second edition

I want to share my printer (hardwired to a presario desk
top) w/three laptops connected wirelessly. It seems that
I need to have Windows 98 Second Edition in order to share
devices. But how can I get Second edition? I tried the
windows website and it told me I was not allowed to look
at that page. Do I need to purchase a cd and install it
myself over my Windows 98, or what? Many thanks H

Harry wrote:

> I want to share my printer (hardwired to a presario desk
> top) w/three laptops connected wirelessly. It seems that
> I need to have Windows 98 Second Edition in order to share
> devices. But how can I get Second edition? I tried the
> windows website and it told me I was not allowed to look
> at that page. Do I need to purchase a cd and install it
> myself over my Windows 98, or what? Many thanks H

It was discontinued long ago.

In article <0e4901c377d4$4c159200$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Harry"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I want to share my printer (hardwired to a presario desk
>top) w/three laptops connected wirelessly. It seems that
>I need to have Windows 98 Second Edition in order to share
>devices. But how can I get Second edition? I tried the
>windows website and it told me I was not allowed to look
>at that page. Do I need to purchase a cd and install it
>myself over my Windows 98, or what? Many thanks H

No, you don't need Second Edition. The original version of Windows 98
can share printers, disks, and folders just fine.

Second Edition has a built-in Internet sharing feature that the
original version doesn't. But there are other Internet sharing
programs that run on the original version.
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>-----Original Message-----
>I want to share my printer (hardwired to a presario desk
>top) w/three laptops connected wirelessly. It seems that
>I need to have Windows 98 Second Edition in order to
share
>devices. But how can I get Second edition? I tried the
>windows website and it told me I was not allowed to look
>at that page. Do I need to purchase a cd and install it
>myself over my Windows 98, or what? Many thanks H
>.
>

Yep