AOL say no broadband for win98 first ed

X-jimmy-X · 01-13-2005, 04:19 AM

Hi, I was thinking of upgrading my AOL to broadband but they tell me it can't be done with Windows 98 first edition, but it can with Windows 98 SE, I suspect this might be garbage from them and it is just because of the built-in Internet Explorer browser which they don't want you to have. Naturally I never use the AOL browser which ****. Does anyone know if broadband will work or could be made to work with Windows 98. Before you give me a hard time about using AOL I detested their browser but they don't limit downloads and are quite good value. I can't really be bothered to upgrade operating system as I have hundreds of programmes that I have accumulated over years and I would need to do a install from scratch. Cheers Jimmy.

dai · 01-13-2005, 04:23 AM

upgrading to se would not be a problem it was only a free s/pack

X-jimmy-X · 01-13-2005, 03:49 PM

Hi bud, is it really avalible as a free upgrade? never thought it was please say more, cheers jimmy

dai · 01-13-2005, 04:21 PM

when it came out all you had to pay for was the postage for the upgrade from 98 to se
it was the same when they were pushing ie you ordered 1 disk they sent you 6

01-13-2005, 04:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
X-jimmy-X Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 19 OS: win98	AOL say no broadband for win98 first ed Hi, I was thinking of upgrading my AOL to broadband but they tell me it can't be done with Windows 98 first edition, but it can with Windows 98 SE, I suspect this might be garbage from them and it is just because of the built-in Internet Explorer browser which they don't want you to have. Naturally I never use the AOL browser which ***. Does anyone know if broadband will work or could be made to work with Windows 98. Before you give me a hard time about using AOL I detested their browser but they don't limit downloads and are quite good value. I can't really be bothered to upgrade operating system as I have hundreds of programmes that I have accumulated over years and I would need to do a install from scratch. Cheers Jimmy. Last edited by X-jimmy-X; 01-13-2005 at 04:21 AM.*

01-13-2005, 04:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,588 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	upgrading to se would not be a problem it was only a free s/pack

01-13-2005, 03:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
X-jimmy-X Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 19 OS: win98	Hi bud, is it really avalible as a free upgrade? never thought it was please say more, cheers jimmy

01-13-2005, 04:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,588 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	when it came out all you had to pay for was the postage for the upgrade from 98 to se it was the same when they were pushing ie you ordered 1 disk they sent you 6