Windows 98 Second Addition ran on a number of different motherboards. The main thing was if the motherboard had drivers that would work under Windows 98. In some cases, Windows 95 or Windows ME drivers would be satisfactory substitutions. The main types of boards that supported Windows 98 SE were either Socket 7 (Intel Pentium and AMD K6, K6/2, K6/3) or Socket A (AMD Duron and Athlon).
Windows 98 home publishing is for Windows 98. Windows 98 programs don't work well on Windows XP sometimes.
Yes the Sims 2 should work on Windows 98.
sure do!
There is no specific printer that you "need" for Windows 98. Any printer with a Windows 98 driver should work.
Do you mean the games say "compatible with windows 98?" and you have Windows XP? Games are backwards compatible. Meaning, if the games say "windows 98", windows 95 is ok (anything before windows 98 will work). But it is not forward compatible--Windows 2000, windows xp, etc. will not work. does this answer?
Support for Windows 98 was dropped after the 2.0 line. Firefox 3.0 and higher are not compatible.
Most games written for Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 will run on Windows 98. Games that were only written with Windows 2000 or later in mind will usually not run on Windows 98.
You probably don't. Most software designed for 98 will still work with XP; the reverse is not true.
Windows 98 isn't officially supported, but it has been run on Windows 98. If you cannot get the latest release to run, try downloading an older release like 2.45, which is known to work well in Windows 98.
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Any x86 processor from the 386 on up to present-day processors can be used with Windows 98.