You are mistaken. Of internet users, less than 1% use Windows 98. MUCH less
than any other OS that's been out since 98 came out (MSDOS and earlier
versions of Windows aren't even mentioned.) Yes, I know that's only internet
users, but there's a fair extrapolation, since most business systems these
days are Win2k or WinXP, and those comprise the vast majority of
non-internet machines (speaking only of Windows systems.)
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

You're beating a dead horse, but if that's what turns your crank, fine. Just
don't expect the world to care much about it. If you want to use 98, there's
nothing stopping you, just like there's nothing stopping you from using DOS
6.22, Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 or any other OS. But you'll get laughed out
of court if you demand that the world, particularly applications developers,
cater to your anachronistic whims.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ssome" wrote in message
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Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all gamers

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
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MS no longer supports W98 and a petition will not change that I'm afraid.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ssome" wrote in message
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What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?

Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy, permissions, etc
and
adding in AV updates, 2 mb RAM, 750 GB HDs, better ScanDisk & Defrag
(Me),
OK load to 3 personal computers, and keeping DOS. No, i don't think
that
Me
and 2000 is the answer. pls list other improvements needed. Can it
be
done and sell these CDs for $25-35?

ssome
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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I would put the new RAM in the first two slots, leave the 128 stick
out.
Try
the computer, run some tests (RAM tests) and otherwise make sure it's
running OK. You can *try* adding the 128 MB stick after making sure
the
two
new ones work, but it will likely cause problems, and it will take you
*over* 512 MB, which is where other problems kick in.

For MORE than 512 MB of RAM, you need to add this to System.ini

[vcache] (this line may already be there)
MaxFileCache=524288

For more than 1GB of RAM, there is another setting that needs to be
set,
but
you aren't going there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Manny T." wrote in message
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After using W98SE for several years I am still a happy user. My
system
came
with a RAM capacity of 128mb. If I increase the capacity by adding
(2)
256mb
sticks, what position should they be placed ? There are (3) slots
with
the
128 stick in the first slot. Also, in my research, there has been
mention
of
placing a line in the system.inivcache of MaxFile=512000. These
mentions
have usually been in circumstances where the user was trying to
utilize
more
than 1GB of RAM. Is this also advisable in my application, or,
should
I
wait
to see if there are any problems created by the addition of the
512mb
first?
Looking to be an even happier user. Input will be appreciated.
--
Manny T.