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The only password I have is BIOS password. I've setup it for the only reason so that the computer wouldn't boot to Windows automatically, and I could turn it off calmly or enter BIOS setup. My personal FTP server has a password, so that I'm the only one on the Internet who can use it. No one is allowed to touch my computer physically without my permission.

I totally agree with you about FAT32. 4 GB is indeed a very pressing limitation. There is a standard that extends FAT32 by allowing a few more bits for file size. It's called FAT32+. But I have not heard of any practical implementations. For now I could suggest that you create an NTFS partition for the large files you will be working with. This is what I have done: 3 HDDs, one of them in NTFS.

I'm not so sure about this. I experienced data corruption when writing to a drive connected via a RAID controller in dos mode.

Try the Native USB mass storage drivers: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605

Input the new network configuration, press No when asked to reboot. Go to Control Panel and disable your network adapter. Enable it back.

You can use PDDLGHLP.EXE, a part of PowerDesk Utilities 3. Install it by putting a shortcut into your startup group. The settings of Open and Save As dialogs will be preserved. Send me a note if you would like to download this program.

When unpacking the Monkey's Audio v4.00 beta 2 (CRC32: FC29F36A) Universal Extractor v1.5 displays a message box titled "Test" with one choice "OK". The file gets unpacked after I press ok. What's the meaning of this msg box?

I highly doubt that esdi_506.pdr has anything to do with USB storage. I am currently using a 320 GB (decimal gigabytes) harddisk in a USB enclosure w/o problems. My local harddisks also aren't being accessed via esdi_506.

Some apps don't really require XP, just their installers do. Some apps don't even really require installation. But as awergh said, it depends on the software product.

NUSB v3 should give you USB 2.0 speed (actual ~20 MB/s) and support for more storage devices. I have successfully installed NUSB v3.0 over v2.3 on my i915P+ICH6 motherboard.

There is at least one virus that disables all possible actions on a PC, such as accessing Regedit. If you can't access Regedit anymore, you could use "ITweakU" to reset the restriction and then remove other Policies in the registry editor.

The (default) value in HKCR\.extension points to another key, where you can specify the shell icon and one or more commands, that appear when you right-click on somename.extension The basic options you can set in Registry are: HKCR\.avi\(default)="Application.Identifier" HKCR\Application.Identifier\DefaultIcon\(default)="d:\apps\mymovieplayer.exe,2" // third icon in this executable file HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\(default)="command_name" // the default command to be run when you double click HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\command_name\(default)="Play in My Movie Player" HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\command_name\command\(default)="d:\apps\mymovieplayer.exe "%L"" // Long File Name HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\command_name_2\(default)="Play in Audio Player" HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\command_name_2\command\(default)="d:\apps\audioplayer.exe "%1"" // File Name I, for example, have systematically called my custom associations Application.Identifier as "ZZ_extension", so that all of them can be easily extracted from the backup of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) key. This way all asociations appear at the bottom, and all extensions at the top of the exported .REG file. Windows ME and XP (and maybe 2000 too) have another way to customize associations – the Open With dialog. If the user chooses something there, this setting cannot be overridden by editing HKCR\Application.Identifier\Shell\(default). I do not know where those preferences are stored

IMHO, the small 16x16 icon should be left in Win98 style. That applies to all XP icons.

Is it safe to attempt to install the new 3.0 (supposed to give Hi-Speed) over previous v2.3 or v2.4?

All this trouble because of forum rules and the copyright law? You ain't serious.

Thank you, Eidenk. It looks like a good free alternative to WinHex.

Why does it have to be a shell plugin? IrfanView is a good image viewer.

Microsoft's own utilities for DOS. UnKwaj.exeUnSzdd.exe

I had – just now. Replaced one 8-bit bitmap with a 24-bit one. I have also modified dialog forms before. Are you aware of any compatibility problems that arise when using ExeScope?

ExeScope supports Windows 3.11 NE executables.

I use Norton/Powerquest Partition Magic 8. It is available on various boot discs. This will work if your drive appears as a Legacy device (P-ATA emulation), and probably not work if the drive is connected to a RAID controller. If you have a RAID controller, you can partition the harddisk on another machine. For Windows 98 to work, you'll need to install it on a PATA drive first, load install the RAID driver, "sys" the SATA disk, and finally transfer the operating system to the new drive.

v1.6 bios appears to be available around the net. http://www.google.com/search?num=100&h...amp;btnG=Search http://ts.down.driverchina.com/bios/Acorp_7km400QPv16.zip

I have successfully installed WinXP SP1 Pro following instructions provided here: http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 except, nLite'ing the installation afterwards (makes the WinISO requirement meaningless).

I use 'administrator' and yet during the first few months after XP installation found I was not allowed to do many things – the System File Protection, not fully accessible NTFS partitions, error mesages telling me to contact "the system administrator" here and there etc. I believe a competent user should never be locked out of its own system, if he chooses so. If something goes terribly wrong, I have a few backups.

PCI-E card that does work under Win98SE: - ATI Radeon X550 256 MB (ASUS brand), limited DOS video memory - Gigabyte GA-8I915P Duo motherboard Since old dos programs (games) are important part of Windows 98, it is worth to mention that this videoadapter has limited DOS memory. Many games from nineties (Duke3D, SEA graphics viewer to name a few) could render to very high VESA resolutions, like 1280*960. You cannot do this with the X550. On the other hand dos console windows now open with less delay. nVidia 6200 Turbo Cache also kinda worked with this motherboard, however… - the display was being reset about every 20s (it just went black for a moment and sometimes went permanently into standby mode), - the system could not shut down properly, - DOS memory was NOT limited, I could set very high VESA resolutions. I quickly acquired another brand of X550 and installed on my other GA-8I915P. It also worked flawlessly. I think I'm never gonna purchase GeForce again, although my newest motherboard could not run Windows 98 anymore.