Glitch during build of new PC

[cojak]

I always used to love upgrading versions of Crystal Reports. It checked to see if it could fine the CRW.EXE on your machine and if it did it allowed the upgrade. I spend years turning up on client sites with an upgrade only version, opening notepad and saving a blank file called CRW.EXE.

[tranceporter]

Yes you did. You'll find that we don't approve of pirating software.

Lol, all good things are free

[cojak]

Lol, all good things are free

Not around here it's not.

[cojak]

Anyway..

Windows 8 successfully installed with clean install followed by PC refresh to activate (following Admin's links). Many thanks for all your help Gents, much obliged.

[Sysman]

I always used to love upgrading versions of Crystal Reports. It checked to see if it could fine the CRW.EXE on your machine and if it did it allowed the upgrade. I spend years turning up on client sites with an upgrade only version, opening notepad and saving a blank file called CRW.EXE.

Back in the Windows 95/NT era there were well published ways of upgrading Windows itself without your original disks. I discovered this when I wanted to rebuild a system and my original floppies were 100 miles away.

[d000hg]

Mr C had just opened the Windows 8 Upgrade package before we realised there was a problem eek.

Will do sockpuppet.

@Admin: but don't you need a legal version of a full OS first to overlay the Win 8 upgrade?

You do have a legal version. It just isn't installed. Legally you cannot use the XP license you are 'upgrading'.

[cojak]

You do have a legal version. It just isn't installed. Legally you cannot use the XP license you are 'upgrading'.

Ta d000hg, the XP is now defunct. I didn't get the nuance when I first started, I was thinking literally rather than legally.