Windows 98 - Memphis CODEC - released by Microsoft Corporation on June 25, 1998. Windows 98 is the successor of Windows 95 and presented a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit monolithic product based on MS-DOS. This was soon followed by renewed for the operating system with Windows 98 SE (second edition), as Microsoft attempted to fix many bugs are present in the original version.
Among the new features of Windows 98 is better AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) support, functional USB (Universal Serial Bus) drivers, and support for multiple monitors and Web TV. It also features support for FAT32 file system allows for the support disk partitions larger than two gigabytes maximum accepted by Windows 95. This is also the first version of Windows to support ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface.
Windows 98 is also the first operating system that uses the Windows Driver Model is a standard device driver program and allows more peripherals running smoothly on the system. When Windows 98 was released, this fact was not well publicized and device manufacturers continue to develop the device with a driver under the old system that would make them incompatible with the new operating system.
One big advantage of Windows 98 as the operating system is that the low system requirements. That means that even older computers can be effectively and efficiently run Windows 98 and users can take advantage of new updates to the system.
Windows 98 also offers up full support for DOS applications because it can easily switch to DOS mode. In doing this, a DOS-based applications can handle the system in their native environment. After DOS mode is available also provides an easy way to fix the system errors without having to log into the graphical user interface.
As with other previous versions of Windows, the operating system is not without problems. Windows 98 was never stable as common user expectations. Often, software developers and application drivers have enough experience with the creation of programs for this new system. Many of these errors are generally described as a mistake caused by the user's system even if the error was not caused by a part of Windows or DOS.
Newer versions of Windows will fix this problem, and Microsoft is working quickly to provide a patch to a Windows 98 system for users to download and make their systems much more stable.
Like most operating systems, Windows 98 was updated shortly after release and enhanced. It gives some major update that will serve as a model for the next version of Windows.
Among the new features of Windows 98 is better AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) support, functional USB (Universal Serial Bus) drivers, and support for multiple monitors and Web TV. It also features support for FAT32 file system allows for the support disk partitions larger than two gigabytes maximum accepted by Windows 95. This is also the first version of Windows to support ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface.
Windows 98 is also the first operating system that uses the Windows Driver Model is a standard device driver program and allows more peripherals running smoothly on the system. When Windows 98 was released, this fact was not well publicized and device manufacturers continue to develop the device with a driver under the old system that would make them incompatible with the new operating system.
One big advantage of Windows 98 as the operating system is that the low system requirements. That means that even older computers can be effectively and efficiently run Windows 98 and users can take advantage of new updates to the system.
Windows 98 also offers up full support for DOS applications because it can easily switch to DOS mode. In doing this, a DOS-based applications can handle the system in their native environment. After DOS mode is available also provides an easy way to fix the system errors without having to log into the graphical user interface.
As with other previous versions of Windows, the operating system is not without problems. Windows 98 was never stable as common user expectations. Often, software developers and application drivers have enough experience with the creation of programs for this new system. Many of these errors are generally described as a mistake caused by the user's system even if the error was not caused by a part of Windows or DOS.
Newer versions of Windows will fix this problem, and Microsoft is working quickly to provide a patch to a Windows 98 system for users to download and make their systems much more stable.
Like most operating systems, Windows 98 was updated shortly after release and enhanced. It gives some major update that will serve as a model for the next version of Windows.
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