Windows® 98 Unleashed

Chapter 11. Device Advice: Dealing with Devices in Windows 98

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Adding New Hardware

• Working with CD-ROM Drives

• DVD: Welcome to the Next Level

• Getting Great Graphics

• Windows 98 and Your Monitor

• Working with PC Card (PCMCIA) Devices

• Setting Up an Infrared Device

• Power Management in Windows 98: OnNow and ACPI

• Drivers for Other Devices

• Troubleshooting Hardware Headaches

Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.

—Karel Capek

This chapter changes the view from the forest of Windows 98's hardware support you saw in Chapter 10, “Getting the Most Out of Device Manager and Hardware Profiles,” to the trees of specific devices. In this view, you deal with many different kinds of devices, including disk drives, ...