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upgrade 95 to 98
Name: tim Date: January 25, 2002 at 02:54:18 Pacific
Comment:
I've got a Laptop with 90 Mhz Pentium-processor and 16 MB RAM. So far I am only using Office 97 ánd it works absolutely fine. Does it make sense to upgrade from Windows 95 to 98.
Name: Jez Date: January 25, 2002 at 03:44:46 Pacific
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I wouldn't bother - with that level of processing power and ram you will find it slower and if it ain't broke don't fix it !
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: January 25, 2002 at 13:18:48 Pacific
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...and don't let anyone persuade you to replace Office 97 with Office 2k. It will snail pace that machine.
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Response Number 3
Name: dave Date: January 25, 2002 at 17:32:32 Pacific
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Laptops aren't like a clone desktop. Many times, you can't change the operating system without causing other problems. I agree with Jez, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Summary: Briefly, When I used to upgrade from 95 to 98 I would purposely ctrl-al-del {sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row) in order to abort the driver install so that my original updated drivers remained intact. ...
Summary: Original Message Name: Mike Date: March 05, 2002 at 13:25:02 Pacific Subject: Need help upgrading from 95 to 98 Comment: K this is gonna get a little confusing so ima try to go slow....i got an olde...
Summary: With much appreciated help from here I have reached this far!!! Got my ram, it's installed, as of last night. Now I'm ready to upgrade to 98. (All for a flipping camera my hubby wants.) I have three q...
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