Migrating to Windows 2000

I find Windows 2000 takes 3 times longer to load than Win98 on the
same machine. 2000 seems really sluggish. I rarely use it and stay
with Win98SE for daily use.

I have no big problem with Windows 2000 Professional and prefer it to Windows
XP. Windows 2000 Professional can act a lot like Windows 98 Second Edition
and I have been able to run stable versions of Windows 98 Second Edition and
Windows 2000 Professional. I prefer an Ati Radeon 9800 XT video card to 98
Guy's suggestion of an Nvidia card because I still remember when Nvidia
burned me by causing problems when upgrading from a 3dfx graphics card. I
feel Ati is better but that is based upon my personnel experiences. Anyway,
Windows 98 Second Edition runs well on my machine and the Radeon 9800 XT
driver is a Windows ME driver and the HP Printer drivers is actually a
Windows 2000 driver when I could not get the 98 drivers for it from the HP
website. There are other customizations with this 98 Second Edition machine
but I will not bore you all with the details. I hope your used (new machine
works well for you DaffyD) and remember 2010 which is the end of support for
Windows 2000 with security updates supposedly unless Microsoft is convinced
to change their minds. <grin>

"DaffyD®" wrote:

> My employer has been giving away surplus computers with Windows 2000
> installed and I brought one home so I'll be migrating to that OS. I've
> heard for years that it was a more stable OS than 98. I'll still leave 98 on
> my old computer but it won't be connected to the Internet. I enjoy Win98 SE
> but I'm frustrated that support for it among many hard/software producers
> has ended and there are new online services that don't work with 98. Also,
> I've had increasing problems with 98/Windows Explorer crashing.
>
> I installed a 250 GB hard drive on my 98 machine but it will only recognize
> 127 gigs. I'm hoping that will be resolved in the W2K environment.
>
> I guess where I'm leading to with all this is asking why users in this
> newsgroup prefer Win98 SE to W2K. What are the benefits of using 98 over
> 2000? What might be better about 2000? I've already subscribed to the W2K
> newsgroups where I can get help while getting used to the new (to me) OS.
> --
> { : [|]=( DaffyD®
>
> If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
>
>
>
>
>

"DaffyD®" wrote:

> I guess where I'm leading to with all this is asking why users in
> this newsgroup prefer Win98 SE to W2K.

Don't waste your time with win-2K. You'd be better off replacing 2k on
the surplus computer with XP.

If you are strictly limited to a choice between 98se and 2k, I'd stick
with 98se.

If you really do like 98, and you can build your own machine, then start
with an Asrock motherboard. I've got 6 of them, and plan to build some
new win-98 machines around them. Full compatibility with win-98 for
everything except the on-board hi-def sound. Add an Nvidia 6600 AGP
video card and the system is complete. Attach a SATA hard drive to get
around the 128 gb issue. I've tested win-98 with 500 gb drive and it
works fine.

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Actually, you Dunce, Windows 2K is/was the most *limited* of the Windows
OSes for its day. And still is the most limited of today.

Just like a Dunce to recommend a motherboard model before actually building
anything around them and putting them through any kind of real testing.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

<letterman RemoveThis @invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:44:15 -0400, 98 Guy <98 RemoveThis @Guy.com> wrote:
>
>>"DaffyD®" wrote:
>>
>>> I guess where I'm leading to with all this is asking why users in
>>> this newsgroup prefer Win98 SE to W2K.
>>
>>Don't waste your time with win-2K. You'd be better off replacing 2k on
>>the surplus computer with XP.
>>
> I dont understand this thinking at all. XP is the same basic OS as
> Win2K, except XP is seriously bloated and needs much more power and
> memory. I use Win98se on my desktop, and Win2K on my laptop. I
> prefer 98, but I put 2K on the laptop because my laptop is mostly just
> for WIFI use, and the wifi requires 2K or higher.
>
> Win2K does seem more stable, but that's really not a good comparison,
> because all I have on that computer is the OS and a few web programs,
> whereas my desktop is loaded with tons of software.
>
>>If you are strictly limited to a choice between 98se and 2k, I'd stick
>>with 98se.
>>
>>If you really do like 98, and you can build your own machine, then start
>>with an Asrock motherboard. I've got 6 of them, and plan to build some
>>new win-98 machines around them. Full compatibility with win-98 for
>>everything except the on-board hi-def sound. Add an Nvidia 6600 AGP
>>video card and the system is complete. Attach a SATA hard drive to get
>>around the 128 gb issue. I've tested win-98 with 500 gb drive and it
>>works fine.
>

I found about the 2010 "sunset" for 2K a few weeks ago which bummed me out a
bit. On the new machine, I'm sticking with the video card already
installed, which is an ATI. I'm still going to give 2K a try. If worst
comes to worst, I still have my original W98SE cd & key.
And actually, I would be interested to read how you customized the OS on
your computer.

"Dan" <Dan.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7704C60F-9F3E-44DF-A378-0E6EE4C7D2B0@microsoft.com...
> I have no big problem with Windows 2000 Professional and prefer it to
Windows
> XP. Windows 2000 Professional can act a lot like Windows 98 Second
Edition
> and I have been able to run stable versions of Windows 98 Second Edition
and
> Windows 2000 Professional. I prefer an Ati Radeon 9800 XT video card to
98
> Guy's suggestion of an Nvidia card because I still remember when Nvidia
> burned me by causing problems when upgrading from a 3dfx graphics card. I
> feel Ati is better but that is based upon my personnel experiences.
Anyway,
> Windows 98 Second Edition runs well on my machine and the Radeon 9800 XT
> driver is a Windows ME driver and the HP Printer drivers is actually a
> Windows 2000 driver when I could not get the 98 drivers for it from the HP
> website. There are other customizations with this 98 Second Edition
machine
> but I will not bore you all with the details. I hope your used (new
machine
> works well for you DaffyD) and remember 2010 which is the end of support
for
> Windows 2000 with security updates supposedly unless Microsoft is
convinced
> to change their minds. <grin>
>
> "DaffyD®" wrote:
>
> > My employer has been giving away surplus computers with Windows 2000
> > installed and I brought one home so I'll be migrating to that OS. I've
> > heard for years that it was a more stable OS than 98. I'll still leave
98 on
> > my old computer but it won't be connected to the Internet. I enjoy
Win98 SE
> > but I'm frustrated that support for it among many hard/software producer
s
> > has ended and there are new online services that don't work with 98.
Also,
> > I've had increasing problems with 98/Windows Explorer crashing.
> >
> > I installed a 250 GB hard drive on my 98 machine but it will only
recognize
> > 127 gigs. I'm hoping that will be resolved in the W2K environment.
> >
> > I guess where I'm leading to with all this is asking why users in this
> > newsgroup prefer Win98 SE to W2K. What are the benefits of using 98 over
> > 2000? What might be better about 2000? I've already subscribed to the
W2K
> > newsgroups where I can get help while getting used to the new (to me)
OS.
> > --
> > { : [|]=( DaffyD®
> >
> > If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >