Throw it away and load Windows 7
If your computer does not meet the minimum RAM requirement for Vista, an upgrade will increase speed.
They are "compatible" in the sense that many applications that run on Windows XP will run on Windows Vista.
Many applications and games written for or compatible with Windows 98 will run on Windows Vista.
Yes, but much slower than it would run Windows XP or a Linux distribution. Make sure your computer has at least 1GB of RAM to run Vista decently.
You can try to run it in the compatibility mode. But 99% of games for Windows 98 will not work under Vista.
Vista has DX 10 when WIndows XP doesnt. While Vista was suppose to be the upgrade to XP, it had a lot of problems during the first launch and it took awhile to fix everything. Vista is suppose to run faster, and use less resources on your system. But Vista failed and Microsoft then released Windows 7 as the replacement to Vista.
Yes ofcourse, Windows Vista is upgraded version of Windows XP. Obviously it can run Windows XP applications.
Windows Vista
Well in short it takes less memory(RAM) to run it, and in my own opinion, it is a lot better looking and faster.
Windows Vista can already run most XP applications, with no need for any additional software.
your computer might not be powerful enough to run vista. but to be honest i hate vista, get windows 7. Are there any applications running?
open CD drive insert windows vista disk and run it