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compatibility with Win98SE

compatibility with Win98SE

compatibility with Win98SE

(OP)
Is SW compatible with Windows 98SE?  If not, what should I upgrade to?

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

While SW may run on Win98SE it's no longer supported by SW or MSoft.  If it runs it will most likely suffer greatly.

I would upgrade to either WinXP Pro or Win2k Pro.  Those are the recommended OS's for SW's.

Until my job switch a month+ ago...I was running SW's on a Win 2k box.

Alan M. Etzkorn  
Product Engineer
Nixon Tool Co.
www.nixontool.com

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

I'll third that. Win 98, 98SE, bad news....Same for Win NT

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Mr. Pickles

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

Fourth here.

NT no longer works properly (on this ancient machine) using PhotoWorks with 2003 or above.

2000 Pro is excellent--very stable on my other ancient machine of only 666 Mhz P3

XP Home so far is OK

XP Pro seems to work well for others, although I've not yet tested that myself.


Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

(OP)
Gentlemen: Thank you for your considerate replies.

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

What version of SW are you using? I am using SW 2001 with WIN XP Pro. It can be a bit unstable sometimes, but other times it's rock solid (moody OS?). Overall I prefer WIN XP over WIN 2000, due to it's multimedia capabilities. If you are running a newer version of SW go with XP Pro, otherwise go with 2000 Pro.

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

Memory and zoom capacity is seriously limited in 98SE--also, 98SE will soon lose support from Microsoft and has stability issues when challenged with high memory applications.


Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

...and I thought the displays in the local science museum were just for looking at - didn't realize people were actually trying to use them...  

Really, I'm not unsympathetic.  Unfortunately, in order to keep up with performance demands and enhancements, any software of this complexity has to keep migrating to the latest hardware and OS platforms.  You regulars know I keep saying this.  Once you get into this kind of software you are on a constant upgrade path - like it or not.  So you have to budget for it.  The initial purchase becomes  less significant.  It can be unfortunate and disappointing so some, but it really is a case of "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".  So often I hear the complaint that "I need... but it's too expensive."  If that is the case, I'm afraid you need to take a brutal look at your business and realize you are trying to compete out of you league or seriously underfunded. However in student and/or home use situations it really is tough.

Be naughty - save Santa a trip.

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

As far as I know, up to (and including) SW2003 will run on Win98.  SW2004 is the 1st version to requires WinXP.

Ken

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

I don't think SW2003 is officially support on Win98, even if it might run on some hardware/software combo's.

Be naughty - save Santa a trip.

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

I played around with SW Personal Edition with a 98SE system.  The comment above about 98SE with SW being crash prone was certainly true for me.  Had to reboot about twice an hour. Not very productive.  It may have had something to do with the slow processor or low RAM but if you are using 98SE then chances are you have a slow processor with low RAM.

RE: compatibility with Win98SE

If you look at the link above that I posted it explains that in SW03

(3) Not recommended for production use.
(4) Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) is the only version of Windows 98 that is supported

This tells me that SW is not a good tool to use on Win98SE

SW04 isn't supported by Win98SE

This is true for PE versions too.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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