Question about upgrading from Windows 98 SE and Windows 98

[ZZZupan]

Windows XP Professional (Business Upgrade)
Lowest Price: $106.00
License Type: Open Business Upgrade Advantage
License Type: Media not included

Description: Windows XP Professional (Version Upgrade)
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Lowest Price: $136.50
License Type: Version Upgrade
Media Format: CD-ROM

Can I use either one of these?
I was confused the last time and did a stupid thing and ordered XP Pro
Upgrade RETAIL ($173) instead of OEM.

TIA,
Frank

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re the open license version - I think there's a minimum purchase you need in
order to use that one. Usually you can't get that for a single computer (and
you will need media, anyway), plus you'd have needed to pay for Upgrade
Advantage (kind of a protection racket, as I recall!).

Where are you seeing these prices?

 

[ZZZupan]

Re the open license version - I think there's a minimum purchase you need in
order to use that one. Usually you can't get that for a single computer (and
you will need media, anyway), plus you'd have needed to pay for Upgrade
Advantage (kind of a protection racket, as I recall!).

Where are you seeing these prices?

WWW.PRICEGRABBER.COM

So I do *NOT* have to purchase RETAIL to do an upgrade from Windows 98???

 

[Alex Nichol]

WWW.PRICEGRABBER.COM

So I do *NOT* have to purchase RETAIL to do an upgrade from Windows 98???

This site is an agency acting on behalf of 'sellers' and relying on
their descriptions. Compare eBay, but with defined prices. The
'Version Upgrade' is *probably* the retail upgrade one, but you are
still at risk unless you have evidence it is a never-opened boxed copy,
complete with a never-used Product key.

Any version described as OEM *ought* to be sold only with hardware and
carries the restrictions that it may never be transferred from the
machine where first installed, and carries no support by Microsoft. And
will not do an upgrade - clean install only

In particular beware of copies described as 'Corporate' - that is an
almost certain signal for a pirated copy of a volume licensed product,
and the Product key supplied is probably one that will not be accepted
if you try to apply Service pack one