Also try Windows ME, more stable than 98, handles most hardware without
needing mfr. drivers..

Just say "NO" to this. Our IS staff nickname for Windows ME is the "Mistake
Edition!" NOTORIOUS for having slow/poor performance on many systems. Our IS
guys either take a unit back to 98SE or up to W2K. They have over 2,000 PCs to
handle...I'll take their opinion as correct.

Stable? About as stable as a unicycle in high wind. My Dell runs alot better
w/98SE than it ever did with ME...and it was an "optimized" system for WinME.

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