Helps your system stay up-to-date, through an online extension of Windows 98, called Windows Update. It brings you the latest drivers, updates, and answers to your Windows questions.
Launch applications up to one-third faster than with Windows 95. A component of the Windows Maintenance Wizard feature, Disk Defragmenter, achieves this by substantially decreasing the launch times of your most frequently run applications.
The Windows Maintenance Wizard runs "tune-up" jobs on a regular basis, automatically scheduling three tasks (Disk Defragmenter, ScanDisk, and Disk Cleanup) that make sure your computer is running as quickly and efficiently as possible.
By converting to the improved File Allocation Table file system (FAT32) in Windows 98, you can store information more efficiently on your hard drive-an average increase of 25 percent or more hard drive space for the average user-and regain unused disk space. If your hard drive is more than 2GB, FAT32 will support a single hard drive partition.
A new technology, Digital Video Disc (DVD), enabled by Windows 98 will soon greatly expand the entertainment capabilities of your PC.
A major hardware advancement supported by Windows 98, Universal Serial Bus (USB), makes installing and removing peripheral devices from your PC as easy as just plugging them in and then unplugging them.
With Windows 98 and a TV tuner adapter card, you can use the Program Guide, part of the Windows 98 TV Viewer feature, to find your favorite TV shows through a variety of search options.