Mathwiz

Thanks guys. I couldn't get Alt-PrtScrn to work last night, so tonight I'll just try a regular Print Screen. If that works then I'll clip down the image. Hopefully MSFN.com will let me upload that, at least.

I have just checked FreeCell and Reversi on two systems. I can't replicate those problems on any of them. Can you check if the problem is there with last stable release - KernelEx 4.0 Final 2 ? Both work fine under 4.0 final 2. But just to be thorough, I tried 4.5 beta 1. Freecell and Reversi experience the same problems (except F2 for new game works in Freecell). Here's what I did: Started DrWatson Started FreeCell Selected Game / Select Game... from the menu (this always locks FreeCell up under KernelEx 4.5) Clicked the DrWatson icon and saved a snapshot (attached) Hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and ended FreeCell then shut DrWatson down Started Firefox to post this Ugh. Site is telling me "Error You aren't permitted to upload this kind of file". What's the best way to send it to you? Not sure the best way to do that in Win98. In WinXP which I use at work, I'd just hit Alt-PrtSc and it copies the active window to the clipboard. Can someone recommend a free screenshot grabber for Win98? I'd hate to try a digital camera!

Just checked. Both games run perfectly under KEX 4.0 Final 2. (Of course they run perfectly under KEX 4.5 for everyone but me) Of course, now I have to uninstall 4.0, reinstall 4.5, start Dr. Watson, etc. Maybe tomorrow night.

I'll try to get some debugging info tonight when I'm home, but I was up way too late last night so I may not get everything you need until tomorrow night.

I'm not surprised. When Freecell worked for you, I figured the bug must be specific to my system. Possibly the display card/driver, but it's odd it only affects these older programs. Reversi is definitely 16 bit, so no surprise there's no compatibility tab there.

Do you have a link for your Reversi, it's not a default game in Windows. Yeah, it's from Win 3.0! Micro$oft used to have it posted, but no longer, apparently. However I did find it online here: http://www.4shared.com/file/TPOz45vC/REVERSI.html That link doesn't include the help file, but that's not required. I downloaded it and it's indeed the correct file. With KernelEx installed, the cursor problem is the only issue. Other than that it runs fine.

I think this is because it is 16bit exe, and Compatibility tab should appear for 32bit apps only. I thought KernelEx affects only 32bit apps... Freecell is 16 bit? Well, it did run on Win3.1, but you needed the Win32S package. In fact that's how you confirmed Win32S installed correctly. Aren't there two different 32 bit .exe formats? Maybe Freecell is the older one.... Anyway, since it works on others' PCs, and it doesn't have a compatibility tab, I'm thinking the problem must be a conflict with something else, such as the display driver perhaps. (I did try a couple different display resolutions, and both 24-bit and 32-bit color, but it didn't help.) I have a Matrox Millennium G200 display card. Anyone else have that card or something similar?

I have the same version. That's frustrating. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling with the 'disabled by default' option - still doesn't work. I also have a minor bug in Reversi (old 16-bit game): the cursor is supposed to change to a cross on squares that are legal moves. It does, but it gets "stuck" - it stays a cross everywhere on the board. Both work properly if KernelEx is uninstalled. Everything else I've tried seems fine with KernelEx, including other solitaire games and Firefox 3.5.8.

Well, this kinda sucks: The Win98 FreeCell solitaire game doesn't work with KernelEx 4.5 beta 2 or 4.5 RC 1. Function keys do nothing Display is corrupted when moving multiple cards "Select game" menu option locks it up Random lockups while playing No crashes, therefore no drwatson log; sorry And there's no compatibility tab on the Freecell.exe properties, so I can't just turn KernelEx off! FreeCell runs fine if I uninstall KernelEx. I realize a solitaire game isn't the biggest issue, but still

Thanks for the OLE automation update, MGDx. It fixed an intermittent crash starting ZoneAlarm 5.5 in Win98

There seems to be a small problem with the unofficial 978207 update. It puts an uninstall option on Add/Remove Programs, but it doesn't work: it references %windir%/inf/Q978207.inf, which doesn't get created. I don't think it's a big deal since I don't see a reason to uninstall 978207, but wanted to let you know.

I have an odd problem and was wondering if someone could help. I'm using Win98SE with KernelEx 4.5 beta 2, Firefox 3.5.8, Flash 10.0.45, and the Firefox add-on DownThemAll 1.1.8. It mostly works, but there are a couple of annoying problems: 1. DownThemAll won't save my download directory. Thus I can't use its DTAOneClick feature. 2. If I right-click a link to a file and select "Save link as..." the dialog box asks me whether to save using DownThemAll or Firefox's built-in downloader, as it should. But if I choose DownThemAll it opens the file with the built-in downloader anyway. Changing the compatibility settings didn't seem to make any difference, but these problems don't happen on my WinXP machine at work. Same version of Firefox and DownThemAll. Anyone have a clue what's wrong? Other than that nuisance, I'm really impressed with KernelEx. Great job!

In my case I had to set my display adapter to 32-bit color before Flash 10 would run. At 16 bits it would crash every time. (I didn't try the 24-bit setting.) HTH. Side effect is that RP9 looks much nicer too.