Alan Pope wrote: > On 02/11/05, Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> LOL. Actually, I don't think Windows 98 will run in 16MB - but I know >> for a >> fact that Win95 will. CDs are pretty easy to find in any decent sized >> corporate or government office. Whenever I feel a real need for one I >> can find one in the office. Odds are, they'd even be legal (at least >> you'd get a disk complete with license key, and the computer it was >> originally sold with is now scrap). > > Careful. Many OEM Windows licenses "live and die" with the hardware. > They're non-transferrable, and are thus invalid if used on a machine > other than the one it was originally supplied on.
I think all of XP OEM licenses are that way, but I'm fairly certain that was not the case of most of those Win95 licenses. But it's a fair comment. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
