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Hi John,
No problem, migrated from W98 myself in these support roles. You'll find
that many of the applications will still run, some need a tweak or updated
file, some need compatibility mode (tried that yet?). More complex programs
will still require installing (things like word processors, etc.). For those
that simply won't, there are always virtual machines. The biggest issue is
usually with proprietary programs written for peripheral hardware (scanners
are a big one in this area), the makers simply do not want to provide
updated support, they would rather you just bought new peripherals.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"John" <nospam@plusnet.com> wrote in message
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> "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Close,
>>
>>Highlight the desired entry, then click "set as default".
>
>
> Thanks, guys.
>
> Mission accomplished after spotting that I needed to go back to
> general tab to set as default and after I had coped with XPs (over-?)
> protective response to changes - someday I guess I might have cause to
> bless it.
>
> As an old 95 and 98 campaigner, I'm finding xp's method confuses me at
> times - like when someone asks you if you're 'sure' too many times and
> you change your mind just to get rid of their over-solicitous
> attitude. After all, the basic things, like msconfig, are still there
> and, for good or evil, I'm used to a more straightforward and less
> 'precious' way of managing them.
>
> Ah well, give it time. At the moment, I'm enjoying myself simply
> seeing how many of may existing 98 apps, like this one (Agent), will
> run from xp, simply by running the existing (98se) .exe file and not
> reinstalling. This is why I was so keen to keep FAT32 throughout by
> partitioning the end of my HDD and installing xp into it rather than
> offer xp an empty section of hdd when xp then offers on FAT and NTFS -
> a curious thing for it to do, to my mind.
>
> Sorry, this is OT, but it seems like you guys, on this ng, are keeping
> a friendly eye on my progress - for which I'm hugely grateful.
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