Expert: Lorry - 6/17/2009

Question
I recently bought a older P3 computer. The person who sold
it to me put on an unauthorized version of XP, so when I ran
it I would get a notice that in so many days it had to be
registered. The person didn’t have the numbers to do it so I
installed a copy of Win.98 which copied over XP. Now I have
some questions. The modem in it worked when I had XP but
after installing Win98 it either couldn’t find it or it
wasn’t working for who knows why. If I bought an upgrade to
Vista, would that help me get online by making my modem work
again? I was told that Win98 won’t even get online anymore,
is that true? Plus, my color dropped down to 16 colors and
offers no other setting to improve it. Is that just because
it’s Win98? Can you help me out?
Thanks
Rob


Answer
Hi Rob,

I would suggest doing a clean install of Windows 98, reason being I don't think the computer has the requirements for Vista. Microsoft does not support Windows 98, so you cannot get any security updates, sorry.

The following site explains how to that:

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win98/install98cd/indexfullpage.htm

If the modem doesn't work, try updating the drivers. You could use a working computer to get the updates, put them on a floppy or CD, then install on Windows 98.

Hope this helps!
Lorry