For imagine I think ur friend should upgrade his OS, 98 is a great OS but it can crash a lot while working on GFX, or anything for that matter. So I would consider XP Pro, or 2000. Also, you can get an inexpensive program like JASC Pain Shop Pro that can do the job, not as good as Photoshop, but it's good. Just a suggestion. And to answer ur question, 98 does not come with a native Imaging program, so u will have to end up using IE to open up jpgs hence my suggestions.