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Originally Posted by Ironman69
On the box of 1946, it says under SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: WinXP/2000/ME/98SE. So any further software added to IL2 must live up to this standard....even Win98SE  |
The dedicated server wasn't part of the software supplied on the 1946 disk. It's not reasonable to expect the developer/volunteers to write better anti-cheat protection for the ded server AND add to the list of requirements compatibility with an OS that is ten years old.
There is a world of difference between 98SE and XP. It will be the best $100 you ever spent. After 2 service packs, XP is so good, the list of reasons to upgrade from XP to Vista is here: