<letterman@invalid.com> wrote in message
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| On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:13:09 -0500, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
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| ><letterman@invalid.com> wrote in message
| >news:8th1b4530tnkrmnijd1nvqkjgetee1ij16@4ax.com...
| >> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:19:02 -0500, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
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| >> >>
| >> >
| >> >Yes
| >> >
| >> >I agree. Clean install is the best option...
| >> >
| >> >But ugrading from Win2k to XP generally works .
| >> >
| >> >OTOH: I always advise not to attempt upgrading Win98 ==> XP
| >> >
| >>
| >> What about upgrading Win98 to WinME?
| >>
| >
| >
| >Never tried that one as I've only used WinME for evaluation purposes...
| >but my guess is that though it may work, there would also be a chance for
a
| >number of minor problems.
| >
| >(But I've never tried it, so do not know.)
| >
| >
| >The thing is , Win95, Win98 and WinME are all in the same "family" so to
| >speak...essentially DOS based.
| >
| >While the NT "family ...NT4, Win2000 and XP are not DOS-based as they use
a
| >hardware abstraction layer.
| >
| >Though MS has designed (for example) Win2000 to be able to upgrade a
Win98
| >system...
| >
| >It has been my experience that attempting to upgrade a "win9x" os to an
"NT"
| >based os,
| >generally leads to problems.
| >
| >In most instances the best option is a clean installation.
| >
| >About the only upgrades I don't think I've ever seen fail to work is the
one
| >from win95 to win98.
| >
| >(and of course win98 ==>win98se )
| >
|
| This is why I asked this question. Your last statement that Win98
| ==>Win98se generally works. I know this.....
| There was a time that I thought WinME was a whole new OS (the MS
| advertising suggested that). But I've grown to learn that WinME is
| just an upgrade to Win98se, and little more. This makes me wonder why
| I never upgraded to ME already. (especially since I have a licensed
| copy). I have no intention to upgrade to XP or Vista. I use Win2K on
| my laptop, but am not all that happy with it. Yet, if I'm running
| 98se, why not upgrade to ME. ME looks and works identically. The USB
| support of ME would be most welcome, since all the drivers needed for
| USB in 98 are a pain in the ass.
|
The statement regarding ME is somewhat misleading. ME is not the same as
98SE. ME was the first consumer based OS to use restore points and other
aspects now carried through into the newer NT OSs.
ME also hid the DOS based aspects by using a layer of deception and removal
of DOS access from the common user [there are modifications available to
return those aspects].
It would be reasonable to consider ME [consumer] and 2000 [business] as the
transitional OSs created and designed to push users over into the [new
style] NT based environment, something that had been resisted until their
creation.
You should also note that not all programs created for 9X work in ME due to
certain system file changes and other modifications.
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