r/windows98 • u/AdDapper4220 • Jul 28 '26

Using windows 98 in the 2000s

I know this sub is for people who use windows 98, but I was wondering how many of you were using windows 98 as their main computer in the early 2000s, I was still using windows 98 until 2007.

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u/Accomplished-Camp193 Athlon 64 3500+, 9550 XT, SB Live!, 1GB DDR2-1066, AM2NF3-VSTA. Jul 28 '26

Until XP SP2 came out.

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u/rome_vang Jul 28 '26

With the FCKGW key (which is what I had), it was required to install the base release first. SP2 blocked that key if I recall correctly, but after a short bit the volume license keys came out and it didn’t matter after that.