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WIN98 > WIN98SE
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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"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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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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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 -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "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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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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