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		mkup on April 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look... There's no Win 9x phase in Win XP setup, of course. :) There's optional DOS phase, then text-mode phase (running NT kernel under the hood, but UI is in VGA text mode), and then finally GUI phase of the setup.

kuschku on April 10, 2024 [–]

You're absolutely right, I noticed my mistake only when I couldn't edit the comment anymore.

pndy on April 10, 2024 | [–]

Still, the graphic part with progress bar on left does kinda mimic the 9x installer

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