top posting is better

[Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu]

Fully agreed!

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Major.Mikey wrote:

> .... that way if you need to be reminded of the conversation THEN you scroll 
> down instead of having to scroll down to read the persons the meat of the 
> person's message (which can be ONE sentence). (or even one or two words)
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 07:46 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > continuing top posting...
> >
> > No the CD is just a CD  and imparts nothing of legal usage - the EULA
> > specifically makes mention of the 'certificate of authenticity' not the
> > CD and the certificate of authenticity is where the install codes should
> > be. Just trying to point out what apparently is an attempt to justify
> > what you are doing nor does their familiarity with 'that era' or whether
> > they have the $$ justify it. If the system were purchased from a normal
> > vendor, the install codes for that machine would be on the certificate
> > affixed to the computer itself.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 19:09 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> > > Well, the CD is not illegal--it's a real MS CD--it's just crippled
> > > because it lost its little piece of paper with the Product Code on it. I
> > > simply wanted a way to make a legal copy run. In addition, until the HD
> > > died, the machine had a legal copy of Win98 on it. There are lots of
> > > Registry hacks for getting the Product Code out of a RUNNING machine,
> > > but I haven't found one that works well with a dead HD. The person
> > > involved is used to that era Windows & doesn't have $$ for a legal copy
> > > of XP--which I agree would be MUCH better.
> > >
> > > The OO reference was a joking attempt to pretend to make a Win post to a
> > > Linux list "legal".
> > >
> > > -mj-
> > >
> > > Craig White wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 17:48 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> > > >>To make a long story short, I need to install Win98 on a newly
> > > >> formatted disk in a friend's machine. I have a Win98 CD, but the paper
> > > >> with the the Product Code is long gone.
> > > >>
> > > >>1) Does anyone know of a program to extract the Product code from the
> > > >> CD? -or-
> > > >>2) Want to suggest a better forum for asking this question? (I don't
> > > >>know the Windoze forums & mailists.)
> > > >>	-or-
> > > >>3) From what I've found on the 'Net, there are generic codes out there
> > > >>that will work. Also, one person said that he got a list of codes from
> > > >> a friend and got a hit on the 9th one. (I've tried 3 so far--struck
> > > >> out.) If someone has one or some I can try, I'd appreciate getting
> > > >> them.
> > > >>
> > > >>Although I don't dare expose this person to Linux, I WILL be installing
> > > >>Open Office 2--not a complete loss.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
> > > >
> > > > ----
> > > > There is no way to legally install using that CD since what is legally
> > > > required is the genuine Microsoft Windows certificate which accompanied
> > > > the CD - which would have the installation code.
> > > >
> > > > Moreover, since Windows 98 is a 'dead os' - you aren't doing this
> > > > person a favor by installing it. If they wish to run Windows, they
> > > > should be purchasing WinXP - it runs much better and has life beyond
> > > > yesterday. There's no reason to encourage someone to run an illegal
> > > > copy of Windows when you can run Linux for free legally. Tossing in a
> > > > free Oo doesn't make it less than a complete loss.
> > > >
> > > > Craig
> > >
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