98 Guy wrote in :

Gabriel Knight wrote:

Thanks for the cross posting for me 98 Guy and I will make sure to
use the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion group for any more
Win 98 questions - I apologize sincerely.

No need to apologize.

Just recognize the utility of posting to the appropriate newsgroups.

However, I note that you *again* did not cross-post to
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, even though you are continuing
this dialog on a path that pertains to windows 98.

You seem to be going out of your way to NOT post replies in this thread
where I have already added microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion to the
distribution, but instead when you reply you do so by creating a new
thread - and only post it to the XP help-and-support group. This is
highly suspicious behavior.

I am using Win98 for one reason that is I bought an old pc game
that needs an old pc so I have built a pc for that but I though
the service packs for 98 and xp were the same, I was wrong there.

I know I can run VMware, dosbox or program compatibility on Win xp
but I don't want to do that. It's been a while for me with win 98
so my questions were a bit off - my apologies again.

I needed a service pack for 98 because before I installed an ATI
Radeon 3d card driver I had to install "Net Framework 1.1" and
internet explorer 6 or the driver would not install, later I found
the driver or the card were not working 100% so before that I
thought an up to date service pack might help as one game I used
as a test said something was missing but I was later seeing a bad
driver problem because of graphic mishaps after the driver was
installed so now I am in the process of getting another driver to
try or I'll use an NVidia card.

Thanks all

GK

I can only say that I'm baffled by your continued use of the XP
help-and-support group to post questions pertaining to win-98.

There might be others that will help you install win-98 with all the
appropriate accessories (like a functional driver for your video card,
.Net framework, etc) but I no longer have the inclination to help in
this hand-holding process just so you can play some old games.


Just tell him to use 'Compatibility Mode' in WXP. I don't have a clue what
that even means, exactly, (I don't run WXP) but I know that people who do
often get W9X stuff running on it by doing that, without recourse to virtual
machines.