Windows 98 vs. Windows NT

Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
Windows 98?

Windows NT4 is DEAD.

Windows 98 is ready to die.

Time to upgrade to Windows XP.

--
Dave




"jwalk01" <> wrote in message
news:AB015297-B832-4B4A-8B0F-...
| Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
| Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
| computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
| Windows 98?

In article <>,
David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>Windows NT4 is DEAD.
>
>Windows 98 is ready to die.
>
>Time to upgrade to Windows XP.
>
>--
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>"jwalk01" <> wrote in message
>news:AB015297-B832-4B4A-8B0F-...
>| Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
>| Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
>| computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
>| Windows 98?
>
>


Someday you'll want to run some software or hardware gadget that
isn;t supported in W98. Until then, apply all the critical updates,
as long as Microsoft produces them, run AV and ad-ware filters,
and use FireFox instead of MSIE.

Be Happy and keep your fingers crossed.

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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

Consider upgrading directly to Win XP (Pro) SP2 to reap the benefits,
especially in the area of security (e.g. default ON Windows Firewall,
Internet Explorer pop-up blocker, etc.).

This is the most compatible and secure platform (which Win 98 lacks), even
when running on laptop systems.

"jwalk01" wrote:

> Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
> Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
> computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
> Windows 98?

Desmond Lee wrote:
> Consider upgrading directly to Win XP (Pro) SP2 to reap the benefits,
> especially in the area of security (e.g. default ON Windows Firewall,
> Internet Explorer pop-up blocker, etc.).
>
> This is the most compatible and secure platform (which Win 98 lacks),
> even when running on laptop systems.

<remembers the pain of installing NT4 on a laptop, cringes, weeps>

>
> "jwalk01" wrote:
>
>> Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable
>> than Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just
>> want my computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because
>> I'm still running Windows 98?

"Desmond Lee" <> wrote in message
news:57039A8E-DA79-47B3-A0AC-...
> Consider upgrading directly to Win XP (Pro) SP2 to reap the benefits,


I suspect in many if not most cases following this suggestion means
also replacing or updating old hardware. XP is not just a newer version
of Windows. It's a *bigger* version of Windows with new minimum
requirements.


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> especially in the area of security (e.g. default ON Windows Firewall,
> Internet Explorer pop-up blocker, etc.).
>
> This is the most compatible and secure platform (which Win 98 lacks), even
> when running on laptop systems.
>
> "jwalk01" wrote:
>
>> Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
>> Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
>> computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
>> Windows 98?

I can say I happily upgraded my Dell PowerEdge 4300, Dual PII-400MHz, servers from NT4
Server to Windows 2003 Server. The only hitch was the internal RAID 5 arrays. They had to
be rebuilt and data restored from tape. However, there were no problems with a hardware
based RAID 5 array.

--
Dave




"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
news:...
| "Desmond Lee" <> wrote in message
| news:57039A8E-DA79-47B3-A0AC-...
| > Consider upgrading directly to Win XP (Pro) SP2 to reap the benefits,
|
|
| I suspect in many if not most cases following this suggestion means
| also replacing or updating old hardware. XP is not just a newer version
| of Windows. It's a *bigger* version of Windows with new minimum
| requirements.
|
|
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|
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| > especially in the area of security (e.g. default ON Windows Firewall,
| > Internet Explorer pop-up blocker, etc.).
| >
| > This is the most compatible and secure platform (which Win 98 lacks), even
| > when running on laptop systems.
| >
| > "jwalk01" wrote:
| >
| >> Currently I'm runnng Windows 98 because I heard its more compatable than
| >> Windows NT, when installing and running other programs. I just want my
| >> computer to operate smoothly, which its not, is it because I'm still running
| >> Windows 98?
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