Topic: Please Help!!!!!!! - Stoop9id Cpmputer Problem

[Javora]

I suggested the non-OEM versions of XP because if he ever wants to uninstall XP from one machine and reinstall the OS on to another system then legally Microsoft can't stop him.  With the XP activation codes, Microsoft will be able to deny activation of OEM versions of XP.  I would rather spend the money once than have to buy multiple copies of the same OS.

But then if the Win98 work around does the job then buying another OS is not an issue.  To be honest I've never heard of that work around before.  It must have happened after I switched to Win2000.  Glad you found the answer and I hope everything works out.
 

[Praxis]

Or get a cracked one
JUST KIDDING there before anyone kills me.

I hate having to activate though.  It'd actually be worth it to crack XP so you don't have to register, even if you're going to be using it legally on only one computer.  I really think that having to register your computer with Microsoft is terrible.  

[E_Look]

(Hijack Alert)  

I agree.  I certainly hope someday, some marketing genius is going to see the PR value of selling a major software product for which users won't have to go through this stupid activation, turning their monitors into Orwellian telescreens and everyone a Winston Smith.

Now, I can sanction optional registration, as with most products today, for which you can get extra goodies in exchange for your personal info.

In fact, if it is not legal to force customers to register in order to validate their warranties, it is the same in spirit, with respect to forcing customers to activate a product they paid, really, lots of money for, or they'll lose it in thirty days!

I can't believe the U.S. government would allow this one to get by.  Bill's got some good lawyers.  

[Lono]

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Win 98 is the issue.

It can't run more than 512mb of DDR RAM without everything going tits up. I believe the 'unofficial' service pack for 98SE fixes this, will try and dig up the link for you if no-one else knows where it is.

EDIT:  Here it is  

Too all of you for your kind respones - an emphatic thank you!!!

 

To James_Smith,

If this works - I owe you a Keg!!!



Also - just FYI, after further purusing the MS Knowledgebase I found that having more than 800mb of RAM is what causes 98 to become unstable - and I have to include my Vid cards 128mb in that total...

p.s. JS, do you have any idea if this will allow 98 to utilize the RAM or just not malfunction anymore and only use 512 in practice?

p.p.s - Thanks for the MS Knowledbase stuuf you all - I actually tried doing those tweaks b4 posting this and it caused everything to go kinda haywire for sum dang reason.  

[Sethan]

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Right, he wouldn't be able to even boot if the hardware was the issue...  

Not neccessarily true.  I've seen some systems "roll over" the available RAM when the hardware max was exceeded.  You'd end up with far less memory than you were supposed to, but the machine would still boot.  

[Javora]

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Right, he wouldn't be able to even boot if the hardware was the issue...  

Not neccessarily true.  I've seen some systems "roll over" the available RAM when the hardware max was exceeded.  You'd end up with far less memory than you were supposed to, but the machine would still boot.  

I thought the computer would boot but I wasn't sure if the system would handle the Ram like you described.  Or if the system would handle it like win98 handles the hard drive Gigabyte barrier by not recognizing any hard drive space over 137gb.  Thanks for the information.