I know, "98!! Get a rope!" Well, I have the disk (98 Plus, SE) that came w/a PII no-name desktop, with NO AUTHORIZATION NEEDED. I don't feel the need for all the speed, etc, of new systems, and it has been doing quite nicely for the last 8 years. It's been put on several older PII and AMD K6 towers, and several laptops (of some previous experience) of mixed breed: HP, Toshibas, and Dell C600. Needed a few drivers for the Dell install, but worked fine till the HD went South. Obviously I have an affinity for low tech, and less expensive, equipment, and expect to have problems on machines with more horsepower. But not in places that went smoothly before?
Now, when attempting a reinstall on the Dell, w/good HD, I got notice of missing .vxd files (vnetsup, vnetbios, vredir, and dfs) plus a host (20) of .dll files, and a scattering of .exe, .sys, and .sam files.
I also get same notice when reinstalling (newly formatted drive) on a machine that I had no problems with before.
Very frustrating, and am beginning to wonder about moving to W 2000 if I can't get 'ol faithful back in action. (I suspect it's me, more than the program. I'm ready for the treatment, doc.)
Now, when attempting a reinstall on the Dell, w/good HD, I got notice of missing .vxd files (vnetsup, vnetbios, vredir, and dfs) plus a host (20) of .dll files, and a scattering of .exe, .sys, and .sam files.
I also get same notice when reinstalling (newly formatted drive) on a machine that I had no problems with before.
Very frustrating, and am beginning to wonder about moving to W 2000 if I can't get 'ol faithful back in action. (I suspect it's me, more than the program. I'm ready for the treatment, doc.)