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  Illegal Operations
 
Wassssup Everyone, Being only partly computer knowledgeable, I have a question. What is up with those freakin' 'illegal operation' warnings that the Windows 98 system tends to put out for just about anything? What makes these illegal(1) and why the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Illegal Operations
 
(...) In short, the problem is that you need to remove Windows and install Linux. In more depth: every program running on your system is given a chunk of RAM, and is only supposed to use that specific memory area. If the program tries to write to an (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Illegal Operations
 
(...) Well, first off for the record, I'm against upgrading. I feel that the lowest system you can get away with is the best. NOT the newest. I need usb ports, and 95 won't work, so I have 98. My 98 has hardly EVER, if EVER, crashed or (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Illegal Operations
 
(...) Sean, Dude, I think the problem's MSN Messenger. I have problems when running that, too. I have an older 100 MHz computer that runs Win95, and it gets all kind of gummed up when I run MM... so now I don't, and my computer works as well as (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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