Windows 98

yes you can upgrade.

It's usually a short cut to the system operations. Open, rename, edit, properties... all of which can be accessed in the program itself. Just an easier way to get there.

If you intend to install the hard drive as a second drive, Windows 98 may not be able to recognise it.

Windows 98 runs only with the Fat 32 file system, where as normally XP runs on the NTFS file system, but can also run on Fat 32

Type conf.exe as a run command.

first you need to select the folder. then right click the mouse once. select properties at the bottom of the menu. select hidden option and apply. now select if you want to hide subfolders nad files in this folder. next select advanced and then encrypt contents for secure data. click ok then select sharing tab at top of box. check the box "make this folder private" click general tab and apply box at bottom. hey presto hidden folder, encrypted, and unsharable do reverse to access the file but don't change the sharing part. e-mail me if you having problems

Kevin

ur soln. is very good. I've tested it but unable to find my own hidden, encrypted folder! presto?

well if you cant find your encrypted folder first what you need to do is go to tools, click on folder potions, click on the tab that says view, and click show hidden folders and apply.

If you installed Windows XP in this method you can downgrade. That is, if you upgraded Windows XP from Windows 98 SE means you can downgrade Windows XP by removing Windows XP in Control panel, Add/Remove programs. Then the first Operating System (windows 98Se) will come.

I've had to do this many times at my work. The best way is to boot with a 98 bootdisk then use fdisk to wipe the hard drive. Then restart the machine with the bootdisk and 98 CD in it. Choose the option to run setup from the CD and then follow the instructions. Setup will format the hardrive and then restart to begin installing the OS.

Why in the world would you want to install 98. Microsoft no longer provides support for 98 and XP SP2 is far superior to 98 in the first place. It is a no brainer. Keep XP SP2 and forget the archaic 98.

When you ask for similarities and differences, you must have a second target to compare to.

NTFS is a journaling file system, designed primarily for scalability and security. FAT32 is used in Windows 98 because Windows 98 requires MS-DOS to boot, and it would have been very difficult to port MS-DOS to boot off of an NTFS partition.

Also, FAT32 has better performance on older computers and smaller hard drives. By the time Windows XP came out, computers were more powerful, and NTFS would actually perform better than FAT32 on the hard drives that were available by this time.

yes all hard drives must be reformatted before installing an operating system.

In windows 98 and windows me, the icons have a color depth of 16-bit, in windows xp the icons have a color depth of 32-bit and so they are higher quality. Note: Windows xp more user freindly and graphics clear.

Task bar.

I am going to assume you meant Windows ME to WIndows XP Home ED? One thing I HIGHLY suggest doing is perform a low level format because if you try and upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP you are going to have some serious .dll issues and all kinds of errors. Windows ME was not a stable OS and Microsoft admitted to that, this is why people choose not to run Windows ME. Research the web if you do not know how to perform a low level format on your hard drive

Yes. Installing new hardware does not require internet access, unless you do not have the drivers for the device.

No reason why not. Windows XP should be able to read disks created with Windows 98 without any problems. OpenOffice is capable of reading a wide variety of files.

Yes, It Is FREE For An Adobe Reader Account!!

It is a process of deleting a files , Icons from startup menu and registry entry.

A Windows computer will recognize more ram if you throw it out your window and buy a mac instead (really it's a good choice) many computers will actually recognize the new ram instantly and if it hasn't you can try reinstalling it. If that doesn't work you can hunt through settings to look for something to do with RAM and it might have a setting you can change.

Because with reliability and stability it second to Windows 7, the only difference between 7 and XP is 7 can support a larger variety of services and applications compared to XP.

This is a common occurrence, particularly if you did not upgrade the computer beforehand. Windows XP requires more RAM and a faster processor than Windows 98.

I think you can but on your Windows 98 Computer make sure that in your BIOS the Floppy Drive is the very top one.

Plus to get to the BIOS depends on your Computer. Here are the shortcuts that I know of to get to the BIOS:

F2 , Del (or Delete) , or F10

Just experiment with the keys until you get to the BIOS.

PSPSlimBoy

how to shut down computer correctly??

In order to run a Windows OS you need to have an Intel processor.

Mac OS X will only run on an apple computer. Some apple computers are using an Intel processor so you can run a Windows OS or Mac OS.

Dr. Watson.

If you were referring to what the file name for the program was, it was drwtsn32.exe.