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Old January 12th 05, 03:07 PM
Christopher
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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.



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Old January 12th 05, 10:21 PM
Ron Martell
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"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


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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Old January 15th 05, 10:09 PM
George N
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My friend's Dell desktop came with WIN98 installed on an 8 Gig harddrive
formatted as four 2-Gig drives. (C: D: E: & F Since
he is constantly running out of room on the C: drive, I told him to get
WIN98SE to handle an 8-Gig partition. Does he need to get the full-install
version of WIN98SE or can the upgrade version handle it, and if so, what is
the proceedure? He would rather not use a third-party partition utility
program.
George N


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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"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


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
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 January 15th 05, 10:40 PM
Jeff Richards
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He doesn't need W98 SE just to be able to use partitions larger than 2Gb -
W98 (and, indeed, some versions of W95) can use partitions larger than 2Gb.

He cannot avoid using a third party partitioning utility if he wants to
avoid a complete re-installation. MS does not have a W98 product that can
change partition sizes without deleting everything.

If he does a complete re-installation then he may as well move up to W98SE,
if only for the added hardware support it provides. The full retail or the
upgrade retail are both suitable. Note that the upgrade retail does not
require a prior version to be installed - it only requires that he has the
prior version CD. The OEM version , while probably cheaper, may be
problematic.

If he's happy to stay with W98 and he wants a simpler partitioning scheme
then Partition Magic or BootitNG are both suitable for the task. BootitNG
is cheaper (the demonstration version will do the job) but somewhat trickier
to use.
http://www.soft32.com/download_151.html
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
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"George N" wrote in message
m...
My friend's Dell desktop came with WIN98 installed on an 8 Gig harddrive
formatted as four 2-Gig drives. (C: D: E: & F Since
he is constantly running out of room on the C: drive, I told him to get
WIN98SE to handle an 8-Gig partition. Does he need to get the
full-install version of WIN98SE or can the upgrade version handle it, and
if so, what is the proceedure? He would rather not use a third-party
partition utility program.
George N


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
...
"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


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
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 March 5th 05, 08:27 AM
timetowaste
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Just check the minimum regirements to run Win98 and make sure it meets or
exceeds them. There shouldn't be any problems.

"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.




 




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