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On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 05:41:50PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > Henry Bremridge wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 04:10:45PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > >> Henry Bremridge wrote: > >> reason to care whether your Win9x is "genuine". I've got the key for the > >> CD I have, I can guarantee that this key isn't in use right now on any > >> other system, so if you want it, let me know and I'll see if I can't dig > >> it out in time for a DCGLUG meeting. > >> > > Please: I will take the greatest joy in scrubbing everything and creating a > > clean disk. > > Ah, well, now that I've found it, I've remembered the problem. It's an > MS Windows 98SE Upgrade CD. What you'll need, before you wipe that disc, > is to create a Windows StartUp Disc. i.e. a floppy. Alternatively, an > MS-DOS system disc and floppies 1 to 5 for Windows 3.x. > > I'd forgotten how difficult Windows really is!!! > Yes. And the other pain is the OEM versions of windows that are non movable to another computer > If not, someone else may well have a non-upgrade edition. > It will be much easier to switch HSBCnet to debian. And at least then I can clear one machine from my desktop
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