Bonnie,
I hate to be the one to bring bad news, but Photoshop Album 2.0 will NOT run under Win98SE.
Byron
Mark: Not that good. Staples, about 90 dollars(C) after rebates. Byron, Bad news indeed. "Life gets tedious don’t it" Thanks both for replying – (going into thinking mode)
Bonnie
Bonnie: I faced a similar situation and decided to upgrade to XP Home; turned out to be a great step. Everything runs more reliably with virtually none of the system freezes that used to happen regularly..
Chuck,
Yes, it’s probably about time for me to do that. About time for me to learn more about computers too. Appreciate your input.
Bonnie
Bonnie,
You don’t have to uninstall PE1 unless you want to. You can have both PE1 and PE2 installed on the same computer. They automatically install to different directories. I have both installed on my win98se machine and haven’t had any problems.
Russell
Russell,
You mean you run them both on Windows 98 2 ed.. Is there no conflict? Is it heavy on memory or hard drive or other problems. Apparently not you say..,…I’ll give it a shot.
Thanks,
Bonnie
Bonnie, I have both versions running on one of my computers, too. Rarely am I using both at the same time, but I have without any problems. The system resources you have will make a difference of course. If you’re running bare minimum you probably wouldn’t want both open at the same time.
Also keep in mind that Elements doesn’t store any image files itself, so as long as your scans are in folders on your hard drive, changing to a newer version of Elements won’t make a difference. The only way you’ll lose anything is if you start deleting files from your hard drive. If you’ve put a lot of time into the project, though, burning to CD is always a good idea in case of a computer meltdown. But do it for insurance, not because you’re installing a new version of Elements.
Beth, funny this question should come up. I was noticing today that I still have PSE1 installed on my computer. Have not used it since last summer. Any reason I should keep it around since I am fully entrenched in PSE2?
If you don’t need it, then no. I keep PSE 1 on a computer so I can check it occasionally for forum posts. Yesterday we were looking for the setting for ‘Fidelity’ and compared the two. Otherwise I, too, use PSE2 for everything.
I know it’s possible to run both PSE 1.0 and 2.0 in Windows 98SE. But I gather Photoshop Album 2.0 doesn’t run under that OS. Has anyone tried it? What exploded?
I’ve just ordered a copy of Album 1.0 but haven’t received it yet. Prefer to stick to Win 98SE since I’ve finally managed to get it running reliably. What would I be missing in Album 2.0?
— Ron
Hamilton, ON
Beth,
Have just been talking to a technician – That’s the Bad News. Beth and others – that’s the Good News. I can run both concurrently on W98 2nd E – no problem, burn some onto CD’s, transfer some folders to the new hard drive But it seems Album might be a problem – Anyway, first things first. Will deal with that later.
Thank you so much for your good advice and support.
Bonnie
Grant,
I understand Millenium Ed is similar to XP, so probably wouldn’t go. I thought the Album 2 would be helpful to organize scannings, but will deal with that later. Thanks
Bonnie
Bonnie
You had me worried there as I have never used any of the versions of Windows 98 so I had to go an check. first there was Windows 98 then came Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) that was basically Windows 98 with Service Pack #1. Next came Windows Millennium Edition which is the Windows 98 kernel with the Windows 2000 Look. XP is a different beast as far as I can see it is more NT related but I am not sure as I don’t use the home edition. Now thank you for keeping me honest. 😉
Grant
I understand Millenium Ed is similar to XP, so probably wouldn’t go. I thought the Album 2 would be helpful to organize scannings, but will
deal with that later.
Bonnie,
I think there may be some pretty big differences between XP and ME. And even bigger differences with Win98se.
FWIW, anyone considering an operating system consider the following by Microsoft;
a.. No-charge incident support and extended hotfix support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition ended on June 30, 2003.
a.. No-charge incident support and extended hotfix support for Windows Me ended on December 31, 2003.
a.. Online self-help support will be available until at least June 30, 2007
Pete
XP and ME are totally two different things… XP is based on the Windows NT kernel, and ME is kind of an hybrid system, based on Win 98. Also, a great share of Windows ME users have reported various issues (from annoyances to major problems). If possible, I’d avoid using ME and skip directly to XP.
Ray
– At work, on his chair, near the printer.
I’m with Ray. Skip ME, it is 98 with a gloss. XP home is based on the NT, 2K kernel. Very stable. The Home edition is just lighter on networking capabilities.
Rich
Sorry all, I had it wrong. Talked to the technician about XP and he thought that was the way to go. And that I’d be better off getting a whole new computer…. (Oh, why do I ……….)
Bonnie
We forgot to tell you how expensive buying a cheap copy of Elements can get, didn’t we? 🙂 Don’t feel bad; I’ve now got a new computer with dual processors and dual hard drives and dual monitors hooked up. Oh, and of course I had to get the new scanner, too. Getting bit by this bug ain’t cheap, so join the club.
You sure did (as if I didn’t know) But you’re big time.
(a) I shouldn’t have got up yesterday.
(b)I guess it’ll be a new computer. The kicker was that Album has to be installed first. Bonnie
Bonnie,
You are going to love a new P4 with at least 512 mb DDR ram and Win XP. Sam’s club had some really good deals last time I looked 🙂
Pete
And I’m with Rich, XP Home is just perfect for home usage (if you don’t need to connect to the office, or do things alike).
Ray
Don’t know Sam but the local guy is pretty good and he’s going to set it up for me IF (nothing certain in this world) it can cohabit with my printer, flatbed scanner and the Minolta Dimage 111.
Thanks for all the input. As has been said before This is a great forum. Bonnie
Grant:
Thanks for the URLs. Think I’ll just wait until the UPS truck finally shows up here and see how Album 1.0 runs. I gather there isn’t much difference in performance of the two versions. Perhaps the 2.0 upgrade was just an attempt to tune the program to run well in XP?
— Ron
Hamilton, ON
