Editing Windows 98 (section)

====Other device support improvements====
Windows 98 had more robust USB support than Windows 95, which only had support in OEM versions OSR2.1 and later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253756|title=Availability of Universal Serial Bus Support in Windows 95|date=November 15, 2006|work=Microsoft Support|publisher=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304063841/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253756|archive-date=March 4, 2007}}</ref> Windows 98 supports [[USB hub]]s, USB scanners and imaging class devices. Windows 98 also introduced built-in support for some [[USB Human Interface Device class]] (USB HID) and PID class devices such as USB mice, keyboards, force feedback joysticks etc. including additional keyboard functions through a certain number of Consumer Page HID controls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/w2kbd.mspx|title=Human Interface Devices Design Guide|publisher=Microsoft|work=microsoft.com|access-date=December 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222201727/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/w2kbd.mspx|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Windows 98 also supports [[UDMA]] and [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]].

Windows 98 introduced [[Advanced Configuration and Power Interface|ACPI]] 1.0 support which enabled ''Standby'' and ''[[Hibernation (computing)|Hibernate]]'' states. However, hibernation support was extremely limited and vendor-specific. Hibernation was only available if compatible (PnP) hardware and [[BIOS]] are present, and the hardware manufacturer or OEM supplied ACPI-compatible drivers. However, there are hibernation issues with the [[FAT32]] file system,<ref name="98I/O"/> making hibernation problematic and unreliable.

Windows 98, in general, provides improved — and a broader range of — support for IDE and SCSI drives and drive controllers, floppy drive controllers and all other classes of hardware as compared to Windows 95.<ref name="98I/O">{{Cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/cc768180(v%3dtechnet.10)|title=Chapter 10 – Disks and File Systems|website=Microsoft Docs|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|language=en-us|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324082745/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/cc768180(v%3dtechnet.10)|archive-date=March 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> There is integrated [[Accelerated Graphics Port]] (AGP) support (although the USB Supplement to Windows 95 OSR2 and later releases of Windows 95 did have AGP support). Windows 98 has built-in DVD support and [[Universal Disc Format|UDF]] 1.02 read support. The Still imaging architecture (STI) with [[TWAIN]] support was introduced for scanners and cameras and Image Color Management 2.0 for devices to perform [[color space]] transformations.<ref name=RK509>{{harvnb|Resource Kit|1998|p=509}}</ref> Multiple monitor support allows using up to nine multiple monitors on a single PC, with the feature requiring one [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] graphics adapter per monitor.<ref name=gs75>{{harvnb|Getting Started: Microsoft Windows 98|1998|p=75}}</ref> Windows 98 shipped with [[DirectX]] 5.2,<ref name="maxpcdoctor">{{cite journal |title=SLI Odd Couples |journal=[[Maximum PC]] |date=January 1999 |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgIAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP79 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |issn=1522-4279 |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929062320/https://books.google.com/books?id=IgIAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP79 |url-status=live }}</ref> which notably included [[DirectShow]]. Windows 98 Second Edition would later ship with DirectX 6.1.<ref name="98qaNYT">{{cite web |author1=J. D. Biersdorfer |title=Q & A: Windows 98, 2d Edition |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/1999/08/12/technology/12ask.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 10, 2019 |date=August 12, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010193003/http://movies2.nytimes.com/1999/08/12/technology/12ask.html |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>