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Pentium 166MMX and WIN98

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Krome

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My buddy has a HP, with a P1 166Mhz, and one of his uh...er... Navy(squid) friends installed WIN 98 on it, he complains that it is always crashing on him, is Win98 suggested for his processor? I just passed him some memory, and it is starting to get better he says? Anything?

his system
Pentium 166MMX
had 24 MB, now he has 48 MB
cd drive(broken)

will his system accept a DVD rom?
 
R0BB23 (Aug 01, 2001 01:58 p.m.):
put win 2k on it, imporved my packard bell 166mmx alot over twice as fast
dont be stupid, the system requirements for 2k are 266 processor, and 64 mb ram!! stick to 98, is it 98 or 98SE, id use SE if i were him.
 
On these older systems I find that Windows 95 OSR 2.5 works best. It feels faster on slow machines then W98 and also is very stable. In my office I set up an old 200mmx with 95 osr 2.5 for payrole, it has been flawless for about 2 years now.

Of course you could always switch it over to Linux, RH6 or 6.1 would be a nice distro that would run smooth on that machine :)
 
my 166mmx is runing win 2k
and if any of you question that come take a look for yourself

3584 citrus dr. duluth GA
 
Ken has the right answer. Win95 is the OS for that machine.

If one is running 2k somewheres, I bet it is one slow pig.
 
R0BB23 (Aug 01, 2001 06:39 p.m.):
nop speed it up like crazy
win98 se sucks


I don't think win98 SE is SSOOOO bad. OK, it may not be the best, but I have seen worse (like my pc with winME)
 
Thanks for the Info..I will pass it on to my buddy, where can he get a copy of WIN95? I have a restore disc for my Presario that contains windows95, should we attempt to install from there? I know thats a bad idea, but he is getting desperate. Also since I donated enough memory for him to "double-up" what he had (24MB-->48MB) he says that he is able to download porn a whole heck of alot faster, so that's a plus, now if I can be able to send him Instant Messages without him complaining that Im "LOCKING UP" his system???
 
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