installation CD will work for this purpose. This was apparently
unintentional, but it was discovered too late in the beta testing
process so it was decided to leave it as is.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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Old July 27th 04, 07:26 AM
PA Bear
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Before upgrading, I suggest you also run...

WinXP Upgrade Advisor Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ng/advisor.asp
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Peter Jones wrote:
My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter

 




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