top posting is better

[Mark Jarvis]

That's why I like it. Scrolling down thru 5 (or even 2) screens to find 
a one liner reply is not my idea of fun.

-mj-

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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