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Henry Bremridge wrote: > 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 I have 2 Win98SE original CDs with keys. I have never had any issues with installing using the same key on several different machines. If you like I will bring one to the BBQ on the 29th, where you or someone else can burn a copy (I would like to keep the originals). Is this literally just for banking? If so, I suggest that in the interests of stability you don't bother with ANY updates. Just make sure that the machine is not used for general surfing and that you run a well-updated anti-virus on it and keep it well behind a NAT firewall. Perhaps also tell your firewall to block any traffic coming from that machine destined for any ports other than HTTP and HTTPS. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html