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Because the last KAV for home users is 6.0.2.621, not 5.0. And the download link for 5.0 has been removed from official site, so it's better to correct the information.

Support lifecycle of KAV: http://support.kaspersky.com/supported_home http://support.kaspersky.com/supported_wks

KAV 6.0.2.621 has reached EOL, so the latest database may not be compatible with it. http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=167439

Hard Disk Utilities ONGD - FREE - SPFDisk 2000-03v --- http://spferng.myweb.hinet.net/

My Peacekeeper V2 Results on Windows 98 SE =============================================================================================== 【Browser】 Rendering - HTML5 Capabilities - HTML5 Canvas - Data - DOM operations - Text parsing =============================================================================================== 【Opera 11.62】 56.62 - 4/7 - 23.38 - 9601.31 - 5457.67 - 36864.05 【Opera 11.60】 55.72 - 4/7 - 19.99 - 6539.19 - 5085.03 - 34876.96 【Firefox 8.0.1】 15.91 - 5/7 - 2.78 - 5801.35 - 3150.78 - 14629.85 【Firefox 3.6.28】 20.63 - 2/7 - 1.89 - 4441.23 - 1710.99 - 6153.29 【Firefox 3.6.24】 18.89 - 2/7 - 1.78 - 4062.36 - 1455.53 - 5456.21 【Unknown (QtWeb 3.7.5)】 7.10 - 2/7 - 1.20 - 464.40 - 1552.62 - 14881.44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Peacekeeper V1 Results on Windows 98 SE =============================================================================================== 【Browser】 Rendering - Social Working - Complex graphics - Data - DOM operations - Text parsing =============================================================================================== 【Opera 11.62】 4105 - 4234 - 3029 - 2365 - 3806 - 3550 【Opera 11.61】 4085 - 4187 - 2825 - 2716 - 3757 - 3503 【Opera 11.60】 4130 - 4168 - 8962 - 2785 - 3796 - 3329 【Opera 11.52】 4398 - 4316 - 10694 - 2487 - 3965 - 3200 【Opera 11.51】 4558 - 4387 - 11059 - 2583 - 3781 - 3456 【Opera 11.50】 4360 - 4278 - 10980 - 2574 - 3781 - 3208 【Opera 11.11】 4194 - 4171 - 10359 - 2513 - 3767 - 3594 【Opera 11.10】 4317 - 4323 - 10998 - 2916 - 3869 - 3361 【Opera 11.00】 4154 - 4252 - 9610 - 2822 - 3827 - 3207 【Opera 10.70 snapshot】 4113 - 4032 - 9122 - 2838 - 2933 - 3218 【Opera 10.63】 4128 - 3952 - 9072 - 2452 - 3686 - 2949 【Opera 10.61】 4157 - 3963 - 9132 - 2483 - 3717 - 2885 【Opera 10.60 snapshot 3442】 4085 - 4103 - 8724 - 2510 - 3672 - 3059 【Opera 10.53】 3859 - 2607 - 8471 - 1658 - 1861 - 1995 【Opera 10.52 snapshot】 3928 - 2668 - 8562 -1662 - 1942 - 1989 【Opera 10.10】 168 - 298 - 417 - 517 - 1717 - 896 【Opera 10.00】 165 - 315 - 407 - 532 - 1750 - 923 【Opera 9.64】 161 - 291 - 398 - 573 - 916 - 471 【Firefox 9.0.1】 369 - 262 - 931 - 1762 - 1909 - 1735 【Firefox 8.0.1】 402 - 314 - 973 - 1919 - 1881 - 1832 【Firefox 8.0】 347 - 354 - 970 - 1930 - 1961 - 1867 【Firefox 3.6.27】 153 - 445 - 350 - 1073 - 1023 - 923 【Firefox 3.6.24】 510 - 411 - 0 - 966 - 858 - 857 【Firefox 3.6.18】 564 - 409 - 341 - 1050 - 995 - 921 【Firefox 3.6.11】 124 - 419 - 0 - 1094 - 953 - 880 【Firefox 3.6.10】137 - 435 - 0 - 1065 - 974 - 832 【Firefox 3.6.3】 176 - 513 - 363 - 1785 - 1070 - 972 【Firefox 3.6】 119 - 516 - 338 - 1797 - 1057 - 927 【Firefox 3.5.11】119 - 322 - 0 - 920 - 944 - 685 【Firefox 3.5.7】 197 - 486 - 382 - 1276 - 978 - 694 【Shiretoko 3.53pre (Ayakawa)】 114 - 308 - 0 - 1324 - 1116 - 677 【Firefox 3.5.2】 121 - 342 - 337 - 1219 - 941 - 678 【SeaMonkey 1.1.19】 205 - 131 - 369 - 294 - 313 - 323 【SeaMonkey 1.1.18】 200 - 124 - 351 - 301 - 254 - 142 【SeaMonkey 1.1.17】 195 - 123 - 357 - 292 - 250 - 136 【K-Meleon 1.5.4】 230 - 152 - 378 - 311 - 244 - 149 【Firefox 2.0.0.20】 202 - 121 - 344 - 286 - 249 - 130 【IE 6.0 SP1】 773 - 562 - 0 - 301 - 197 - 503 【Unknown (QtWeb 3.7.3)】 448 - 982 - 0 - 1914 - 579 - 1582 【Arora 0.10.0 (Qt 4.5.3)】 759 - 1035 - 1515 - 1339 - 1818 - 1481 【Safari unknown (Qt Demo Browser with Qt 4.7.0)】 781 - 931 - 410 - 2260 - 1019 - 1606 【Lunascape 6.1.3.21383】 [Trident] 745 - 544 - 0 - 290 - 201 - 531 [Gecko] 114 - 308 - 0 - 1288 - 994 - 736 [WebKit] 135 - 310 - 1266 - 2025 - 142 - 494 【Lunascape 6.1.7.21880】 [Gecko] 138 - 336 - 358 - 1127 - 924 - 596 [WebKit] 134 - 319 - 1262 - 1909 - 150 - 447 1. If I enable Web Shield in avast 4.8, Opera 10.5x can't finish the benchmark. 2. Compared with 3.5.3 or 3.5.2, latest Firefox 3.6.3 gets higher points due to KernelEX's improving. 3. I have applied Windows 2000 security patches to IE 6.0 SP1. 4. The pop-up window of javascript error continues to appear during the test of QtWeb 3.x.

The patch of OE6 SP1 on 2000 works on 98se. Besides, blackwingcat released OE6 SP3 for 2000, and it works on 98se.

Emulators and Utilities ONGD - FREE - Ootake 2.40 --- http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/

I bought Kensington Orbit Trackball with Scroll Ring recently. The USB trackball is recognized as wheel mouse by Microsoft IntelliPoint 4.12, and I can change the scroll rate without problem. I disabled Pointer Acceleration because it causes weird mouse movement. Besides, Kensington's driver doesn't recognize the USB trackball.

Media Players + Encoders + Codecs ONGD - FREE - Gom Player (2.1.25.5017 released) LAST - FREE - KbMedia Player 2.42 beta11 (Japanese version) --- http://hwm5.gyao.ne.jp/kobarin/ Internet Browsers ONGD - FREE - Opera 10.53 --- http://www.opera.com Virus and Spyware Scanners + Privacy and Security Tools LAST - $$$$ - Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.2.621 --- http://www.filehippo.com/download_kaspersky_antivir/tech/2396/ Although Win9x is supported by KAV for Windows Workstation until 6.0.3.x, it seems that the download links of KAV 5.0/6.0 for home user were removed from official site. So it is better to remove the dead link. The official site of KbMedia Player has moved. Mouse Drivers LAST - FREE - WheelReverse --- http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/winnt/util/se420984.html The source code is available at http://www.ibara.ne.jp/~saitoib/ Emulators and Utilities LAST - FREE - Ootake 2.40 --- http://www.ouma.jp/file/Ootake240-for98.zip

Opera 10.52 released(Windows MSI) http://www.opera.com/download/ Besides, Opera 10.52 RC5(Windows Classic) is available. http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2010/04/23/windows-and-mac-rc5-plus-unix-fixes

The installer for QtWeb Internet Browser 3.3 works at Win2000 compatibility mode. At XP mode, QtWeb will crash if I point on the menu. So I use Win2000 mode instead and have no problem.http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k167/halohalox/kernelex/qtweb.jpg But there will be an error message when I close QtWeb, and it occurs at both XP and 2000 mode: QTWEB caused an invalid page fault in module USER.EXE at 0004:00006307. Registers: EAX=0002bb38 CS=1777 EIP=00006307 EFLGS=00000202 EBX=00010002 SS=5db7 ESP=00000000 EBP=00000012 ECX=0002001e DS=167f ESI=0002bb28 FS=587f EDX=00000002 ES=0aaf EDI=000000a8 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 52 50 89 76 f4 89 5e f6 9a 02 0f 8f 17 52 50 57 Stack dump: 0002bb28 ffff00a8 00101ed3 d7b3d431 00367d60 177763a3 00000000 00a8001e 0002bb28 0002bb28 bb2800a8 02360002 00c92365 005ad419 177763a3 00000000 Besides, the error message about javascript appears when I test QtWeb with Peacekeeper benchmark. Anyway I think QtWeb is stable than other WebKit-based browsers at the moment. I also tried Midori 0.1.8 at 2000 mode, but it can't display web content normally.

I also keep 2.2 and 2.3, so I can replace 3.2.1 with old version if it is not stable.

Installed Java 6.0 Update 20 without problem. Because avast 4.8 home conflicts with the installer, I disabled avast by tweaking Msconfig.exe before installation. Then I closed jusched.exe by deleting "SunJavaUpdateSched" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\". I also installed Foxit Reader 3.2.1.0401.

The snapshot Build 3344 of Opera 10.52 solves the slow down problem I had with avast 4.8 home. Besides, I got 2320 points in Peacekeeper benchmark.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 http://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-2.0.0.24&os=win〈=en-US

LAST - FREE - SeaMonkey 1.1.19 http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/1.1.19 http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey1.1.19/ EOL for SeaMonkey 1.x comes with this version, which does NOT fix all issues.

You can download password-protected 227994_ENU_i386_zip.exe from Microsoft's link, and find Mshtmled.dll(6.00.2800.1501) at IE6.0sp1-KB896156-Windows-98-ME-x86-ENU.exe.

Foxit Reader 3.2.0.0303 released and works with KernelEx 4.5 beta 2.

In my Win98se pc, Flash 9 and 10.0.45.2 make kernel32.dll or krnl386.exe crash when I use Firefox or Opera. The problem occurs in Japanese version or Traditional Chinese version of Win98se, and it has nothing to do with KernelEX. I solved the problem by using Resource Hacker to edit all NPSWF32.dll. 1. Take 9.0.151.0 for example, I search Version Info -> 1 -> 1033 first. 2. Change VALUE "FileVersion", "9,0,151,0" to VALUE "FileVersion", "9,0,151,00", and select Compile Script to save the file. 3. Delete NPSWF32_original.dll. For Flash 10.0.45.2, just change VALUE "FileVersion", "10,0,45,2" to VALUE "FileVersion", "10,0,45,02". Flash 8 and earlier versions of Flash 10 do not have the problem.

The Web Shield HTTP proxy in avast 4.8 home obviously slows down Opera 10.50 on my Win98se pc. Other browsers like Firefox 3, SeaMonkey 1.x, and older version of Opera are not affected.

Generally the core temperature of X800/X850 is around 60°C ~ 75°C in Win98se instead of 45°C ~ 60°C in Win2000, so you may need better VGA cooler. Catalyst added X800(old R420 core) support since beta 4.11. You may try 5.2, 5.9 and 6.2, but it is better to install 6.2 first when you want to downgrade to 5.9 or below on some PCs. I am using X800pro AGP(R420) and X850XT PCIe(R480)on my Win98se PCs. Although X800pro AGP works on Intel boards with 865 chipset, the AMD boards with ULi chipset is recommended for better compatibility and speed. Besides, modifying .inf doesn't make X1K cards work in Win98se.

Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.262.0(and 10.0.45.2) released http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Original MS driver has better compatibility than IAA. And I solved the optical drive related problems by uninstalling IAA.

There is no Intel Application Accelerator for 875P, 865G/P/PE, 852/855 GM/GME, 855MP, 848P chipsets (ICH5 southbridge) so there is no full support for Windows 9x for these chipsets. See Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition, Large drive support for ICH5R, but not for Win-98? thread. Tested with ICH5/848P on AOpen AX4SPB-UN motherboard, Win98SE started from PATA 40 GB drive: * PATA drives can work with generic ESDI_505.PDR drivers. * Single SATA drive is detected but not recognized (error in Device Manager), even with ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2225 patched for 48bit LBA. * Two SATA drives cause system hang when ESDI_506.PDR driver is detecting drives. Andrzej P. Wozniak IAA will forcingly disable the DMA mode on some old CD-ROM drives, like TEAC CD524E. And IAA also caused problem when I installed MGS2, a DVD-9 based PC game. Therefore I don't think IAA is necessary when I use Win98se. I failed to format single SATA drive on GA-8I865PE775-G-RH(4.9), so I used the SATA <-> IDE adapter and formatted the SATA drive at IDE port. Then I plugged the SATA drive back to SATA port, and it has no problem with patched ESDI_506.PDR. But I only plugged one SATA drive and one IDE DVD-ROM drive. And pluging two SATA drives means you can't use IDE port.

Compatible with CPU-Z 1.53.1 (non Win98 version) http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php CPU-Z 1.53.1 fails to show information about motherboard, memory etc, and both Win98 version and non Win98 version have same problem. I can't solve it by disabling KernelEx, but I found it only occurs on latest 1.53.1, so I think the bug has nothing to do with KernelEx. Besides, 1.53 and before have no problem.