Which WinXP Home?

[Guest]

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At newegg.com, there are 3 types of WinXP Home License. The
Upgrade, and OEM are priced a little under $100.00, while the full
Retail is almost $200.00. I have Win98SE. I would like to do a clean
install of WinXP without first installing Win98SE. Does the Upgrade
version allow this? Also, I constantly do upgrades to my system like
new HDD, mainboard, CPU, videocard, and such, but not at one time.
Would I still be able to use the Upgrade, or OEM version when doing a
componant upgrade. Only one PC is ever assembled at my house, so only
one PC would ever have that copy running at one time.
If the OEM version is a throw away OS, then MS should only
charhge $40.00 for it since you can't install it but on one PC ever,
even if that PC no longer exist.

 

[Guest]

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Larry,
Get the Upgrade edition. Disregard the OEM edition.
You'll need to have (a) your Win98 CD at hand, or to have (b) Win98 on your system , when starting the XP setup to prove eligibility --- and you will be able to do a clean install.

Guide to upgrading (or new install) Win XP at Aumha.org
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Larry Roberts wrote:
> At newegg.com, there are 3 types of WinXP Home License. The
> Upgrade, and OEM are priced a little under $100.00, while the full
> Retail is almost $200.00. I have Win98SE. I would like to do a clean
> install of WinXP without first installing Win98SE. Does the Upgrade
> version allow this? Also, I constantly do upgrades to my system like
> new HDD, mainboard, CPU, videocard, and such, but not at one time.
> Would I still be able to use the Upgrade, or OEM version when doing a
> componant upgrade. Only one PC is ever assembled at my house, so only
> one PC would ever have that copy running at one time.
> If the OEM version is a throw away OS, then MS should only
> charhge $40.00 for it since you can't install it but on one PC ever,
> even if that PC no longer exist.

 

[Jerry]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

And keep the 98CD forever because you will need it if you want to re-install
XP sometime in the future.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" <maurice@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eIjW1DDlFHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Larry,
Get the Upgrade edition. Disregard the OEM edition.
You'll need to have (a) your Win98 CD at hand, or to have (b) Win98 on your
system , when starting the XP setup to prove eligibility --- and you will be
able to do a clean install.

Guide to upgrading (or new install) Win XP at Aumha.org
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

Larry Roberts wrote:
> At newegg.com, there are 3 types of WinXP Home License. The
> Upgrade, and OEM are priced a little under $100.00, while the full
> Retail is almost $200.00. I have Win98SE. I would like to do a clean
> install of WinXP without first installing Win98SE. Does the Upgrade
> version allow this? Also, I constantly do upgrades to my system like
> new HDD, mainboard, CPU, videocard, and such, but not at one time.
> Would I still be able to use the Upgrade, or OEM version when doing a
> componant upgrade. Only one PC is ever assembled at my house, so only
> one PC would ever have that copy running at one time.
> If the OEM version is a throw away OS, then MS should only
> charhge $40.00 for it since you can't install it but on one PC ever,
> even if that PC no longer exist.