End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me

[Dialysis1]

Just noticed that Microsoft will no longer support Windows 98 and Windows Me. You can read about it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx

Edit: I probably should have put this in the News forum.

[Dan]

So the push for Vista is on! Likely see another XP SP, and then all they will care about is getting us to buy Vista. I'll likely be a sucker and do it!

[blutach]

They shouldn't have released them to begin with.

Regards

[photo_angel2004]

I was surprized they supported it as long as they did.

[Dan]

They shouldn't have released them to begin with.

Regards

So true! I remember when 98 first came out. It was a miracle if I made it through the day without my computer hanging or crashing.

[photo_angel2004]

The part that sucks is my son has a lot of older games that dont work very well on XP so we still have one pc with windows 98SE.

[ed klein]

I still have a year 2000 computer with the ME operating system on it. It has a 700 mhz CPU and a hard drive of 20 gb.

I used it for backup, I used to use it to create SVCD for the movie only on two CD-R disks. I keep it cleaned out real well to keep the resources as high as possible.

I think Microsoft is going to STOP support July 11, 2006 on 98 and Me operating systems.

[Chewy]

The part that sucks is my son has a lot of older games that dont work very well on XP so we still have one pc with windows 98SE.

ever use compatibilty mode?

[photo_angel2004]

ever use compatibilty mode?

I have tried that it works for some of the games and some just work on XP but there are some it doesnt work with. Or it works sort of meaning the games starts then stops while playing.

I gave up on it and through windows 98SE back on our 3rd computer. The only thing that one really gets used for anymore if those games that dont work on XP.


And its holding some data. LOL

[jm1647]

BB and a few others recently ran a sale for XP Home Upgrade Edition for $49. Keep an eye out for future sales.