Michael Stevens wrote:

> I believe Ken meant to say If it's OEM you have no choice.


I certainly did! Sorry for the slip of the finger and thanks for the
correction.

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> In news:uVuOqeKEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> replied with a ;-)
>> john49 wrote:
>> No, you don't uininstall Windows 98 first. Do you have a Retail XP CD
>> or an OEM one? If it's retail, you have no choice but to do a clean
>> installation; upgrades aren't aren't supported.