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Microsoft Upgrade License Question
Peter Principle
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My wife's computer useage and mine interfere enough that I'm going to build her a new computer. One of the things she does is works for Le Leche League (LLL), a non-profit organization. It turns out through LLL she has access to this:
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=TechSoupMain&category%5Fname=Servers+MS&Page=5
$8 is considerably less expensive than $100 (newegg's price for xp), but this product at TechDoc is not a full license, it's an upgrade license.
I've never worked with a windows "upgrade" disk before. It seems that the "upgrade" disk requires that a previous version of windows be installed on the computer. Am I reading that correctly? If so, how "installed" does it have to be? W98 is a real pain to install, could I potentially just stop after I get to that "hey, here's your OS with no video drivers installed" windows screen and then install XP over that?
Where can a feller go to get a 98 or ME license?
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=TechSoupMain&category%5Fname=Servers+MS&Page=5
$8 is considerably less expensive than $100 (newegg's price for xp), but this product at TechDoc is not a full license, it's an upgrade license.
I've never worked with a windows "upgrade" disk before. It seems that the "upgrade" disk requires that a previous version of windows be installed on the computer. Am I reading that correctly? If so, how "installed" does it have to be? W98 is a real pain to install, could I potentially just stop after I get to that "hey, here's your OS with no video drivers installed" windows screen and then install XP over that?
Where can a feller go to get a 98 or ME license?
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I guess you could try eBay for a 98 or ME license? Neither is supported by MS anymore, so I doubt you can buy them new.
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