After June?
I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has.
After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Beth |
After June?
"Elizabeth" wrote in message ... I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Win98 will keep on working fine just be sure to keep your virus checker updated |
After June?
Elizabeth wrote:
I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Absolutely not. Will I need a new operating system? Nope. Not yet, anyways. Ten years from now, who knows, but even then, I'm not so sure. Of course we probably won't be able to find a whole bunch of *new* software that runs on it at that time, but .. C'est La Vie. Is there any recourse? Sure - keep on chuggin with Win98 like the rest of us (or the rest of us that are still left doing that). :-) Probably someday we will all eventually be on WinXP or Longhorn, or whatever the latest thing is, but that's a ways off (at least for me). What I've got now (Win98SE, and DOS bootup capability), satifies my needs .. purrrfectly. |
After June?
Windows 98 is already a bit crippled when it comes to protective
applications -- the ones that keep you safe while surfing the internet. That situation is going to get worse as time goes by, and I expect that by sometime next year very few modern protective applications will support Win9x systems at all. This is important because the internet and the associated applications (functional or protective) are where the major advancements in technology are occurring on a daily or weekly basis, and as they outgrow Win9x, you will get less functionality and almost *no* decent safety for that platform. The only real effect the June date has is that any further security issues that are subsequently discovered, whether in Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, or in the core operating files, will not be fixed. But the obsolescence of Win9x is already a fact, one that is only going to get worse as the months pass. I strongly recommend that 9x users cease to spend *any* more money on their systems and instead buy a new one. And, no, I would not recommend waiting until Windows Vista is ready for market. I don't think that's going to be soon enough. Get a good machine now and then upgrade to Vista if and when it becomes attractive. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Beth |
After June?
If you are careful with your Internet use &/or get a good virus checker & firewall, you will be fine, I think, to stick with Win98 until the day it crumbles to dust. Some have reportedly seen EVEN Win95 people still alive today! One/two may even have posted to this NG. I STILL haven't heard a peep out of McAfee that a virus has ever tried to infiltrate me. Kerio Personal Firewall has spoken up plenty, but I think I've got it's rules set fine now.
JUST, when all is going well, do make one full system backup, & protect it well. After that, keep another backup on a monthly basis. If ever the monthly one should become flawed or infected, go to the one that you know is good. Would you like my list of full system backup apps? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... | I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. | | After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security | updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I | need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? | | Beth |
After June?
PCR,
I have a Win95 with AVG Free on board that I keep up to date and use as a back-up to my Win98se! If all else fails, my wife's laptop with XP can always be used :-) Don "PCR" wrote in message ... If you are careful with your Internet use &/or get a good virus checker & firewall, you will be fine, I think, to stick with Win98 until the day it crumbles to dust. Some have reportedly seen EVEN Win95 people still alive today! One/two may even have posted to this NG. I STILL haven't heard a peep out of McAfee that a virus has ever tried to infiltrate me. Kerio Personal Firewall has spoken up plenty, but I think I've got it's rules set fine now. JUST, when all is going well, do make one full system backup, & protect it well. After that, keep another backup on a monthly basis. If ever the monthly one should become flawed or infected, go to the one that you know is good. Would you like my list of full system backup apps? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... | I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. | | After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security | updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I | need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? | | Beth |
After June?
The bottom line is that you can have all the patches you want, but true
security (only) "comes from within". (Meaning, you have to be diligent). Don/Gen wrote: PCR, I have a Win95 with AVG Free on board that I keep up to date and use as a back-up to my Win98se! If all else fails, my wife's laptop with XP can always be used :-) Don "PCR" wrote in message ... If you are careful with your Internet use &/or get a good virus checker & firewall, you will be fine, I think, to stick with Win98 until the day it crumbles to dust. Some have reportedly seen EVEN Win95 people still alive today! One/two may even have posted to this NG. I STILL haven't heard a peep out of McAfee that a virus has ever tried to infiltrate me. Kerio Personal Firewall has spoken up plenty, but I think I've got it's rules set fine now. JUST, when all is going well, do make one full system backup, & protect it well. After that, keep another backup on a monthly basis. If ever the monthly one should become flawed or infected, go to the one that you know is good. Would you like my list of full system backup apps? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Beth |
After June?
Been watching MS's behavior since 95. The pattern seems to be release the
new OS to the public market. Followed by bug fixes over a 1-2 year period in general. Jump on the new OS bandwagon around the end of that period seems smartest thing to do, in my opinion. Especially if a service pack(s) which changes some of the base OS system files is involved. -- Jonny "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Windows 98 is already a bit crippled when it comes to protective applications -- the ones that keep you safe while surfing the internet. That situation is going to get worse as time goes by, and I expect that by sometime next year very few modern protective applications will support Win9x systems at all. This is important because the internet and the associated applications (functional or protective) are where the major advancements in technology are occurring on a daily or weekly basis, and as they outgrow Win9x, you will get less functionality and almost *no* decent safety for that platform. The only real effect the June date has is that any further security issues that are subsequently discovered, whether in Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, or in the core operating files, will not be fixed. But the obsolescence of Win9x is already a fact, one that is only going to get worse as the months pass. I strongly recommend that 9x users cease to spend *any* more money on their systems and instead buy a new one. And, no, I would not recommend waiting until Windows Vista is ready for market. I don't think that's going to be soon enough. Get a good machine now and then upgrade to Vista if and when it becomes attractive. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Beth |
After June?
The cycle has been greatly stretched over the last few years. There was a
new desktop/workstation OS release coming out almost every year between 95 and 2001, with only two service packs since then (though there's been lots of activity on the server side.) My guess is that Vista *might* debut this year, but more likely next. Just based upon history, I probably wouldn't want it on a production machine before ~2008/09. However, the paradigm may be changing, and Vista may solve enough of the security issues that are inherent in WinXP to make it more attractive at an earlier date. Hard for me to say, since I've not been able to participate in betas (lack of time and hardware.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Jonny" wrote in message ... Been watching MS's behavior since 95. The pattern seems to be release the new OS to the public market. Followed by bug fixes over a 1-2 year period in general. Jump on the new OS bandwagon around the end of that period seems smartest thing to do, in my opinion. Especially if a service pack(s) which changes some of the base OS system files is involved. -- Jonny "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Windows 98 is already a bit crippled when it comes to protective applications -- the ones that keep you safe while surfing the internet. That situation is going to get worse as time goes by, and I expect that by sometime next year very few modern protective applications will support Win9x systems at all. This is important because the internet and the associated applications (functional or protective) are where the major advancements in technology are occurring on a daily or weekly basis, and as they outgrow Win9x, you will get less functionality and almost *no* decent safety for that platform. The only real effect the June date has is that any further security issues that are subsequently discovered, whether in Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, or in the core operating files, will not be fixed. But the obsolescence of Win9x is already a fact, one that is only going to get worse as the months pass. I strongly recommend that 9x users cease to spend *any* more money on their systems and instead buy a new one. And, no, I would not recommend waiting until Windows Vista is ready for market. I don't think that's going to be soon enough. Get a good machine now and then upgrade to Vista if and when it becomes attractive. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Elizabeth" wrote in message ... I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, which I'm sure it has. After June, when Microsoft stops supporting Win98 with security updates, will I need to stop using Win98 with the Internet? Will I need a new operating system? Is there any recourse? Beth |
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