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Matroska (mkv) format: VirtualDub can't take these files as input, and VDM does not support all codecs. You can do disable unneeded streams (languages) and cut a specific part of the video using MkvMerge (part of MkvToolNix).

If you are bound to an XP version because of a license and therefore cannot use Win2000, nLite is a tool for you. You can greatly decrease memory requirements by selectively installing only features you really need.

In what increments? Available resolutions are determined by the display adapter, period. Monitor may limit the range with proper DDC signals, but not reprogram the display adapter.

I did. DVI does not need/have any auto adjustment. You are in better luck with NVidia that you would with an ATI adapter. Some (recent?) NVidia's can be set to custom resolutions in control panel.

http://j7n.sytes.net/www/TCP-IP_Network_Pr...g_for_Win9x.exe A bloated InstallShield installer. But it works and I decided not to take it apart.

Can you drive this monitor at its real and only resolution? You did not say what it was. On the fly resampling is a no-no.

There is a difference. X800 (Radeon 430) is supported, while X1550 (Radeon 515) is not.

So we are left with full bloated windows in a corporate environment? I'd expect these restrictions form Microsoft, not Dino Nuhagic. <rant> It appears it is very ineficient to have computers in a company and everybody are better working outside the office premises on their own property. There's licenses everywhere. </rant>

I found this motherboard picture on the web (Abit AB9): http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/20...8195652256l.jpg If there are only four SATA ports then this must be a different model. I have not heard of a board w/o any ICHx ports, so they must be all ICH9. JMicron is used to provide PATA interface on modern Intel southbridges. It's 2 SATA ports are located in another group, or are different color. Is SATA in "IDE compatibility" mode? Edit: Then I got nothing to add, sorry. I did not notice you were not the original poster. Of course you have a different motherboard.

The motherboard should need no drivers if the SATA controller is set to IDE compatibility mode in BIOS. I think this setting only makes difference for the ICH9 ports, not the ones next to the legacy Parallel ATA connector (JMicron).

Thank you. Shell32.dll in v2.1a has the altered logo.

There are two parts in FileZilla, the "server" and the "client".

Service Pack 2 changed Windows logo in the system-wide About box. The new picture was an ugly 16-color WinXP logo. Perhaps it is not a good idea to apply XP artwork to 98?

Rank 1: Need for Speed Underground 2 Rank 2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (shouldn't run on Win98 but runs anyway) I wonder why GTA-SA has Win2000 as a system requirement. It could be possible that some secondary bloat bundled with the game requires WinNT, while the real game itself runs. Is there a Steamless HL2? Perhaps specify exactly how old games may be listed.

MP2 is usually assigned to audio-only MPEGs. If there is video in your files, just rename them to *.mpg later. It's not a big deal actually. Even if you did download 200 of these files, a mass rename tool such as Total Commander can do the job. I don't believe that the format has been changed, only filename.

LAST - $$$$ - Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0 --- The authors sold themselves out to Sony. Hardly obtainble legally. LAST - FREE - FileZilla Server 0.9.12c --- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/filezilla...ver-0.9.12c.exe There is a higher version number of FileZilla installing on Win98. But it does not save its settings properly, and effectively does not work. FileZilla authors wouldn't say which version can be used on Win98 because of "security issues" in older builds.

Why don't you setup a controlled network at home and check the speeds? From my experience transfer speed over the network may be bottlenecked by older hard drives on PCI bus, not so much the NIC.

The thin client vendors have to install a bloaty SQL server for the runtime image creation. This also requires filesharing to be enabled on the system. nLite on the other hand only needs itself and selected NET Framework libraries. The two key components of XPe – minlogon and ewf – can be transplanted into regular Windows XP. Lite Windows XP can also be made small (but not as small as Win2k).

When first I heard about XPe, I thought it has to be small like Win2k. In fact all the graphical bloat is still there intact: shell32 is 8 Megs, and explorer is 1 Meg. IMO, the best embedded system can be created from lite 2000, or maybe mini Win98 if the hardware is compatible.

LOL. Fast Ethernet is 100 Megabits. If you force a network interface to full duplex make sure you do that for every device on the network or not at all. Otherwise duplex mismatch will occur.

Unless you have a Gigabit router, you can't expect more.

If this were true I guess all of machines here would be running Win98 and I would be purchasing alot of VIA mainbords.

The best system is the one you're most familiar with and therefore can work most efficiently on it.

(1) Assuming your WinXP installation is very important but programs are NOT stored in \Program Files. I'm not sure how to properly move an installed WinXP from \WINDOWS to \WINNT. I would try installing Win98 to something like \WIN98 (possible incompatibilities later since some tools assume \WINDOWS). 1. Backup your system to another place. 2. Wipe the partition. 3. Install Win98. 4. Setup a BIOS password (to halt booting). Run WinXP installer and wait until it reboots the PC. NT boot sector and system files are now written. Do not let the XP setup continue (since we don't need this clean XP). 5. Delete the newly created directories by the XP installer in C: root. 6. Restore your original WinXP directory from the backup. Edit boot.ini so that it has 2 entries, one pointing to WINDOWS, and one to C:\BOOTSECT.DOS This approach has 2 problems: the \WIN98 directory name and lost \Program Files contents. It is no big deal if software had been installed to another partition such as D. You can also try restoring original \Program Files but I'm not sure if Win98 would be happy with some NT-specific DLLs there. Most likely Win98 will boot Ok though, I think. (2) It's much easier to install everything clean and organize your folder structure like this: C:\WINDOWS - Win98 C:\Program Files - contents installed by Win98 and application shared files C:\WINNT - WinXP C:\TEMP - common temp dir (instead of deep inside Documents and Settings) D:\SOMETHING - Applications, maybe addition folders for Games and shared files like Codecs that are installed by the user. Applications may be common to both OSes. E:\ - Virtual Memory F:\ [G: H: ...] - User files N:\ - An NTFS partition (or physical disk) for large files such as when doing video editing. All partitions except one (or more if you have a monster computer with like 5 hdds) are FAT32 for interoperability. This partition structure enables you to make backup of you operating system and applications without worrying about swap and user files. User files are often large and are better backuped separately. It's not absolutely necessary to have applications on D. Though I find it useful myself. In case C: or D: gets fragmented your user files on other disks won't suffer. When you install applications you'll have to do it 2 times – for each system once. Except for programs that require NT, you obviously don't need to install the on 98. Some software use INI files in %Windir%. They may provide an option to pass the ini filename as command line parameter, so you can still share their config between both systems. I would also make common Start menus and the Desktop (later less important). This can be done using TweakUI XP by changing special folder locations to "C:\Windows\Start Menu" and so on. I have installed three systems this way. Takes hellalot of time and drives nuts since you have to do twice the work. But it can be done. This dualboot setup comes useful when you need to fix one of the systems. Just boot into the other one. No need for slow boot CDs most of the time. Example boot ini for this configuration: [boot loader] timeout=6 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP SP1" /noguiboot /fastdetect C:\bootsect.dos="Windows 98SE"

I haven't heard of good quality DOS soundcard & VESA video emulation, except VDMSound which I was unable to install properly. VMware 5.5 certainly doesn't have any good audio for Win98. The driver I found is unstable, has no MIDI, and no legacy support. Under VMWare the Windows GUI is does not work smoothly, so even if VESA was available it would play at least as jerky and unsuitable for gaming experience.