re: XP too 98 2nd E
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 7:19 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob Cerelli
(2137 messages posted)
Just make sure you have all the necessary hardware drivers and it should go fine.
Depending on the manufacturer of the motherboard, you may get all the drivers for
all the operating systems. Otherwise just download them and put them on another drive
or CD.
I also have seen where XP does not perform as well for everyone and is certainly
a lot more complicated.
Bob Cerelli
On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 7:05 pm, JM wrote:
>Thanks Howie for answering. IMO XP sucks big time. Been running W98 since early
99.
>Have had maybe 5 crash's, all because of something I did wrong. The XP I have had
>but 6 months has been nothing but trouble. Software doesn't work half the time or
>you have to upgrade or buy new printers/scanners etc.
>I know Microsoft stops support for W98 on Jan 16 (?) but hey I have never went to
>them for support anyway. All they say is "put in" your CD. When you say, you did
>not get one with your New PC they say sorry we can't help you without a CD. Why
pay
>"long distances" charges to be told they "can't or want" help you.
>I figure with a new install of W98 it will last a two years or more before I start
>having problems.
>I will think about dual drives but that sounds like I would be asking for big trouble.
>
>
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