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I've run Flash 10 since it was released with Firefox 3.0.x and now 3.5.x (with current Flash 10.0.22.87). I don't remember having any crashes with it... I'm running the English versions of Windows 98SE and Firefox 3.x.

Hi imai, Use VIA Hyperion Pro 5.21a: http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/via_hyperionpro_v521a.zip I too have discovered that more recent versions have problems installing some components on Windows 9x.

Did you try the same file replace using the 82.69 drivers? Since these are the core driver files, I wonder if the 82.69 widescreen support will get crippled? At least using this method, the OpenGL driver will not be replaced, although I wonder if there are any problems with the version mismatch... I've experimented before with replacing 80 series files with 77.72 version files, and often I got issues because the driver set was version mismatched... Anyway, nice work finding the short list of files to replace.

Excellent! Don't you just dig that old Microsoft logo? I still have some old Microsoft manuals lying around somewhere with that logo on them!

One could even say that Windows 3.1x was the end of the original Windows trunk, and that NT 3.1 onwards was a branch followed later by Windows 95 as another parallel branch. One has to admit though, that NT was the result of MS OS/2 1.3. Afterall, Windows NT was orginally going to be called Microsoft NT OS/2... It was because of the success of Windows 3.0 and various issues with the joint venture with IBM, that the upcoming NT OS/2 3.0 'merged' with Windows to become Windows NT 3.1, and Microsoft left IBM to continue IBM OS/2 2.0. In many ways, Windows NT was Microsoft OS/2 with Windows compatibility, look, and feel. However, with NT 4.0, Microsoft dropped the driver for the OS/2 HPFS file system, and somewhat redesigned the kernel to allow them to finally drop the MS OS/2 1.3 kernel layer with Windows XP/2003. Call it a fetish, but I just plain like Windows 98SE! I've used every version of Windows from 2 to 7 and I still like 98SE... (What was there to like about Windows 2 with mono or four colour CGA anyway?) I never could get Windows 1.0 running...

I second that! - Yes, yes, yes! GDI heap extender and User heap extender will be awesome! RP10 will be some pack indeed! BTW, nice tip about how to increase the GDI 32-bit heap.

Point taken. I've toned down my previous rant... I agree! I think the NT family (Professional/Business) is ideal for a business environment. It's just a shame that Microsoft abandoned the 9x family. Calling Windows XP Home a replacement for Windows Me (or any 9x), is a slight on home users! If Microsoft call restricting access to security permissions to Safe Mode only, progress, then I think they've lost the point of the 'NT line'... Hmm, you've given me an idea of some more tests to try...

Update I've been using Microsoft SyncToy to do incremental synchronisation backups of my Windows 98SE PC. Since it would not run on 98SE (even with KernelEx), I've run it from Windows XP on another PC. I access shares on the Windows 98SE PC. What I've found is that the 4GiB-512 bytes files copy with no issue from Windows 98SE on the Windows XP PC via Microsoft Networking (SMB). I was also able to copy a 4GiB-512 bytes file back to a Windows 98SE share, on Windows XP, again with no problem. I then successfully compared the original file on 98SE with the copy made from XP. This makes the original problem even more odd. However, I have a different problem that I have discovered with Microsoft Networking when copying on Windows XP from Windows 98SE. Some special characters in filenames on Windows 98SE appear on XP as invalid, and are replaced with underscores (_). Examples are ®, ø, ’, ³, ™, " " (yes really, some 'spaces' are invalid!!!), —, •, –. This causes a file read error since the filename is now incorrect... Short of renaming the offending filenames on Windows 98SE, I'm not sure if there is any solution to this... [rant] Remember: - Windows NT family is Microsoft Operating System/2 (MS OS/2 deceptively named evolved into Windows 3.x, 4.x, and so on) - Windows 9x family is the real improved original Windows - Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x (9x) It is obvious now, that there are fundamental incompatibilities between NT and 9x Microsoft Networking file naming. [/rant]

Works for me.

I've only got these two entries too. It did not happen in RC1 and installing RP9 fixes the problem in RC2...

See the old Microsoft Research page (still at Microsoft): http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/msripv6/ MSRIPv6 - We released the first version of our implementation, MSRIPv6 1.0, early in 1998. We have continued to improve our implementation and have made several subsequent releases as we added new features. And here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projec...v6/msripv6.aspx This release runs on NT 4 and on Windows 2000. At this time, Microsoft Research has no plans to support this experimental stack on Windows 95 or Windows 98. Also: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projec...6/versions.aspx Note that even MSRIPv6 1.0 refers to tcpip6.sys. Windows 9x uses VxD and DLL files for the TCP/IP stack. I really do not think Microsoft ever created an experimental release for Windows 9x...

The transition to IPv6 will take a looooong time. It will be years yet before IPv4 starts to phase out. There is so much hardware and software that does not use IPv6 and that will need replacing... I think Windows 9x users will have more pressing issues. Like finding hardware that will work with 9x after current hardware fails.

Here is a Wayback Machine link that has various IPv6 files including Hitachi Toolnet6. Apparently Hitachi Toolnet6 only works on NE-2000 or 3COM Etherlink III network chipsets (or compatible)... See here: http://web.archive.org/web/20041208022720/...ork/pexv6-e.htm Here is a (Japanese) link for Toolnet6 install instructions: http://www.ukkii.com/ipv6/win32/win9598.html Use Google Translate to read it (unless you can read Japanese). You may find this blog (part off) quite interesting: http://petertattam.com/?cat=9 BTW, the file link in the blog is dead because it's been updated: http://www.tndh.net/~tony/ietf/IPv4%20Addr...0Map-070918.pdf And... this will explain where Trumpet Winsock got to: http://petertattam.com/?page_id=2 And... follow the link to here: http://www.tattsoft.com/ You can download Trumpet Winsock shareware versions (30 day) from: http://archive.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/trumpet/winsock/ BTW, this is the Microsoft IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

According to the KernelEx 4.0 RC2 release notes: - change: KernelEx will first load any other MPRServices before initializing I expect this change has something to do with the start-up problems some people are getting. It would appear that it fixes some things, but introduces new problems.

Feature Request: Product: GIMP 2.6.6 (based on GTK+ 2.16) GTK+ support for Windows 9x was phased out after 2.6.10-20050823. GIMP support for Windows 9x was dropped after 2.2.17. Description: GNU Image Manipulation Program Download: http://www.gimp.org/ Apparent missing exports: KERNEL32.DLL GlobalMemoryStatusEx GetVolumePathNameW VerSetConditionMask VerifyVersionInfoA GDI32.DLL GetFontUnicodeRanges GetGlyphIndicesW WINSPOOL.DRV GetDefaultPrinterW

No, the project has not been abandoned, just a website problem. The website and download links are back on-line again.

Two such core features, System Restore and System File Protection, were in their infancy, did not work very well, and were too much of an overhead. Successful, stable operation of Windows Me, is possible by disabling (not so easy) these 'features' and applying all updates. Yes, some people have had a good run with Windows Me as is, but generally it was not as reliable out-of-the-box.

It was web pages with java applets. For example, the Sun Java test page shows a blank space where the java information and test animation should be. See: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

Currently Java 6u7 works with or without KernelEx: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...st&p=779193 Download from here: http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u7/index.html With KernelEx, it is possible to install Java 6u10 and newer, but there are currently problems with applets not running. I am running, and have been since it's release, Java 6u7. It works very well and is faster than Java 5. I have tested Java 6u10 through 6u13, but the current limitations on Windows 9x make them unsuitable for many Java based web pages.

Thank you blackwire! So obvious! That works as designed. No more rebooting every time I have to do a print out. And thanks Xeno86 for providing the disable option in KEx 4!

Generally KernelEx 4.0 RC2 has been running very well. Perhaps a little delayed, but I have been attempting to isolate these problems: Issue report: OS: Windows 98SE + 98SE2ME including Option 3 Me Explorer/Shell Issue 1 (Solved) KX: 4.0.11 (RC1) and 4.0.12 (RC2) with or without RP9 - no problem in earlier 0.3.x versions. Printer: Epson Stylus Photo R290 Driver: 7.1bE If I want to print something, I normally turn on the printer and after a few moments when the printer has initialised, start printing. However, ever since installing KEx 4, the printing hangs, requiring a Windows restart (and ending some un-named processes). Workaround (works most times): After starting Windows, but before any applications have been opened, go into the printer properties, and the Main tab, then wait for the ink levels to appear. If the ink levels don't appear, then it has hung again requiring a Windows restart, otherwise printing will work normally until the printer is turned off. Solution Update: Set Compatibility tab for spool32.exe to Disable KernelEx extensions for this program. Issue 2 KX: 4.0.12 (RC2) - no problem with earlier versions Many times when starting Windows, the wallpaper will appear and then nothing. The mouse cursor moves but no other activity. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del once does nothing, twice shows a "Windows is busy" blue screen. Pressing a key, gives the Task Manager. Task Manager shows only one process - mprexe (not responding). After I end this task, there is some disk activity then nothing again. Then Ctrl-Alt-Del again as above, but this time it shows msgsrv32 (not responding). After ending this task, nothing - I have to restart. Workaround: Install Revolutions Pack 9 (with KernelEx 4.0 RC2) (!)

In short, 98SE2ME pulls the best bits out of Me and transplants them into 98SE. The Me kernel stays where it is - we don't want that! Over 700 98SE files are replaced with Me files. Many Me files are simply continued improvements to 98SE files. It's the "new" Me core features, many that we don't want, that are left behind. What you end up with is the newest code builds available for the 9x system files. That means things like better hardware/software compatibility, bug fixes, performance improvements, feature enhancements, and so on.

DC=Device Context See some info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa925824.aspx http://www.mvps.org/user32/gditutorial.html

Zoinkity posted "NT versions" plural, so he means the NT line in general.

You could try installing the Unofficial 98SE Service Pack 3.0 beta 3: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61749