Windows 98 to XP

how about this...

due to some problem in network between Mac G5 and PC (Windows 98) even am using
PC-Mac LAN... am now planning to change the Windows 98 to Windows XP. The problem is that I have so many softwares inside under Windows 98 like Adobe Softwares, Quark Xpress,
Pagemaker, etc... can i save this softwares if am going to change my PC into XP. As far as I
know only the data files can be saved but the softwares are not.... is it true? Or is there any suggestions...? bcuz i really dont have all these softwares installer.

please help... ;)

If they are Windows 98 versions of the applications they probably won't run under XP. Have you considered dual booting Windows 98 and XP, and using XP for the networking.

I know that is not a very elegant solution, but that software is pretty expensive to go buying the latest versions?


:)

@r!3s,
I encountered also that network problem between Mac G5 and Windows 98.
The G5 is looking only by the IP address even you are using a PC-Mac LAN. So what I did
is to upgrade my OS of my PC into Windows 2000. You can use also an XP of course.
I hope it will help you on your networking problem these Mac and PC.

thanks for the informations.... it helps me a lot