Guest pete1312 Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 As many will have realised by now (at least I have), Win 98, 98SE & ME are apparently obsolete OS's, and are certainly not supported by Orange SPV! (Witness the UK Update, USB Modem, Permanent SIM Unlock, etc). I have no idea if De-Certificating (or whatever it's called) can be done, as I dare not even try. Most topic replies on this site are from "techies" who use XP. We older OS users can only get more and more confused by helpful replies which do not work for us! I've concluded that I need to upgrade my OS, and further concluded that I want XP Pro rather than Home. I am a single user, but have both a Desktop and a Laptop PC, therefore I need 2 Upgrades (from Win ME). Is there anyone out there who can offer me a "good" price? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 On offer at: http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/ You'll have to be quick though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woody Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 try a little known program called EDIT by awarner Please do not make referance to pirate sites or encourage piracy in any way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Or try a PM, woody ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 sorry not thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete1312 Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Thanks for the tips guys. Scan.co.uk works out a bit pricey @ £160.98 inc p&p. Also Woody has misspelt his anagram - but I got the gist! I've opted for a couple of bids on ebay. So I'll now sit back and wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gorskar Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 I could be wrong, but I believe microsoft allow you to install onto both a desktop and a laptop PC from the one disk for a single user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete1312 Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Thanks for that Gorskar, but it may be too late now that I've placed 2 bids on ebay. Guess I can only hope that I'm outbid on one of them! Any idea how/where I can verify your comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete1312 Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Ok - I've now found the answer to my earlier question on Microsoft Licencing site. It transpires that whilst Secondary Use Rights do exist for some software, e.g. MS Office, it does NOT apply to OS. Back to ebay :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaveR Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Cheaper to upgrade to Linux. RedHat Linux 8.0 is very good. If you want any info on Linux, let me know! Dave [email protected] http://www.linuxlinks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete1312 Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Thanks Dave, but I'm too old in the tooth to even think about trying to learn a new OS. Fcuk, I havn't really got up to speed with DOS yet - thank fcuk :!: I've heard of Linux (and Lino), but thanks - and no thanks :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Firaas Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Ok - I've now found the answer to my earlier question on Microsoft Licencing site. It transpires that whilst Secondary Use Rights do exist for some software, e.g. MS Office, it does NOT apply to OS. Back to ebay :cry: Are you sure? My WinMe agreement entitled me to transfer my upgrade, but only once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaveR Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Your loss, pete1312... DaveR [email protected] http://www.linuxlinks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete1312 Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Are you sure? My WinMe agreement entitled me to transfer my upgrade, but only once. See page 47 of the following guide: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/licensing/basi...n_Guide_Web.pdf This reads: "Secondary use rights grant usage of software on two devices. The secondary device may be a home PC ("Home-Use Rights") or a Laptop ("Portable-Use Rights"). Secondary use rights do not exist on all Microsoft software. They only exist for specific Microsoft application software e.g. Microsoft Office. You will need to check your End User Licence Agreement (EULA) to make sure that Secondary use rights exist for your particular Microsoft application software. Secondary use rights do not exist for Operating Systems or Server products. This rule applies to Full Packaged Product and Volume Licences. This is not applicable to pre-installed software." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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