I don't think that's quite right.  The Win98SE upgrade was a strange,
one-of-a-kind upgrade that cost $19 as I remember.  I think that's why it
doesn't work as a qualifying product.  All the other upgrade cd's will work
as a qualifying product for the next version, ie, Win98 upgrade cd or the
Win2k upgrade CD should work. Your friend may have been trying to use that
$19 cd as his qualifying product.

Ben Moore


----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Upgrade OS


> Win 98 to Win 98 SE makes sense, but I stand corrected on the issue of not
being able to use upgrade CD's to do full installs after Win 98.  My friend
who could not use the Win ME upgrade CD for a full install told me he was
trying to use the Win 98 upgrade CD as the qualifying OS, not a full Win 98
install CD. In other words, you cannot go from upgrade CD to full install
off the next version's upgrade CD, you'd have to get your hands on a full
install CD of the previous version. Thanks for setting the record straight.
>
> >I thought someone had answered your question.  I bought the WinXP Pro
> >upgrade cd and did a clean install on a brand new hard drive in a
completely
> >new computer that I built. I  inserted my Win2000 cd when the
installation
> >program asked for proof of an eligible product.  You can use Win98,
Win98SE,
> >WinME, WinNT or Win2k as the eligible product.  Win95 won't qualify.
> >I believe that the only Windows version that you could not do this with
was
> >the Win98SE upgrade cd which required you to install Win98 first.

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