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Arminius

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  1. Interesting result from installing Maximus-Decim Native USB Drivers. My SanDisk Digital Audio Player model SDMX1 appeared to be dead. I had copied some files from it to my 98SE box but after that it no longer worked. Despite reconnecting and rebooting the 98SE box a few times the mp3 player was dead as a doornail. I connected it to my W2K box but the player didn't power up there either even though it had always worked before. I installed a fresh battery but there were no signs of life. I had been using the player that way for five years but now it was a goner. Then I uninstalled the dedicated Sandisk drivers from the 98SE box and finally got around to installing Maximus-Decim Native USB Drivers version 3.3. I connected the SanDisk player and all of a sudden it was jolted out of its coma. It worked again. Whatever the new drivers did they breathed new life into the carcass of my mp3 player, a fresh stream of data entering it's circuitry. Thanks.
  2. Wow! This is getting heavy. All I can say about files transfered from an XP/w2k box to a 98 box is that I only have to change the first letter of an 8.3 file name from upper case to lower case and the rest of the letters automatically become lower case as well. The exception is when the file name begins with a number instead of a letter, then I have to retype the entire file name in lower case.
  3. I hope you didn't buy that board for the expressed purpose of running 98SE on it. The way things are these days you would be lucky if they have Win 2000 drivers for it. If you want to use 98SE because you have an old application you want to run you could try Windows 2000 or XP and Virtual PC 2004 and install 98SE on that. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3243 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC
  4. There may be no "disable SATA" option per se, rather the SATA channel will become disabled by selecting "Legacy IDE" or "PATA" only (the terminology varies) instead of enabling either of these two in addition to SATA. You should see an immediate change in the virtual memory dialogue box. I really don't like installing 9x on very large partitions myself. I would suggest you go no larger than 32GB, get 98SE installed and working, and then use one of the free disk utilities to enlarge the partition if you must. If you start over from scratch as I suspect you may have to, I suggest you try installing the large IDE update 243450 on 98FE before trying to update to 98SE. http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/5638-6151/W98/EN-US/243450USA8.EXE After you get 98SE installed I suggest installing 243450 again as 98SE and 98FE have different versions of the updated file inside the same installer. I also recommend installing the Windows IDE hard drive cache package 273017 for 98SE. http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/11956/W98/EN-US/273017USA8.EXE These updates may not help much with your problem but you seem to have several issues going on at the same time. A bit of history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
  5. Either you bought your Gateway in early 2002 or it came with 98SE. XP wasn't released until the last quarter of 2001. I don't mean to nitpick but my point is that your memory is flawed about what you did before. It happens to everybody at one time or another. I remember something about that infrared thing myself on a Pentium 4 board I installed 98SE then ME on earlier this year. I did the things I mentioned in my previous post among others and it went away. I don't remember which exactly. I think it may be 98's way of reporting on a motherboard resource it cannot accurately interpret because the technology is newer than 98 itself. At this point I would suggest biting the bullet and buying a used Pentium 4 box which you know has drivers for 98SE. I think the Intel 865 chipset may have been the last by Intel to have chipset drivers for 98SE. The only thing to do is make sure that the motherboard components have drivers for 98SE as well. You should be able to upgrade to a 3.0 GHz P4 though I found few benefits of going with a CPU that fast with 98 when a 2.4 GHz would serve just as well. The Intel 845 chipset is no slouch either. You should be able to get something decent for about $50 if you are a smart shopper, including a reasonable 98SE compatible graphics card for the games you intend to play. Get yourself a nice 19 or 21 inch CRT monitor while you still can and enjoy. So many nice CRT monitors are being dumped and crushed for copper recovery these days even though they work perfectly well. It's kind of sad.
  6. First of all, 98 recognizes DVD drives just fine. I would be willing to bet one of those "motherboard resources" is for USB 2.0 for which there are unofficial drivers. If you are using an IDE hard drive I would suggest disabling SATA support in the BIOS.
  7. Shell32.dll with the older style icons has more of a 98/W2k look, that's all.
  8. I'm not sure what's going on at your end loblo but I just checked and the file is still there. In the mean time I will have a look at the MediaFire website. I have had a rapidshare account for a couple of years but it is becoming increasingly user unfriendly. Edit: Ok, try this MediaFire link http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1unia81qe01bq05
  9. Recently I have been experimenting with Win ME and Oppcomme to uninstall ME's "uninstallable" components. I wasn't happy about the fact that uninstalling PC Health left ME's help system broken even though I almost never use Windows help. I looked into EXPLORER.EXE and SHELL32.DLL and found they are easy to modify so they access the Windows CHM help system instead, the same way it worked in previous versions of Windows. It was a simple matter of editing a single string in each file. Modded EXPLORER.EXE accesses Windows CHM help files from the Start Menu help link. I included a modest version number upgrade from 5.50.4134.100 to 5.50.4134.101 Modded SHELL32.DLL accesses Windows CHM help from "Help Topics" in the Windows Explorer drop down help menu. Version number upgrade from 5.50.4134.100 to 5.50.4134.101 I never liked the newer ME/XP style icon for file types with no association and I prefered the older 98/W2k Taskbar icon over the newer ME design. Therefore I made an additional mod to SHELL32.DLL restoring the older icons along with the help fix. Version number upgrade from 5.50.4134.100 to 5.50.4134.102 I also made modded versions starting with Anonymous's fixed ME SHELL32.DLL version 5.50.4134.120. Modded SHELL32.DLL version numbers upgraded to 5.50.4134.121 for the help fix and 5.50.4134.122 for the help fix plus old style icons. Unfortunately Rapidshare's waiting period for free users is becoming increasingly draconian, but here they are. https://rapidshare.com/files/1055231072/Me_help_mods.rar The download includes instructions for an easy install method making use of WININIT.INI files. At least I know it works when PC Health and System Restore have been uninstalled. I have used these modded files on an experimental basis with no ill effects, however they have not undergone rigorous testing so care is advised. These files may also be of interest to people who use option 3 of 98SE2ME. This is where the standard disclaimer goes about no warranty either made or implied. Use these files at your own risk. All mods were made using a registered copy of eXeScope.
  10. WAIT?!?!?! you want one of us to pay 40+ dollars just to send you an image??? Yes, but I don't know why EMS Professional Software doesn't show prices for some items like MSWIN95011228. Have you tried to contact them? I remember seeing that page over five years ago. I don't think that site has been updated since Win 95 was Microsoft's latest OS.
  11. The OP sounds like a collector. The thing that surprises me is that he didn't specify the exact version of win95 or that it be in Spanish, the language of his country. I suggest one of the OS collecting forums. I don't think the rules permit me to post a link here so I suggest googling for them.
  12. I tried Stinger on 98SE last year to see if it still worked. It worked ok but it also deleted entries in the registry for another old McAfee app I have installed causing it to stop working. Reinstalling the app fixed the problem but sheesh!!!
  13. I only use 98SE offline these days and use W2k to go online with. Even so I have experienced the same symptoms you have described using Opera 11.10 and Shockwave Flash 10.1 on W2k. Some flash content causes my virus scanner (Symantec) to scan it furiously causing temporary freezes and gobbling up practically all the rest of the 512MB of RAM. The only way I can get out of it at times is to open task manager and shut Opera down. Sometimes I can restart Opera and "continue from last time" and it will work ok but I always close unnecessary tabs before they are fully reloaded. I suspect the AV on your laptop might also be partly to blame for your problem.
  14. There has been another security update to L3codecx.ax, the second this year. A point upgrade from version 1.6.0.51 to 1.6.0.52. Don't know how relevant it would be to 9x users because the security bulletin talks about gaining "user rights" on NT based systems. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-052.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2115168/en-us The file can be extracted from the unofficial Win2k 2115168 update: http://www.mediafire.com/?zbyaab5m4u7qut3 or else you can copy the file from an updated XP computer. XP, 2000, and 95/98 always used the same version. Tested on 98SE and works as the previous update did.
  15. To be honest, I think April 2014 won't come soon enough. What's your hurry? Would you be willing to forfeit four years off the end of your lifespan if Microsoft EOLed XPSP3 today? Coffee? I guess you've never been on the Bolivian Altiplano with a wad of coca leaves in your mouth.
  16. (5-11-98) is the date stamp for files from 98FE English language edition and (4-23-99) is the date stamp for files from 98SE English. Nothing significant there. Did you check for a BIOS update at the manufacturers website? If you already have the final version then write down your BIOS settings, turn off and unplug the laptop, remove the battery, then open the case and remove the CMOS battery. Press the power switch for a few seconds. Reinstall the CMOS battery and put everything back together. This may not fix anything but I came across two computers recently that had problems because of corrupt BIOS settings. One was a laptop which didn't allocate the correct amount of RAM to the on board graphics and the other was a desktop which would not power up at all until I did what I said above.
  17. Yes, the Win 2000 minimum requirement has been there for a few months at least. I first noticed it when 10.2 was in beta. A bit further along in the Opera forum was this comment from Rijk from the Opera development team. "- if there is a way to fix it without too much trouble, we'll try to do that, but lack of Win98 support isn't a showstopper." http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/12861402?startidx=50#comment31745912 I think that will be the best we can expect.
  18. I think the GeForce 5xxx series was the last one that had official drivers for Win98. I don't know about Radeon. If you are going to to upgrade the graphics card to a more powerful one you should consider upgrading the CPU as well to get the most benefit out of it. A Pentium III 500 MHz is marginal at best. Is your PIII a slot 1? If so, 1000 MHz is as high as you can go and 1000 MHz slot 1 CPUs with a 100 MHz FSB are kind of scarce and not cheap. Your second best bet would be a PIII 850 MHz (not too common either). That is unless you go for a socket 370 to slot 1 adapter. All this upgrading would soon add up to some money. Sometimes you can buy an entire and later model computer (including a graphics card) for less than the price of a graphics card for your system alone. On the other hand, a lot of hardware from the 440BX era is getting thrown away. If you are lucky you may be able to pick up the parts you need for next to nothing.
  19. I played the avi's that came on the Windows 95 and 98 CDs using WMP6.4 and the new L3CODECX.AX and had no problem. I tested L3CODECA.ACM as a decoder using 1BY1 Directory Player and MP3 Direct Cut, and as an encoder using CDex, Audiograbber, and the old FhG MPEG Layer-3 Producer. They worked fine except I just found out that FhG MPEG Layer-3 Producer only recognizes the first L3 ACM codec listed under [drivers32] in the SYSTEM.INI file and ignores entries lower down. It may be relevant to what I said earlier about encoder "priority" if other encoding apps have the same foible. I don't expect any dramas with the new codecs. It seems that either they work or they don't, as was the case with L3CODECP.ACM v. 3,4,0,0 from WMP11 not being recognized on 9x systems.
  20. That is what I call double indemnity. Before the security update came out I would have said you can remove the line msacm.L3codec=L3CODECP.ACM and just have the one line msacm.L3acm=L3CODECP.ACM However, because of the security update I recommend you change the line msacm.L3acm=L3CODECP.ACM to msacm.L3acm=L3CODECA.ACM and keep the line msacm.L3codec=L3CODECP.ACM Don't add another line msacm.l3acm=L3CODECA.ACM The line msacm.L3acm=L3CODECA.ACM should be higher in the list than msacm.L3codec=L3CODECP.ACM That will give L3CODECA.ACM a higher priority over L3CODECP.ACM as a decoder while still giving you access to the full range of bit rates when you want to use L3CODECP.ACM as an encoder. Check this out: Control Panel-->Multimedia-->Devices Tab-->Audio Compression Codecs--> Click on individual codec entries and then "Properties" to view the priority of each codec.
  21. CharlesF is correct. It is a straight forward file replacement. The odds are you have them installed on your system. If the new files don't work then you have bigger problems. Some info: L3CODECX.AX is native to Win98. It should be there and working unless you don't have any version of WMP installed at all (including the one that came with Win98). The story behind L3CODECA.ACM is more complicated. Originally L3CODECA.ACM was installed as part of the WMFDIST.EXE, later it was also included with WMP7 and WMP9. For Win98 to recognize L3CODECA.ACM it requires the following entry in the SYSTEM.INI file in the [drivers32] section: msacm.l3acm=l3codeca.acm There is (was) a separate entry for L3CODECP.ACM : msacm.l3codec=l3codecp.acm With both entries both codecs are available to third party encoder front ends like CDex. The WMP6.4 installer is annoying because it deletes L3CODECP.ACM and removes the entry from the SYSTEM.INI file if it finds it on your system. A lame attempt by MS to remove the Radium codec from peoples systems? Or the old L3CODECP.ACM v1,0,0,48 which could only encode as high as 128kbps ?? The WMP7 installer has a different strategy. If it finds L3CODECP.ACM on your system L3CODECA.ACM will still be copied to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder but the two above entries in the SYSTEM.INI file are replaced with a single entry: msacm.l3acm=l3codecp.acm L3CODECP.ACM becomes the codec used by WMP7 and third party apps that rely on it. L3CODECA.ACM resides on your system but goes unused. Whether you have one entry or two in the SYSTEM.INI file depends on what you have installed and the order you installed them. I can't say for sure what the WMP9 installer does if it finds L3CODECP.ACM on your system because I never ever installed it. My guess would be that it handles it the same way the WMP7 installer does. Once I moved from Win98FE to Win98SE I had enough of WMP7 bloat and Winamp 2's microscopic buttons so decided to use 1BY1 to play audio files. I use WMP6.4 and JetAudio to play everything else.
  22. L3codeca.acm and l3codecp.acm are both encoder/decoders. L3codeca.acm is the "advanced" version which can only encode up to 56kbps, and l3codecp.acm is the "professional" version which can encode all the way up to 320kbps. Depending on the entries in the SYSTEM.INI file, if you have l3codecp.acm installed your system might not utilize l3codeca.acm at all. True, l3codecx.ax is a decoder only.
  23. Ten years after they were released Microsoft decided to update l3codeca.acm and l3codecx.ax because of a security vulnerability rated as "critical". http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977816/en-us http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-026.mspx I downloaded the update for Win2000 and it was a simple matter of extracting the contents of the installer and copying the new codecs to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder in 98SE. They work as they should from what I can tell. Download page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F6394FC2-B9D0-46CF-9265-A0D4AEB1448F The old version of l3codecx.ax I had installed was 1,5,0,50 with the timestamp 1-May-2002 18:51:36. The new version is 1,6,0,51. Updating WinME may be a little trickier as the version number of l3codecx.ax that shipped with it is 1,9,0,0311 for some reason. The updated l3codeca.acm is a straight forward point upgrade. The new version 1,9,0,0306 replacing the old 1,9,0,0305. No word on whether l3codecp.acm v 3,3,2,44 which so many people have installed on their system has a similar security flaw.
  24. I hope this question isn't impertinent but why would you want to use 98FE anyway if you have drivers for 98SE readily available? I used 98FE for five years before I moving on to 98SE and see no point in going back to FE unless you have some kind of experiment in mind, particularly when you mentioned modding the installers or the drivers themselves. If you wanted to install 95OSR2 I find it easier to understand. That said, I wonder if this would work: 1)First install 98FE. 2)Then upgrade to 98SE using an upgrade or full retail CD. 3)Next install the 98SE drivers. 4)Then go back to 98FE by uninstalling 98SE. Presumably anything that was not part of the upgrade itself would remain installed. Or would it??? It depends on whether the post-upgrade third party registry entries are preserved during the 98SE uninstall. How does it usually work when uninstalling a Windows upgrade? Even if this method were to work there is a chance some of the drivers for 98SE may not work properly with 98FE.
  25. Hmm.... the mystery deepens. Come to think of it I never ever installed IE 6x on 98SE. I did use IE6 and IE6SP1 on 98FE for a while though and was not too happy with them.
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