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Yeah, but the problem will be that when winrar starts to support it we won't be supported by that either. It does look like we are going to be forced to upgrade 98 eventually doesn't it. Not necessarily... AVG and most other antivirus programs already dropped Win 9x/ME and we didn't drop the OS because of this. When and if 7-Zip gets upgraded to support .zipx it will either support Win 9x/ME or not. There is currently no good solution for the similarly unsupported .docx and .xlsx... For sure, there are workarounds. But no solution. And we didn't drop the OS because of this. Other problems are on the horizon. There will be workarounds for them. Or not. But I'm sure us, the real die-hard Win 9x/ME users, we won't drop the OS because of this. You can set a double- or even triple-boot machine to work around the more annoying issues, or even because that's fun to do. But I cannot imagine being forced to drop the OS. We all do. You've made your point crystal clear. Let's wait and see what happens, OK?

Easiest way to do it is with NirSoft's CurrProcess.BTW, try a radical test: comment out EMM386.EXE from your config.sys and see if that gets the system more stable. Yea, I know, there'll be no UMB's then, but, then again, this is just a test.

Sorry! I didn't mean to be confusing. "Repair the fonts folder in case it lost it's functionality" does the repair by rebuilding the Fonts cache. So, that's precisely what I had in mind.

Just a wild guess: try IEFix v. 1.6 after applying SESP3b3. If that doesn't work, you might try v. 1.5, before giving up this idea. IEFix has worked miracles for me in the past.

Did you try to rebuild your Fonts cache? Easiest way to do it is with TweakUI.

It's complicated... There is some support for PCI-e cards. It's worked OK for some and just didn't work for others. You can take your chances. But I think a GeForce 8 is too much risky. Now, if I were you, I'd try harder to get an AGP card before giving up. There is eBay in some places, and similar services are popping evrerywhere, so I'm sure something like that must be available to you in Romania. That's a way to widen your search beyond your city and have more options...

You can get all the necessary updates straight from the source, again, now: http://tihiy.ahanix.org/RPUpdates.html Tihiy's site is back online!!!

April 26th, 2009 is RP9_1_0_RTM all right. My own copy is from April 25th, and you've just beaten me to uploading it.

Too bad the CDFS patch rloew made won't work under Win95 (BenoitRen is gonna be disappointed). Win95 can support DVDs with the appropriate DVD hardware & latest DirectX drivers installed under W95. His patch only works with Win98/ME. I didn't say that! I enumerated the versions it's been tested with and known to work. If you can, please test it with the appropriate CDFS.VxD from Win 95 and report. Even in case it actually doesn't work, I believe RLoew can come up with a Win 95 version. The patcher knows what to patch, I don't think it tests for version at all.

Same here. Hope it gets fixed soon.

I don't think so. Not here. What you want is a wiki, not a forum, and they are quite different things. I do think that's a nice idea. But you'd have to start the wiki, and administrate it. Of course, you can open a thread here to announce it existence, interest people in it and keep us all informed about its progress. But your last remark is not entirely true: it would require a lot of effort on the part of the wiki creator/administrator, at least in the initial phase, until it can keep going on of its own momentum. And, unless you can interst a lot of people in it quite fast, that initial phase may last longer than you might expect. And, then, there is this question to be answered: are we a big enough community to keep a wiki going on? Good luck!As for the here and now, there are cannie's tutorials. Find them here: How to install Windows 98 in modern motherboards using more than 1 GB and How to create easily a second Win98/XP in the same computer. The latter is precisely intended for people looking to do what you said you want to do. So, you shouldn't feel left alone and in the dark. Vick1111's machine is described in post #2 of the > 1 GiB list, for which there is a link in my signature. All the machine's configurations there are listed with the explicit purpose of providing good examples of configurations known to work, so that's indeed a good starting point, and I'm confident you'll have success with your own machine faster than you think. Your latest post makes me think you've already taken the right key decisions. One last thing: One can add the .NET framework (both 1.x and 2.0) at any point. So, unless you do have some important software that requires them, don't add them from the start, just for the sake of adding them. They are big and complex, and will just sit there occupying disk space. And to remove them is quite labor intensive, although it's possible. Furthermore, in a double-boot machine having XP as the other boot, you already have them in XP, so you don't really need them also in 9x/ME. Of course, this is my opinion and others will disagree.

Yes!

You need to create another key, by the name of:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders and inside it create only the entries with the non-default directory. There must be two separate entries for each of them, one in Shell Folders and one in User Shell Folders. Make sure the entries in both places are exactly equal. Now the changes will stick.

I) Let's do a somewhat more complex test, and see whether it solves your problem: 0) Backup your system! 1) Go to RLoew's Site and grab the RAM Limitation Patch Demo. 2) Install RAM Limitation Patch Demo with the /M switch. 3) Reboot into Windows and test, to see whether things now work OK or not. II) In case the above doesn't solve your problem, you might change the driver for an older one. I've discussed how to do it here. BTW, how much video RAM does your 7600GS have onboard? It's an AGP card, right? What's the AGP aperture you're using?

7-09-2009 Added under "Supported Software, Games + Hardware": * [9x/Me] Surviving Without a Virus Scanner: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133579 * Reordered some links for easier reference. Enjoy.

Glad to hear it ! Just for the record, which Hyperion driver solved it for you? And, BTW, if you ever decide to add a SATA drive, this is the right driver to use: VIA_VT6420VT8237_SerialATA_V220E.

The 524A is too new! First try the 521A, as per RetroOS suggestion. If it still gives you grief, then try the VIA_Hyperion 4in1_v456. I'd try to install it on top of the already installed driver, just to install what's missing. If this procedure doesn't work for you, then remove the previous installs and add the 456. As for USB, NUSB 3.3 should be all you need. But, in case it doesn't enable USB 2.0 for you, the you should remove just the USB 2.0 generic driver using add/remove and install VIA_USB2_V270p1-L-M. Good luck!

No, I did not. I gave you a link to the right thread, not to a specific post. My ideia was that you'd read the whole thread (it's not very long), to know more about Gavotte's Rramdisk. If you look for it there is a post there, by myself, with the latest version of Rramdisk attached. Cheers!

Yes! Moreover BHDD31.ZIP is intended for Win 98SE, not for ME.

7-07-2009 Added under "Supported Software, Games + Hardware": * How to install Windows 98 in modern motherboards using more than 1 GB: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=129983 * How to create easily a second Win98/XP in the same computer: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=118623 Enjoy.

Hi, Tim. Welcome to MSFN! You'll notice I've split your post into a new topic. This is for it to get more visibility instead of being lost at the tail of a long thread. Now on to answring your main question: Well, sort of... I guess cannie's tutorials are just what you need! Find them here: How to install Windows 98 in modern motherboards using more than 1 GB and How to create easily a second Win98/XP in the same computer. Good luck!

Most of the files inside BHDD31.ZIP are from ME. For ME, all you need is this fix: ME48BLBA.EXE. Now, the pointer I've given you is for the English version of the file, which probably works also with the chinese versions. Check the properties of your present C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS\ESDI_506.PDR: I suspect it already is an English language file. And even if it's not, the English file should work. Do back up first. Then try to apply this patch. If the patcher fails for any reason, restore your back-up and I'll help you install the patched ESDI_506.PDR from true DOS. But be sure to do it now, before you add a BIG HDD. Good luck!

Possibly. As for your other questions, the only way to try to answer them is to do some testing. And I think the first one would be, as you yourself suggested, to test the Win 2k hotfix .dll in 9x. Or you can start the way Tihiy proposed, by unregistering and renaming the file.

For the NT-family OSes that can also be achieved using the free Gavotte's Rramdisk, that you did not mention.And, believe me, it does rock!

I doubt that Windows 9X SATA-Raid drivers are available for many of the newer motherboards. I also found that in at least one motherboard, using SATA-Raid mode disabled my Adaptec SCSI Card from booting. I agree that IDE Compatability mode is more complicated. I had to write a Patch and .INF file to make it work properly, but it works on my newest motherboards. I'm not sure what VIA Driver you are using, but the 2003 Miniport Driver has a bug in it. You wouldn't see it since you are using a WD Drive. What .mpd are you referring to? Is it this one:http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/RAID...alATA_V220E.zip? If so, can you describe the bug in more detail, please? Why does it depend on the HDD manufacturer to manifest itself?And, yes, I do agree that most of today's boards don't have any SATA drivers. I think, BTW, that the chipset in wsxedcrfv's board is the very last VIA chipset that works with the .mpd I've just pointed to. Also BTW, does your SATA patch to esdi_506.pdr work with the LLXX patched .pdrs? It'd be nice if it did. You've mentioned before your SATA.INF alone suffices for the ECS GeForce6100SM-M2. Is it true for all nForce4 boards or just a special case?