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I presently use 98SE.
Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? TIA r |
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Huh?
infidel wrote: I presently use 98SE. Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? TIA r |
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WMP11 is for XP. No.
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "infidel" wrote in message ... I presently use 98SE. Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? TIA r |
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"infidel" wrote in message
... I presently use 98SE. Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? The main question in any "rethink" must be: What do I want to do that Win98SE does not permit? E.g. 1: You might buy a new printer for which WinXP drivers were essential, i.e. which could not run under Win98. Up to now, this has hardly happened: but it may in future. E.g. 2: You may want to use data files for which no Win98 application exists. This seems not yet to have happened for videos (WMP etc.) PDFs may be likelier, according to recent reports (that (a) Adobe Reader version 7 is XP-only i.e. will not display OK on Win98 PCs, (b) some government departments have begun to issue essential documents (e.g. tax information) in PDF.v.7.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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infidel wrote:
| I presently use 98SE. | Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. | Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? | TIA | r You won't be arrested, if you DON'T-- BUT have a second tinfoil hat available, now, for Vista threads! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR |
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"PCR" wrote in message ... | infidel wrote: | | I presently use 98SE. | | Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. | | Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? | | TIA | | r | | You won't be arrested, if you DON'T-- BUT have a second tinfoil hat | available, now, for Vista threads! | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | Should things get worse after this, | PCR | | Actually, I thought I'd heard Vista required a lead lined full body hazardous suit WITH special face protection, but maybe that was a bit over stated. Likely just a face and head shield would suffice, with a lead lined jacket. -- MEB _______________ | |
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MEB wrote:
| "PCR" wrote in message | ... || infidel wrote: || | I presently use 98SE. || | Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. || | Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? || | TIA || | r || || You won't be arrested, if you DON'T-- BUT have a second tinfoil hat || available, now, for Vista threads! || || || -- || Thanks or Good Luck, || There may be humor in this post, and, || Naturally, you will not sue, || Should things get worse after this, || PCR || || | | Actually, I thought I'd heard Vista required a lead lined full body | hazardous suit WITH special face protection, but maybe that was a bit | over stated. Likely just a face and head shield would suffice, with a | lead lined jacket. It could be as you say, but only time will tell. Best stay out of Vista threads, then-- & see who irradiates first & what they're wearing! | -- | MEB | _______________ |
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"PCR" wrote in message ... MEB wrote: | "PCR" wrote in message | ... || infidel wrote: || | I presently use 98SE. || | Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. || | Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? || | TIA || | r || || You won't be arrested, if you DON'T-- BUT have a second tinfoil hat || available, now, for Vista threads! || || || -- || Thanks or Good Luck, || There may be humor in this post, and, || Naturally, you will not sue, || Should things get worse after this, || PCR || || | | Actually, I thought I'd heard Vista required a lead lined full body | hazardous suit WITH special face protection, but maybe that was a bit | over stated. Likely just a face and head shield would suffice, with a | lead lined jacket. It could be as you say, but only time will tell. Best stay out of Vista threads, then-- & see who irradiates first & what they're wearing! | -- | MEB | _______________ I think the appropriate protection can be found at http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ Galen |
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Don Phillipson wrote:
"infidel" wrote in message ... I presently use 98SE. Now a complete hardware and software rethink seems to be required. Am I forced to have WMP11 or any WMP installed on my machine? The main question in any "rethink" must be: What do I want to do that Win98SE does not permit? E.g. 1: You might buy a new printer for which WinXP drivers were essential, i.e. which could not run under Win98. Up to now, this has hardly happened: but it may in future. Let's hope not. E.g. 2: You may want to use data files for which no Win98 application exists. This seems not yet to have happened for videos (WMP etc.) PDFs may be likelier, according to recent reports (that (a) Adobe Reader version 7 is XP-only i.e. will not display OK on Win98 PCs, (b) some government departments have begun to issue essential documents (e.g. tax information) in PDF.v.7.) But there are a few alternatives out there to Adobe Reader. Ditto for IE7 (Firefox comes to mind) |
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