Upgrade to XP Home

[Peter Jones]

My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.

thanks,

Peter

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Peter,

If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
you take a look at the system requirements before
attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
are the very bare minimum requirements.

Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask you to insert
the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.

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To find your existing product key in Win98
Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe Mode)
run regedit.exe and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.

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Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
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How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Peter Jones" wrote
> My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
> The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
> the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
> have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.
>
> thanks,
>
> Peter

Hi Bert,

Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find my
98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
work?

thanks again,

Peter

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Peter,
>
>If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
>you take a look at the system requirements before
>attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
>are the very bare minimum requirements.
>
>Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreqs
..mspx
>
>And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask
you to insert
>the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.
>
>--
>Regards,
>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>http://dts-l.org/
>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>
>To find your existing product key in Win98
>Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe
Mode)
>run regedit.exe and look at:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersi
on\
>Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.
>
>--
>Regards,
>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>http://dts-l.org/
>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>
>"Peter Jones" wrote
>> My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
>> The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
>> the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
>> have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>
>
>.
>

No the WIN95 disk will not work and if you can't find your
WIN98 disk the WINXP upgrade wont work you're better off
buying the Full version which will upgrade without asking
for any qualifying previous OS disk.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Bert,
>
>Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find
my
>98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
>work?
>
>thanks again,
>
>Peter
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
>>you take a look at the system requirements before
>>attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
>>are the very bare minimum requirements.
>>
>>Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreq
s
>..mspx
>>
>>And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask
>you to insert
>>the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>>http://dts-l.org/
>>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>>
>>To find your existing product key in Win98
>>Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe
>Mode)
>>run regedit.exe and look at:
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVers
i
>on\
>>Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>>http://dts-l.org/
>>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>>
>>"Peter Jones" wrote
>>> My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to
XP.
>>> The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather
than
>>> the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
>>> have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Peter,

Yes, that is my understanding. It's confirmed here.
You could always ask this question on one of the XP
newsgroups for another opinion before you spend any
money.
Upgrading to Windows XP:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.php

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

Peter wrote
> Hi Bert,
>
> Thanks for the info. Just to be clear, if I cannot find my
> 98 CD for the upgrade process, inserting my 95 CD will
> work?
>
> thanks again,
>
> Peter
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Peter,
> >
> >If this system was designed for Win98 I suggest
> >you take a look at the system requirements before
> >attempting the upgrade. And keep in mind, these
> >are the very bare minimum requirements.
> >
> >Windows XP Home Edition System Requirements:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreqs
> .mspx
> >
> >And no, it will not ask for a product key, it will ask
> you to insert
> >the Win98 CD. The Win95 CD will also work.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> >http://dts-l.org/
> >How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
> >
> >To find your existing product key in Win98
> >Provided you still have Windows running (Normal or Safe
> Mode)
> >run regedit.exe and look at:
> >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersi
> on\
> >Win98/WinME look for ProductKey in the right pane.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> >http://dts-l.org/
> >How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
> >
> >"Peter Jones" wrote
> >> My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
> >> The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
> >> the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
> >> have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> Peter
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Ron Martell]

> wrote:

>No the WIN95 disk will not work and if you can't find your
>WIN98 disk the WINXP upgrade wont work you're better off
>buying the Full version which will upgrade without asking
>for any qualifying previous OS disk.
>

That is not correct. Windows XP (Home or Pro) will not upgrade an
*installed* copy of Windows 95. That is by design.

However if you are doing a clean install (newly formatted drive) using
the Retail Upgrade version of Windows XP (Home or Pro) then it will
ask you to insert a CD from a qualifying product and a Windows 95
installation CD will work for this purpose. This was apparently
unintentional, but it was discovered too late in the beta testing
process so it was decided to leave it as is.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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Before upgrading, I suggest you also run...

WinXP Upgrade Advisor Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
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Peter Jones wrote:
> My system went from 95 to 98 and now I want to go to XP.
> The question is if I buy the XP Home upgrade rather than
> the full release, does it ask for my 98 licence key? I
> have my 95 details but cannot find my 98 details.
>
> thanks,
>
> Peter