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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 1700340" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>I am not sure about the starting date (it must be somewhat later than 99 - maybe 2001/2002? I am always unable to remember when I got any of the computers I had in my life), but I never had to reformat my PC with Win98SE.</p><p></p><p>I added a new hard drive and changed the graphics board so far. I (de/re)installed several games and software over time.</p><p></p><p>The two worst things I can remember where when I updated my Win98 (via Internet update), and were to lazy to restart it after the explorer update. That nearly destroyed the system, but I was able to reinstall the Explorer components that seemed to cause the problem. </p><p>The second one was updating my video drivers - I am not sure if something just went wrong during the installation or the drivers are bad, but switching back to the old drivers worked.</p><p></p><p>My notebook uses Windows XP Professional, and it is similar "stable". The notebook itself has some problems, though. It sometimes simply shuts down while playing Jagged Alliance 2 or Master of Orion II (maybe it doesn`t like second editions? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p>I guess it is a heat problem or so - it doesn´t happen when working with Word. </p><p></p><p>Windows 98SE seems a bit of a gamble - many people seem to have big trouble with it, but some get a perfect system thanks to it.</p><p>(The current stability of my 98SE system is also a reason why I did decide against installing a parallel Linux system or updating to Windows XP. If I ever get a new PC, I will do so, but for now...)</p><p></p><p>Mustrum Ridcully</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 1700340, member: 710"] I am not sure about the starting date (it must be somewhat later than 99 - maybe 2001/2002? I am always unable to remember when I got any of the computers I had in my life), but I never had to reformat my PC with Win98SE. I added a new hard drive and changed the graphics board so far. I (de/re)installed several games and software over time. The two worst things I can remember where when I updated my Win98 (via Internet update), and were to lazy to restart it after the explorer update. That nearly destroyed the system, but I was able to reinstall the Explorer components that seemed to cause the problem. The second one was updating my video drivers - I am not sure if something just went wrong during the installation or the drivers are bad, but switching back to the old drivers worked. My notebook uses Windows XP Professional, and it is similar "stable". The notebook itself has some problems, though. It sometimes simply shuts down while playing Jagged Alliance 2 or Master of Orion II (maybe it doesn`t like second editions? :) ) I guess it is a heat problem or so - it doesn´t happen when working with Word. Windows 98SE seems a bit of a gamble - many people seem to have big trouble with it, but some get a perfect system thanks to it. (The current stability of my 98SE system is also a reason why I did decide against installing a parallel Linux system or updating to Windows XP. If I ever get a new PC, I will do so, but for now...) Mustrum Ridcully [/QUOTE]
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