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Old April 4th 05, 07:29 PM
PRS
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I wanted to upgrade a couple of old PC's on my network from 95 to ME. The
problem is that when I start installing ME I get a message that says I must
have a full version of 98 2nd Edition installed to do so. Now according to
the HELP screen for ME you can upgrade from either 95 or 98. What's up? Any
suggestions ?
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Old April 4th 05, 07:42 PM
Mike M
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What's up?

It would appear that you might not be using a full copy of Win Me but
rather a copy of the cheaper promotional version that could only be used
to upgrade systems running Win 98SE.

Note also that what you are wanting to do would probably be considered to
be illegal by Microsoft since Microsoft require users to obtain a separate
licence for each PC on which a Microsoft operating system is installed.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP



PRS wrote:

I wanted to upgrade a couple of old PC's on my network from 95 to ME.
The problem is that when I start installing ME I get a message that
says I must have a full version of 98 2nd Edition installed to do
so. Now according to the HELP screen for ME you can upgrade from
either 95 or 98. What's up? Any suggestions ?


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Old April 4th 05, 08:39 PM
Rick T
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PRS wrote:
I wanted to upgrade a couple of old PC's on my network from 95 to ME. The
problem is that when I start installing ME I get a message that says I must
have a full version of 98 2nd Edition installed to do so. Now according to
the HELP screen for ME you can upgrade from either 95 or 98. What's up? Any
suggestions ?


As Mike has mentioned there were several upgrade versions of WinME, the
"normal" version which allowed an upgrade from 95/98/98se and a very
inexpensive promo which allowed 98SE users to "top up" to WinME. The
latter is what you appear to have gotten ahold of.

Costs 'round here (as I very vaguely recall) at the time were $120 for
the regular upgrade and $60 for the "top up".

Rick
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Old April 17th 05, 03:43 PM
ajv2003
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Rick T wrote:
PRS wrote:

I wanted to upgrade a couple of old PC's on my network from 95 to ME.
The problem is that when I start installing ME I get a message that
says I must have a full version of 98 2nd Edition installed to do so.
Now according to the HELP screen for ME you can upgrade from either 95
or 98. What's up? Any suggestions ?



As Mike has mentioned there were several upgrade versions of WinME, the
"normal" version which allowed an upgrade from 95/98/98se and a very
inexpensive promo which allowed 98SE users to "top up" to WinME. The
latter is what you appear to have gotten ahold of.

Costs 'round here (as I very vaguely recall) at the time were $120 for
the regular upgrade and $60 for the "top up".

Rick



Re-formate the hard drive using a Win98 startupdisk and Me will load.
 




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