Using older programs with Windows XP

As to the "old" program, make sure that you have the comopatability updates downloaded from Microsoft.

I am not at my XP box right now, so I can't walk you through it step by step, but you can run some programs in "compatability mode" so that XP runs them as if it were the older operating system.

Your next option would be to set up your machine to "dual-Boot" XP and 98.
98 should be installed firts, and then XP will install for dual boot if you so request.

As to the printer;
Have youtried the native XP drivers?
The W2K drivers "may" work. That may be why HP has no XP drivers to download.

Chas

Check the documentation from the software in question to find the latest Windows OS with which it was compatible. You can then set the compatibility properties for the program manually in XP.

Right-click the program icon on your desktop, or the shortcut on the Start menu, for the program you want to run, and then click Properties (if the executable does not have a shortcut, create one).

Click the Compatibility tab, and change the compatibility settings for your program to the lates OS that the program will work with.

Hope that helps.