On 5 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I definitely chuckled to myself on a few of the > responses especially the ones that said to basically > heave 98 and replace with 2K... =)
Um, while you're laughing at those who would advise getting rid of a (basically) completely insecure product in favor of one which at least contains security mechanisms (even if you do have to learn to use them), consider this: Win98 will be EOL this summer. Once it is, the ability to support it will be very limited, since the ability to get support from MS will range from limited to non-existant. I've already had some experience trying to support a product that has no vendor support (it was a mail client -- and in fact, the vendor didn't even acknowledge it existed any more). It was an absolute nightmare. I wouldn't even want to consider supporting an operating system under the same circumstances. If it's known that Win98 will remain adequate for your needs over the (fairly) long term, and that help from MS in supporting it will never be needed, then keeping it and using one of the provided suggestions to lock it down should be more than sufficient. However, if that's not the case, then perhaps the idea of moving to Win2k warrents further consideration. -- Su Wadlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand. :-)
