please please can anyone help me??

annmarie74

hi, i was given an old packard bell desk top, it has windows 98 already installed, i tried installing my 3 mobile internet but i cant, i was told that my broadband provider is not compatible with windows 98 and that i need to get xp, vista etc.... so my question is can i download xp or do i have to go get a new one in the shops?????????? please please if anybody knows how i can get xp without paying for it i would greatly appreciate it..

thanks a mill for reading

Annmarie..

Deano12345

annmarie74 wrote: »

hi, i was given an old packard bell desk top, it has windows 98 already installed, i tried installing my 3 mobile internet but i cant, i was told that my broadband provider is not compatible with windows 98 and that i need to get xp, vista etc.... so my question is can i download xp or do i have to go get a new one in the shops?????????? please please if anybody knows how i can get xp without paying for it i would greatly appreciate it..

thanks a mill for reading

Annmarie..

Edit your post as soon as you can, you need to take out the bolded part. The mod's will lock your thread otherwise

As far as getting a copy of XP (legally) its fairly difficult as most places dont sell it anymore. In fact, Microsoft themselves no longer even sell it, depending on the specification it may be able to run Windows 7.

Jen32

Hi,
You'll probably not get a copy of XP in any shop but you're bound to know someone who has XP on their computer....just ask them for a lend of the installation disk that came with their system.
If you want to see whether your system can handle Windows 7 check the link below

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx


If you go to most computer repair shops they'll probably have a copy of XP lying around somewhere....i'm sure they'd give it to you fairly cheap

Creamy Goodness

tbh anything that has windows 98 installed on it will not be able to run windows 7 comfortably or even at all.

best bet OP is to get a legitimate copy of XP.

Deano12345

Jen32 wrote: »

Hi,
You'll probably not get a copy of XP in any shop but you're bound to know someone who has XP on their computer....just ask them for a lend of the installation disk that came with their system.

You still will need a license key.

As for shops having them laying around, its worth a shot, make sure they sell you the install disk and license key though.

ED E

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

tbh anything that has windows 98 installed on it will not be able to run windows 7 comfortably or even at all.

best bet OP is to get a legitimate copy of XP.

Correct. 7 is designed to run DX10+ Cards.

Creamy Goodness

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Correct. 7 is designed to run DX10+ Cards.

true, but a DX10+ card is not needed to run it as i have it running here on a 5 year old macbook (don't ask) and my pc neither of which have directX 10 cards

Khannie

Annmarie: Nobody on here can help you get a pirated copy, but there are other ways of getting a copy without paying for it (which have been suggsted).

Everyone else: I'm more than happy to leave this open once nobody suggests ways to pirate it.

FSL

Have you considered installing a Linux system. I installed Mint on a friends old dell and it works significantly faster than XP did. It did only have 192MB of memory so It was no surprise that XP was so slow.

ED E

FSL wrote: »

Have you considered installing a Linux system. I installed Mint on a friends old dell and it works significantly faster than XP did. It did only have 192MB of memory so It was no surprise that XP was so slow.

Just going on the OP I doubt that Annmarie would be very comfortable trying to do this, and chances are there isn't a linux app for the 3 dongle, I know meteor only support windows.

commander cool

Hi AnnMarie, If your interested I could install a vaild and genuine copy of windows XP on your machine for a small fee. To be honest you might get a machine with xp installed second hand for cheap enough anyway.

Gurgle

annmarie74 wrote: »

i was told that my broadband provider is not compatible with windows 98

If you have a DSL modem, then its fine with '98 over ethernet. You'll only have trouble with USB.

As for XP, go buy it.

annmarie74

wow! thanx for all the advice people, i really appreciate it... to b honest i wasnt looking to get a pirate copy of xp, i didnt know that if someone else had a copy that i could use it too.. told ya's i wasnt a pc genius!! lol... so looks like im headind to the shops then coz i dont know anyone that has xp, only 7 and vista..

well thanks again for all your replys..

Best wishes to all

Annmarie

xx

DevilsBreath

Ok your main problem is that Win98 didn't support USB from the get go.

Here are some details on how to get your USB working.

http://www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm

Once thats done you could test the 3G dongle you have.

annmarie74

thanks for that Devils Breath, ill go n try it now..

annmarie74

rite.. i went throu all that.... nope.. still cant install my 3 dongle....soo to the shops i go.....

thanx again to all..

Annmarie :rolleyes::rolleyes:

annmarie74

nope! still cant di it!!.................:mad:

think i need to go on a pc course!

thanx again for all your help guys..;)