RE: which computer - win98se update

[Philip Friedman pfilf@xxxxxxxx]

If memory serves, and it may not, there was an upgrader availble from MS at the time SE was introduced. And USB is one of the functionalities that I miss on the current FE machines. Also, as we speak, in 2005, virtually all the peripherals I've looked at seem to require SE (though this may be entirely because of USB).

I've got a copy of SE itself. I've just been leery of trying to load it on top of my FE, afraid
I'll blow something up. Maybe I'm being too timid.

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Oct 3, 2005 12:34 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: which computer - win98se update

It's my understanding that there's no such thing, per se, as a special 98FE-to-98SE upgrader. But,
if you load ALL the updates that were available for 98FE, then supposedly you'd have something that
was ALMOST 98SE..."almost" being the catch. Some things like USB still don't work (I no
longer remember all the shortcomings).

But...one of the things I liked most about 95/98 was that you could re-load the OS on top of itself
(which ended with the advent of the NT era). Which usually fixed a lot of little corruptions, but
left intact all your customizations and settings. I did it regularly, always with noticeable
improvement. I've never heard specifically that you can just load SE on top of FE and get a wholly
SE system, but I suspect that it's possible.

Brian H.

-----Original Message-----

I just visited the two sites for Win98SE upgrade, and it turns out that what they have is a service
pack of updates for 98SE.  These would be only for people who already have 98SE, and likely a good
thing for them.  But unfortunately no answer for folks like me, looking to upgrade from plain old
98 to 98SE.

so... I repeat the request -- anyone out there have a 98 > 98SE upgrader or know where on can be found?