Fix Your Broken Windows I'm not usually one to get excited about Operating System Updates (or even new editions (really.)) But after having Windows 98 and 2000 both installed on my home machine for a year, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 has delivered such an improvement in performance (coupled with DirectX 8.0a) that I don't see much reason to using Windows 98 anymore. And that means a lot, since until now I've used Win98 for 90% of my computing, both at work and home.
Unfortunately on my first attempt to install Service Pack 2, it completely destroyed my old Windows 2000 install, making it un-bootable. Luckily, I keep my data on a different partition, but I recommend backing up all your data, and having driver disks and downloads on hand, before embarking on this journey. Once done with a clean install of Win2000 and SP2, however, my computer runs beautifully, games actually play smoothly under Windows 2000, and overall, the universe inside my computer seems much happier.
