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re: Windows 98 has nothing to do with WinXP
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 8:17 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2064 messages posted)
An OEM copy of the OS usually means that the PC itself carries a label on the side
panel, or perhaps elsewhere, with the proper Code Number displayed thereon. There
was never any such thing as a "98 Computer", and there is not now any such thing
as an "XP Computer".
There are simply various kinds of computers on which a variety of Operating System
software may be installed; for the past ten years or so, the most common type has
been the "Personal Computer" of the 'WinTel' sort, using an "X86" processor, and
one or another version of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
If you still have an old "PC" that has had Windows98 as its operating system, it
is possible that by using "Safe Mode", you may be able to run the magical Jelly Bean
utility that extracts the Windows Code Number from the OS's Registry files. But
the XP forum is the wrong place for that question.
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Kiwi
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On Monday, May 5, 2008 at 4:33 am, Jack Tucker wrote:
>... When I bought the computer I don't remember getting the package that
>had the number on it as a local dealler installed the software.
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