Clint, Well, this system is going to be dual boot, with both 98SE as well as XP Pro.
I have too many programs, such as games, utilities, and other programs, that will not run under XP. So need to be able to have a working version of 98SE available for those programs, and then XP for everything more current. It is interesting how many people, both in the corporate world as well as on a more private basis, still have to use 98SE for too many legacy programs, which is the big reason I personally think for MS still going to support 98SE. Time will tell on too many things. Ralph "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > First they were supposed to 'can' the support of '98 this month > or in February. I think I heard yesterday that's been extended > to 2005. They first changed it to 2006, but backed that down > to 2005. I could be wrong there though since I only caught the > tail end of the story. > > The way I understand it is you still should be able to get the > updates from the update site until then (or whenever support > stops). But, like I've stated many times, the best thing to do > is sub to their newsletter regarding updates, then download > ONLY what you are POSITIVE you need for your PC, and save them > to a CD. At least you'll have current updates until 2005 (or > whenever) which by then you'd hopefully be on XP. Or, if you > must go to the update site, write down all the updates it says > you need and do some searches on each to find out if they are > really necessary and you can usually download them from the > information pages. You can also click the "read more" links > below each product update at the update site. Sometimes there > they will have the extended info and download like, but > sometimes they don't. > -Clint > > Happy New Year to all & God Bless > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://OrpheusComputing.com ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To one and all, > > After all the recent write ups with regard to MS abandement of > Win98SE, > I now have to wonder if I will be able to get all the existing > updates > that have existed at least through this point in time with a > new install > I have to do. > > I need to install Win98Se as well as WinXP Pro on this new > system, in a > dual-boot configuration. Since I need to install Win98SE first, > I now > wonder about the whole issue of will MS do system updates that > have > existed to this point??? > > Anyone know of this as a potential issue to be dealt with???? > > Ralph ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
