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Whether or not your W98SE is legal is not relevant to your current problem. 
The only issue you need to determine is whether or not you have a qualifying 
product for an upgrade version of XP.  It's possible that your copy of W98SE 
is perfectly legal but not usable as a qualifying product for the upgrade to 
XP.  Please note:

1. You only need a qualifying version of W98 if you are using the upgrade 
version of XP.  You cannot use the upgrade version of XP (either as a fresh 
install or as an upgrade of an existing install) if you cannot provide 
evidence of a qualifying product.  Generally, an OEM version of W98 is not a 
qualifying product. You haven't indicated whether your version of W98 is 
full retail, OEM, or something else.   Without knowing that, it's not 
possible to confirm whether or not it will be a qualifying product for an 
upgrade version of XP.

2. If your new copy of XP is not the upgrade version - that is, it is a full 
retail or an OEM version - then your W98 copy is not relevant.  You will not 
be asked to demonstrate that you already have a qualifying product.

It's not clear from your post whether you have now determined that your W98 
or your new copy of XP is the OEM version.  But if you have now determined 
that your W98 is an OEM version, then trying to use it as a qualifying 
product for the Upgrade version of XP will probably not work

If the advice you got was to purchase an OEM version of XP (even if you have 
to buy some nominal item of hardware) then you can follow that advice and 
you need not be concerned about your W98.
-- 
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Greg" <invalid@invalid.net> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:16:59 -0400, MEB <MEB-nothere@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>
> I  talked to a MVP is the windows xp.   New Oems can be sold with
> hardware.      So,   That means my  Windows 98se,  I bought is
> perfectly legal (That was going to be installed on my other computer.
> Never was because it quit.)  However,  it now makes me eligible to you
> windows xp upgrade.