Posted on 06/28/2013 10:53:01 AM PDT by ShadowAce
It could have been an issue specific to a Compaq. That and it was an upgrade rather than a clean full install. I ended up putting it in my cousins computer best I remember. My first computer a Compaq with W/98 still boots up and runs LOL. I’ve ran XP on three still functional computers including a Laptop. Between the three only one reformat has been done. W/98 SE used to be an at least once a year ritual to reformat.
Just download stardock.com start8. It will allow you to boot to desktop and give you the old start menu. You get all the speed benefits of win8 with a win7 UI.
no much easier to install start8 from stardock.
I’ve been using classic shell all the way through.
I’m using it with the developer preview of 8.1 right now
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