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BenoitRen:Anonymous author replies to your question: HTH__________________________________ Please see the answer to your request here:http://www.msfn.org/board/?s=&showtopi...st&p=643804 HTH

These are the ones I know of [all listed in U891711.TXT: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.TXT ]: HTH_____________________________________ Ninho: I have modified the installer, U891711 now installs on all Win9x editions, including Windows 95, OSR1 + OSR2.U891711: Unofficial Windows 95/98/ME Q891711.DLL 4.10.2223 + KB891711.EXE 4.10.2227 Fix [120 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.EXE Read U891711.TXT FIRST: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.TXT U891711 fixes also Animated Cursor (.ANI) GDI Engine Security Vulnerability: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms07-017.mspx U891711 forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=58780 HTH

Anonymous author sent this feedback: Anyone else experienced problems with the files installed by OLEUP.EXE?Please post here if you do. Thanks. OLE: http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#OLE * Unofficial Windows 95/98/ME OLE Automation Libraries (DLLs) 2.40.4528 OLEAUT32.DLL, OLEDLG.DLL, OLEPRO32.DLL + STDOLE2.TLB Update: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259403 Direct download [512 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/OLEUP.EXE Direct download [515 KB, Italian]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/ITOLEUP.EXE ______________________________________ galahs: Anonymous author will probably answer this question.I'll post it here when he does. HTH ______________________________________ darkon: erpdude8 is the author of the WMP9 UR1 [if that's the patch you are referring to].I'm sure he will answer your question when he'll be back to the forum. * WMP9URP: Unofficial Windows Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) Update Rollup Pack (URP) for Windows 98/98 SE/ME installs ALL previously released WMP9 Hotfixes, Patches + Updates [8.56 MB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/spx/WMP9URP.EXE How to install WMP9 on Windows 98: http://erpman1.tripod.com/cmptips2.html HTH

Rick Chauvin: Anonymous author replies to your question:

Thanks for your feedback.I have revised the installer. Should work now. Please try again on your WinME computer, and let me know how it goes. 98MP10.EXE [7.5 MB]: http://www.mdgx.com/98mp10/98MP10.EXE 98MP10 Guide: http://www.mdgx.com/98mp10/98MP10.TXT

The list is only a simple post [text], not a thread of posts in the forum, so there is no way to do that, unless one does it by hand whenever a topic is updated. Would you like to volunteer?

Done: * Replaced systray.exe with older 4.10.2224 from NUSB = and replaced ugly IDI_PCMCIA icon. * Deleted option 9. HTH

No, it's not.The reality is that some of us use 98, 98 SE and/or ME, just not 95/OSR1/OSR2 anymore. That's why we cannot test/build such patches under Win95. But please feel free to test it on your 95 computer, and if it works ok, I'll modify the installer to include all Win95 editions. Thanks for your time. About the U891711 patch being just another process: That's the only way this vulnerability can be fixed as far as I'm aware [from what I'm told by the anonymous author]. If you have any better ideas, have knowledge of how this exploit works in Win95 and/or earlier editions of Internet Explorer [32 and/or 16 bit], and eventually which system file(s) need to be patched [permanently], please don't hesitate to post here your patch(es), results, thoughts etc. HTH [Hope This Helps]

One "sticky" to rule them all: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=95815 Enjoy. P.S.: Hope this way won't be too many stickies anymore...

Important / "Stickified" / Pinned Windows 95/98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Topics Please see FYI #1 + FYI #2 at bottom of this list. Unofficial Windows 95, 98 FE (First Edition), 98 SP1 (Service Pack 1), 98 SE (Second Edition) + ME (Millennium Edition): Supported Hardware, Software + Games: shae: SATA to IDE adapters: which/what/why? Sfor: Asus Eee PC and Windows 9x Queue: [9x/Me] Surviving Without a Virus Scanner Rjecina: Modern Motherboards that work with 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME galahs: Compatible Hardware with 9x Multibooter: SDHC & micro-SDHC card readers for Windows 98 galahs: Last Versions of Software supported by 98 SE/ME Tihiy: Unofficial nVidia drivers 82.69 for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME dencorso: nVidia GeForce and Win 9x/ME - Relevant Threads RetroOS: Sound Blaster Live!/Audigy series Drivers for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + DOS dencorso: Big HDD + 48-bit LBA + HDDs > 137 GB with 9x/ME oc_dt: Using big USB HDDs with Win 9x/ME (0.5 TiB or larger HDDs) dencorso: Run 9x/ME with > 1 GB RAM cannie: How to install Windows 98 in modern motherboards using more than 1 GB cannie: How to create easily a second Win98/XP in the same computer Dave-H: Puzzling Registry Size Issue Glenn9999: DOS Programs + Drivers Multibooter: How to archive old floppies for access under Win98 Offler: Gaming Guide CharlotteTheHarlot: System Internals Utilities that work with Win9x/ME LoneCrusader: Windows 95 2.1GHz CPU Limit BROKEN! RLoew: nVidia Video Driver Shutdown Fix ragnargd: Research on ICH7/8/9/10 for Dual boot W98SE/WX ragnargd: Using real-mode (aka "DOS")-LAN-Drivers in W98SE? ragnargd: PCI-to-PCIe-adapter work great! LoneCrusader: Unofficial Intel ICH6/7/8/9/10+ Chipset INF Drivers for 98SE Service Packs (SP): Gape: Service Pack 2 (SP2) for 98 SE Petr + erpdude8: Service Pack 2 (SP2) for 98/98 SP1 the_guy: Service Pack 1 (SP1) for ME Component, Cumulative, Native Drivers, Updater, Update + Upgrade Packs: winxpi: Upgrade Pack (WUPG) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE Maximus-Decim: Cumulative Update (MDCU) for 98 SE Maximus-Decim: Native USB Drivers (NUSB) for 98 SE PassingBy: Native USB Drivers (NUSB98FE) for 98/98 SP1 LoneCrusader: Native USB Drivers (XUSBSUPP) for 95 B/C OSR2.x Maximus-Decim: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Component Update (MDIE6CU) for 98 SE the_guy: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Updater (IE6UPD) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME = *discontinued September 2006* Maximus-Decim: MDAC Update (MDDACU) for 98 SE the_guy: Windows Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) for 98/98 SP1 = *link only* erpdude8: Windows Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) Update Rollup Pack (URP) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME = *link only* Maximus-Decim: Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for 98 SE ProblemChyld: System Restore (SR) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE marxo: Movie Maker (MM) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE Kelsenellenelvian: Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) Classic for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Hotfixes, Patches + Updates: MDGx: Updates, Patches + (Hot)Fixes for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME soporific: Complete List of Hotfixes + Updates for 98 SE Enhancements, Replacements + Transformation Packs: MDGx: 98SE2ME: Killer Replacements: ME -> 98 SE for 98 SE Tihiy: Revolutions Pack (RP): XP/Vista style Skins for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Xeno86: KernelEx: Install + run NTx/XP software/games for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Maximus-Decim: Plus! Windows ME Style (MDCUPL) for 98 SE Tihiy: ClearType for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME MDGx: 98MP10: Killer Replacements: WMP10 XP + XP SP3 -> 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME M()zart: userenv.dll (beta) for 9x/ME Tihiy: GDI Heap Extender (beta) for 98/98 SE/ME BeatZero: Windows 98 SE Live CD (98LIVECD) Comprehensive Packs: A-P, PP, Driverpacks + UBCD98: soporific: Auto-Patcher (A-P) for 98 SE = *last update December 2008* jimmsta: Power Pack (PP) for 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME = *discontinued January 2008* soporific: Driverpacks + Unattended Boot CD (UBCD98) for 98 SE = *development frozen, but still maintained* FYI #1: Per forum members request I have "trimmed" down the number of topics actually listed under "Important Topics" here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=91 for easier layout reading, because some of us still use lower desktop screen resolutions. FYI #2: All project authors, creators + maintainers: Please do *not* create a new forum topic/thread every time you update your project(s) or whenever you post a new update/edition/build/release/version/etc. This way all pinned/"stickified" ones will *always* be listed here. Instead, I suggest [if you are the topic creator] you: - edit + update the 1st post of each topic; - add the date + the new version/build [if appropriate] into each topic subtitle; to let every1 know when/why you posted a new update/edition/build/release/version/etc. But if for any reason you need to create a new topic, please PM me with the new URL so I can add it to this list. Thanks for understanding, and keep up your outstanding work. Enjoy.

The Anonymous author of unofficial U891711, KERNEL32.DLL, SHELL32.DLL, GDI32.DLL + GDI.EXE patches sent me this message regarding the newly discovered [?] Windows XP/2003/Vista + MS IE 5/6/7 .ANI [animated] cursor security vulnerability accessed through the GDI engine. M$ *knew* about it and *ignored* it since December 2006 [!]. But only on April 3 2007 M$ issued patches for Windows XP, 2003 + Vista, 32 + 64 bit [if any1 interested]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms07-017.mspx Guess what... Windows 98 (FE), 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME are already protected [sic! ] if you install unofficial U891711 fix: U891711: Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Q891711.DLL 4.10.2223 + KB891711.EXE 4.10.2227 Fix [119 KB]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.EXE Read U891711.TXT FIRST: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.TXT U891711 MSFN forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=58780 HTH

I'm using IE 6.0 SP1 with all official + unofficial updates with Win98 SE [and occasionally WinME for testing purposes]: http://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm WU + WUC work only after I installed latest root certificates update. HTH

No need for the Zert patch. Please see this post: http://www.msfn.org/board/?s=&showtopi...st&p=641766 Windows 98 (FE), 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME *already* have a patch: U891711 . U891711 has its own forum topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=58780 __________________________________ BTW: These 3 topics have been merged because they have same subject. Please do not start more than 1 topic with same subject. If you wish, you can modify the title of any topic you started, in order to match the subject better. If you want to: - change the title of a topic but don't know how - delete a post - already have started a topic with same subject as another but realized you did after you posted it just PM me. HTH [Hope This Helps]

Thanks a lot for finding the "culprits".About systray.exe: I don't even use systray.exe [M$ bloat ] anymore. Not necessary on my computer. I've deleted it. About sounds.cpl: Sounds.cpl from WinME [renamed from mmsys.cpl] is the additional multimedia + audio CPL [control panel applet], but the default one from Win98 SE called mmsys.cpl is still there in %windir%\system , so no problem, if sounds.cpl doesn't work for whatever reason, you always have the original mmsys.cpl to play with. After all, sounds.cpl is there to perform only 1 function: to access the Voice tab, otherwise not available in Win98 SE mmsys.cpl. Quoted from READ1ST.TXT [from the "98SE2ME.PIF COMPLETE GUIDE" section]: READ1ST.TXT So please let me know... if I understand correctly, the WinME .SYS [WDM] drivers installed in %windir%\system32\drivers by options 1 + 2 work ok on your computer with your sound card chipset? Because if they do, option 9 is not necessary at all, and I'll remove it when I post the next update. I'll also remove systray.exe 4.90.3002 and replace it with modded 4.10.2224 from NUSB 3.1 English, in which I have replaced the ugly IDI_PCMCIA icon group with SHELL32.DLL icon group 312 from WinXP SP2 [feature requested by PROBLEMCHYLD a while back, and implemented also into WinME systray.exe 4.90.3002]. HTH

The Anonymous author of unofficial U891711, KERNEL32.DLL, SHELL32.DLL, GDI32.DLL + GDI.EXE patches sent me this message regarding the newly discovered [?] Windows XP/2003/Vista + MS IE 5/6/7 .ANI [animated] cursor security vulnerability accessed through the GDI engine. M$ *knew* about it and *ignored* it since December 2006 [!]. But only on April 3 2007 M$ issued patches for Windows XP, 2003 + Vista, 32 + 64 bit [if any1 interested]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms07-017.mspx Guess what... Windows 98 (FE), 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME are already protected [sic! ] if you install unofficial U891711 fix: U891711: Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Q891711.DLL 4.10.2223 + KB891711.EXE 4.10.2227 Fix [119 KB]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.EXE Read U891711.TXT FIRST: http://www.mdgx.com/files/U891711.TXT U891711 MSFN forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=58780 HTH

This install order works, as well as others, I don't think there is a strict order list.As a rule of thumb, try to install older updates/packs/enhancements/etc first, and newer last. Also, I recommend to install most official updates first [contain older files anyway] and unofficial ones last [contain newer files]. HTH

I have posted links to DirectX 8.1 for all Win95 editions + WinNT4: http://www.mdgx.com/dx.htm#DX8 * Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 DirectX 8.1 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) + Drivers accelerate 2D/3D Video/Movie/Animation/TV, 3D Audio/Surround Sound/Music + local/network Play/Voice/Chat directly in hardware (English): - DX 8.1 Redist Full for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [11.5 MB]: http://store.netacademia.net/MSHU/DIRECTX/...X81/DX81eng.exe - DX 8.1 Redist Full for Windows NT4 [7.56 MB]: http://store.netacademia.net/MSHU/DIRECTX/...1/DX81NTeng.exe Please test DirectX 8.1 on your 95/NT4 computer(s) to see if these installers work properly. Then please post here your results afterwards. Thanks.

Sorry, mate.I can't test this, I don't have the necessary hardware. Please try to eliminate 1 file at a time if you have the time, and then post here if you find which file(s) cause this problem. HTH

Sorry, I have no experience with SATA in Win9x.But I know that if Win9x doesn't properly recognize the SATA controller [or whatever other drive controller] as a "familiar" [iDE or other standard] drive, it will default to the slower "MS-DOS compatibility mode", and will eventually ask for a better driver to match the hardware. Even if a SATA controller appears as a fake (E)IDE controller to the Win9x device manager, in certain cases ESDI_506.PDR cannot correctly map the drive, depending on the specific SATA controller manufacturer, because some don't care to provide backward compatibility with IDE/ATAPI [PATA] standards. But if using a SATA-to-(E)IDE converter hooked directly into the drive interface to connect the SATA drive to the standard mobo (E)IDE controller [instead of connecting the SATA drive to the SATA controller, either in RAID or normal mode, that doesn't matter], then any SATA drive will appear as standard (E)IDE, and the ESDI_506.PDR driver will recognize and use it. HTH

You don't need any 3rd party software to disconnect from the internet in Win98 SE [or any other 9x (95/98/ME) OS for that matter]. Here are 3 simple ways you can do this: 1. Install a free(ware) firewall [if you haven't already] and use it to block all [both incoming + outgoing] traffic: http://www.mdgx.com/fw.htm#FWL Example: If using Kerio 2.1.5 -> right-click its taskbar icon -> left-click "Stop All Traffic". Kerio 2.1.5 [2.06 MB, English]: http://www.gwdg.de/samba/windows/persfw/ke....1.5-en-win.exe No need for reboot. 2. This is for cable modems only. Example: Right-click "My Computer" desktop icon -> Properties -> Device Manager -> expand [double-click] Network adapters -> hightlight your Ethernet adapter name connected to your cable modem -> double-click it -> check the "Disable in this hardware profile" box -> click OK -> reboot/restart Windows when prompted. Needs reboot. xDSL modem owners can do this in a similar way. Please keep in mind that xDSL modems use a WAN [Wide Area Network] adapter. 3. This is for cable modems only. Just move to any other location the Ethernet adapter driver file, found in most cases in %windir%\SYSTEM [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS]. Example: I'm using a Siemens SpeedStream USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter, which uses 1001.SYS as its driver. You can write a DOS style batch file to move the driver file away [or back] with a single mouse click. Using Notepad, create a new text file, and call it InternetOFF.BAT (example): InternetOFF.BAT also reboots after moving away the driver.To restore the driver, create another batch file called InternetON.BAT (example): Needs reboot.xDSL modem owners can do this in a similar way. HTH [Hope This Helps]

soporific: If I may make a suggestion: your link points to C:\WINDOWS\WUPDMGR.EXE . Some people [i'm 1 of them] have Windows installed in a different folder/drive. Some people [i'm 1 of them] do not have wupdmgr.exe anymore. Is it possible to add code to your batch file to detect the presence of wupdmgr.exe [no matter where it would be located], and only after that to install the link file? To my knowledge wupdmgr.exe only opens IE and points it to WU: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ HTH

PeteK27: Please keep in mind that the title of this topic is "Security in Windows 98". IMHO: In this context, the word "security" implies that all computer users nowadays [unless never using the internet or a network to connect/share] should protect themselves [their data or even their hardware] from attacks usually generated over the internet and/or networks. On the other hand, being smart/learning how to protect/back up one's data from corruption, "man made"/"nature made" accidents/disasters/etc consist separate subjects. If you wish to open such a topic, please do so, but please read first other similar topics that may already exist here, at MSFN forums, to make sure we do not post/link to information that has been discussed before. And besides, most of us here are Win98 or WinME users, and we already know that these OSes are becoming less and less of a target for internet based attacks nowadays, but we still prefer to use them anyway. That's why we post stuff like this, and that's why we create unofficial [security] patches for our OSes, even if we know M$ and everybody else stopped supporting them. Best wishes. HTH

It's not that easy. Editing INFs or repacking installers are not the problem, we do it here all the time. But video and audio drivers [especially] for NTx OSes rely upon WinNTx APIs [not found or very different (read not compatible) in 9x OSes] to work properly, therefore those do not work in 9x OSes. Therefore each driver has to be tested to work with 9x OSes, and that is possible only if you have the appropriate hardware device installed in your computer. HTH

Try to place another copy of unicows.dll in %windir%\system32 [%windir% = usually C\WINDOWS]. Do not delete the one from %windir%\system . HTH

Have you seen these: WinME [mine]: http://www.mdgx.com/wme.htm WinME links to tips [other web sites]: http://www.mdgx.com/wme.htm#MEL IE + OE [+ everything else in between]: http://www.mdgx.com/newtip.htm HTH [Hope This Helps]