(IDG) -- After months of waiting, an endless cycle of beta versions and "release candidates," ongoing legal wrangling, and inescapable hype, it all boils down to a simple question: Does upgrading to ...

Tuesday is D-Day for Windows 98, 98 SE and ME users. After some extensions, Microsoft is finally ending its association with the eight-year-old Windows 98 operating system by dropping all support and ...

I am using a windows 98 computer with a sound card but no speakers. i use putty to log into a shell account and check email, and it has a feature that it will beep the system speaker when a bell ...

If I put 1Gb of RAM in my Windows 98 system, Windows refuses to run the DOS prompt (stating "Insufficient Memory"). Everything else runs fine. The System Properties window recognizes there is 1Gb, and ...

July 11, 2006— -- Up in the attic we have a sad, old computer that runs on Microsoft Windows 98. The processor runs about as quickly as an abacus, and the hard drive probably holds less than a ...

If you're in a rush and just need to get Windows 98 up and running right away, win98-quickinstall is there for you. [via] "Please don't sue," writes developer Eric Voirin. "I just like old computers." ...

Many North American businesses still have computers running on Windows 98, even though support for the operating system is set to end on Jan. 16, according to a study released Thursday. AssetMetrix ...

It's only a matter of time before we all upgrade to Windows 11 to go hands-on with the latest features and to ensure our gaming PC is safe from security vulnerabilities. While official support for an ...

This Windows 98 simulator could take you down memory lane as it relives the classic Microsoft OS in Android devices. FILE PHOTO: Copies of Microsoft's Windows 98 roll down the packaging line at a ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

Were you around for the heyday of Windows 98? PC gamers were slow to adopt Windows 95 because the conventional game design paradigm of talking directly to the hardware was a big no-no in the new ...

One of the news items that generated the most chatter among Hackaday editors this week was that ESA’s Mars Express mission is receiving a software update. And they’re updating the operating system ...