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    April 10, 2005 - 2:34 pm

    Dear Sirs,

    Does ID works on Windows 98 platform?

    Regards,
    Francis

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    April 11, 2005 - 1:55 pm

    Hi Francis

    Windows 2000 and XP are the only operating system currently supported by ID, although some users have reported sucessfully running ID on Win98.

    During my testing, I have encountered too many reliability problems with Win98 to support this OS.

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    Philip Batey
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    April 12, 2005 - 1:54 pm

    Dear Philip,

    What technologies are used to build ID? What are the problems on Win98? Actually, I am using Win98SE. Does this made any difference?

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    Francis

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    April 12, 2005 - 2:54 pm

    Hi Francis

    ID is written in a language called Delphi, (Object Pascal).

    Win98 has very limited resources, unlike W2K and WXP. There are also other compatibility issues to consider when programming for older OS’s (W98 is 6 years old) and as W98 will be de-supported by M$ in the near future (30/06/2006), unfortunatly it is not a productive option to deal with these issues for new development. I have looked into the W98 problems and it is just not fesable to support.

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    Philip Batey
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    April 14, 2005 - 1:17 pm

    Dear Philip,

    Thank you for your reply!

    Apart from ID, my computer is working smoothly. If it means to spend more $ into this machine, I would rather leave the $ for investment property. I know there are plenty of people still using W98 and are hesitate to change.

    Regards,
    Francis

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