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Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 11 Feature FAT32 Conversion Utility Description A graphical utility which can quickly and safely convert a hard drive from the FAT16 to FAT32. Power Management Win32® Driver Model (WDM) Windows Maintenance Wizard Windows 98 is the first Microsoft operating system to feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). ACPI is an open industry specification that is an integral part of the Microsoft OnNow initiative.38 A new, unified driver model for Windows 95 and Windows NT that will enable new devices to have a single driver for both operating systems. It allows Windows 98 to maintain full legacy device driver support while adding support for new WDM drivers. Allows users to schedule regular maintenance for their systems. The Windows Maintenance Wizard includes: Disk Defragmenter; ScanDisk; and Disk Cleanup. Version Conflict Manager Detects file version conflicts with installed programs and will install the Windows version of the driver. Remote Access Server Multiple Display Support Support for New Generation of Hardware Enables the users'desktop to act as a dial-up server. Allows dial-up clients to remotely connect to a Windows 98 machine for local resource access. Allows the user to display different images on multiple monitors using multiple graphics adapters on a single PC. This feature effectively expands the size the Windows desktops extending beyond a single monitor. In addition to the USB and ACPI support mentioned above, Windows 98 supports additional new hardware features including IEEE 1394, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), and DVD. Some of the new features with Windows 98 have particular appeal to some commercial notebook users. However, all features of Windows 98 are not supported across all Compaq notebook families. In addition, some Compaq unique features are not supported across all notebook families under Windows 98. Refer to Table 6 for more information on which notebooks support key Compaq unique and Windows 98 features. 38 Compaq recommends that customers planning to utilize ACPI upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. 1189-1099A-WWEN

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Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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1189-1099A-WWEN
Feature
Description
FAT32 Conversion
Utility
A graphical utility which can quickly and safely convert a hard drive from the FAT16 to FAT32.
Power Management
Windows 98 is the first Microsoft operating system to feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface). ACPI is an open industry specification that is an integral part of the Microsoft OnNow
initiative.
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Win32
Driver Model
(WDM)
A new, unified driver model for Windows 95 and Windows NT that will enable new devices to have a
single driver for both operating systems.
It allows Windows 98 to maintain full legacy device driver
support while adding support for new WDM drivers.
Windows Maintenance
Wizard
Allows users to schedule regular maintenance for their systems.
The Windows Maintenance Wizard
includes:
Disk Defragmenter; ScanDisk; and Disk Cleanup.
Version Conflict
Manager
Detects file version conflicts with installed programs and will install the Windows version of the driver.
Remote Access Server
Enables the users’
desktop to act as a dial-up server.
Allows dial-up clients to remotely connect to a
Windows 98 machine for local resource access.
Multiple Display
Support
Allows the user to display different images on multiple monitors using multiple graphics adapters on a
single PC. This feature effectively expands the size the Windows desktops extending beyond a single
monitor.
Support for New
Generation of
Hardware
In addition to the USB and ACPI support mentioned above, Windows 98 supports additional new
hardware features including IEEE 1394, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP),
and DVD.
Some of the new features with Windows 98 have particular appeal to some commercial notebook
users. However, all features of Windows 98 are not supported across all Compaq notebook
families. In addition, some Compaq unique features are not supported across all notebook
families under Windows 98. Refer to Table 6 for more information on which notebooks support
key Compaq unique and Windows 98 features.
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Compaq recommends that customers planning to utilize ACPI upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later.