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If your Windows' version is English, your charset isn't important. You should install English version of the SP.

OK Vectis, I understand. Could you write me the exact BSOD message?

Vectis, UFD.CAB doesn't a part of "All Hot-Fixes" option. You must not select "USB 1.x Mass Storage Device Support" option when installing the SP.

890175: HTML Update. SP has better. It has HTML Update from Windows 2003 (MDGx's update). 891781 & 867282: IE Updates. SP does not include IE updates. 891711: MS hasn't released it yet. (Thanks erpdude8). For IE updates, you should go WindowsUpdate site. It will detect and show related IE updates for the your system.

Yes, I mean NTMAPHLP.PDR, sorry for the typo. Note: You must install only "All Hot-Fixes" option. Because "USB 1.x Mass Storage Device Support" of the SP doesn't work properly on some systems, and its titles are "USB Mass Storage Driver" and "USB Mass Storage Device". So don't Install this option: "USB 1.x Mass ..."

No, there isn't.

Sorry for the late answer. Some ideas: 1- Install your USB device and drivers (and insert-open it) before installing the SP. 2- Revert back the NTMAPHLP.SYS file. (You can find this file in the original Windows 98 SE CABs). Can you write your detailed hardware list?

Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but does it mean that, after installing the SP 2.0 RCIb I can put 1Gb of ram in my computer and effectively use 1Gb (without modifying the ini file)? Yes. SP has carefully selected files and settings (.ini) for supporting 1 GB RAM on the Windows 98 SE.

SP is only for ENGLISH version of Windows 98 SE. Sorry, but you cannot use SP on a localized Windows. Someone made a French version of the SP. But I don't remember the address of it. Please, search the forum. (Don't forget that, I only support English Windows 98 SE). Do you know the "Safe Mode"? If your Windows doesn't open normally, you should try "Safe Mode".

Yes, but SP contains only Web Folders update's files. It doesn't try to install Web Folders. So if you removed it, SP will not try to install it again.

RC2 is ready. I think I will release it on Friday. Sorry, it is not final, but it is very stable and reliable. I strongly believe that it is latest RC release. Someone has reported shut down problem, I'm working on it now. Does anybody have shut down problem?

If it is a cumulative of all hot-fixes, and if it installs ALL these hot-fixes, I think it's not a good idea. Because: 1- SP 2.0 only installs necessary hot-fixes for your system. It doesn't install ALL hot-fixes without checking your system. 2- Preserving (after installing SP, Windows looks firstly SP files from SP2.CAB for installing any needed file) and slipstreaming support cannot be supported by this cumulative update. 3- Some of Microsoft's hot-fixes have problems. For example, Q311561 causes registry errors on some systems, SP 2.0 has a fix for it, so it contains a better Q311561. Also I'm not sure about the compability of this update with the SP. Note that SP 2.0 does NOT contain any file from Windows ME.

egorz, Can you compare them? About NUSB 2.0, does it contain any file from Windows ME?

It's a great to see alternative works for the Windows 98 community. But we need more information about your work. Also please write in ENGLISH. Thanks.

Great job. Thanks for your efforts. We can add these hacks into the SP 2.1.

Could you write the exact message? Or a screenshot is better...

Probably this is a known problem, and it will be fixed on the final. Please, write your EXPLORER.EXE version before trying clean install.

Microsoft VM wasn't included, because it is a big, deprecated and IE-specific update. Did you try the 2.0 RC1 on a freshly installed Windows 98 SE?

I don't recommend to add this feature into 2.0 Dutch. All features in the service pack should be OK for general usage. Third party NTFS utilities doesn't work well on some systems. Just my 2 cents. If we find a good NTFS utility and we can get permission from its producer, perhaps I can add NTFS support in the SP 2.1.

Noted that for the FINAL, Thanks.

Better Notepad and 256-color tray icons features are automatically installed by SP. So, you should have better Notepad now. Did you check Notepad? Better Notepad only adds new keyboard shortcuts. For example, CTRL+F for Find, CTRL+O for Open. If you have these shortcuts, it means that you have better Notepad. Please, check it again.

SP 2.0 Beta 3/RC1 doesn't support this version of explorer. I'll fix this problem on the final version. But Better Notepad feature should work. Did you install any previous version of SP (like 1.6?)

I wrote an installation guide. Please write your Notepad and Explorer version. (To find your Explorer version: Open Windows Explorer, go \Windows directory, right-click on Explorer.exe, and select Properties).

Installation Guide Prerequites: - Windows 98 SE English (4.10.2222A). - 32 MB of RAM minimum. - At least 40 MB free hard disk space. Installation order: *1- Install Windows 98 SE (with or without 98lite). *2- Install IE 6.0 SP1. 3- Install all newest drivers of your hardware. If you have Intel chipset, you have to install Intel Chipset Software Utility and Intel Application Accelerator 2.3. If you have VIA chipset, you have to install VIA 4-in-1. *4- Install DirectX (9.0c). *5- Install MS Office. *6- Install/Use 98lite to remove any features. 7- Close ALL open programs. 8- Install latest SE SP. *9- Install critical updates from WindowsUpdate. *10- Install Maximum-Decim's latest Native USB Drivers. *11- Install MDGx's latest 98SE2ME. *12- Install Tihiy's latest Revolutions Pack. 13- Update or re-install drivers of your hardware, if you have any problem. A freshly installed Windows 98 SE is highly recommended. If Windows asks for rebooting during step 8, don't accept it. You should reboot only after "Installation is now complete" message. * = Optional. Update Guide From 2.0.x to 2.1: DON'T UNINSTALL THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE SP. 1- Close ALL open programs. 2- Install latest SE SP. *3- Re-install MDGx's latest 98SE2ME. *4- Re-install Tihiy's latest Revolutions Pack. * = If you previously installed it. Slipstreaming Guide 2.x supports a special slipstreaming method. Only hotfixes can be integrated into your Windows 98 SE Setup from the start. Other features like TweakUI cannot be integrated. 1- Copy \WIN98 directory with its contents from CD into your hard drive (like D:\WIN98). 2- With Winzip, Winrar or PowerArchiver, extract SP2.CAB from SESP21.EXE into a temporary directory. 3- Extract all files into D:\WIN98 from SP2.CAB. (For example, you should see D:\WIN98\ACPI.SYS file after extracting SP2.CAB). 4- Use D:\WIN98\SETUP.EXE for starting Windows 98 Setup. Windows 98 Setup will use these hotfixed files automatically during installation.

Finally... Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2.0 RC1 Softpedia Link MDGx's Mirror What's New (differences from BETA 3, for full history look here): NEW: 1 new hot-fix (243220). ADDED: Web Folders update. UPDATED: HTML update.. UPDATED: UNICOWS.DLL. UPDATED: MS VC++ runtime files. FIXED: All reported problems. FIXED: Uninstallation problems. Thanks to MGDx, erpdude8, hp38guser, DanyBoss, soldier1st and all other testers!