[98SE troubles]

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

[8 years after, Newbie Ain't Desperate Anymore]

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?

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"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?

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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

[8 years after, Newbie Ain't Desperate Anymore]

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.