Another Question - W98se

[eff5]

I recently installed the W98se
upgrade on a system running W95b (and, yes I know that upgrades in general are a pain in the tookas).
The tip you provided resulted in some impovement but the system still "bogs down", especially when
running multiple applications and/or extensive use of a single application such as the browser. The
system exhibits indications of being memory-constrained. I have tried several different cache & swap
file settings, all with the same results. Are there any other tips you can share to overcome this
problem? Specs are: PII-233, 160MB ram, 20MB hard drive using 32-bit fs. Thanks!

quote:

Originally posted by RedBeard:
A tip for those installing win98se update! If you have kept up with updating your
system while you were waiting to get the win98se update. And after you install
the win98se up to your system. You find that it seems to run slower, that your
system isn't performing like it used to! Well if you go to your system information,
then to tools, and to the Version Conflict manager, you might just have a big
surprise. I have kept up with all the latest updates for win98, and just recently
installed win98se. I always go through my systems after a install, and I found that
win98se will replace (close to 30) drivers in the system with old drivers, thus
causeing the system to slow down, with little glitches here and there! But luckally
you can just restore them back to the newer version that was saved for you! Have
a great day!

[The-Fro]

You're not gonna like this, but I have to say it: Clean install is the way to go.
Every time I changed my OS, I tried the upgrade (Win95->Win98, then later Win98->Win2K). Each time, I ran it with the new OS for a while, then realized it ran like crap and formatted it. The Win98->Win2K is better, but it's still a mess. If you can, I really would suggest a clean install.

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