You have been extremely lucky with Win 98 if you have been running it for 5 years without rebooting it.

If you don't install and uninstall stuff all the time, there is rarely ever a need to reinstall Windows. I only installed 2000 once and used it for nearly 2 years (with the occasional reboot) before going XP.
[ November 28, 2003, 00:30: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]