[moderator: And MS wonders why people complain...] Reply From: John Q Public <tpublict_private> |Windows 98 disables Microsoft competitors' software Being an avid MS basher, I would like to believe this but my initial reaction was 'yeah right' until I actually opened up this tool that the author described so well... |The Version Conflict Manager lets the user select a file and trade the |older version for the newer version. But a Win98 user typically has no |knowledge of what applications use which shared files or which version of |each file would be "better." Moreover, the utility is unlikely to be found |routinely by users, because it is buried deep within Win98's menu |structure: Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System |Information, Tools, Version Conflict Manager -- and then you will find it. After installing Win98, I intentionally went out and gathered new drivers as soon as I noticed some of them were older that my original drivers from the manufacturer. I do not recall the version numbers, but I do know that my Sound Blaster drivers (SB16 P&P) on a two year old CD were newer than 98's versions. In addition to the older network SCSI card drivers (for an AdvanSys PCI) I noticed Win98 finially recognized my ether card on install, but sadly it installed a Microsoft Driver from 1996, much older than the driver on a floppy disk from the manufacturer dated 1997 (Linksys LNEPCI II). I'll bet if I bought the Microsoft 10baseT card, and the Microsoft Video card, and the Microsoft Sound System, and the hardware for the now-supported WebTV hardware, I might get the most recent drivers... |Competitors' applications may no longer work, but users would have |received no notice of the change. Since they don't talk to us doesn't mean we can't holler at them... -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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