Hello,
I want to upgrade to Vue 5 from Vue 4 but I was wondering if Windows XP is required for it to run.

I'm always the last person on the planet to upgrade my operating system. Still running Win98se.

Thanks,
hdrider

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you can set up a dual boot. Use your computer for every other thing in Win98 and boot XP when you want to use Vue 5

Hello, Okay, any tips or pointers on how to setup XP for dual boot? Or a link to a web site that explains. Thanks...

I'm not sure setting up dual boot between XP and w98 is worth the trouble. I've had XP for 2 years now and I really do not miss windows 98. The only blue screen I had in 2 years was when my video card died from overheating.

Hdrider you put in the CD of ZP and start the installation of XP. XP is "intelligent enough" (strange to say this of a Microsoft application) to recognize that there is an older windows version isntalled and will ask you if you want to update or if you want to set up a dual boot. You choose the dual boot and then it will do it all by itself. At least so it did when I installed my XP Pro as dual boot over a Windows Millennium installation.

bad idea, hold your breathe and buy the upgrade to the os 1st before the vue5 upgrade. You'll be happier. Forget that which is old and slow and let the new os in before its old. The file system is better but beware more ram is needed for this xp os. If you make animations the file size restriction is double from 2 to 4 gig.

Running Vue 5 on an old system is a mistake, I think. You will have a very SLOW and probably BUGGY experience. If you are running Windows 98 that's an incredibly old operating system- and if there is an old graphics card, etc, you are trying to drive on a speedway with an incredibly old car- it is possible- but it will be a very frustrating experience I think.

yep forget all about dual booting win98 and winxp, out with the old and in with the new (winxp) and make sure to go with winxp pro, its alot better then the home edition.

I have to agree with everyone else. Windows XP is the first Microsoft OS to actually be as good as IBM's OS/2 was for stability. XP is the first Windows OS that I actually enjoy. Go to XP and you will not reqret it.

Sorry, have to disagree ... WIN2K PRO was the first. And in many respects is STILL the better OS. It is certainly faster for one thing. But on all other points I totally agree, you are using an ANCIENT and anemic operating system, and you need to just upgrade. WIN2K or XP will be a VAST improvement.

I remember I waited a year after 2K came out to get it and install it, and oh how I wished I could have that year back from using 98SE. It was truly a (computer) life-changing experience. The NT kernal rocks ... pure and simple.

It is worth every penny! like night n day. Dido rwilliams me too. You have some realy good info. here, good luck : )

Okay, folks, here is the tragic story.

I just spent about 12 hours trying to upgrade my system to XP with no success. The only thing I accomplished was to memorize the the setup screens.

My little old head is bald from pulling my hair out and the neighbors probably learned some new words that aren't in the dictionary.

Anyways, the upgrade is on the back burner until I figure out the problem.

Thanks everyone for the input.

Later...hdrider

Ah. Unfortunately, no one mentioned that XP can be an utter mother to deal with in the setup phase (on the assumption you do not have a pristine install). the most common 'gothca's': (1)Do you have a Promise card, or other RAID card that your boot drive is on? If so, you need to have the drivers handy on floppy, and ignore both 2k and XP's splash assuring you they have the driver. The odds of there being a version conflict are pretty much 100%, unless you bought the hardware at the same time as the OS. Or move the boot drive to the main IDE controller on the motherboard until you get the install done, the put it back where you want it. (2)Do you have any kind of AV software installed? That can easily lock the boot partition and treat XP like 'viral software' and protect you from it. :P (3)Is your hard drive formatted to FAT 16, by any chance? You way want to consider keeping the 98-SE; despite the plaints about age, if you use Shane Brooks 98lite installer controller, and yank things like IE, Outlook, and other security features out of it, and put the Win95 desktop on to get rid of the active desktop, you =will= get a stable OS that is backwards compatible with older software. XP's 'compatibility mode' is vastly overrated, and deliberately so. It's Microsoft's golden chance to kill off all that DOS-Win3-Win9 stuff that people insist on using instead of forking over $$$$$ for the Latest and Greatest...at least according to the ad shills. The dual boot is worth the hassle; and if you set your drives up as FAT 32 and install onto that, then if XP buggers, you can access it and dig around in it from 98-SE. Real nice option for deleting things you don't want or need... Now, if this is a -dedicated- box, akin to a workstation, then definitely go with a single OS. But if it's a multi-purpose, the more compatibility the better in my book (writing this from a dual boot between 2kpro and XPpro; the 98lite is on a seperate box now).

Well, I spent about 5 more hours setting XP on a different drive as multi-boot. Seems to be working ok so far. It will take some getting use to but I'm finally getting there. Later....

Don't wait anylonger - VP are excellent - much more stable than win98