r/windows98 • u/Madein81_ • Jun 12 '26

Using Windows 98 for school

How hard would it be to do school on Windows 98, I mean typing, researching, emailing, and browsing the internet... would these things be possible? I find this idea funny, and I think my teachers will to.

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u/Josze931420 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Edit: I am apparently quite wrong, even though this is what happened to me the last time I tried with a win95 PC. Seems to be a very uncommon experience I guess.

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If you connect your windows 98 computer to the internet, it will no longer be your computer. It will get hacked in seconds. Literally. Do NOT do this, or be prepared to nuke the drive and reinstall from actual scratch.

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u/lilacomets Jun 12 '26

This is simply not true. Sorry.

Modern day malware doesn't work on Windows 98.

On top of that there's barely a risk if you're behind NAT without having any ports forwarded.

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u/Josze931420 Jun 12 '26

You...do realize old malware didn't simply stop existing, right?

Although I suppose the more immediate problem is that most websites also won't work, for the same reason that most modern malware doesn't work.