after I had got to a certain point with the gateway 486, i needed a newer mb to boot from cd and clear a nasty virus from anything. ( hiren's older versions put you at no risk of re-infection) after everything was cleared. I noticed the hard drive mounted in the old ( my last remaining desktop)
It had win 98se which I had almost forgotten.
I started remebering thinsg as I struggled ( really) to make cards work. But things started slowly coming back.
Need a video card? Just keep trying cArds until one is recognized. need a Nic card? same here. finally it was on line.
Atomic clock sych updated hundreds of days ( since 2005)
ANG auto virus updated Once and then every three minuted wanted me to "upgrade to version 8) which does not work on 98se. I tried uninstalling it., it stopped in the middel. I edited the registry, I cleaned the start menu, I edited the boot log.
I could get to the desktop finally but it was not easy.
I tried booting from norton system works 2003.
I got a message but it would boot to windows ( hurens and ranish cd's did boot) I finally did a start/run and manually started it.,
ran win doctor., same things.
finally I d/l ver 7 from old version.com and carefully uninstalled it. finally it runs smoothly no warts.
I tried making a new cd of NSW 2003 but it was corrupted.
I had iso's and my 5 dvd's cannot be located.
but I found a 40g drive with a backup copy.
Thank me for taped on labels.
I really learnbed a lot revisting 98.
Now I have to figure out how to upgrade the video . I took the first card that worked. I will try a dozen or more including some agp cards. yes this sytem is old but a bit more than vintage. still 12 years old.
I really realize how much things have improved over the years. I recall being amazed at an old intel mb where everything worked after I installed 98. I was amazed then.
question ; what do you use for anti virus.
I do have a old leg;l copy of norton.
It had win 98se which I had almost forgotten.
I started remebering thinsg as I struggled ( really) to make cards work. But things started slowly coming back.
Need a video card? Just keep trying cArds until one is recognized. need a Nic card? same here. finally it was on line.
Atomic clock sych updated hundreds of days ( since 2005)
ANG auto virus updated Once and then every three minuted wanted me to "upgrade to version 8) which does not work on 98se. I tried uninstalling it., it stopped in the middel. I edited the registry, I cleaned the start menu, I edited the boot log.
I could get to the desktop finally but it was not easy.
I tried booting from norton system works 2003.
I got a message but it would boot to windows ( hurens and ranish cd's did boot) I finally did a start/run and manually started it.,
ran win doctor., same things.
finally I d/l ver 7 from old version.com and carefully uninstalled it. finally it runs smoothly no warts.
I tried making a new cd of NSW 2003 but it was corrupted.
I had iso's and my 5 dvd's cannot be located.
but I found a 40g drive with a backup copy.
Thank me for taped on labels.
I really learnbed a lot revisting 98.
Now I have to figure out how to upgrade the video . I took the first card that worked. I will try a dozen or more including some agp cards. yes this sytem is old but a bit more than vintage. still 12 years old.
I really realize how much things have improved over the years. I recall being amazed at an old intel mb where everything worked after I installed 98. I was amazed then.
question ; what do you use for anti virus.
I do have a old leg;l copy of norton.