There are really no advantages other than being able to do it if you have no other choice. Win95/98 edition doesn't run as a service and it doesn't support all features and all network libraries.

Roman

>Hi All:
>
> Why is it advantageous to use Windows 95/98 instead of Windows 2000 when running SQL Server as a backend database? Are there advantages? disadvantages?
>
>Thanks
>MA