Re: Installing 98 over XP
- From: "Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:23:44 -0700
In news:CECF2709-231E-477C-AECF-C250BB774337@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
83Harley <83Harley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> OK, let me be honest here. I had a "friend" who offered to put
> xp on
> my puter for free, he said it was a brand new in the box copy
> from
> the place hwere he works (left over from a job). Now MS is
> telling me
> this is not a registered copy & i cannot download updates,
> templates
> & who knows what else. i cannot get the activex to cooperate &
> this
> is where MS seems to find my problem. my WIN98Se is a true
> legal copy
> of my own. so i thought if i could get this to load the i could
> get
> the xp upgrade to poad over it (which i already purchased by
> the
> way).
It's not necessary to have 98 installed to use the Upgrade
version. The requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a
previous qualifying version's installation CD, not to have it
installed. When setup doesn't find a previous qualifying version
installed, it will prompt you to insert its CD as proof of
ownership. Just insert the previous version's CD, and follow the
prompts. Everything proceeds quite normally and quite
legitimately.
> now this "friend" has the password for the administrator which
> is need to downgrade to 98. am i in a pickle or what? can i get
> some
> help or am i screwed? i appreciate your feedback.
Downgrading (to Windows 98 or anything else) is never supported.
If you want Windows 98, just install it. But since you apparently
bought an XP Upgrade CD, just back up your data and do a clean
installation with it. Boot from the Windows XP CD (change the
BIOS boot order if necessary to accomplish this) and follow the
prompts for a clean installation (delete the existing partition
by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).
You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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