Talk:Windows 9x

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Contents 1 Boot Process 2 Windows '9x' 3 Windows -9x is NOT a dos-based operating system (!) 4 The above is partially incorrect... 5 Awful English 6 Direct hardware access 7 Crash after 49.7 days of uptime

[edit] Boot Process

Shouldn't Windows 9x have at least a section on it's boot process? After all, NT has an entire article on the subject.

Dustin 16:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Windows '9x'

When the term 'Windows 9x' is used, it doesn't always include Windows Me (at least in common usage), although Win95 and Win98 are universally included. That's why another term "Windows 9x/Me" is very commonly seen, if the authors want to explicitly include Windows Me.--Wengier 18:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Windows -9x is NOT a dos-based operating system (!)

It is patently incorrect to call Windows-9x a "Dos-based" operating system, and such a phrase should be removed from the main article UNLESS the author (or anyone else) puts forward an explanation as to why they believe windows 9x is "dos-based".

In reality, it is. However, Microsoft had tried hard to hide this fact. The reason had been explained in many technical documents.--Wengier (talk) 21:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The above is partially incorrect...

That section "Overview" needs to be completely re-written, if it contradicts itself like that. I personally don't know jack about how the Windows systems work or if either statement is true; maybe somebody else does? --Gafaddict 21:46, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Awful English

I once edited and rewrote most of the Windows 98/SE article, for it was full of errors both in language and content. Seemingly, the same user that wrote the problematic parts back then wrote 'Practical application' on this page. Therefore I'd like to ask someone to rewrite that section. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.128.246.197 (talk) 12:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Direct hardware access

Can someone mention and elaborate on direct hardware access which is a 9x exclusive feature and which NT doesn't allow? (for the better) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.128.181.112 (talk) 18:28, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

It simply means that any application can communicate with the hardware in the computer without going through the OS. IOW applications could use hardware without resorting to kernel mode drivers. The advantage of this is performance and convenience - at the cost of stability and security.:-Anss123 (talk) 19:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Crash after 49.7 days of uptime

statement

Due to a timing error, Windows may crash after continuously running for about a month and a half. This affected unpatched versions of Windows 95 and Windows 98.^[1]

Does this refer to the total run time, or uninterrupted runtime? --Roadstaa (talk) 23:22, 18 April 2008 (UTC)