SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 98-07-03 22:22:55 EDT, you write:
>
> << Anyone that's having problems putting the ever-terrible Windows 98 on
> your Compaq machine should view:
> http://www.compaq.com/athome/win98/
> Keep it real, only machines that 98 could run on, not the oldies.
> >>
>
> harrrumph, don't feel bad, it seems like almost 100% failure rate when end
> users are upgrading to windont98 on IBM aptiva models as well. seems to be
> that there's always something that is not working correctly. so much for
> backwards compatibility! most users dont also know about fat32. once you
> convert, you cant go back and you cannot do the best thing which is remove 98
> altogether!
I found this after a customer had a problem "self installing" WinBlows98.....I
did some research and found the site and thought maybe a few might want to see
this before trashing everything they worked into the system so far, especially on
gigantic drives that have had software installed for years now. Without even
having to mention it, you know I had to reinstall Win95 and all of his software,
start all over basically. I was going to do a minimal install of 95B and then add
98 over it and then reinstall the stuff on the drive, but he feels the urge now
to take Mr. Gates up on his money back offer, permanently. Personally I'm staying
with my 95 on the one machine, NT 4.0 on another, DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1 on another
and DOS 6.22 with 4DOS added on yet the other two (8088 and 80286 w/640k). I'll
probably try 98 after the little bugaboos are found and fixed, ie - on-the-market
beta testing.
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Received on Fri Jul 03 1998 - 21:56:41 BST