No more Win9x support

[a10sth]

If I could get a response on the Game Help board … it is a Important question concerning anyone running WinXP 64-bit. About Doushin and X-Change 3 installing. Thanks

[Jinnai]

Originally posted by Benoit:
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People don’t need to use IE. I don’t. I haven’t used it, except when I’m forced to on other computers, for almost a decade.

You don’t understand. Even if you don’t use IE, it is still an open door to your system, simply because it’s integrated. That’s why you still need to update it.[/b]

Then uninstall it. Yes you lose some functionality, but it removes those security holes.

Originally posted by Benoit:
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Huh? What are you on because I’d sure like some of that stuff!

Most people on the Internet haven’t experienced Windows 95 as stable because they installed IE4 on it, which makes it pretty unstable. IE4 integrates into Windows, transferring its own instability into it.

I never had it integrated, so my experience has been that it’s pretty stable. [/b]

Neither did I and I only used XP

[ 05-31-2006, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: Jinnai ]

[Anonymous]

Then uninstall it. Yes you lose some functionality, but it removes those security holes.

You can’t really uninstall it…

Even outside IE4 it is highly unstable.

I’ve been using Windows 95 for 8 years now, and it has been pretty stable. That has to count for something.

Only internet-wise. I’m talking not internet-wise as well, which 98 did improve somewhat over 95.

…You still don’t get it, do you? IE4 is INTEGRATED. Meaning it’s always running, making the main OS unstable. This means BOTH offline and online.

Again, purely on IE, something you can chose not to install

Choose not to install?! What crack are you on?! It’s a mandatory component since Windows 98.

doesn’t have anything to do with offline content

Refer to above. It does.

As for being bloated, there is some of that, but you can go in and get rid of a lot of the bloatedness yourself.

I shouldn’t have to do that.

Well not all games are made for consoles.

Point taken.

Years ago MS didn’t say they were ending support for 98SE, the last of the 9x systems. Years ago 85%+ was not using XP.

They were close to ending it in 2003.
And WinME is still a 9x OS in its core.
There are still enough people out there with Win98.

That’s there fault then.

No, it’s the fault of M$ for making a bad default configuration. Companies aren’t going to waste time and money on optimising the OS. All that added bloat just sucks up your RAM and CPU processing, requiring newer computers. This is intentional, because then M$’ buddy Intel sells more CPUs. This is part of why newer systems like XP suck. It’s the endless upgrading process.

Not nessarily by far the best, but atleast something. 9x its hit-or-miss.

So? You should always get the best driver, instead of minimalist one that people probably don’t bother to replace. It’s trickery.

Neither did I and I only used XP

Look! Windows 95 achieved the same stability!
Too bad this can’t be said for a fair amount of other people.