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Harley, to follow up, I have just had the best tech support experience with
Microsoft I have ever had with any vendor- I spent about an hour with a
genius tech guy who fixed all my problems when I was about to throw this
computer out the window and buy a new one. The problem was a knotty
internet connectivity one related to winsock.dll's and related dll's like
wsock32.dll, etc.
Bottom line, with my new video card and this "fix", Win 98 now appears to be
running smoothly. I need only finish reinstalling the last dozen or so
programs that don't work and I'll be back in business.
By the way, I could never get thru on the no-cost tech support lines- I used
the 900 number [two separate times] for $35 per call, and it was well worth
it. The one Compaq $19.95 call was worthless- All they could come up with
was format the hard drive!
The last 5 days have been bad- tonight, i am relaxing!
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Harley Meyer
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 6:01 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Windows 98
>
>
> I too have had a nightmare installing Win98. I lost my entire
> hard drive partitions
> and everything stored on the hard drive in the process. But I
> will say that that was
> my fault, not Win98. I putts with computers too much to know that
> it is easy to
> blame some one or something over a computer problem, when 9 times
> out of 10, it is
> an error or oversight on my part.
>
> After a few days of use I think Win98 is what was promised in
> Win95. Better plug -n-
> play, a bit easier dealing with system failures or hardware
> conflicts. It gives you
> some room to be able to make adjustments, It has automated some
> of the system
> maintenance that had previously been done manually.
>
> Anyway you can read the reviews from some one else.
> As an upgrade with or with out all the hassles it is worth it for
> me in particular
> the multi-monitors.
>
> The list of chips that need to be on the PCI VGA card are as follows:
>
> The multiple-monitor-support feature of Windows 98 only supports
> the following
> selected PCI and AGP cards:
>
> ATI Mach64 GX (Supports Direct Draw)
> Trident 9685/9680/9682/9385/9382/9385-1 PCI
> S3 764V+ (765), Trio 64V2
> S3 ViRGE (Supports Direct Draw and Direct 3D)
> S3 Aurora (S3M65)
> Cirrus 5436,7548,5446
> ATI Rage 1 and 2 (VT and greater)
> ATI 3D Rage Pro
>
> However the manual states PCI only.
>
> Harley
>
> Thomas Duke wrote:
>
> > I just don't understand. I have Win98 and it works just fine -
> no problems at
> > all and you have a nightmare. Unless you have a defective copy
> of Win98 it
> > should work. From my personal empirical evidence Win98 works
> (it's a fact).
> > Maybe your computer set up is incorrect - you must of had
> problems with Win95. I
> > know of no cards or drivers that worked with '95 not working
> under '98. I
> > installed Win98 over '95 and all programs and files work the
> same or better.
> > Take your copy back for an exchange (hopefully your not using a beta or
> > blackmarket copy) because as said, it's a fact, Win98 works.
> >
> > Alton Stephens wrote:
> >
> > > Donald Webster is right. Windows 98 has been an absolute
> nightmare. Had to
> > > buy a new video card because original card would not recognize higher
> > > resolutions anymore and no driver updates worked- period.
> Worse, Internet
> > > connections are completely blasted, and I will now have to do
> a third clean
> > > install of Win 98 in order to fix this- our firm's computer
> consultants have
> > > spent all day with the computer and have done everything
> possible to correct
> > > the prob, to no avail.
> > >
> > > Win 98 is a hit or miss proposition- you may be lucky and
> happy, or you may
> > > be maximally screwed, and you have no control over it.
> > >
> > > If Win 95 is working, then skip Win 98.
> > >
> > > Alton Stephens
> > > astephen@xxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Harley Meyer
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 11:31 PM
> > > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: Windows 98
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Your problem here is the screen resolution. Just change it.
> > > >
> > > > Harley
> > > >
> > > > Myron B. [Bruce] Slomka wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Sean W. Smith wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > betcha you did a update install.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > try format C:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > then install...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > will work much better then. Carrying along all your old
> > > > problems will not
> > > > > > result in a more stable system...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sean
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Donald Webster
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 5:22 AM
> > > > > > > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: Windows 98
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >Has anyone taken the plunge on Windows 98? If so what is
> > > > your opinion
> > > > > > > >of it and is it worth the money?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have installed (and re-installed) Win98 and wish I
> hadn't. I was
> > > > > > > told it was more robust and would prevent crashes. Wrong! It
> > > > > > > screwed up several programs including an Internet
> connection. In
> > > > > > > discussion with the ISP helpdesk guru, he said it had caused a
> > > > > > > large number of problems for them and he certainly
> would not be
> > > > > > > installing it on his computer. Since installing it,
> my machine slips
> > > > > > > into an apallingly slow mode, performing like an old
> XT. IMHO it
> > > > > > > is a dead loss and I certainly will not be recommending it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > DMW
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Your're right on about installing from the start after
> > > > reformatting the C: drive. I did that on my laptop and it
> worked fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I just upgraded my desktop OS from Windows95 and it still
> crashes; in
> > > > > addition i have a boot up sequence that lost some files
> and the start up
> > > > > looks for connections that requires me to hit the space
> bar 4 times to
> > > > > complete the boot process.
> > > > >
> > > > > An interesting thing happens to MS 6.5 under Windows98.
> > > > > All of the stock containing directories no show Name,
> Symbol, and first
> > > > > and last dates of data for each security but scroll
> vertically instead
> > > > > of horizontally. This makes it more difficult to locate stocks by
> > > > > scrolling through the list. Has anybody else noticed this?? I
> > > > > contacted equis support for a fix. I'm not aware of
> changing the set up
> > > > > of these directory listings although anythoing can happen
> by hitting the
> > > > > wrong key.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bruce Slomka
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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