[moderator: And MS wonders why people complain...]
Reply From: John Q Public <tpublic@dimensional.com>
|Windows 98 disables Microsoft competitors' software
Being an avid MS basher, I would like to believe this but my initial
reaction was 'yeah right' until I actually opened up this tool that
the author described so well...
|The Version Conflict Manager lets the user select a file and trade the
|older version for the newer version. But a Win98 user typically has no
|knowledge of what applications use which shared files or which version of
|each file would be "better." Moreover, the utility is unlikely to be found
|routinely by users, because it is buried deep within Win98's menu
|structure: Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System
|Information, Tools, Version Conflict Manager -- and then you will find it.
After installing Win98, I intentionally went out and gathered new drivers
as soon as I noticed some of them were older that my original drivers from
the manufacturer.
I do not recall the version numbers, but I do know that my Sound Blaster
drivers (SB16 P&P) on a two year old CD were newer than 98's versions. In
addition to the older network SCSI card drivers (for an AdvanSys PCI) I
noticed Win98 finially recognized my ether card on install, but sadly it
installed a Microsoft Driver from 1996, much older than the driver on a
floppy disk from the manufacturer dated 1997 (Linksys LNEPCI II).
I'll bet if I bought the Microsoft 10baseT card, and the Microsoft Video
card, and the Microsoft Sound System, and the hardware for the now-supported
WebTV hardware, I might get the most recent drivers...
|Competitors' applications may no longer work, but users would have
|received no notice of the change.
Since they don't talk to us doesn't mean we can't holler at them...
-o-
Subscribe: mail majordomo@sekurity.org with "subscribe isn".
Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
Received on Tue Jul 21 10:01:38 1998