Hi. If you upgrade to xp the message about ilegal operations will no longer show up. I'm running xp on a 700 MHz cpu and i have 256 MB ram. Xp is faster and more stable than win 98. Check the support websites for your hardware to see if they have drivers for xp. In xp you can have your system running 24/7 for weeks with rebooting due to ilegal operations. OZ0TE Jacob ----- Original Message ----- From: "dingram269" <dingram269@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:16 AM Subject: should i upgrade os to win xp on my machine? Hi list members, I'm not sure of whether i need to upgrade my operating system to winxp. I have win98 second edition, the only thing that i don't like is when i get the message that says this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. What are the nimimum requirements to upgrading my operating system to winxp. Can I use the majority of the programs that i have with the new os. What about memory and other things. I can be reached at dingram269@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.