Yup forget SP2!!

Just get SP1 and all the hotfixes.  You must get the hotfixes otherwise your InternetExplorer can be used against you and you will end up with all kinds of worms and trojans!

No, Foz, don't do it! 'Cos then I'll be the only one on 98SE!!  I would upgrade, but 128Mb of PC100 SDRAM can't do it....  Oh well...
Dan

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Never fear, Dan...!
We enthusiasts must stick together, our group is getting smaller unfortunately... ...!

Do you know what tho'...
I've been using '98 since it first came out, (after DOS, and Win '95), and I've got really used to it, and all its inside bits...!
Whenever I try someone else's Win XP I find it terribly confusing, funny icons, strange folder locations, etc, ...and as for the colour...much too much blue everywhere for my liking... ... ...!

So Dan...You and I will hold the fort for a while yet...stiff upper lip, and all that sort of thing... 8)...!

Cheers all...!

Paul....Joy.... another system crash... 8).... ....!

P.S.  Oh, and I nearly forgot, almost all all of my software, games, etc, is "Old" as in "Very Old", so it all runs fine on Win '98...so there... ...!
..and no probs with the Flight Sims... 8)...!

..an extremely small selection of my games, etc, most of which, I'm sure, wouldn't run on Win XP... ...!
...and I love all my "Old" games... ...!

Thats the way Paul!!!

Well I never..... what a couple to fight for the Fort! 8)
One's nearly as old as the Universe and the other is a young sprout, just putting down the roots...  (that's a compliment Dan - I'm not much older ).

Come on Paul, join the world in the fast lane, yep you can do it on your bike, so you can do it - get a PC on Boxing Day - that's when the sales in PC World are on I believe - and then join the fat-fast Connection club. 8) 8)
You don't know what your missing.... honest!

Now, to be on a more serious note.
We've 4 computers in our house....
1 x 95
1 x 98
2 x XP 8) 8)

For some reason we skipped the 2000 version.
The 2 XPs and 98 are networked and the 98 is in my room       - (the 95 is in my sisters room. 8) )
Dad has an XP and everyone shaes the other XP.  I can assure you it's the XP's we fight over. They rarely crash and are very reliable.
Today my 98 crashed three or four times, the XP's rarely crash. Despite there bad press they are much more stable and much better for gaming. They aren't any more complicated at all.

Ben

Cross my palm with enough silver to get a machine that will run aforementioned super-OS and I will...

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 Could be the operators, We have 2 PC's both running XP and it is the most stable OS so far, I tried to upgrade the one PC to SP2 and indeed had problems so I restored it to before I downloaded SP2 and it has been fine since.
I have done some research and it seems that when you install SP2 yourself it tends to change various settings which in turn causes the problems I was experiencing, but I have chose to leave well enough alone and not re-attempt to install SP2 on the said system. My newest PC came with SP2 installed and runs just perfectly.

 I had tons of problems with Windows ME, it would crash regularly, I still have this system although it is currently retired and awaiting a possible overhaul. I also still own a Win 95 system which is basically retired for good except for when I am feeling nostalgic and feel like playing DOS games, this rarely occurs anymore. I have a WIN 3.1 system that just takes up space and collects dust. I also have another system that was an XP system but the hard drive totally died, so it too is currently awaiting an overhaul.

 If anyone plans to keep up with the times it is my opinion that you must keep up with the latest operating systems and hardware, although you can obviously use an older OS for as long as you want I suppose, eventually there is no longer support for those older versions, and as advances in software is being made, you will be unable to effectively run any of the current or future programs on obsolete versions of Windows and inadequate hardware.

 I do realize however that not everyone has the means to purchase a new system or upgrade their current one every year or so, and as long as the system you have satisfies your needs and you are not hungry for all the latest bells and whistles, then carry on with your decrepit old doorstops running ancient sloth-like versions of Windows.....uh....well, as long as it works for you then that is what really matters.  

DOS? what is this dos you speak of