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Patrick - 28 Jun 2006 01:59 GMT

Greetings;

My brother has a Gateway computer many years old which has win98 installed
and is not capable of USB 2.0 for an external backup disk.

I have a win98se CD. Am I able to upgrade his machine to win98se from this
CD? If so, how? and are there any special things I need to know in order to
maintain his device drivers, email and other applications such as a DVD
viewer?

Thanks for your help and advice.

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Ron Martell - 28 Jun 2006 03:54 GMT

>Greetings;
>
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>
>Thanks for your help and advice.

Your Windows 98SE license is for a single installation on a single
computer. If you are no longer using that license on any computer and
it is not an OEM version then you could use it to upgrade your
brother's computer.

OEM licenses are permanently locked to the first computer that they
are installed on and cannot be legitimately moved to another computer
under any circumstances, even if the original computer is lost,
stolen, destroyed, or scrapped.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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Patrick - 28 Jun 2006 08:30 GMT

> >I have a win98se CD. Am I able to upgrade his machine to win98se from this
> >CD? If so, how? and are there any special things I need to know in order to
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> it is not an OEM version then you could use it to upgrade your
> brother's computer.

No, it is not OEM version as far as I can tell. How would I go about the
upgrade, please? I install the CD in the drive and it runs autorun.exe
displaying 4 menus; "Interactive CD Sampler", "Cool Video Clips", "Browse
This CD" and "Add/Remove Software."

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Ron Martell - 28 Jun 2006 17:30 GMT

>No, it is not OEM version as far as I can tell. How would I go about the
>upgrade, please? I install the CD in the drive and it runs autorun.exe
>displaying 4 menus; "Interactive CD Sampler", "Cool Video Clips", "Browse
>This CD" and "Add/Remove Software."

Browse the CD and look for a file named SETUP.EXE. Double click on it
and the install process should start.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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has never been in bed with a mosquito."

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