Win98 to XP

[Bruce Chambers]

Because they don't want you to buy ONE copy of Windows and install it on
multiple computers without PAYING.

Cheaters are now having a tougher time of it.

DSH

No, that's got virtually nothing to do with it.

The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this point.
You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the OS. (If
you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as picking up a
Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch style
foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it,
is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it
"tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the
reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable
than the Win9x group.


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[D. Spencer Hines]

Balderdash!

Officious Eyewash By Chambers Will Be Found Below.

I Say Again:

Because they [Microsoft] don't want you to buy ONE copy of Windows and
install it on multiple computers without PAYING.

Cheaters are now having a tougher time of it.
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And that is Microsoft's PERFECT RIGHT to do so.

As a Microsoft stockholder, I wish them all the best.

'Nuff Said.

DSH

 

[Rock]

Easy to say. I don't know how on earth I should install half of the
programs and games with all patches and fixes. With Win98 you could
just move the drive and Windows would find the right drivers. Why did
they remove this in WinXP? It really bad that this can't be done :-(

It wasn't "removed". It's a function of the differences in the operating
system. XP is designed differently and much more stable. That's one reason
why. The installation is tailored to the hardware, it just doesn't ride on
top of it.

 

[Donald A. Herman]

Even if I moved a drive that had Win98 on it, I would STILL reinstall it. I
save ALL Programs and Updates. And can get it all done in a day. That's what
bothers me about the Auto Updates. I want the file.

Anyways if you didn't reinstall after a win98 Drive move. Boot to safe mode
and Open the hardware "thingy" and remove all the crap that you are going to
see. all those doubles and others that no longer exist

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