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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
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What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000?
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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? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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What's the different between a Win 98 and 2000?
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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.??? 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 Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca Syberfix Remote Computer Repair "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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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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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 One more thing, Windows NT series systems require an Administrator account and normal user accounts are substantially less privileged. Normally only the Administrator account can install software. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â* --Schiller |
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