Help about win98 compatibility

Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old pc,
based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy an
Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without substituting
the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have some
programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i replace
motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit processor are
compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches), or I just
begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?

Thank you!

I doubt that Windows 98 is going to work on your new hardware. Unless the
motherboard manufacturer has Windows 98 drivers I'd bet it won't.

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"arthur" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old pc,
based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy an
Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
substituting
the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have some
programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i replace
motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit processor are
compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches), or I
just
begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?

"arthur" wrote in
news
Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old
pc, based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to
buy an Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
substituting the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98,
because I have some programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and
so I have now two operating system installed (win xp and 98). My
question is: if i replace motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use
win98? New 64 bit processor are compatible with win98? I need to
install something else (patches), or I just begin to work only
replacing the mobo and the cpu?

Thank you!

I can't answer your question definitively, but I seem to remember reading a
press release from AMD saying that their Athlon 64 X2 would support Windows
98. I'm hoping somebody else will confirm this.

Dee

"Dee" wrote in message
om...
"arthur" wrote in
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Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old
pc, based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to
buy an Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
substituting the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98,
because I have some programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and
so I have now two operating system installed (win xp and 98). My
question is: if i replace motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use
win98? New 64 bit processor are compatible with win98? I need to
install something else (patches), or I just begin to work only
replacing the mobo and the cpu?

Thank you!

I can't answer your question definitively, but I seem to remember reading
a
press release from AMD saying that their Athlon 64 X2 would support
Windows
98. I'm hoping somebody else will confirm this.

Dee

When I did something similar, I found the specifications on the AMD website
extremely useful for checking out what did what. http://www.amd.com/us-en/.
Alan

Probably will if using the backwards compatible 32bit. Doubt it with 64bit,
especially seeing that drivers/software for 64bit aren't being geared towards 98.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Dee" wrote in message
om...
"arthur" wrote in
news
Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old
pc, based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to
buy an Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
substituting the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98,
because I have some programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and
so I have now two operating system installed (win xp and 98). My
question is: if i replace motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use
win98? New 64 bit processor are compatible with win98? I need to
install something else (patches), or I just begin to work only
replacing the mobo and the cpu?

Thank you!

I can't answer your question definitively, but I seem to remember reading a
press release from AMD saying that their Athlon 64 X2 would support Windows
98. I'm hoping somebody else will confirm this.

Dee

What I do for machines where 98 just won't work natively is to run it inside
a Virtual Machine.

www.vmware.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"arthur" wrote in message
news
Hi,

I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old pc,
based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy an
Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
substituting
the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have some
programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i replace
motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit processor are
compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches), or I
just
begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?

Thank you!

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
| What I do for machines where 98 just won't work natively is to run it
inside
| a Virtual Machine.
|
| www.vmware.com/
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS MVP Shell/User
| http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
| http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Well, since your not building,,,
I was wondering when this would be mentioned.
Probably got my PEs, VPCs, and VMs mixed, but wasn't there a video limit?
And some other limitations to take into consideration.

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BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________

|
| "arthur" wrote in message
| news | Hi,
|
| I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old
pc,
| based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy an
| Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
| substituting
| the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have some
| programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
| operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i replace
| motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit processor
are
| compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches), or I
| just
| begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?
|
| Thank you!
|
|
|
|

"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
...

Well, since your not building,,,
I was wondering when this would be mentioned.
Probably got my PEs, VPCs, and VMs mixed, but wasn't there a video limit?
And some other limitations to take into consideration.

Not with the proper Additions installed, I'm only aware of problems with Vista for
a short time on VPC 2004 SP1 until they updated the Additions. VPC Server had better
Additions and no problems with Vista.


--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________

|
| "arthur" wrote in message
| news | Hi,
|
| I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my old
pc,
| based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy an
| Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
| substituting
| the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have some
| programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
| operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i replace
| motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit processor
are
| compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches), or I
| just
| begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?
|
| Thank you!
|
|
|
|

"Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
| "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| ...
|
| Well, since your not building,,,
| I was wondering when this would be mentioned.
| Probably got my PEs, VPCs, and VMs mixed, but wasn't there a video
limit?
| And some other limitations to take into consideration.
|
| Not with the proper Additions installed, I'm only aware of problems with
Vista for
| a short time on VPC 2004 SP1 until they updated the Additions. VPC Server
had better
| Additions and no problems with Vista.
|
|
| --
|
| Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://basconotw.mvps.org/
|
| Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|

Again, since I have no present real ability to run or test these
applications, though others [besides myself] may be interested:

Is the VPC 2004 the/a free version, or not?
What are the minimum requirements, as found by those who have used or tested
VPC?
Did the users/testers make a comparison of VPC to VM?
What were the eventual comparisons/findings?

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________

|
|
|
| --
| MEB
| http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
| BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
| world"
|
| "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
| Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as
if
| nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
| Or to put it another way:
| Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
| but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
| _______________
|
| |
| | "arthur" wrote in message
| | news | | Hi,
| |
| | I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade my
old
| pc,
| | based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to buy
an
| | Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
| | substituting
| | the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I have
some
| | programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now two
| | operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i
replace
| | motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit
processor
| are
| | compatible with win98? I need to install something else (patches),
or I
| | just
| | begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?
| |
| | Thank you!
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|

"Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
| Both VPC 2004 and Virtual Server 2005 R2 have been offered free for some
time now.
| The new VPC 2007 (Still in Beta) is/will also be free.
|
| VPC 2004
| http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
|
| Requirements
| http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir...n/sysreqs.mspx
|
| VS 2005 R2
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...r/default.mspx
|
| Requirements
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...n/sysreqs.mspx
|
|
| VMware Player and VMware Server have been free for some time as well.
| http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html
|
| Requirements - I don't think you'll have any problems finding them.
|
|
| --
|
| Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://basconotw.mvps.org/
|
| Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|

Thanks for the links, and I'm sure you and others who could discuss this
are busy [and it is the holiday season after all]; just thought that since
this is the holiday break period, those returning after the break with their
new computers, and still wish to run 98, might find a discussion of options,
stumbling blocks, and other, useful.

Wish I could participate or actually provide input, but memory, processor,
and my system, negates that ability.
I can read all I want [and have read some of the articles on VM and VPC],
but for "real world" analysis, setup and the like, from actual users, I find
[monitoring other News Groups and Forums discussing this] this can be
daunting to follow for potential users.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
world"

"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
_______________

|
|
| "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| ...
|
|
|
| "Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
| ...
| | "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | Well, since your not building,,,
| | I was wondering when this would be mentioned.
| | Probably got my PEs, VPCs, and VMs mixed, but wasn't there a video
| limit?
| | And some other limitations to take into consideration.
| |
| | Not with the proper Additions installed, I'm only aware of problems
with
| Vista for
| | a short time on VPC 2004 SP1 until they updated the Additions. VPC
Server
| had better
| | Additions and no problems with Vista.
| |
| |
| | --
| |
| | Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
| | Conflicts start where information lacks.
| | http://basconotw.mvps.org/
| |
| | Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| | How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| |
|
| Again, since I have no present real ability to run or test these
| applications, though others [besides myself] may be interested:
|
| Is the VPC 2004 the/a free version, or not?
| What are the minimum requirements, as found by those who have used or
tested
| VPC?
| Did the users/testers make a comparison of VPC to VM?
| What were the eventual comparisons/findings?
|
| --
| MEB
| http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
| BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real
| world"
|
| "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
| Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as
if
| nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
| Or to put it another way:
| Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
| but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
| _______________
|
| |
| |
| |
| | --
| | MEB
| | http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/
| | BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the
"real
| | world"
| |
| | "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
| | Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their
business as
| if
| | nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
| | Or to put it another way:
| | Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
| | but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue
one.
| | _______________
| |
| | |
| | | "arthur" wrote in message
| | | news | | | Hi,
| | |
| | | I have a doubt and i hope you can help me. I'm going to upgrade
my
| old
| | pc,
| | | based on a Duron processor with 128+256 mb ram, so i'm going to
buy
| an
| | | Athlon 64 3500+ for socket AM2 and a right motherboard, without
| | | substituting
| | | the hard disk. On this pc i have installed win 98, because I
have
| some
| | | programs that only work on it (not on win xp) and so I have now
two
| | | operating system installed (win xp and 98). My question is: if i
| replace
| | | motherboard and CPU, can I continue to use win98? New 64 bit
| processor
| | are
| | | compatible with win98? I need to install something else
(patches),
| or I
| | | just
| | | begin to work only replacing the mobo and the cpu?
| | |
| | | Thank you!
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|