drivers for win 2k and 98

krabik · July 2003

Hey there folks

I found a FLOPPY WITH drivers for win 2k and 98 in the class room where i do the A+ course. Just wondering what this might be ? Could it be the service pack releases copied from the CD. Can u get these from the net, what benefits are there and are there new releases of drivers ??? So do you constantly have to install the new ones..

thanks krabik

RussS · July 2003

heh heh - well they could be modem drivers, or sound card drivers - actually any drivers.
For anything that is fairly current you can get drivers for - actually if you know where to look you can get dang near any drivers you need

lazyart · July 2003

No service pack ever released will fit on a floppy. Service packs are generally patches and fixes to software (either an app such as Office or the OS itself)-- not device drivers (which is the software the allows the OS to communicate with hardware).

Zumpel · July 2003

As the guys already said: Drivers and ServicePacks are two different things. You can get both from the net. (Respective vendor site)

Benefits from ServicePack updates are the usual bugfixes which often include security fixes. I suggest you install those.

When it comes to driver updates: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Unless you've got problems with a device, or it's performance is really bad, don't update drivers just for the sake of updating.
I've dealt with lots (LOOOTTTTSS... shudder....) of people for which a "simple" driver update ended in a couple of hours of fun and games

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drivers for win 2k and 98

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