Good news for Win 98 users
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Jellin Pico
Grumpy Oldbie
Join date: 3 Aug 2003
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01-12-2004 13:42
If you're still using Win 98, then good news for you. MS changed it's mind about cutting off support, they moved the cut-off date to June 30, 2006.
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Einsman Schlegel
Disenchanted Fool
Join date: 11 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,461
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01-12-2004 14:01
Yay! I can setup my lan again! w0000t
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Lance LeFay
is a Thug
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 1,488
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01-13-2004 20:03
You know, thats even more irrellivant than it normally would be. SecondLife requires windows >2000 EDIT: Haha! I cleverlly avoided the Linux pun 
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Jim Lupis
Fuzzy Taberite
Join date: 8 Jul 2003
Posts: 78
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01-13-2004 20:07
heh. The primary reason why I don't gripe about bugs is because I'm running SL on win98, so I figure that whatever problems occur, it's probably my fault. Call me an advanced Beta tester.  When I get money in RL again, I'll build/upgrade a system to run second life specifically, and it'll run 2000, or XP. I'm not sure which at the moment. |
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Lance LeFay
is a Thug
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 1,488
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01-13-2004 20:12
Wait, wha? since when can SL run on 98?
Have a friend who tried getting into SL, but only had a win98 pc
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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01-13-2004 20:19
I ran SL on 98 for a few months. Worked great. I'm now using XP and theres very little difference. 98 crashed now and then, XP doesnt.
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Jim Lupis
Fuzzy Taberite
Join date: 8 Jul 2003
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01-13-2004 20:25
I figured I'd try it, and it worked. Beats me on the how. It's a little pokey now and again, but that's probably because my system is a duron system, and it slows down on occasion.
The next upgrade for me will probably be a faster cpu, a hard drive cage for a win98 system (for those games I play that refuse to run on NT/2000/XP), and an upgrade to 2000.
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Carnildo Greenacre
Flight Engineer
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
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01-14-2004 11:37
I'm running on Win98SE with no problems (at least, none beyond the normal Win98 ones!). It took a few driver upgrades, though.
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Dan Rhodes
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Join date: 5 Jul 2003
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01-14-2004 11:38
Did any of you have to do anything special to get your Win98 machine to run Secondlife? I have a friend who is very interested in SL but has Windows 98. I believe her computer hardware is capable of running SL at a playable level.
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Jellin Pico
Grumpy Oldbie
Join date: 3 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,037
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01-14-2004 11:46
From: someone Originally posted by Lance LeFay You know, thats even more irrellivant than it normally would be.
SecondLife requires windows >2000
EDIT: Haha! I cleverlly avoided the Linux pun Well Lance, you may think it's irrelevant, but I know a lot of people who still use it, and for them, this just might be good news. But hey, thank you for your smarminess. Lord knows I just love thoughtless witless sarcasm. |