philly

Thanks for all of your replies everyone..makes it a bit clearer as for the fact thats its a second hand copy....well im sure mr gates won't lose any sleep over it

As for the product key, it matters what ver of XP it's for and where it came from. its xp home, it was given to me by a friend, and its a genuine version

As regards a product Key for an OS system such as XP.......is there a limit to the amount of times it can be used??

i can't im on dial up

hi all Just tried to install sp2 for xp onto my pc from a cd, but i keep getting a message about after a minute saying "corrupt file found>> extraction to directory failed" and it stops in its tracks. So is the corrupt file on my pc or on the disc?? Phil.

Hello... I just got a copy of windows xp home upgrade from my neighbour. He said that the product code is still valid but the activation code isn't. He said that to get a new activation code all i have to do is email or call microsoft to get a new code........is that really the case i taught microsoft were strict about that sort of thing?? Does anyone know if there's a way around this?? Phil.

I also have the plug in....."revolutions 98" installed on my pc. Will that cause complications when i do an upgrade to xp??

hello again... The fact that i have revolutions 98 installed on my pc, will that cause complications if i ever do an upgrade to windows xp??

no these are programs that were pre-installed on my pc, which i bought secondhand. These programs are...Dreamweaver, Flash and Adobe Photoshop.

so i take it what you guys are basically saying is......theres no guarantee that the programs will work if i do an upgrade B)

Hello.... I have win98se on my pc, i would like to upgrade to xp. The only thing is i have lots of graphics programs (flash, dreamweaver etc)on my pc which i would like to keep, but i haven't got the cds for them. So if i do a upgrade to xp will the programs remain in place??

Surely they're must be someway i can get revolutions off my system??

But the other guys said if i install rp7 it will replace/repair rp3.6, and hence uninstalling would be safe.

ok im able to reboot now ....so how do i uninstall revolutions safely?? can't find it in add/remove

can i have that step by step in PLAIN english please ......i'm a novice don't forget

Well i did like some of you suggested and installed the latest revolutions pack (rp 7), and NOW.....i can't boot up my pc. I get a message saying...error loading kernal, reinstall windows. (i haven't got a win cd) I tried scanreg/restore in command promt, but no luck. So is that finally it?? have i lost everything??

So what do i do??? If i install the latest revolutions pack, will that repair/update the old version (3.4) that i have already?? Does the latest version come with a uninstall option?? i don't want to go into a deeper hole...someone plz help

Thanks everyone for all yr replies.... No i haven't got a win98se cd, this is a second hand laptop that i have with win 98se pre installed. glock said........"You would need to get all the files that have changed and replace them by original ones (shell32.dll, user.exe...) Try to unpack the Rev Pack 3.6 and list what files it installed" im a novice so can someone please tell me in plain english what this involves. shell32 >>>whats that?? where can i find it?? PS... i use CCleaner that automatically backs up the registry, so can i use that program to restore a previous reg???

yes i went into ms-dos and typed restore.....but no luck, revolutions pack is still there. How about in command/prompt if i use scanreg/restore?? oh f8ck it..what have i done

i downloaded it from softpedia to restore, [...] you need to go to dos and type 'restore' but where is dos??.....please explain more

It's version 3.6 (i only downloaded it yesterday) Ever since i tried to restore the registry every folder i open is blank, i can only see files when im in safe mode I can't find any uninstaller, oh sh*t am i up the creek?? What if i simply delete each rp file i find and reboot.....will that do the trick?? Please HELP!!!!!

Hello... I just installed win98 revolutions, and my pc is running really buggy ever since. So can anyone please tell me how i can safely uninstall it?? I tried looking in add/remove but its not listed, i also tried restoring the registry to a previous date but to no avail. Does anybody know how to remove it....plz help!! phil.

Hello Simple question......Does the windows 98se service pack, help to fix blue screen errors (fatal exceptions)?? If not what does?? Thanks Phil.