Re: XP Home upgrade version
From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:14:06 -0700
In news:23b8401c45edc$ea046870$a301280a@phx.gbl,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> So I can do a Clean Install now and get an OEM of 98se
> for later upgrades or whatever I need it for ?
Yes. You would only need it if you ever wanted to do another
clean installation.
Be aware, though, that it has to be an OEM installation CD, not a
restore CD.
> Or will my
> system ask for the originally loaded product key ?
No.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >>-----Original Message----- >>In news:23d3701c45ebf$aa4a0a40$a501280a@phx.gbl, >>Bryon <bassix67@hotmail.com> typed: >> >>> Is it true that you can do a clean install from >>> an Update version of XP Home ?. >> >> >>Yes. >> >> >>> Do I need start up disks >>> of 98se? which i'm running now. >> >> >>No. >> >> >>> The CPU came loaded with >>> 98se and all I have is system restore disks which is >>> loaded with other Soft and Hardware as well. >> >> >>Your system restore disk won't help. To do a clean installation >>with the UPgrade version, you either have to have a previous >>version loaded (as you do) or you have to have a previous >>version's installation CD. >> >> >>> I guess what I'm really asking is what's the diff between >>> XP Home Upgarde and XP full >> >> >>Both will do either a clean installation or an upgrade. The only >>difference is that to do a clean insatallation with the upgrade >>version, you need proof of ownership of a previous version, >>either installed or on an installation CD. >> >>Note that what you have will permit you to do a clean >>installation now, but without a 98 installation CD, you won't be >>able to do a clean installation again in the future. >> >>Also, in the interest of being complete, let me point out that >>there is a third type besides Full and Upgrade. That's the OEM >>version. The OEM version can only legally be sold with hardware, >>although these days, any piece of hardware, even a power cord, >>qualifies. Although if you get a complete generic OEM version, it >>contains the same software, it has the following disadvantages as >>compared with the retail version: >> >>1. Its license ties it permanently to the first computer it's >>installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer, >>sold, or given away. >> >>2. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade. >> >>3. Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. You can't call >>them with a problem, but instead have to get any needed support >>from your OEM; that support may range anywhere between good and >>non-existent. Or you can get support elsewhere, such as in these >>newsgroups. >> >>-- >>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >>Please reply to the newsgroup >> >> >>.
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