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I have repeatedly lited this install. First I made one with all basic stuff that I never need removed (like System File Protection), classic icons added and product key entered. That's why there are so many inis. If this problem is not well known then I guess I just keep observing.

There is PCI-E. A different problem is that new video adapters no longer work on Win98.

Thank you for the replies. The problem is that somebody else is working at the computer and she only notifies me when something is going wrong. Anyway the entire computer will soon be replaced for licensing reasons.

What disks? In the most popular "zeraw" s’neriH Boot CD only selected applications can work with NTFS, or require loading of additional possibly unstable modules. For example Partition Cloning. With NTFS you cannot use PowerQuest Drive Image and are forced to use Acronis, files of wich cannot be easily browsed offline. How can a file system gain "much more speed" is beyond me, maybe a little.

I'm nLiting XP systems since the first time I bought a computer where Win98 wouldn't run, and installed full XP only two times in my life. All went well. However recently my lite installations started showing a problem: lengthy boot. As soon as the XP logo appears, progress bar moves nine or ten times while the HDD shows no activity. Does not seem much, but I expect better from a "lite" sytem. Looks like it's waiting for something. I experienced this before with Win98 trying to acquire a DHCP lease where there was none. The XP systems have addresses assigned by me and the DHCP client is removed. Previously on the given system progress bar went only 1/3 of total length before the XP logo disappeared. This effect is present on different computers with different manually created installations of WinXP Pro SP1. Here's one example of Last Session. What could be the cause?

It might be possible to transfer an installed Vista to a FAT32 disk.

There is problem with licensing Windows 98 today, which is important in a corporate environment. M$ doesn't want you to use older software and cuts you out with selling OEM lincenses with no 'rights' for 'downgrading'. It's true even for Win2k, which I would otherwise always install in order to get rid of useless XP's eye candy. Here I needed Win98 for an old program with an odd multi-codepage standard. I had to physically exchange computers only because the other machine happened to have a Win98 hologram on its case.

The Windows Appaearance has one ugly bug at least in Windows 98, 2000 and XP: the weight of typeface used in menus. Normal menus are drawn with weight 400/0x0190 (Regular), for default item Windows adds 200 weight units. This produces 600 for which there is no corresponding font. An automatically calculated semi-bold text is used instead. To get nice 700 (Bold) weight for default menu items, one can use 500/0x01F4 for regular text. Here is the Windows 2000 color scheme modified for proper Bold: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance\Schemes] "Windows 2000"=hex:04,00,00,00,1f,30,8c,d3,01,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,\ 12,00,00,00,12,00,00,00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,\ 02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,54,61,68,6f,6d,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,0f,00,00,\ 00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,54,61,68,6f,6d,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,12,00,00,00,12,00,00,00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,f4,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,54,61,68,\ 6f,6d,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,54,61,68,6f,6d,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,54,61,68,6f,6d,61,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,f5,\ ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,f4,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,54,61,68,6f,6d,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,d4,d0,c8,00,3a,6e,a5,00,0a,24,6a,00,80,80,80,00,\ d4,d0,c8,00,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,00,d4,\ d0,c8,00,d4,d0,c8,00,80,80,80,00,0a,24,6a,00,ff,ff,ff,00,d4,d0,c8,00,80,80,\ 80,00,80,80,80,00,00,00,00,00,d4,d0,c8,00,ff,ff,ff,00,40,40,40,00,d4,d0,c8,\ 00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,e1,00,b5,b5,b5,00,00,00,ff,00,a6,ca,f0,00,c0,c0,c0,00 Normal: Fixed:

It's the Flash memory that has limited number of writes. So placing a virtual memory file there would be the stupidest thing. What's exactly the speed of an IDE CompactFlash (with DMA and all)? And seek times? I'm interested in this solution myself for a silent computer, not for performance cos I'm sure theres little of it.

Latest supported Radeon is RV410 (X700). I can personally assure that RV370 is working beautifully (X300, X550, X1050).

I have it disabled since the first occurence of the problem.

I have a Win98SE and a WinXP machine. Both are connected to a 1280*1024 LCD panel via a cheap Roline KVM switch. The problem is that occasionaly the Win98 computer reverts to 640*480 or 1024*768 resolution as a failsafe when it can't see the monitor. The XP computer never does that. The problem machine has integrated SiS M650 video (BIOS 1.07.00.6325). I have tried to change the monitor "driver" to VGA 1280*1024 but the problem is still present. Could an upgrade of the switch or video adapter resolve this? What KVM feature I need to look for?

Soundcards M-Audio Audiophile 24/96. - Appears to work even better than in NT5. Yamaha 724. - An old PCI card. Also provides basic 8-bit sound, OPL-3 FM, XG Level 1 synthesis to DOS programs. OPL-3 also works in pure DOS. Printers Lexmark E352dn/E250dn Laser Printer. - TCP/IP printing requires additional driver on Win98. Network interfaces Marvell Yukon 88E8001. Hard disks VIA VT6410 RAID controller, available on GA-8I915P Duo for example. It has driver for Win98 and can work with hard disks exceeding 127 GB independently of ESDi_506. Perhaps other VIA RAID controllers are also working. What drivers does one need to properly install Win98 on the new Intel chipsets you have listed here?

How about if you remove the CD after the first restart? You will later need to insert it again. Just eject the tray when BIOS POST appears so that the system does not boot from the CD.

That would still mean that the Ethernet connection is becoming broken every once in a while.

Don't the last 512 Megs start from A0000000? Originally you had Cyrillic "A" there.

As long as the motherboard is completely supported (up to i915 inclusive) I will install win98SE on every computer I build. Video and audio drivers don't count.

This has nothing to do with Vista, NT or 9x. You can use Total Commander to calculate directory sizes. All you have to do is press Spacebar on each required folder. Calculation can take considerable amount of time depending on number of files and fragmentation. So it would not be a good idea to do that automatically. Total Commander is an advanced file manager for Win95/98/NT/XP/Vista. There's even a version for Win3.11 available.

You are right about that, without the cookie you're just redirected to the first page and must enter your Serial. At first I didn't bother to edit my post. The actual EXE download link also looks pretty "secure". But why this crap? The OEM installer is no good for piracy.

In fact both OSes can live together on a single partition, even sharing the same Program Files could be possible in certain cases. And a complete reinstall of XP is not necessary at all. Just after the NT bootsector has been written you can return your old XP files (it would have been wise if you have installed XP to \WINNT before, but not necessary).

First of all, in Nero you should enable "Generate Short Lead-Out".

I've received a legal OEM Office 2007 license today with the PC I bought for my company. Since it's a business entity everything has to be legal (up to getting used to the 2007's new interface). I didn't bother checking what MLK means before the purchase. To a great surprise there was no disk in the Office 2k7 DVD case. In fact I do not need to stockpile these discs and it would be great to reduce cost and purchase a printed key only. But isn't it utterly stupid to ship a case with no CD inside? Pressed CDs are very cheap, even an OEM mouse today ships with a disk. I am currently downloading a "backup disc". I also have Volume License Key disks. Could the full Office 2007 be installed and partially activated with the OEM key making "backup disks" unnecessary? Backup disk downloads are available for 30 days after purchase and 7 download attempts are allowed. I do not know if they actually check somehow. http://www.microsoft.com/office/backup/en-us/default.mspx Edit: Office Basic installed properly using the first disc. Discs come as self extracting cabinets and don't work if manually unpacked.

I'm sorry I don't have anymore suggestions, other than running an Unicode search for "AutoCAD" and "AutoDesk" over the registry and the whole Windows directory.

Most files in %windir%\Installer have a hexadecimal number as their name, so you can't search for "autocad" and find the right files. A MSI file should display another property page after you rightclick and choose Properties. There you can see what company or program the specific file belongs to.

These MSIs usually leave behind one or more packages in %windir%\Installer. If there is a file mentioning "autocad" in properties, delete it.