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Old April 11th 07, 12:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
goldpony
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Default What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000?

What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000? Will the driver still read
all the hardware like USB, CDROM drive and etc.???


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Old April 11th 07, 05:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
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"goldpony" wrote in message
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What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000? Will the driver still

read
all the hardware like USB, CDROM drive and etc.???


Did not Win2K use the NTFS instead of FAT32?

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Old April 11th 07, 08:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
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"goldpony" wrote:

What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000? Will the driver still read
all the hardware like USB, CDROM drive and etc.???


Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are two completely different versions of
Windows.

Windows 98 is based on the Windows 9x kernel and is part of the group
of Windows versions that included Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98
Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition.

Windows 2000 is based on the Windows NT kernel and is part of the NT
family of operating systems that includes Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server versions.

Hardware support in Windows 2000 is likely to be much less extensive
that it is in Windows 98 and especially Windows 98 Second Edition. USB
and CDROM drives should be no problem in either version but other
accessories such as printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc may be
problematic on Windows 2000 due to a lack of driver support.

A driver for Windows 98 is not likely to be usable with Windows 2000
and vice-versa.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

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Old April 11th 07, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
John John
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Default What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000?

Ron Martell wrote:

"goldpony" wrote:


What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000? Will the driver still read
all the hardware like USB, CDROM drive and etc.???



Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are two completely different versions of
Windows.

Windows 98 is based on the Windows 9x kernel and is part of the group
of Windows versions that included Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98
Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition.

Windows 2000 is based on the Windows NT kernel and is part of the NT
family of operating systems that includes Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server versions.

Hardware support in Windows 2000 is likely to be much less extensive
that it is in Windows 98 and especially Windows 98 Second Edition. USB
and CDROM drives should be no problem in either version but other
accessories such as printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc may be
problematic on Windows 2000 due to a lack of driver support.


That may be true for older legacy hardware but for hardware released
after the introduction of Windows 2000 drivers and support for Windows
2000 is usually not a big problem. Users could check with their
hardware supplier or try he
http://labmice.techtarget.com/drivers/default.htm

John

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Old April 13th 07, 03:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
joseph2k
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Default What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000?

John John wrote:

Ron Martell wrote:

"goldpony" wrote:


What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000? Will the driver still
read all the hardware like USB, CDROM drive and etc.???



Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are two completely different versions of
Windows.

Windows 98 is based on the Windows 9x kernel and is part of the group
of Windows versions that included Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98
Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition.

Windows 2000 is based on the Windows NT kernel and is part of the NT
family of operating systems that includes Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, and Windows Server versions.

Hardware support in Windows 2000 is likely to be much less extensive
that it is in Windows 98 and especially Windows 98 Second Edition. USB
and CDROM drives should be no problem in either version but other
accessories such as printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc may be
problematic on Windows 2000 due to a lack of driver support.


That may be true for older legacy hardware but for hardware released
after the introduction of Windows 2000 drivers and support for Windows
2000 is usually not a big problem. Users could check with their
hardware supplier or try he
http://labmice.techtarget.com/drivers/default.htm

John

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