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An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road)
has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, VER results in 4.10.2222. How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? Dan |
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wrote in message oups.com... An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, VER results in 4.10.2222. How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? Dan Windows 95. [Version 4.00.950] Windows 98 Standard Edition [Version 4.10.1998] Windows 98 Second Edition [Version 4.10.2222] Windows ME [Version 4.90.3000] Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] Windows Server 2003 [Version 5.2.3790] Not positive on the last 4, but the first 3 are correct, and the last 4 came from the same source. I'd have to dig out all my OS disks to make sure. You can always do a directory listing of the Windows directory, and look at the file dates to help double-check...... |
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Gospel wrote: wrote: An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, VER results in 4.10.2222. How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? Dan It is Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Now I wonder about the wisdom of running Win 98 SE on this computer.. Its got lots of HDD space, a 500 or so MHz Celeron, but very little memory. It has 66MB of RAM. I added another 66MB but don't think 132MB is enough. I know its not enough for Windows 2000 or XP. Dan |
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128 megs of RAM will make Win98 run just great. 500 MHz Celeron is a little too weak for XP.
wrote in message oups.com... : : Gospel wrote: : wrote: : An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) : has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, : VER results in 4.10.2222. : : How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? : : Dan : : It is Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. : : Now I wonder about the wisdom of running Win 98 SE on this computer.. : Its got lots of HDD space, a 500 or so MHz Celeron, but very little : memory. It has 66MB of RAM. I added another 66MB but don't think : 132MB is enough. : : I know its not enough for Windows 2000 or XP. : : Dan : |
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I was just running XP on a 500MHz Compaq w/ 128MB RAM. Definitely needs more
RAM, which I'll try tomorrow. But that speed is tolerable unless you're doing massive operations. Hasn't fallen seriously short except in image rendering (needs more RAM.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Richard in AZ" wrote in message ... 128 megs of RAM will make Win98 run just great. 500 MHz Celeron is a little too weak for XP. wrote in message oups.com... : : Gospel wrote: : wrote: : An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) : has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, : VER results in 4.10.2222. : : How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? : : Dan : : It is Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. : : Now I wonder about the wisdom of running Win 98 SE on this computer.. : Its got lots of HDD space, a 500 or so MHz Celeron, but very little : memory. It has 66MB of RAM. I added another 66MB but don't think : 132MB is enough. : : I know its not enough for Windows 2000 or XP. : : Dan : |
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On 30 Mar 2006 18:32:22 -0800, "
wrote: Gospel wrote: wrote: An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, VER results in 4.10.2222. How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? Dan It is Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Now I wonder about the wisdom of running Win 98 SE on this computer.. Its got lots of HDD space, a 500 or so MHz Celeron, but very little memory. It has 66MB of RAM. I added another 66MB but don't think 132MB is enough. I am running Win98 SE on a 8-9 year old 266Mz with 64 Mb RAM. It is OK but another machine is better with 128. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html |
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Believe it or not.....I have XP Home installed on a 350MHz PII. RAM is probably
most important, as you know. Nothing less than 256MB RAM is what I recommend (tho the PII I mentioned only has 96MB at the moment). Turning off the eye candy in XP helps on slower systems with minimal RAM: Right-click My Computer Properties Advanced tab Performance section, Settings button choose "Adjust for best performance" or "Custom" and turn off most or all Click OK. Happy Birthday, Gary! -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... I was just running XP on a 500MHz Compaq w/ 128MB RAM. Definitely needs more RAM, which I'll try tomorrow. But that speed is tolerable unless you're doing massive operations. Hasn't fallen seriously short except in image rendering (needs more RAM.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Richard in AZ" wrote in message ... 128 megs of RAM will make Win98 run just great. 500 MHz Celeron is a little too weak for XP. wrote in message oups.com... : : Gospel wrote: : wrote: : An HP Pavilion 6630 that I just salvaged (from the side of the road) : has a working version of Windows 98 on it. From a command prompt, : VER results in 4.10.2222. : : How can I tell whether this is Windows 98, ME or SE? : : Dan : : It is Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. : : Now I wonder about the wisdom of running Win 98 SE on this computer.. : Its got lots of HDD space, a 500 or so MHz Celeron, but very little : memory. It has 66MB of RAM. I added another 66MB but don't think : 132MB is enough. : : I know its not enough for Windows 2000 or XP. : : Dan : |
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... I was just running XP on a 500MHz Compaq w/ 128MB RAM. Definitely needs more RAM, which I'll try tomorrow. But that speed is tolerable unless you're doing massive operations. Hasn't fallen seriously short except in image rendering (needs more RAM.) -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User Happy Birthday, maestro!. [I was gonna use another 51 exclamation points, but thought better of it.] Now, take the rest of the day off and go have fun!! |
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