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[towy71]

[TheDoctor]

[wyliecoyoteuk]

[towy71]

[GMorgan]

I used it but very rarely. Windows 95 was the first MS OS I tried to escape from on any regular basis.

[wyliecoyoteuk]

[GMorgan]

What I want to know is where did Windows 3.2-3.10 disappear to or did MS really mean 3.1.1.

[nelz]

[alloydog]

back on track...

I can't really see what all the fuss is about. To me it is the same as, say, Ford, now stopping support of the Model T.

As for others experiences with 98, I always found it to be relatively problem free. OK, when we first got our IBM Aptiva back in early 99, it crashed every 10 minutes. The only disc we had was the IBM recovory CD. Running Norton's WinDoctor soon sorted that (148 faults, with 114 of them possibily fatal...). Then I got a genuine copy of Windows 98SE, did a clean instal, and everything ran smoothly.

The said PC is still running Windows 98SE, with a few tweaks and fixes (none of them Microsofts). Too be honest, I have had to do less fixes and fiddles with Windows 98SE to get it doing what I want it to do, smoothly and with no problems, that I have with most Linux distributions.

Now the last of DOS based OS has been dropped from Microsofts sales/support, the honourable thing for them to do would be to open source it! Though I figure Pigs will land on Mars before that happens...

Windows 98 is dead!
Long live Windows 98!!

[TheDoctor]

Can somebody please explain to me what the support is that Microsoft have ceased to give?

I have been running MS software since 1989. In that time, I have asked for support from MS on two occasions. Neither of these was a particularly satisfactory experience.

The earlier support request ended up with a sensible answer, but it took two phone calls. And it left me feeling dubious about MS technical support. It was in 1994, after I'd bought MS Office to run under Windows 3.1. During the course of my first phone call about this, the MS technician infomed me that it was not possible to integrate the components of MS Office and get them to work together. It took a second phone call before I got someone who actually knew the basics of MicroSoft's own flagship product.

The more recent of the requests was in 1997 when I bought a PC pre-loaded with Windows 95. I phoned about a compatibility problem with some software I had been previously running on Windows 3.1, and was told, effectively, to pig off (though not in those precise words) since I had got W95 through Dell. I was told, more or less in these precise words, Dell had to support me. Dell, on the other hand, said it was MS's job, since they only did hardware. I eventually - fortunately - got an answer from a third party.

I've never bothered to contact MS about any problem I've had under W98SE, since I doubted, given my earlier experiences, that I would get a sensible reply. So I don't think I'm going to notice the difference now.

[GMorgan]

Yes but claiming to end support gives a false impression that they had support to begin with and lets them draw a line in time for the release of bloathorn.

[alloydog]

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[alloydog]

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