Herry_D

Hi. I started using Win 98SE at the end of Oct, but in that time I came across an invaluable piece of information: Norton Ghost 2003. The last to use DOS. Look here: http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl? and here: http://www.helpscreen.com.au/forum.php?msg...p;enotifypost=1 and here: http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1150190239/9#7 The concensus I got from all of the (MANY) posts I've read on a bunch of forums is this... Make a big "D" partition as a holding place for Ghost images. Install Win 98SE clean and immediately make a Ghost image of it so the 45 to 75 minutes it took you to install the base 98SE can be now done in about 30-60 seconds. Yes, I said SECONDS. Add your various drivers (MoBo, Video, Sound, etc...) then make another Ghost image. Add your security proggies, make a new Ghost image. Add a few more proggies, make a new Ghost image. Repeat the above until you're fully loaded up. By doing it this way, if something screws up on, say, the 10th program you install, your last image that has programs 1-7 on it can be restored and you're not having to reinstall 10 programs, just 3. Do a Google search but be sure to look for Ghost 2003 Build .793. That one works the best with big hard drives. If you can't find it, PM me and I'll help you look. Herry

Wow. I didn't think I'd get this much response. THANK YOU ALL for much good advice and those links. Now for a few clarifications...... 98Guy Said: "> ad killer, Yea, a hosts file is good - probably the single most effective way to keep malware off your system. I use the MVPS hosts file." Thanks, I found it at http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and I'll get it. How do I "lock it" to keep it from being changed as I've read some bad guys can do? --------------------------------------------------- "Something to consider is a real-time registry monitor that can detect changes to important registry keys caused by malware. Moosoft's "The Cleaner" has this feature." Unfortunately, I've seen that v4 has been killed and v5 is not for 98SE. http://www.moosoft.com/TheCleaner/Download Do you know of another real-time registry monitor I can use? *********************************************************************** Also.... There's a guy out there named Al Camp who has posted a bunch of really good advice about Windows 98SE and using Norton's Ghost, so doing a fresh (read 1-2 hour) reinstall is a thing of the past. Basically what he is saying is to do your fresh install, do your offline updating with pre-aquired downloads, tweak to your hearts content and then make a Ghost image so that from then on a "fresh" install becomes a 5 minute task, not an all day affair. Here is one of the links I found: http://www.helpscreen.com.au/index.php?cid...msgid=884833521 I also found this from "Big_Al" (I think it might be the same guy) about DOS batch files to use Ghost automatically. http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1150190239/9#7 I await your replies. Herry_D

Hi, I need a lot of help. The only computers I have used are at library's. I just got a very old one that had no hard drive but it did have a CD of Windows 98 SE. I know from surfing around that the first thing I have to do is put in a firewall (ZoneAlarm free??) and then get all of the updates. After that the usual anti-virus, trojan killer, ad killer, etc.... But what I don't know is where to go and what to download and in what order to install the 98 SE updates. Also, exactly where can I find all of the updates put out since Microsoft stopped doing it that will bring 98 SE's security up to date? Also, should I stay with Internet Explorer 5 or use 6 or just use Firefox? Thanks for any help you can be.