Should Fozzer install XP?

[Gixer]

Yup forget SP2!!

Just get SP1 and all the hotfixes.  You must get the hotfixes otherwise your InternetExplorer can be used against you and you will end up with all kinds of worms and trojans!

[Fozzer]

What you lot don't realise is the amazing daily pleasure I get from observing the "Blue Screen Of Death" popping up on my monitor and re-booting my system when I am in the middle of typing reams of text*.... ....!
A luxury you only get with Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows XP.
Its almost as much fun as using DOS... ...!
What a boring life it would be otherwise... ...!
Tee-Hee...!

Hooray for Windows '98 Second Edition.. ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

What's Broadband... ...?
A group of fat musicians... ...?

Cheers all... ...!

Paul. Win '98 SE Appreciation Society... ...!

*It's happened three times today....OH JOYFULLNESS.... .. .. ..!

P.S. I've got the Win XP discs but I haven't got the heart to install them....yet.... ...!

[Dan]

No, Foz, don't do it! 'Cos then I'll be the only one on 98SE!!  :( I would upgrade, but 128Mb of PC100 SDRAM can't do it....  :-/ Oh well...
Dan

[ozzy72]

The SP2 pack shagged up my PC, nothing would work!
I'm using XP Pro, and I've just gone over to Firefox, and I'm happier than I've been in a long time

[Fozzer]

[quote]No, Foz, don't do it! 'Cos then I'll be the only one on 98SE!!

[Stratobat]

You lot sound like the publicity department of M$.

Hehehe

Regards,
Stratobat

[Dan]

Thats the way Paul!!!

[eno]

!

..an extremely small selection of my games, etc, most of which, I'm sure, wouldn't run on Win XP... ...!
...and I love all my "Old" games... ...!

Most of them will Mr Fozzer .......... there's a little known component of Win XP it's called compatability mode.  You right click on the EXE for a program and in the properties there's a little tab for it. Click on the tab and you can run almost every old game in Windows 95 / 98 Mode.

cheers
eno

[Saitek]

Well I never..... what a couple to fight for the Fort! 8)
One's nearly as old as the Universe :o and the other is a young sprout, just putting down the roots...  (that's a compliment Dan - I'm not much older :) ).

Come on Paul, join the world in the fast lane, yep you can do it on your bike, so you can do it - get a PC on Boxing Day - that's when the sales in PC World are on I believe - and then join the fat-fast Connection club. 8) 8)
You don't know what your missing.... honest!

Now, to be on a more serious note.
We've 4 computers in our house.... :o
1 x 95 :-/
1 x 98 :-/
2 x XP 8) 8)

For some reason we skipped the 2000 version. ::)
The 2 XPs and 98 are networked and the 98 is in my room  :-X  >:(   - (the 95 is in my sisters room. )
Dad has an XP and everyone shaes the other XP.  I can assure you it's the XP's we fight over. They rarely crash and are very reliable.
Today my 98 crashed three or four times, the XP's rarely crash. Despite there bad press they are much more stable and much better for gaming. They aren't any more complicated at all.

Ben

[Fozzer]

[quote]

Most of them will Mr Fozzer .......... there's a little known component of Win XP it's called compatability mode.

[Dan]

Cross my palm with enough silver to get a machine that will run aforementioned super-OS and I will...

[Fozzer]

Well I never..... what a couple to fight for the Fort!

Come on Paul, join the world in the fast lane, yep you can do it on your bike, so you can do it - get a PC on Boxing Day - that's when the sales in PC World are on I believe - and then join the fat-fast Connection club.
You don't know what your missing.... honest!


Ben

Hi Ben...!

Sorry Mate...I voted for number 3 in the Poll List...!
LOL...LOL...LOL... ... ... ...!

Cheers Ben .......!

Paul. Sinclair Spectrum user, Commodore C64 user, Amiga 1200 user, Atari 1024 user, Amstad CPC 64 user, etc, etc.....
Like me, I love "Old Stuff"...LOL... ... ...!
...especially waiting for 56K dial-up to turn my pages.. ...!
LOL...!

[Paz]

I've seen more problems reported with WinXP than any other OS on this forum alone.

[4_Series_Scania]

Fozzer, Place your XP disk into your PC with '98 running, (assuming Auto Run is enabled) a little menu will appear, offering you a clean install , or, the option of installing it alongside Win 98 - Result! all those gems will still shine.

All you need is either an empty partitioned space on your HD or, an empty physical HD to install it on.

Remember, '98 MUST stay on drive C:, and Bob will be your proverbial uncle.  ;)



Really mate, its that simple.

[Craig.]

DOS? what is this dos you speak of