Hello everyone, Looks as though Microsoft has extended support for us until June 30, 2006. :-) Here is a link about it. Best Regards, Mesich

Thanks for the heads up, Mesich. I appreciate it!!

Hi Mesich, Hi everyone... Thanks for the info on that. Glad to hear that Microsoft is keeping it available to us. :-)

Thanks Mesh- I'm not normally timid, but after doing a reformat this past weekend, it suddenly dawned on me that I timed it well, considering that many of the "patches", etc would no longer be available after Mid-Jan 2004. And I considered coming to this forum to ask advise, but decided against it. And then, lo and behold, I find this message. Thank you for this update! Music to my fingertips. I'd say by 2006 I should be long away from Win98se but in the meantime, I appreciate Mr. Gates giving a couple more years to make the split ~

Makes good reading, thanks mesich. I once heard a radio computer boffin say that "real changes" come along about every 10 years. W9x came along around 1995, so if this suggestion is right maybe MS have something in the pipeline for next year. When I think that I ditched my W31 machine after just 2 years, it does seem surprising that I'm not breaking my neck to ditch this W98SE which I've had since '99. How about living cell technology perhaps? ... or maybe MS are just the good guys. D

Codename Longhorn (2004 - 2005) The pressure to upgrade continues. Had a chuckle reading this tongue-in-cheek article ; )

Hi y'all Thanks for the find,Mesich..You always turn up with the goodies:-) Peace beansoup