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Ok call it initially lazy and then later sleep deprived. I knew I should have tracked all the changes I made before later realizing there were issues and spend 3x+ as long going circles trying to figure out why & when it occurred. The sleep deprived part is why I didn't just replace the user files back to the ME versions before posting to see if the Jet errors were there again.. Doing so now they are not. So obviously some other God only knows reason caused them. Normally which would bug me to find out but not worth the efforts since it was an isolated event. So Jet/MDAC issue resolved as it works with either the WinME or 98SE user*.* files. Now regarding the restart into dos issue I'm not sure you understood me unless I totally missed the fix again. The problem is while in dos if I use the "exit" command the system no longer restarts into the Windows GUI, as it hangs while trying. This now occurs whether I use the (user*.*) WinME files or Win98SE files. I can restart into dos whether I use the WinME or 98SE files I just can't restart windows from there. You also mention the "vpowerd.vxd" being totally different from the WinME but I don't see it ever being replaced w/option 1 or 2. The version installed is the 98SE v4.10.2225. Out of curiousity are you aware of what actually changed between the later 98SE and ME versions of the user files? It appears there a few issues regarding using the ME files and wonder why not just leave them using the 98SE versions unless you use option 3. P.S. Thanks for the 'netmonitor' links.. Ill have to sift through them and see which/if one fits the bill being low overhead & simply show network traffic.

First off... Kudos for the long/hard great work and enthusiasm to keep this project going! A few issues... After using Option 1/2 After playing ring around the rosey with hardware and situating IRQ's I managed to get Shutdown and Restart/Restart into MSDos issues worked out for the most part. However I still had a problem with the Monitor going into Standby. After perusing I found that it appears the User.exe & User32.dll from WinMe 4.90.301 appears to be the cause so I replaced them with the 98SE 4.10.2231. That looks to have done the trick ... Now the only little quirk left is shutting down into MsDos works but when trying to restart Win with the 'exit' command it hangs before reaching the gui. Is there something I missed or is there a workaround for this? The other issue is JET/MDAC related. Oddly - While typing this I decided to confirm the issue and get exact error messages but mysteriously part of the issues appear to be resolved now.. Could they have been caused by the WinME (user*.*) files as well? I was getting errors when running an app called "Thumbs Plus" from Cerious Software. The errors occur while creating/scanning a new database or while working with a pre-existing. One error being "... Microsoft Jet Db engine cannot open the file ... It is already opened exclusively by another user or you need permission to view it's data" Another which now I can't replicate was during creation causing the app to shutdown. I know all the above is pretty vague but if you tell me the 'user*.*' files could have been the cause I'll chalk it up to that and not worry about it unless we want to try and fix it using the Win ME files. --- Oh.. Any way to get the Win XP Systray Network/Monitor icon activity/functionality into 98SE? I believe there were some 3rd part apps which I can't seem to find/recall at the moment but iirc they either were overkill and didn't serve the simple purpose of being able to see network activity. Best Regards