Re: Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh! Windows 98...

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From: Adam Leinss
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 18:12:15 -1000, Rowland Croucher
<rowlandc@mira.net> wrote:

>
>Sometimes someone (in this case Bill Gates) is sent into our lives to
>teach us patience...
>
>I upgraded my W95 to W98: AOK (faster shut downs and a few other minor
>advantages) then tried to download the latest Netscape 4.0 whatever...
>
>Then it all happened. Got fatal error type messages every few minutes,
>computer wouldn't talk to printer, Netscape wouldn't retain my
>subscribed newsgroups, tried a defrag and the whole thing collapsed in
>the middle of it.

I have since done a format C: and done a clean install, but I did do a
install over Windows 95 without an errors and or trouble spots.  I
think it depends on what crap you have in your registry and hardware
in terms of what kind of problems you will have.

Adam

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Subject: Re: Aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh! Windows 98...
Date: 1999/01/06
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