Windows Update - is it safe?

[ThunderStorm]

Hi there!

A friend of mine has quite an old computer which he uses only rarely, so I gave him a copy of my Windows 98 CD, which is also installed on my computer.
He has experienced some problems though, especially concerning Outlook Express, so I wonder if it is safe for him to run Windows Update, as I have already done so on this Computer. Will Microsoft recognize that the same Windows 98 version is installed on two PCs? Would there be any problems arising from this?

Or would they know but care little, as they have even announced to stop support for Win98 and most people already laugh at me for still using it.  

[Pumaman]

I don't believe the serial number is sent to Windows Update with windows 98, so they're never going to know. It is with Win XP, but even then MS will only bother to do anything about it if a large number of people are using the same key (ie. more than 1000 or so).

[ThunderStorm]

Thanks Mr. Jones - I'll pass it on

[Meowster]

MS will only bother to do anything about it if a large number of people are using the same key (ie. more than 1000 or so).

1000!??? I'm done for! I want a helicopter, 1,000,000,000 billion in CASH, and a new identity, or CJ gets it! And I don't want you know what the new identity is! You have to get a computer to generate it randomly! And then you put it straight into an envelope and give it to me without looking. And no cheating!