Windows 98 introduced several key features, including improved hardware support, enhanced performance, and better multimedia capabilities. It offered a more user-friendly interface with the Start menu and taskbar, alongside support for USB devices and the internet through Internet Explorer. The operating system also featured the Windows Driver Model for easier driver installation and compatibility. Additionally, Windows 98 included built-in tools like the System File Checker and the Active Desktop for dynamic web content on the desktop.
There are no unique features of Windows 98, nothing is unique about Windows 98.
Yes, I just did it. With the XP Upgrade CD in, in windows 98 go to run in the start menu and open setup.exe from the cdrom drive, it'll install xp on the windows 98. Because you're not making a new guest OS in vmfusion, it still shows up as "Windows 98" but the actual OS is upgraded to be XP.
98 is a hybrid 16/32bit utilizing OS, as where NT is full 32bit. - Alex C
Microsoft DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7.
Windows 95 OSR 2.1 was the first OS that supported USB, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP all support USB, however Windows NT does not.
MS-DOS Windows 1.0 Windows 2.0 Windows 3.0 Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME
Windows 95 OSR 2.1 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP, with service packs applied, supports Hi-speed USB. submitted by F.Wright Jr.
I think you were meaning NT 3.1 (OS/2 3.0), and many people also mean NT 4.0 by Windows 97. However, unlike 95 and 98, these are simply nicknames given after 95 and 98. Regardless of people calling NT 3.1 "Windows 93", it is not in the 9x line and apparently those people are mistaken.
No. Support was discontinued on December 31, 2001.
No, Office XP was the last version which could be installed on Windows 98/Me. Office 2003 requires Windows 2000 or a later OS.
Use Virtual PC (download from Microsoft) and the guest operating system is windows 95. While running windows 95 as a guest, Power chess 98 will run on the guest windows 95 virtual PC OS
Windows 98 uses an older technology based on DOS, Windows 2000 is based on the NT Kernel. Sometimes Windows NT OS's don't work right with old dos files.With a clean install, you get a fresh start. With an upgrade, problems with applications or the OS may follow you into the new load.Install off of your Windows 2000 CD and then have Windows search for your Win 98 CD when it checks for valid upgrade path.