Windows 98 Upgrade Good news for Windows 3.x users

ITINFO Sponsor Website Hosting by HostMaster Fast, unlimited hits. Secure SSL servers. Unlimited email aliasing, redirection, and autoresponders. Triple webservers, Triple T1 lines. Fast & accurate domain registration. http://dgl.com/host/ Windows 98 Upgrade News by Dave Murphy ISSN 1535-3613 Win3 is the most used version of MS Windows in corporate America. "We’ve had a lot of customer feedback about a 3.1 upgrade. There’s been a lot of concern that there will be one," said Stacey Breyfogle, a Windows product manager. "We’re working now on the delta between the product release and when the Windows 3.1 upgrade will ship. It will be three months." Win3 users can always upgrade to Win98, without a specific upgrade fix; however, device drivers and 16-bit applications that now run under Win31 may not work with Win98. "Right now, upgrading your Win 3.x base to Windows 98 is certainly not seamless from a device-driver standpoint and, more importantly, from a FAT-32 and applications standpoint,’’ said John Dunkle, president of Workgroup Strategic Services, in Portsmouth, N.H. "Win 3.1 users typically are in heterogeneous environments running all sorts of 8- and 16-bit apps, and Win98 wants and must have all 32-bit apps." Dave Murphy, Damar Group, Ltd.'s president, offers Win3 users hope, "If users follow Microsoft's publicly announced program of upgrade options and the specific instructions included with Win98, they'll be alright." He continued, "The biggest source of problems we see affects users who don't follow the instructions carefully or when in doubt, don't request the assistance of a qualified professional." Subscribe to ITINFO. Receive computing and Internet news & tips by subscribing to the ITINFO information service. Type your Internet email address in the form, and click "Subscribe." Email Address: Damar Group, Ltd. helps business use technology. ITINFO is again accepting sponsors. Sponsor messages are included in ITINFO's email newsletter and are permanently posted to DGL's website and online reference areas. ITINFO is an electronic publication of Damar Group, Ltd., publisher of Training Express computer learning guides. Comments and submissions to info@dgl.com. Previous issues are on our website at dgl.com/dglinfo. updated September 6, 1997 http://dgl.com/dglinfo/1997/dg970906.html Return to DGL homepage Copyright © 1997, Damar Group, Ltd., All Rights Reserved