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I've sold and or installed several hundred copies of Win98, and have found
that, yes their are problems. The problems are nearly always related to
hardware peripherals. Here's an example... If you have an Asus P5A-B
motherboard, and use a STB Velocity AGP card, you have to update the BIOS to
version 1.004 or later, install an AGP patch, and get an updated driver for
the card. Without those three "fixes", the machine will give you all sorts
of problems, which to a less experienced tech might seem to mean that Win98
is at fault.

The only thing I tell people is to not use the Active Desktop because it
does use a lot of resources, and unless you have a really compelling reason
for using it (I can't think of one), and a really powerful machine, it can
cause problems. Another thing is that it's a good idea to use the latest
versions of whatever software you're using, newer hardware, and the latest
drivers for all your devices.

And once and for all, Netscape and IE4 will live together on the same system
just fine. I have three machines at my disposal that prove it. Not one
problem that can be even remotely blamed on IE4 not liking Netscape.

The fact is, in every case of a Win 98 install having problems, it has been
related to a hardware issue such as bad RAM (Win98 is very picky).

Lee Gregory
A+ Technician

Rowland Croucher wrote in message <3694260E.91F65ECD@mira.net>...
>
>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.
>
>Now a whole day and the help of two techos and many dollars later, I'm
>still trying to get back to where I was... Just as well it's holidays.
>
>I now subscribe to the common compliment 'Bill Gates is more committed
>to success than excellence' ... My computer shop-guy told me they'd sold
>
>just 12 Windows 98 upload CDs __and had problems with them all and now
>refuse to sell 'em__...
>
>Aaaargh...
>
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