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unknown OS?
Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows
98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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unknown OS?
where????
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others.
Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) -
simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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Noel, I just ran Belarc---tried to print---nothing doing. Is online,
and has no printable option. It updates its report for the system each time I use it. It lists everything. Why isn't my OS activated? I'm still using it on the Internet. What is an MHT archive file, and how and to whom should I e-mail it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) - simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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Belarc creates a HTM page (like a mini-website) every time you use it - you
could save that, but it contains an HTM file, and a folder with lots of graphics in it.... which get separated if you're not careful. Saving as an MHT archive file reduces that to a single web page in effect, which can be moved and handled like any file. You may want to send the file for review to someone (who you trust! - it DOES contain your Product Keys!!) or to another computer/account OS's prior to WinXP did not require Activation - merely the input of the Product Key on installation - XP and Win2k3 require that and Activation over the internet (or phone) as well. Assuming you are running Win98/SE then you have no need of either Activation or WGA, and WGA should ignore you (but they're still getting the bugs out of it, so you may have to run through the hoops) Can you print a page off the web OK?? - what's the exact error message when you try to print the Belarc page?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Noel, I just ran Belarc---tried to print---nothing doing. Is online, and has no printable option. It updates its report for the system each time I use it. It lists everything. Why isn't my OS activated? I'm still using it on the Internet. What is an MHT archive file, and how and to whom should I e-mail it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) - simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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unknown OS?
About two weeks ago, I downloaded something, may have been the scripting
package--I'm not sure, but they had a WGA thing there, and an alternate link if it didn't scan properly, or whatever, and it downloaded a program (I'll look for the name--just did, it's 'GenuineCheck.exe') which then gave the go-ahead for the download after checking the OS. I didn't check to see what it might have put in the registry. But perhaps there is still an alternative? Hth, Joe "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) - simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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There's not really an error message, but what looks like scattered
frames, making it look fragmented and nearly impossible to read. I have not seen an option for saving as MHT. Please explain. If the product key is contained within a certificate or digital signature, or such, there will be a problem of finding a valid certificate or signature in my situation. Most are expired or have errors. My system is W98se. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Belarc creates a HTM page (like a mini-website) every time you use it - you could save that, but it contains an HTM file, and a folder with lots of graphics in it.... which get separated if you're not careful. Saving as an MHT archive file reduces that to a single web page in effect, which can be moved and handled like any file. You may want to send the file for review to someone (who you trust! - it DOES contain your Product Keys!!) or to another computer/account OS's prior to WinXP did not require Activation - merely the input of the Product Key on installation - XP and Win2k3 require that and Activation over the internet (or phone) as well. Assuming you are running Win98/SE then you have no need of either Activation or WGA, and WGA should ignore you (but they're still getting the bugs out of it, so you may have to run through the hoops) Can you print a page off the web OK?? - what's the exact error message when you try to print the Belarc page?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Noel, I just ran Belarc---tried to print---nothing doing. Is online, and has no printable option. It updates its report for the system each time I use it. It lists everything. Why isn't my OS activated? I'm still using it on the Internet. What is an MHT archive file, and how and to whom should I e-mail it? -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) - simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. ------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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unknown OS?
That's irrelevant - it does NOTHING on Win9x.
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jt3" wrote in message ... About two weeks ago, I downloaded something, may have been the scripting package--I'm not sure, but they had a WGA thing there, and an alternate link if it didn't scan properly, or whatever, and it downloaded a program (I'll look for the name--just did, it's 'GenuineCheck.exe') which then gave the go-ahead for the download after checking the OS. I didn't check to see what it might have put in the registry. But perhaps there is still an alternative? |
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Ah - what you may be seeing is the effect of too high a security setting..
Go to Internet Options reset the Security settings to Default on all zones, and try again To save as MHT.... File Save as... then use the drop-box at the bottom "Save as type:"...and change that to "Web Archive, Single file(*.mht) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... There's not really an error message, but what looks like scattered frames, making it look fragmented and nearly impossible to read. I have not seen an option for saving as MHT. Please explain. If the product key is contained within a certificate or digital signature, or such, there will be a problem of finding a valid certificate or signature in my situation. Most are expired or have errors. My system is W98se. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Belarc creates a HTM page (like a mini-website) every time you use it - you could save that, but it contains an HTM file, and a folder with lots of graphics in it.... which get separated if you're not careful. Saving as an MHT archive file reduces that to a single web page in effect, which can be moved and handled like any file. You may want to send the file for review to someone (who you trust! - it DOES contain your Product Keys!!) or to another computer/account OS's prior to WinXP did not require Activation - merely the input of the Product Key on installation - XP and Win2k3 require that and Activation over the internet (or phone) as well. Assuming you are running Win98/SE then you have no need of either Activation or WGA, and WGA should ignore you (but they're still getting the bugs out of it, so you may have to run through the hoops) Can you print a page off the web OK?? - what's the exact error message when you try to print the Belarc page?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Noel, I just ran Belarc---tried to print---nothing doing. Is online, and has no printable option. It updates its report for the system each time I use it. It lists everything. Why isn't my OS activated? I'm still using it on the Internet. What is an MHT archive file, and how and to whom should I e-mail it? -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... WGA doesn't recognise OS's that aren't Activated (WinXP and Win2003) - simple as that. Just download and run Belarc (www.belarc.com) - you can save the output as a MHT archive file for review or emailing You could also use AIDA32 (but that's rather old now, so probably shouldn't be used on machines less than three years old) - http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Okay Noel, here we go: WGA is one place---will have to find others. Since I don't dwell on the problems at the time of their occurences, I don't retain a memory of them. Mr Terhune gave a reason that WGA ignores W98se, but I didn't investigate. Oh! another(today): I was checking out a performance enhancing tool for Windows(did not really open it), and it gave note of 'unknown operating system'. I have Belarc Advisor on my computer(as a tool). How can I use it to gather other info about my system. Have given up on WGA(or vice versa). Be gentle, I just got back from a Black Screen of Death in a Microsoft site. ------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------- "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... where???? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "jaaazon" wrote in message ... Hello! Would like to know---why, how, and what is classifying Windows 98se as an 'unknown' operating system? Have seen this data several times. |
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