Win98 Spt Extended Thru 30 June 2006

[Helen]

Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition support was scheduled to end on
January 16, 2004. The continual evaluation of the Support Lifecycle policy
revealed, however, that customers in the smaller and the emerging markets
needed additional time to upgrade their product. Therefore, Microsoft will
continue to support Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me
through June 30, 2006. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean1

 

[Old Gringo]

Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition support was scheduled to end on
January 16, 2004. The continual evaluation of the Support Lifecycle policy
revealed, however, that customers in the smaller and the emerging markets
needed additional time to upgrade their product. Therefore, Microsoft will
continue to support Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me
through June 30, 2006. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean1

Good news for me as a Win98se user. I am hoping Longhorn will be
ready by then.

 

[Wishmaster]

Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition support was scheduled to end on
January 16, 2004. The continual evaluation of the Support Lifecycle policy
revealed, however, that customers in the smaller and the emerging markets
needed additional time to upgrade their product. Therefore, Microsoft will
continue to support Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me
through June 30, 2006. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean1

It seems like most Windows 98 users aren't changing OS until Longhorn...

(I started to use Windows 98 in 2003 and stopped recently.
Before this, I used good old Windows 95)

[]s

 

[mike ring]

Good news for me as a Win98se user. I am hoping Longhorn will be
ready by then.

Or maybe a linux that works/Ican work.

(I musta tried about 10 and spent a hundred quid. Latest failure ubuntu; 2
count them two versions)

But 98SE soldiers on brilliantly )

mike

 

[Mel]

Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition support was scheduled to end on
January 16, 2004. The continual evaluation of the Support Lifecycle policy
revealed, however, that customers in the smaller and the emerging markets
needed additional time to upgrade their product. Therefore, Microsoft will
continue to support Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me
through June 30, 2006. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean1

Are you behind in your reading?

 

[Helen]

FYI - NOT all messages are received by ALL servers, nor or ALL messages
received at the same time if at all!

Take a chill pill! Your irritability is uncalled for. Go back to bed and
try getting up on the other side!
In addition, don't judge others by your on inabilities/perceptions - it does
not become you.

 

[Mel]

Take a chill pill! Your irritability is uncalled for. Go back to bed and
try getting up on the other side!
In addition, don't judge others by your on inabilities/perceptions - it does
not become you.

You have a nice day too.

Luv,
Mel

 

[Helen]

LOL!

You have a nice day too.

Luv,
Mel

 

[elaich]

Good news for me as a Win98se user. I am hoping Longhorn will be
ready by then.

If you haven't migrated to 2000 or XP from 98 by now, why in the world
would you wait for Longhorn? Longhorn is going to be 10 times more invasive
than XP with the DRM and activation crap. Also, that browserless surf from
the desktop feature is going to be a cracker's paradise. If you think IE
has holes, wait until they get hold of this.

 

[mike ring]

If you haven't migrated to 2000 or XP from 98 by now, why in the world
would you wait for Longhorn? Longhorn is going to be 10 times more
invasive than XP with the DRM and activation crap. Also, that
browserless surf from the desktop feature is going to be a cracker's
paradise. If you think IE has holes, wait until they get hold of this.

Thing is, I know nothing about Longhorn, so I can dream, can't I?

Like I did about XP.

"Does it matter, will it matter that the ocean is unreal,
That the craft we thought would save us does not move, and never will?
Does it matter that an old man, tired of finding no replies
Builds himself a perfect vessel from the substance of the skies?"

<sob>

<g>

mike

 

[Mark Warner]

"Mel" wrote

Last Review : January 14, 2005

FYI - NOT all messages are received by ALL servers, nor or ALL
messages received at the same time if at all!

Take a chill pill! Your irritability is uncalled for. Go back to
bed and try getting up on the other side!
In addition, don't judge others by your on inabilities/perceptions -
it does not become you.

Might I suggest decaf?

 

[Mel]

Last Review : January 14, 2005



Might I suggest decaf?

LOL

 

[Andy Axnot]

Or maybe a linux that works/Ican work.

Have you tried Mepis? Works quite well; not "brilliantly" but quite well.
It's available as a free download of a live CD, so you can try it before
installing it.
http://www.mepis.org/

Linux can be a struggle for us reformed Windows users, but it's worth it.
Microsoft is just too intrusive and controlling, and basically wants to
turn all computer users into indentured slaves to M$. :-(

Andy

 

[Old Gringo]

Or maybe a linux that works/Ican work.

(I musta tried about 10 and spent a hundred quid. Latest failure ubuntu; 2
count them two versions)

But 98SE soldiers on brilliantly )

mike

I have been more than content with Win98se for 8 years now. I went
from dos 4 to 6 to Win95 to Win98se and been there ever since.

 

[Old Gringo]

@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:




If you haven't migrated to 2000 or XP from 98 by now, why in the world
would you wait for Longhorn? Longhorn is going to be 10 times more invasive
than XP with the DRM and activation crap. Also, that browserless surf from
the desktop feature is going to be a cracker's paradise. If you think IE
has holes, wait until they get hold of this.

Thanks for the info. My Win98se has been clicking right along for
the past 8 years and I have no complaints. Win98se may be one of MS
success stories.

 

[Wishmaster]

Or maybe a linux that works/Ican work.

I am still to find a Linux distro that I like and that has support for all
my hardwares...
(winmodem, Serial ATA RAID controller, scanner, printer)

 

[Wishmaster]

"Old Gringo" <[email protected]> escreveu na mensagem

I have been more than content with Win98se for 8 years now. I went from
dos 4 to 6 to Win95 to Win98se and been there ever since.

I would still be using Win98 SE if it supported the "Hyper-Threading"
feature of Pentium IV processor (Windows XP detects it as a 2nd processor).


--
[]s Renan (aka Wishmaster) - Canoas, RS, Brazil

"Sex? Who needs sex? Perl, Bash, Emacs and sed are better! (C++ can be seen
as hardcore sex)"
np: After Forever - Leaden Legacy

 

[Terry Russell]

Thanks for the info. My Win98se has been clicking right along for
the past 8 years and I have no complaints. Win98se may be one of MS
success stories.

A success, but not for MS, not if you are still using it.

It seems about half of users merely want their PC to work reliably
for an extended period.
A P350 with w98 and IE5 meets most of their needs and they can pick
up a few more to avoid family squabbles with a handful of pocket change.
A later OS and hardware to run it means adjusting the budget for many
people.

Later , but not hugely better and rapidly depreciating,software or a years
extended medical cover for the kids? Hmm.

For a business paying $50k a year to have help desk staff sit in front of a
PC the cost
of the latest hardware and OS, tax-ex and deductible, is a different set of
numbers.

 

[mike ring]

Have you tried Mepis? Works quite well; not "brilliantly" but quite
well.
It's available as a free download of a live CD, so you can try it
before
installing it.
http://www.mepis.org/

Linux can be a struggle for us reformed Windows users, but it's worth
it. Microsoft is just too intrusive and controlling, and basically
wants to turn all computer users into indentured slaves to M$. :-(

Yhat's one major problem - I'm on dialup and can't download hundreds of
megs.

And I'd have no chance on a text based jobby - I've tried.

And the ones that have installed are so grindingly slow to try to tweak;
alright that's prolly my problem as I don't know how to slim them.

But each call of the control panel and attempt to tweak takes forever,
life's too short.

And I must have good midi - noteworthy, a very old Cakewalk express and
timidity++ to make waves (hem).

Rosegarden won't work for me, and I can only find the player version of
Timidity.

No point in whining, linux buffs only listen in Klingon ;-)

mike

 

[Art]

A later OS and hardware to run it means adjusting the budget for many
people.

I recently purchased a couple of new low end machines built by a local
guy for $200 each. He sells them with either Win 98 SE or Win 2K Pro
installed and updated ... with a three month hardware gaurantee. These
are 1.6 ghz AMD cpu machines with 256 meg RAM and 60 gig drives.

I bought them because my wife's 900 mhz Hp Pavilion with Win ME had
started horizontal line streaking. I had eliminated the monitor and
Windows drivers, and discovered to my dismay that there is no video
board. The video hardware is on the motherboard. It didn't occur to
me to plug in a video board to see if the machine would accept it,
until this same fellow I bought the new machines from suggested I
try that. Sure enough, a spare video board I had worked fine.

So now our super Hp Pavilion is back up in service for her. I had only
payed $150 for it two or three years ago from a person having
trouble with it who just wanted to get rid of it. The problems were
just software, and it's been solid as a rock since I fixed it up.

It's fun for me in retirement to do things on a shoestring and pay
very little for my machines. A neighbor is moving, for example, and
sets out her kid's computer for trash pickup. I find that the ink jet
printer works fine and just needs a black cartridge And I get
other spare parts besides.

Our big expensive luxury is the $50/mo we pay for DSL service.
And I blew about $140 for a LynkSys wireless router plus PCI
adapter so we can share our DSL service. But othewrise, the best
things in life are free, or very close to it. You can d/l drive
reliability test sw from h.d. manufacturer's sites. I discarded
a couple of drives I had that didn't pass muster. And I use
good spare drives as backups. The free version of XXCOPY
has been my mainstay for years on the Win 9X/ME machines.

Win 2K Pro seems kinda "heavy" for "mom and pop" use, but
I find it can be tamed down. Here's something I wrote
for those who wind up trying it out:

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg/Win2KPro.html

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg