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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    RP 9.1.2 and Norton Antivirus 2005 don't seem to get along at all, I got to install NAV with no issues, but running the program itself resulted in overall system crashes with complete halt other than moving mouse cursor.

    I uninstalled RP and things work perfectly now. I've not tried to reinstall RP, but I believe it not to work like before uninstall.

    I'll be uninstalling NAV as soon as the new virus definitions get downloaded, so I can add them to the DOS part of NAV I stripped out to do some sweet full system scans and file repairs in pure DOS where no viruses run anymore ^^

    So far RP has only caused major problems with NAV2005 for me, and inconveniences with Miranda IM 8.x in form of black icons.

    As the previous three posts have discussed, beta2 (9.1.2) is more unstable than beta1 (9.1.1).

    beta1 (9.1.1) is very stable from what I've experienced.

    Actually, I've been running for a while without the GDI Heap Extender (that is, just RP 9.1.0).

    During this time, I had a number of occasions where I blew out the Windows resources, especially in Firefox 3.5.5, where I had no problem with beta1 (9.1.1).

    So... I now have beta1 (9.1.1) installed again and generally more stable than without - probably because of less resource exhaustion crashes.

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    Last Versions of Software for Windows 98SE

    in Pinned Topics regarding 9x/ME

    Posted

    ONGD - FREE - Avast! 4 Home (4.8.1367) --- http://www.avast.com

    In fact, I just forced a Win98SE box to update its program, and it now tells me that the Avast! version is 4.8.1368. Good on Avast!

    I just had a look at the avast! revision history. It appears that they broke 9x support in 4.8.1367 and then fixed it in 4.8.1368.

    I was using 4.8.1356 and then today updated to 4.8.1368, so I never saw any problems.

    Well, at least they are currently proactive with 9x compatibility. :thumbup

    avast! 4 Home/Professional Revision History

    Version 4.8.1368

    November 27, 2009

    - now compatible with Windows 95/98 again

    Version 4.8.1367

    November 25, 2009

    - improvements in the malware URL blockers

    - solved a vulnerability in aswRdr.sys (CVE-2009-4049) (special thanks to Giuseppe Bonfa)

    Version 4.8.1356

    September 25, 2009

    - solved a memory leak in the GZIP unpacker

    - solved vulnerabilities in AavmKer4.sys, aswMon2.sys and ashWsFtr.dll (special thanks to Giuseppe Bonfa, Alex and Maxim A. Kulakov)

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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    GDI Heap Extender is a technology aimed to improve Windows 98/Me system capability to load more programs and run more stable by extending available GDI resources.

    Download:

    http://tihiy.ahanix.org/rpXbeta2.zip

    With the new rpXbeta2 dr watson is now running all the time, can't find how it is getting loaded to shut it down on startup.

    Doesn't work with System Tool, and can't find in registry where its loaded?

    Thanks,Charlie

    Yeah, the last beta2 is unstable, more so than beta1.

    So... use rpXbeta1.

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    Last Versions of Software for Windows 98SE

    in Pinned Topics regarding 9x/ME

    Posted

    UPDATE on DVDFab:

    Well, it looks like they finally edited their download webpage, http://dvdfab.com/download.htm , and deleted the "98/ME" in the O/S requirement box. It was there like 1 or 2 weeks ago. I have not tried the latest DVDFab stable version yet (v6.0.7.0), because I am redoing my 98SE box. I had an unfortunate harddisk issue and I didn't have a backup. Anyway, from what I gather, 98/ME support was probably dropped/broken when version 6.x was started earlier this year, but someone probably just forgot to change the system requirements to reflect that.

    Ironically, DVDFab version 5.1.1.0, back in November 2008, restored 98/Me functionality:

    Fix: Windows 98/Me support was broken for some time, and now it's back.

    There is also a DVDFab 6.1.x beta, but I doubt that, and later stable versions, will fully work with 98/Me. Someone will probably have to change the list in this thread to say that DVDFab will only work from version 5.x and earlier (I don't know about early DVDFab 6.x versions though).

    The last version 5.x (supposedly) of DVDFab is 5.2.5.0 (April 2009). It is available on Old Apps:

    http://www.oldapps.com/dvdfab.php?old_dvdfab=1

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    Driver Packs for Windows 95,98/98SE,ME

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    ...

    Got a question about exactly how do I use these Win 98 Driver Packs?...I get the impression that every driver for Win 98 is in those seven downloads. Is this correct? thanks ...

    Most motherboard related hardware drivers for Windows 98SE are there.

    Each driver pack has INF files for various hardware.

    Read the first post for more information.

    If you install a new piece of hardware and Windows asks for a driver, you can point to each (extracted) driver pack until it finds the driver, ...or doesn't.

    Also, in Device Manager, the driver packs can be used to install drivers for unknown devices (if they exist).

    Some of this topic focuses on using MSBATCH.INF to integrate the driver packs into a Windows 98SE install CD.

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    Driver Packs for Windows 95,98/98SE,ME

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Last Versions of Software for Windows 98SE

    in Pinned Topics regarding 9x/ME

    Posted · Edited by RetroOS

    ...I don't understand, did they take away 9x support? I can't even find that mentioned at infrarecorder.org and their changelogs...

    No mention. They just plain stopped compiling an ANSI version after 0.45!

    Up until then, they had both ANSI and Unicode versions.

    I did try the latest Unicode version with KernelEx and it seemed to load to the GUI okay, but I did not test it any further.

    ...Did you go all the way through a process and... then burn the copy to disc without a messed up Windows?...

    Actually, I just checked that it would start up to the GUI - sorry. I'll have to test it out properly.

    The previous version I had was 5.2.3.2.

    The installer grew about 60% in size between 5.x and 6.x.

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    question about the theme manager in 98/me

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    is there anyway to get the theme manager that comes with windows me to remember to load the theme i choose?it will remember the icons/cusors/wall ect... and even the sysmetrics of the lameskin but will not load the lameskin bitmaps and just reverts back to classic with the sysmetrics of the lameskin.

    if there is no way for this maybe someone could make one or fix the one from microsoft to work.

    it would be nice to be able to load a complete theme without having to reapply the skin for each.

    thanks for your time and hopfully a reply to this.

    You refer to LameSkin. This was replaced by UberSkin, and then by Revolutions Pack 9:

    http://www.msfn.org/board/revolutions-pack-9-t131040.html

    I suggest removing LameSkin, and then installing Revolutions Pack 9.

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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    GDI Heap Extender Beta 2 Testing

    ...

    The first test I left my batch file loading up all the IE sessions (with fifteen second pauses between) and came back about ten minutes later to find that Windows had rebooted and was sitting at the desktop.

    The second test started to exhaust the GDI Heap and some graphics on web pages were missing.

    ...

    I also had several hangs in Microsoft Word 2002 (XP), although I've had this in the past, so I cannot conclusively link it to GDI Heap Extender. It seems to come and go over time, and I've never identified what causes it. It only happens in Word.

    ...

    Well, I've since had a hang in IE6 and a hang in WinDVD - these hangs all required the power button.

    Also, after some minutes of using Thunderbird 2.0.0.23, the graphics and buttons started to scramble until it was not possible to make out what to click on.

    I've rolled back to Beta 1 and so far no problems.

    I've been using Thunderbird for hours selectively transferring, and filing in folders, e-mails from an old webmail account.

    No problem whatsoever.

    Beta 1 was very stable, so if it continues to be, then I'll know that the previous issues are Beta 2 and not something else.

    I'll keep testing with Beta 1 and post results.

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    Maximus-Decim Native USB Drivers

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    I've been using NUSB for some versions.

    Today I bought a NEC chipset 5-port USB 2.0 seperately powered PCI card to use in place of my VIA USB 1.1 onboard.

    I plugged the card and power in, and started up Windows 98SE.

    Taking only a few seconds, the card was detected and installed!

    All my USB devices now work at MAX speed.

    NUSB is the best! :w00t:

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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    RetroOS sites test seems to be very useful. I didn't find leak but on second test run apps start to hang.

    So avoid Beta 2 for now.

    Edit: or not, it's just adobe.com which hangs frequently for no reason.

    Actually, I should have mentioned why I stopped using ibm.com in my test list...

    In Firefox, after all the tabs (previously saved) loaded up, I would switch through the tabs before reporting the final GDI usage.

    In Beta 1, when I got to the ibm.com tab, the Flash animation was running (dolphins), but I could no longer change tabs or close Firefox.

    At this point I had to shutdown and restart Windows.

    For the sake of completing my testing, I substituted ibm.com with epson.com.

    Sorry... probably important information?

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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted · Edited by RetroOS

    GDI Heap Extender Beta 2 Testing

    Using the same tests as Beta 1, I get worse results.

    Beta 1 (start - during - after):

    IE: 98 - 45 - 98

    FF: 98 - 84 - 98

    Beta 2 (start - during - after):

    IE: 97 - 31 - 95 (note leaked resources)

    FF: 97 - 82 - 97

    I did three tests with IE (always a fresh restart before each test).

    The first test I left my batch file loading up all the IE sessions (with fifteen second pauses between) and came back about ten minutes later to find that Windows had rebooted and was sitting at the desktop.

    The second test started to exhaust the GDI Heap and some graphics on web pages were missing.

    The third test appeared to go okay.

    I did two Firefox tests with comparible results to Beta 1.

    I also had several hangs in Microsoft Word 2002 (XP), although I've had this in the past, so I cannot conclusively link it to GDI Heap Extender. It seems to come and go over time, and I've never identified what causes it. It only happens in Word.

    I do however think that Beta 2 is not as stable as Beta 1.

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... :(

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    GDI Heap Extender

    in Windows 9x Member Projects

    Posted

    GDI Heap Extender Beta 1 Testing

    GDI Heap Extender - Testing Beta0

    ...

    On one occasion, after several minutes of switching between tabs, the icons, tabs and other smaller graphics became corrupted. Icons on the Desktop were masked against random bits of web page graphics.

    On this same occasion, there was noticible sluggishness even when the apps were closed.

    However, I have not been able to reproduce this after a restart.

    Generally stable. No problems with restarts. Haven't tried a shutdown.

    While testing Beta 0 refresh, I've again seen the identical problem above, also in Firefox, although 3.5.2 now.

    This time, there was only one tab while listing a large number of files on sourceforge.net.

    No apparent issues in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and other apps.

    I have done some shutdowns now, and have once seen a really cool shutdown crash!

    With Beta 0 refresh, Windows 98SE seems faster - perhaps my imagination?

    Firstly Tihiy, I'm very sorry for misleading you with the Firefox problem. :blushing:

    I've found that the exact same problem occurs with GDI Heap Extender disabled...

    So, it would appear that this particular problem I have is unrelated to GDI Heap Extender.

    That being said, Beta 1 is really stable!

    Good work Tihiy!

    Test results with Beta 1 (basically the same as Beta 0):

    Testing with Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Firefox 3.5.2 using the following sites concurrently:

    (note that this list differs slightly to previous testing in that I've swapped ibm.com for epson.com due to some issues I was having with ibm.com)

    microsoft.com - msfn.org - symantec.com - avast.com - adobe.com - lenovo.com - amazon.com - ebay.com - mozilla.com - creative.com - epson.com

    Without GDI Heap Extender

    IE: starting GDI: 97 - during test: 20 - after closing: 90 :}

    FF: starting GDI: 97 - during test: 79 - after closing: 97

    With GDI Heap Extender Beta 1

    IE: starting GDI: 98 - during test: 45 - after closing: 98

    FF: starting GDI: 98 - during test: 84 - after closing: 98

    One point to note, is that without GDI Heap Extender, IE does not relinquish all of it's GDI resources.

    This problem is solved while using GDI Heap Extender :)

    Also, with GDI Heap Extender enabled, the free system GDI is slighty higher.

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