LoneCrusader

So if I restart Win95 in MS-DOS mode, I can run it from there? Yes, or press F8 while the machine is first booting up and choose "Command Prompt only" from the Startup Menu.

No problem

With 7-Zip or WinRAR, etc.

I only have 2 nVidia cards in all of my computer parts stockpile... I always used 3dfx (long ago ) and ATi cards, so I am not very familiar with nVidia... I believe later versions of the nVidia Control Panel do not work on 95 at all. I seem to remember something about the 77.xx (??) release of ForceWare being the last version that works 100% under 95, but I can't remember where I got that information. The later drivers may work, but the Control Panel itself does not. Many of these may be unrelated, but besides DCOM95, and DirectX8, I always install the Winsock2 update, the Windows 95 Y2K update, Dial-Up Networking 1.4, Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2, and Windows Media Player 7 (or unofficial 7.1). Should be able to get MSCONFIG from here...

Done. It matches.

EDIT 06-10-2013: THIS LINK IS NOW TO THE OLD VERSION 2.0. SEE THE NEXT POST, OR THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD FOR THE NEW VERSION 3.0. Due to reported problems with MDGx's website , Drugwash has kindly provided a new download link for FIX95CPU. This will be in effect until we find out what is going on...

Thanks for hosting those files. I will add the link to the FIX95CPU thread until we know what is going on. I have thought about trying to make a backup of the website, but I have no experience with such things at all. We do need to hake some proactive steps though, just in case... and even many of those old, broken MS links are valuable now because some of them still work in the Wayback Machine and others may give the specific names of package files that could be lost otherwise...

I have also been concerned about MDGx, he did not answer the last couple of emails I sent him (2 or 3 messages over a span of about a year) so we may need to look into making some kind of archives in case his site goes down... The files inside FIX95CPU.ZIP should carry a date of 4/16/10, and the README should say "Version 2.0." USBSTR95 was only issued in one version AFAIK, and 12/2007 is correct I believe.

USBSTR95 is a little "disorganized" as it was left in a Beta state before PassingBy left us. However, USBSTR95 contains the BEST CURRENTLY (PUBLICLY) AVAILABLE USB Storage Drivers for Windows 95. I know this for a fact, because I have spent literally DAYS combing DriverGuide, old FTP servers, and the like searching for better drivers. I have even contacted the manufacturers of early USB Storage Devices (such as Phison and Apacer) and requested any older 95-compatible drivers they may have had (no luck here of course, all claim to have never supported it, despite some documentation I have found that claims otherwise... ). The only "issues" with USBSTR95 are 1)unnecessary files included, and 2)a later version of EjectUSB exists than the version in the full package. The drivers themselves have limitations, but this it not the fault of USBSTR95 or PassingBy who created it.

I believe they are all fine. Only (usually) on a much newer system would you have to do a lot of worrying about these settings.

If you use the two official USBSUPP packages, do NOT use my XUSBSUPP update that I linked. They should not be mixed. XUSBSUPP, while itself "unofficial," merges ALL available official USB-related updates into ONE installation. (Includes USBSUPP.EXE, USBUPD2.EXE, and 4 or 5 HotFixes)

(It's like a hot potato , pass it on ) jaclaz BTW, off-topic, but after finding this I finally understand the "de La Palice" references.

Eh? I assume specific to non-US keyboards. Should be Ctrl+Alt+Del on US ones.

Off the top of my head without doing any specific searching... Try F1, F2, and the other function keys if those don't work. I seem to remember a machine once that needed CTRL pressed along with the Function key... If none of that works you can always try holding down a key while the machine boots and see if you get an error. Usually the error will ask you (and provide the proper Keys) to enter SETUP (the BIOS) or proceed normally.

Hmmm.. so many reasons, but it can just about be summed up with these: -Because we feel like it. -Because for our purposes, newer versions of Windows have nothing whatsoever to offer us that we cannot do with 9x. -Because we utterly reject the idea that a computer (or piece of software) needs to be updated every ten minutes or so. -Because it annoys arrogant people who think we're crazy. -Because people like this ^ say it can't be done. And to quote a post I saw once on a different forum:

Try pointing the Driver dialog to C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM, C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS (if it exists), etc etc. The installation may have pre-copied the files to the proper locations, but the INF file is requesting them to copy again. This happens sometimes, even with Microsoft's own USBSUPP updates. The installer may also be unpacking the files to a temporary foler under C:\WINDOWS\TEMP, so check there as well...

All of the files relevant to this Sound issue discussion ARE ZIP's... The PW3041.ZIP file from jaclaz's earlier links is a WDM driver stack for Windows 98 & up ONLY, so it is irrelevant unless you simply want to archive it for use on 98 at some point. The correct file you need is this one (crystal_CS4280.zip) from submix8c's last link. And it is a ZIP. No problem B)

Get the .exe version. The MSI version will probably require Microsoft Installer 2.0 to be installed (not a problem because it works on 95 but it's yet another update to install )

Any driver package that claims to require DirectX 8.1 is NOT for Windows 95. Some of them might work anyway, so it was worth the effort as I advised earlier, but 8.0a is the last version working on 95. There ARE drivers out there for this device that WILL work on 95, because I have Radeon 8500 drivers for 95 and the Radeon 8500 is quite a bit newer than the chip in question.

I have seen previous reports of the "two PCI.VXD bus types" error before and wondered how it could be solved...

Download them and archive them just in case, but you don't NEED to install them unless you are having a specific problem with the BIOS. It CAN be risky to update the BIOS, I've never seen any problems myself, but maybe I've just been lucky...

Hmm... Sounds interesting. I will have to experiment with this. Link in previous post fixed, and here again for reference: SYSDMCPL.ZIP - 156.9 Kb Of course it comes with the same disclaimer I've said before - this file is experimental and MAY cause unexpected behavior, especially regarding CONFIG.SYS if you have any special settings specified there. It has not been tested under such conditions.

Yeah, they go through. And if you go back and post again, of course you get a double post which is what happened the other day. Here's the really ODD thing - When you click to post, and get the error above, returning to the Main Forum page will display the forum and topic you posted in as having "new" posts to YOU - when YOU made the post!

Still acting up today with the same issues. Screenshot of the "Driver error" below.