Cruzer Windows 98 Drivers For Mac
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'SlickRCBD' wrote in message news:b6b801d5-acfe-45b6-a213-bfaea90f7cc2@f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com. You may be referring to the Maximus Decim 'unofficial' USB mass storage drivers. For Win98FE, they require you install an 'unofficial' service pack firsy, and I feel that is not the best choice. For Win98FE, therefore, I recommend using a different driver, from the Italian web sitr It is not installed beforehand like the Maximus Decim driver; rather you point to it when Windows first detects the inserted thumb drive, as you can see from the pictures on the web pages, even if you cannot read Italian. Although the pages are in Italian, you can look at the screenshots on some of the pages to determine how the driver is installed and uninstalled: The Download link is the 'Download' button on the last page. Basically, you download the driver package (.zip file), and unzip it to a folder where you plan to store it on the computer.
Then when you insert your flash drive, Windows will detect it and give you the option to find the driver. Choose to have it look in the folder where you unzipped the downloaded files, and it will see the.inf file there and install your flash drive. You can use this same.inf file to install other flash drives and USB mass storage, so save the.zip file somewhere safe and store the.inf file in a permanent location of your choice. I use the hidden Windows Inf Other folder, but you can use whatever you like. Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ 98 Guy 16/9/2009, 6:09 น. On Sep 16, 5:53 am, 'glee' wrote: 'SlickRCBD' wrote in message news:b6b801d5-acfe-45b6-a213-bfaea90f7cc2@f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com. I remember looking for drivers for a Sandisk cruzer a year or two ago.
I found one page that had somebody modify some older ones to support the newer ones. He had a link for 98SE and for 95/98. I now can't find the page in question. Can anybody help me find this page with Sandisk Cruzer drivers for win98 first edition? You may be referring to the Maximus Decim 'unofficial' USB mass storage drivers. For Win98FE, they require you install an 'unofficial' service pack firsy, and I feel that is not the best choice.
Hear, hear. That's a good dirver. I use wintricks USB driver on Win98FE and a Win98SE with little, or no, problems. The accompanying documentation is in Italian, therefore I don't quite understand, but this little driver is small and does NOT disrupt anything else.
Robert For Win98FE, therefore, I recommend using a different driver, from the Italian web sitr It is not installed beforehand like the Maximus Decim driver; rather you point to it when Windows first detects the inserted thumb drive, as you can see from the pictures on the web pages, even if you cannot read Italian. Although the pages are in Italian, you can look at the screenshots on some of the pages to determine how the driver is installed and uninstalled: The Download link is the 'Download' button on the last page. Basically, you download the driver package (.zip file), and unzip it to a folder where you plan to store it on the computer.
Then when you insert your flash driveWindows will detect it and give you the option to find the driver. Choose to have it look in the folder where you unzipped the downloaded files, and it will see the.inf file there and install your flash drive. You can use this same.inf file to install other flash drives and USB mass storageso save the.zip file somewhere safe and store the.inf file in a permanent location of your choice. I use the hidden Windows Inf Other folder, but you can use whatever you like.
- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ Robert Macy 16/9/2009, 8:21 น. 'Robert Macy' wrote in message news:b1faf427-62ed-41dc-84d1-db9914839db4@j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com. There are some advantages to SE over FE, but relative to the question at hand, it is not particularly relevant. The driver I suggested in my reply works as well with FE as it does with SE. Installing SE will not provide any drivers for this or any other USB mass storage.both versions of Win98 require third-party drivers. The only advantage to SE in this scenario is supposedly better USB support than FE, but I can't say if that's a factor on a fully updated FE installation.
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ 98 Guy 16/9/2009, 13:50 น. Glee wrote: Can anybody help me find this page with Sandisk Cruzer drivers for win98 first edition? Why don't you install win98 second edition? I have Win98FE on one machine and Win98SE on another.
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I see little difference in functionality between the two. So there is not any discernible reason to change. There are some advantages to SE over FE, but relative to the question at hand, it is not particularly relevant. Does FE support USB 2.0 (or just 1.x?). I raised the idea of installing SE if not now, at least the next time the system in question is 'freshened up'.
Perhaps some people can get by with a 10-year-old installation (and corresponding hard drive age) but I think a case can be made that any system running Windows (9x, XP, etc) can benefit from a re-install every once in a while. Glee 16/9/2009, 15:05 น. Replies inline.
'98 Guy' wrote in message news:4AB14FAF.83F31D56@Guy.com. glee wrote: Can anybody help me find this page with Sandisk Cruzer drivers for win98 first edition? Why don't you install win98 second edition?
I have Win98FE on one machine and Win98SE on another. I see little difference in functionality between the two.
So there is not any discernible reason to change. There are some advantages to SE over FE, but relative to the question at hand, it is not particularly relevant. Does FE support USB 2.0 (or just 1.x?). Well, Microsoft didn't supply USB 2.0 support for either version of Win98, FE or SE. It was up to third parties to provide their own drivers.by third parties I mean the chipset makers and makers of USB 2.0 add-on cards. I don't have a 98FE system and can't recall the last time I saw one.I always felt SE was a better choice.so I have not seen any USB 2.0 drivers for it. My GUESS would be that it may work, but would probably need a number of files updated from 98SE or ME.
But I have never tested it. I would have thought you had by now, since you still use Win98 as your primary operating system. The drivers supplied here: claim USB 2.0 support, but they require the installation of a very 'unofficial service pack' from a third party to bring the system up to, well something other than 98FE any longer.
I raised the idea of installing SE if not now, at least the next time the system in question is 'freshened up'. Perhaps some people can get by with a 10-year-old installation (and corresponding hard drive age) but I think a case can be made that any system running Windows (9x, XPetc) can benefit from a re-install every once in a while. I've never reinstalled any of my own systems.they never needed 'freshening up'.and I installed, uninstalled, and experimented with a LOT of software on some of them.
I still have two Win95 systems of my own that are original.one Win95 Gold and one OSR 2.x. I don't know what you are referring to re: 'corresponding hard drive age'; the hard drives have been changed a couple of times on most of them, but no reinstallation was needed. Some folks need to reinstall often.but that is often due to not taking precautions prior to experimenting, or due to damage from power surges and other electrical issues, or just not backing up before a hard drive crashes. YMMV and I'm sure it does.
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ Sunny 16/9/2009, 16:14 น. Glee wrote: Does FE support USB 2.0 (or just 1.x?). Well, Microsoft didn't supply USB 2.0 support for either version of Win98, FE or SE. I've never understood why the NT-based USB drivers always seem to work with all devices of certain classes (eg - thumb drives) without asking for brand or model-specific drivers, even when the usb device in question post-dates the OS in question by a number of years. Yet for win-9x you seem to need a different (and specific) usb driver for each new device the system encounters. But I think that for XP and 98 it's the same regarding plugging in a given usb device into different USB ports - which is that when you plug the same device into a different port for the first time, the OS responds as if it's the first time it's seen that device and goes through the motions of installing a new driver for it. In other words, Windows seems to have this need to install a device driver for each port for the same device.
My GUESS would be that it may work, but would probably need a number of files updated from 98SE or ME. But I have never tested it. I would have thought you had by now, since you still use Win98 as your primary operating system.
Truth is that I attach very few USB devices to my PC's. I have a few Kingston Data Traveller 512 mb thumb drives (for which Kingston wrote a win-98 driver which I have) and a few multi-format flash card readers. The class of devices which seems to get a lot of win-98 users in trouble are the external USB drives - and I simply will never own one of those inferior items because it's second nature for me to hook up a new or old IDE or SATA drive to my PC (half the time, the covers are off my PC's anyways). I raised the idea of installing SE if not now, at least the next time the system in question is 'freshened up'. I've never reinstalled any of my own systems.they never needed 'freshening up'.and I installed, uninstalledand experimented with a LOT of software on some of them.
I have a couple of win-98 systems where the registry files have gotten so big that they can't be run through a DOS scanreg session without generating a memory-related error before exiting. I still have two Win95 systems of my own that are original. I stayed with win95 for quite a while, basically skipping right over 98fe. I don't think I'd still be using a win-95 system today (in 2009) given that if it was an original win-95 system then it would probably have pre-1999 hardware, which right off the bat would mean a severe hard-drive handicap (less than 32 gb) and pretty brutal performance cpu-wise. The only PC that I've ever owned that came with an operating system as part of the package was the IBM PC (circa 1982). Every PC since then I built from parts and managed to get my hands on the software one way or another (including the OS).
I don't know what you are referring to re: 'corresponding hard drive age'; the hard drives have been changed a couple of times on most of them, but no reinstallation was needed. I don't think that's typical of most people still using win-98, meaning that for most of them, they're still running the exact same hardware that they bought back in 1999 - 2002. MEB 16/9/2009, 17:59 น. Thanks for the correction and links, likely renamed it locally so I could remember what the heck it was at some time have to try to remember that, yeeeaahhh. It is also supplied on the Security Updates CD 2004.
According to the.inf file, it updates these: Copy.system32.drv usbd.sys,32 openhci.sys,32 uhcd.sys,32 usbhub.sys,32 hidclass.sys,32 Copy.system.vmm32 vtdapi.vxd,32 Copy.system.files msnp32.dll,32 stimon.exe,32 setupx.dll,32 joyhid.vxd,32 oleacc.dll,32 oleaccrc.dll,32 devmgr32.dll,32 vserver.vxd,32 accwiz.exe,32 magnify.exe,32 maghook.dll,32 tapisrv.exe,32 rnr20.dll,32 Right, I just cut the inf to the relevant sections. MEB Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking The 'real world' of Law, Justice, and Government - smith 17/9/2009, 15:06 น. I'd like to, BUT the only copy of it I've got is the OEM copy pre- installed on a Dell Optiplex GX110 WITHOUT an installer CD.
The laptop currently doesn't have any kind of NIC save for a 56K fax/modem (that means no Ethernet card), and I can't find my computer-computer parallel cable. Nor do I have a null-modem cable or a USB cable with the large connector on each end. The cable used to hook up my printer has what I think was called a centronics connector on the end. I can burn a CD, but don't know how to make it bootable. So, my problem is that I don't own a copy of the retail version of SE.
Nor do I have a product key. Where do I get it?
It's not like in the old days of Apple prior to System 7 where the OS was freeware and I could just grab the latest OS by asking and bringing in a couple blank disks. Come to think of it, the same applies to Linux. The only OS's I've got installers for are Windows 95 (bundled with Virtual PC 3.0 for Power Macintosh), Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP Professional. The laptop BARELY fits the minimum specs for W2kP and I fear it would be too slow due to lack of RAM. You're quick to propose putting win98SE on, how do I do so given the resources I have stated I have available. MEB 20/9/2009, 20:25 น. MEB wrote: SlickRCBD wrote: 98 Guy wrote: SlickRCBD wrote: You're quick to propose putting win98SE on, how do I do so given the resources I have stated I have available.
One of two things are presently occurring: Either you are asking this question already knowing the answer. Or, there is a decided attempt in this forum to further the idea of use of illegal software. Which one are you? Well, I'm FAIRLY certain there is no freely available Windows 98 First Edition to Second Edition updater available that was released by Microsoft the way Apple released a Mac OS 8.0-8.1 or 8.5-8.6 updater. If there is, please post the link as I didn't think it existed and I shall apologize profusely for the sarcasm. I was kinda hoping that there was a simple way to use the stuff located in C: WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS on my old Dell Optiplex GX110 to upgrade the NEC Ready 440T laptop to Second Edition, but I remember having trouble on non-Dell hardware the one time I tried it many years ago to try to get a friend's computer working when his system got screwed up and couldn't find the CDs that came with it.
He needed to do a full reinstall of the OS and had also had Win98SE installed. The difference is that that was an attempt to reinstall from scratch rather than upgrade. Again, this isn't the retail or upgrade (I don't recall an upgrade version of Second edition of Win98SE, but it's been 10 years, that might only be an XP thing), but the OEM backup conveniently located on the main hard drive so that if it crashes or gets otherwise FUBARed you are screwed. MEB 21/9/2009, 8:13 น. Oh, then it appears legitimate.
Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period. Moreover, most of the computer vendors, during the period, also supplied those to their customers in a similar fashion, or via download.
So it was essentially a free upgrade, though NOT download-able from the Internet from Microsoft except to registered corporate users and 'resellers/vendors. The CD was specifically.just. an upgrade disk for existing Windows 98 systems, e.g., did not work by merely.showing.
a Windows 98 CD or at least officially; 98 must have been installed, and was being upgraded. There was a retail version also offered, functioning in a similar manner. BOTH of these required a specific valid.upgrade. key, meaning any.posted on the computer. key would NOT work.
The Options CABS would, under normal circumstances, be usable on other systems, EXCEPT it generally doesn't include the.setup.exe., infs, and ini(s) required to make it function beyond a reference, and file repository for the specific system. The ini and inf files required, are generally located elsewhere in the system. Additionally, when dealing with Compaq, Dell, IBM, and other name brand 9X systems, you also need the SPECIAL ini and inf files provided by the vendor to return it to original state or support whatever specialty hardware that might be involved PARTICULARLY when dealing with laptops/notebooks rather than a desktop, though many desktops would require similar particularly if the Hard drive had a.manufacturer's partition. and/or folder included. For a time, you could find these.manufacturer. supplied UPGRADE disks which had been modified to support ONLY a specific range of their own computers For Sale on eBay and other sites.
Using these would usually fail on the wrong systems, causing numerous postings for help in forums and groups such as this one. OR, you can or could find the retail UPGRADE CD, which also generally failed.when used on laptops/notebooks. due to the failure to supply vendor specific hardware support. It was possible at one time, to download some infs and install files from the vendor and use the generic Upgrade CD, though those required files were generally removed after support for their specific products ended.
So what do.you. need? To ensure proper installation due to the laptop/notebook issue, you need the manufacturer's CD. There ARE sites which offer, for a cost, the specific manufacturer Upgrade disk for a given laptop/notebook.
MEB Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking The 'real world' of Law, Justice, and Government - J. Gilliver (John) 19/9/2009, 17:16 น. In message, 98 Guy writes: Does FE support USB 2.0 (or just 1.x?).
Is there a difference from the OS point of view between the two, or is the difference down to the hardware, like it is for the difference between 10 and 100 MB ethernet? I've never been sure on this subject, though from what many are saying (including MEB who is giving the filename), it rather sounds as if 2.0 does need extra files in '9x.
In message, glee writes: Well, Microsoft didn't supply USB 2.0 support for either version of Win98, FE or SE. It was up to third parties to provide their own I've never reinstalled any of my own systems.they never needed 'freshening up'.and I installed, uninstalled, and experimented with a I rarely do - haven't for some years.
LOT of software on some of them. I still have two Win95 systems of my own that are original.one Win95 Gold and one OSR 2.x. I don't know Ah, OSR 2 - I remember the OSR2FAQ! I also remember getting USB working under 95OSR2: AFAICR, it went well the first time, problems subsequently.
With the one that worked, I don't really remember it giving that much in the way of problems; other than having a different icon (I think it was a sort of grey C-shaped square rather than the trident thing we all know now), it seemed fine. Mind you, I probably only had one USB device then - I'm trying to remember what, I think it might have been an MP3 player (one that required software that came with it to do transfers, rather than just appearing as a drive. I think it was called an mpman, or something like that. About the shape and size of a 2.5' drive). 98 Guy 22/9/2009, 7:27 น. MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period.
Unless you can supply even a shred of evidence supporting that claim, it remains unverified (and most likely false). I, however, will supply two pieces of evidence to support the claim that Microsoft DID consider Second Edition to be a completely NEW and DIFFERENT product over First Edition, as follows: - Windows 98: Second Edition The Internet Connection Sharing feature that allows more than one PC on a home network to share a single Internet connection is this upgrade's hottest draw. Product: Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222.A) From: Microsoft (news release). Released June 10th, 1999. Price: US$19.95 'Step up'; US$89 full retail version (for Windows 3.x and Win95 owners). A service pack that fixes a number of minor bugs in Win98 will be made freely available via the Windows Update feature to current Windows 98 users.
Some features of this upgrade, such as NetMeeting 3, IE5 and DirectX6.1, are freely downloadable from the net. and - April 08, 1999 Microsoft clears up Windows 98 SE/SP1 confusion A Web Exclusive from WinInfo Paul Thurrott WinInfo InstantDoc #18611 Microsoft Corporation has come under a lot of criticism for the confusion generated by this week's announcement of a new consumer version of Windows and the various plans its released for its upcoming Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) and Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (SP1). In an attempt to clear up the confusion, the company has issued a statement further explaining their plans. Microsoft will deliver Windows 98 SP1 'in the next few months.'
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This service pack will be available for free download from the Windows Update Web site and will include bug fixes (such as the Y2K update and IE 4.01 SP) and other support issues. Windows 98 SE will ship this summer and will sell at retail for $89, replacing the current version of Windows 98 in stores. Windows 98 SE includes a host of new features, including Internet Explorer 5.0, Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), and support for new hardware. Existing Windows 98 users do not have to spend $89 to purchase Windows 98 SE. Microsoft is going to offer a special 'Step Up' CD for existing Windows 98 users for order from its Web site. This CD, which will cost $19.95, will upgrade the retail version of Windows 98 to Windows 98 SE and will include a booklet describing the new features and how they work. Hopefully, this information will set a few minds at peace.
Rumors have been floating all over the Net this week that Microsoft was forcing Windows 98 users to spend $89 on a small update, but that's simply not the case. Microsoft has offered these 'Step Up' versions whenever they consider the product in question to be a totally new product and not just a service pack for an existing product. To get a little off-topic here, Micro$haft was strongly considering calling XP-sp2 something other than a service pack, because it was almost a complete re-write of XP.
But making people pay to fix their XP/sp1 systems with SP2 would have caused too much of a back-lash. See also: MEB 22/9/2009, 8:16 น. 98 Guy wrote: MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period. Unless you can supply even a shred of evidence supporting that claim, it remains unverified (and most likely false). Guess again stupid, I have a CD right here which IS that offered upgrade AND I did post its availability IN this forum during the period it was offered, AND it has been previously discussed and VERIFIED IN THIS FORUM before.
It says on its COVER: For users of Windows 98 Microsoft Windows98 Second Edition Updates Includes system updates, Internet Explorer 5, Internet Connection Sharing and more. ON the disk it says: This program will search your system to confirm your eligibility for this special update edition. Starting the disk indicates: This disk may only be used to upgrade existing Windows98 installations, to obtain a for other use, please purchase either Windows98 Second Edition or the retail version of Windows98 Second Edition Updates. Nice try, the Second Edition Updates WERE offered as I stated.
Now go back to your rock. MEB Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking The 'real world' of Law, Justice, and Government - 98 Guy 22/9/2009, 16:37 น. MEB wrote: MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period. Guess again stupid, I have a CD right here which IS that offered upgrade AND I did post its availability IN this forum during the period it was offered, You are a complete moron. I never said that such a CD did not exist. What I've posted is evidence that Micro$haft charged $20 for it, as opposed to your claim that it was 'free'.
There are lots of examples that Macro$lap's 'Step Up' OS products were never given away for free. They always charged about 1/4 of the price of a full version. Glee 22/9/2009, 16:32 น. '98 Guy' wrote in message news:4AB8DEE5.6A773FA9@Guy.com. MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD.
for the cost of postage during the period. Unless you can supply even a shred of evidence supporting that claim, it remains unverified (and most likely false).
snip Microsoft provided a CD that would update a Win98FE system to Win98SE, for $20 US. You had to already own Win98FE. They are not available any longer, and haven't been for some time. Some used to be available online (such as eBay) but often came without the new Product Key needed to install it, so many bought that way were not usable. It was commonly referred to as the Win98 Update CD. Here is one old reference to it.there used to be numerous references online about it, probably 5 to 10 years ago: Also see Ron Badour's reply in this old thread, taken from the microsoft.public.win98.performance newsgroup 3 years ago: - Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ Sunny 22/9/2009, 17:03 น. '98 Guy' wrote in message news:4AB95FCC.CC2AF107@Guy.com.
MEB wrote: MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period.
Guess again stupid, I have a CD right here which IS that offered upgrade AND I did post its availability IN this forum during the period it was offeredYou are a complete moron. I never said that such a CD did not exist. What I've posted is evidence that Micro$haft charged $20 for it, as opposed to your claim that it was 'free'. There are lots of examples that Macro$lap's 'Step Up' OS products were never given away for free.
They always charged about 1/4 of the price of a full version. In part: 'If you thought Microsoft's Windows 98 SE upgrade strategy couldn't get any more complicated, you were wrong - Microsoft UK is giving it away free. This simplifies matters immensely for users who'd been puzzling over whether to download the free go-fasters or free service pack (as and when you can download that one) or splash out on the SE upgrade CD. Well it simplifies it in the UK anyway, but in a reversal of the usual situation, US users are still being charged $19.95 for the SE update for Windows 98. Microsoft UK's generous offer is available here, and simply requires you to fill in a form and fax it off together with your receipt from your original copy of Windows 98. ' The careless use of 'update' and 'upgrade' tends to confuse some:-) The Upgrade CD is for 'users of Windows 3.1x and Windows 95' The Update CD is for 'users of Windows 98.' ($20, postage included in Australia) 98 Guy 22/9/2009, 17:47 น.
Sunny wrote: What I've posted is evidence that Micro$haft charged $20 for it, as opposed to your claim that it was 'free'. In part: 'If you thought Microsoft's Windows 98 SE upgrade strategy couldn't get any more complicated, you were wrong - Microsoft UK is giving it away free. Not totally true either. The link above gives this as a reference to the UK policy: That link currently gives a rather odd circular reference back to itself (a blank page). However, the internet archive does have a copy of that page: And note that there is.no.
mention that this is a free upgrade / update. Also note the 'Click here to upgrade' link: - Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Updates This update includes the Windows 98 Service Pack and Windows Technologies including Internet Explorer 5, NetMeeting 3, and Media Player 6.1. There is a charge of 16.82 to cover postage and packing. I don't know what the cost was of a registered letter (or even an ordinary letter) in the UK 10 years ago, but I wouldn't have thought it to be on the order of 17. But in any case, the register article again points to the fact that the StepUp 98se disk was selling for $20 in the US, and was not 'free' as MEB claims. Unless MEB wants to claim he was a resident of the UK in 1999 and that's how he got his 'free' disk - after paying the equivalent of over $30 USD for shipping.
MEB 22/9/2009, 17:56 น. Glee wrote: '98 Guy' wrote in message news:4AB8DEE5.6A773FA9@Guy.com. MEB wrote: Yes, Microsoft DID offer an.upgrade FE to SE CD. for the cost of postage during the period. Unless you can supply even a shred of evidence supporting that claim, it remains unverified (and most likely false). snip Microsoft provided a CD that would update a Win98FE system to Win98SEfor $20 US. You had to already own Win98FE.
They are not available any longer, and haven't been for some time. Some used to be available online (such as eBay) but often came without the new Product Key needed to install it, so many bought that way were not usable. It was commonly referred to as the Win98 Update CD. Here is one old reference to it.there used to be numerous references online about itprobably 5 to 10 years ago: Also see Ron Badour's reply in this old thread, taken from the microsoft.public.win98.performance newsgroup 3 years ago: Seems that fails to take under consideration the other available.OEM provided. FREE updates during the period sent to their customers.
I have an HP the first one offered with the improper INFs included one here as well. One must be cautious you don't end up with one of those in particular. MEB Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking The 'real world' of Law, Justice, and Government - MEB 22/9/2009, 18:09 น. Oh my, how nit-picky these threads are!
Who cares really, whether it was free but postage and handling were charged, or whether it was $20 but no shipping and handling were charged? The Update CD became unavailable about 9 years ago, so it is moot. The Update CD WAS available from Microsoft at one time, which was.minimally priced.
to basically cover shipping and handling. That answers SlickRCDB's comment about not being aware of an upgrade option other than a more expensive Upgrade CD. The rest of this is just pointless bickering, which is becoming the norm in so many of the threads here. It's a senseless waste of everyone's time, IMHO. '98 Guy' wrote in message news:4AB97017.14DCE74E@Guy.com. blah blah snip - Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+.