Originally posted by: Link19
What are you doing running such a POS like indows 98 on that good of a system. If you are using Windows 98 as your primary OS on that PC for running applications produced in the last three years, that is a HUGE MISTAKE and an unwise decision. Use Windows 2000/XP for that prupose. Enough said.
Windows 98/ME are flat out POS and should have died years ago when it comes the latest hardware and software!!
If you're talking to me, you're right about ME, but you don't know what I'm doing with it. Win 98 SE with all critical updates isn't half bad. It took them long enough, but it's pretty cool once you tame it. I have some extra tweaks I've done that keep it very smooth and reliable.
1. I have a couple of legacy DOS apps on this machine that need real DOS to work correctly. One is my old $500 printed circuit layout program that still works better and faster than the Windows apps I have that cost thousands.
2. I have nothing else on this machine that needs any app that doesn't run under Win 98 SE, including Office 2000 and anything else I need.
3. My basic rule about Microsoft operating systems is not to move to a new one until it's been out at least two years. I'm glad to let the MS fanbois be the guinneapigs and debug their crap before I waste time deling with a new OS when my current one works.
4. I'm in the middle of setting up a new drive for this machine with XP Pro SP2. I've figured out how to get most of my necessary legacy apps working to an acceptable, if not perfect level, but some of the installation disks for basic crap like my HP printer won't even come up under XP Pro so I have to figure out some work arounds to get them happening.
5. I still like being able to get "under the hood" and fix at least some stuff with nothing more than a DOS based ASCII text editor.
6. If you don't need XP, why spend $150 - $200 to buy nothing?
kingdur -- I PM'd you. LMK if you'd like a floppy disk that will automatically install my tweaks. It's customizable to suit your requirements, and it'll keep Win 98 SE much happier. The installation is easy and 100% reversable if you don't like what it does.