All others require an appropriate Windows 98 Boot Floppy. Important: Only the OEM Full version is bootable. This will allow systems as old as the 80386 with 8MB of RAM to run Windows 98 (although this will be far from optimal) Hardware requirements can be bypassed in the setup with the undocumented /nm setup switch.
The last version of Microsoft Office capable of running on Windows 98 is Office XP. Other available upgradeable components include DirectX 9.0c, Windows Installer 2.0, GDI+ redistributable, Remote Desktop Connection (XP 5.1), and Text Services Framework. The last version of Internet Explorer that can be installed on 98 SE is 6.0. The Visual C++ 2005 runtime is the last to carry Windows 98 support. Windows 98 Second Edition can be updated with the Microsoft. Windows Media Player 6.2 was also shipped replacing the old classic Windows 3.x/95 "Media Player" that originated with the Windows 3.0 MMC Extensions. DirectX 6.1 was also included with DirectSound improvements. Internet Explorer 4.0 was also upgraded to 5.0 and Internet Connection Sharing made its debut. That is, the same edition of Windows 10 can run on both desktops and ultra-compact devices.Windows 98 Second Edition is an update to the original Windows 98 that includes improved modem and sound/audio card support through the Windows Driver Model, improved USB support, Wake on LAN support, FireWire DV camcorder support, and SBP-2 Mass Storage device support.
'Task Switch' has improved usability considerably by allowing you to change between one window and another, so it's now much more fluid to use lots of software simultaneously.Īll these features have been combined into a single edition of Windows that covers all the platforms it possibly can. From it you can access most of your installed programs as well as the 'Live Tiles' on the Metro desktop, the latter being another major improvement to the operating system: Windows Store applications will finally be combined with the traditional ones, so you can use both of them in windows.Īnother much-anticipated addition is that it's finally possible to work simultaneously in multiple virtual desktops. One of its main novelties is the return of the Start menu to the traditional desktop after its disappearance in Windows 8.
Windows 10 is the penultimate operating system from Microsoft, which brings back many features lost in previous editions and introduces long-awaited functionalities that have already been available on competitor software for a while now.
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