Can use Win 98 with a Precision M40 workstation laptop?

Discussion in 'Pro/Engineer & Creo Elements/Pro' started by D. Saunders, Sep 28, 2003.

  1. D. Saunders

    D. Saunders Guest

    Hi,
    I've been doing online research on the M40 because I want to find out
    if I can install Win 98 on it (and then Win XP later on). I need to be
    able to install Win98 on it so I can run an older program that I can't
    put on my Win XP desktop. I'd appreciate any info. I looked it up on
    Dell site and it doesn't have any info on OS for the unit. Thank you.
    D. Saunders
     
    D. Saunders, Sep 28, 2003
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  2. Do you want to install Pro/ENGINEER under Windows 98? I think that will
    not work.
     
    Johannes Pietsch, Sep 28, 2003
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  3. D. Saunders

    Boltman Guest

    you may run into system issues where pro won't work due to some
    variables 98 sets and pro doesn't like.
    there have been quite a few post from people that don't do a clean
    install from 98 to win2k or xp and the pro xtop icon flashes but dosen't
    fire up.
     
    Boltman, Sep 28, 2003
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  4. D. Saunders

    David Janes Guest

    : Hi,
    : I've been doing online research on the M40 because I want to find out
    : if I can install Win 98 on it (and then Win XP later on). I need to be
    : able to install Win98 on it so I can run an older program that I can't
    : put on my Win XP desktop. I'd appreciate any info. I looked it up on
    : Dell site and it doesn't have any info on OS for the unit. Thank you.
    : D. Saunders


    The M40's been out for a while. It originally came installed with W2K. You can
    install W2K, WinME, Win98 or XP on any machine with a 32-bit processor (i.e., not
    one with an Intel 64-bit [Itanium] processor). Win98 is on the upgrade path to XP,
    so upgrading should be no problem ~ wasn't when I did it. The only problem running
    Pro/e on an upgraded machine is a left-over system variable from Win98 called
    WINBOOTDIR= which needs to be removed so baby isn't confoozed by that nasty ole
    variable. Amazing how easy it is to confuse the geniuses at PTC and their elite,
    top-shelf, 'engineering' software. {I wonder, could someone possibly 'reengineer'
    PTC to yank their over-sized heads out of their tight asses?}

    David Janes
     
    David Janes, Sep 30, 2003
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