Well the installer problem was ultimately solved (after some-yes- useless trial
and error) by spending some time in the registry removing approx. 50 old/unused keys
left over from what was [supposed] to be uninstalled anti- virus software (AVG Free
v7) then doing an 'unconditional' format (not sure exactly what that is) and reinstalling
98se again. No problems since.
Enjoyed reading some of the DefectiveByDesign
articles and I'm naturally more disgusted with M$ than ever. That is of course another
very long story...
Studying on this Linux thing- thanks for the links
and your time. Have a great day!
