Compatiblity probs between Win98 and DOS programs?

[Robert Williams]

Hi folks,

I recently upgraded to Windows 98 about a month ago, and it has given me nothing but
grief with my DOS programs.  Has anyone had compatibility problems between DOS software
and Windows 98?  I've tried many different types of programs; music, softsynths, even
non music related software like flight simulators and genealogy programs, all have the
same problems.  Half the time it crashes the OS when I try to install them, and if I do
manage to get them installed, they only run for about a week before they lock up my
system when I start the program.  I wonder if some of the automatically scheduled weekly
disk maintenance features of Win98 messes with some of my files?  I don't think I can
tell it to avoid certain files or folders.

Just wondering if anybody else had this problem and if there was a Win98 patch that
might correct it?  I'm almost tempted to go back to Win95.

Robert