Xp To 98

[Mattrod]

Ok i built my computer during the summer and i bought windows xp with it. well im tired of xp it jsut feels to bulky like it has to much stuff that i never use. well i have a copy of 98 second edition and i want to install it bc it feels alot more cleaner to me. would this be a wise decision ro are there free porgrams to get rid of xps extra weight.

[Cricket]

I'd leave WinXP installed...it's much more stable than Win98SE.

Just set the user interface to Performance instead of the WinXP default. That will speed up the desktop.

Then go to this web page to see which services can be turned off.

Cricket

[Mattrod]

ive done all that. and many more things but it still feels..jsut doesnt feel clean..i know that doesnt make sense

[Statica]

What are the specs of your system? Generally speaking, I would be very reluctant to go back to an OS like Win98SE etc having got onto the NT way of life. Of course, this isn't to say that Win98SE wasn't stable for me, but there I do feel the current OS a lot more capable.
XP of course has a lot of eye candy that can be turned off (things like visual enhancements etc) but it requires a bit of time. Win2k is as close to coming to the stability of XP without the bloat. Of course, if all you have is Win98 and XP isn't sitting well for you, then I wouldnt really recommend buying Windows 2000 (or any OS that is already 4-5 years old)

[Mattrod]

System Specs
amd xp3200
120gb harddirve
1gb pc3200 ram
radoen 9600xt

i mean my ssytem is plenty fast for me there sjut seems to be alto of unessceesary things i guess im jsut a neat freak

[RJ]

Then nlite would be what you want.

RJ

[Mattrod]

that program is great thank you very much

[ITlover]

Dear Friends

Iam also using windowsxp and no doubt it has much more features then windows98 ,the best thing that I like about windowsxp is that it has a more professional and real look as compared to windows98 which has a little childish look( I dont mean to say that windows98 is not good .

Unfortunately their are some benefits which I have seen in windows98 but not in windowsxp ,for example ,If you have windows98, you can even reinstall or fresh install the entire window without using windows98 CD just by using the backup of windows98 from the system, can we reinstall or fresh install windowsxp without windowsxp bootable CD?

Another thing that I dont like about windowsxp is that it doesnot contain dos system which is the basics of computers ,no matter how advance we become in technology and computers the importance of dos will not finish and according to my understanding and limited knowledge this is the main reason why people are having problem using windowsxp, just as the importance of the basics of mathematics will not finish no matter how advance mathematics become.

Just giving you a simple example, for further mathematics we should have strong knowledge about the basics of mathematics ,if we dont have strong knowledge of the basics of mathematics, we will then face great problems in the advance mathematics.

Can any one do integration and differentiation without basics of mathematics?
Iam sorry for giving the example of mathematics my dear friends but I didnot find any other example to justify my point.

Regards,

[Statica]

Originally Posted by ITlover Unfortunately their are some benefits which I have seen in windows98 but not in windowsxp ,for example ,If you have windows98, you can even reinstall or fresh install the entire window without using windows98 CD just by using the backup of windows98 from the system, can we reinstall or fresh install windowsxp without windowsxp bootable CD?

Maybe not, but Win98 was also prone to a lot of piracy, at least XP goes a significant way in not allowing it to happen by using product activation. Besides, the point of Windows 2000 and XP is not to be using the CD for every whim and fancy. I mean, how many times do you ever require the XP CD after a clean install anyway? Maybe once. How many times do you require the Win98 .. perhaps on a weekly basis. Do something even trivial like change your network config. and you need the Win98 CD. All said and done, I'd rather have a system of not having clutter on the drive and use a CD for the rare occasion than have to dedicate space on a hard drive.

Another thing that I dont like about windowsxp is that it doesnot contain dos system which is the basics of computers ,no matter how advance we become in technology and computers the importance of dos will not finish and according to my understanding and limited knowledge this is the main reason why people are having problem using windowsxp, just as the importance of the basics of mathematics will not finish no matter how advance mathematics become.

The early computers came with punch cards, and they were firmly grounded in mathematics; oh woe is us that we use keyboards instead of punch cards?
Doesnt quite work that way, just because computers (hardware and software) move forward doesnt mean that they stop using mathematics or stop being number crunchers - or being what they were designed to be.

The entire point of XP is to get rid of the concept of a GUI on a console but to be an OS where the GUI is the console. DOS was from an archaic era, with limitations on memory, on filesystems heck even on the maximum size of hard drives that could be recognized. Heck, the filesystems didnt even support a true long file name format. You should be glad that operating systems have overcome those ridiculous limitations and are moving to where they are now. If you want a core console OS then I suggest you try a UNIX or Linux; being attached to a Microsoft or an Apple OS and wanting them to be rooted in a console before a GUI will get you nowhere

By the way if you want a console on XP, you have your option of 2. One being the modified XP console or command line interface that can be reached by going to START > RUN > cmd the other being the old DOS console reached by START > RUN > command (you should even recognize the aged console simply by the fact that it cant recognize long file names).

Just giving you a simple example, for further mathematics we should have strong knowledge about the basics of mathematics ,if we dont have strong knowledge of the basics of mathematics, we will then face great problems in the advance mathematics. Can any one do integration and differentiation without basics of mathematics? Iam sorry for giving the example of mathematics my dear friends but I didnot find any other example to justify my point. Regards,

Your example is quite inaccurate, because as Ive said before just because an OS or a network changes doesnt mean that it isnt doing transactions in ones and zeroes. A more accurate example, is for people to argue that we don't need calculators as the new fangled devices, all we need is an abacus and a slide rule. That may work well for entry level calculations; but over time, a calculator is a more powerful solution.

Debating the merits of Win98 based on compatibility issues or even size of the OS is one thing, but wanting a modern OS with all the old issues and limitations is baseless IMO.