Ungraceful Hang up on Win98
Got my DVD finally. First I put it in my old Win98SE Laptop (384 MB Ram - less than a gig of free HD space) knowing that it would not work, but wanted to see what I got.
First of all, the machine hung on Autorun, even when the disk was just in there during boot. In fact, the machine did not even finish processing all the Startup folder.
Turned off Autorun on this machine and it now boots with DVD in there. I opened it up and attempted to run the setup program. I was hoping to see a message saying that Libronix requires Win XP SP3 or later, or something like that. Instead, the program just froze up. However, the computer as a whole was still functional.
Unfair test? Yes, but I bet someone else could be that stupid, even if there are admittedly very few Win98 machines still out there.
Ken McGuire
The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann
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Unfair test? Yes, but I bet someone else could be that stupid, even if there are admittedly very few Win98 machines still out there.
Nope, it was a great test! I don't even know where to get Win98!
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Why not have the software check the hardware before installing and make a determination wether or not it is robust enough to run 4.0? The user can then proceed or upgrade the computer.
Mission: To serve God as He desires.
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