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MDIE6CU here: http://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm#ICU * Unofficial Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Component Update (MDIE6CU) 1.3 for Windows 98 SE installs all current MS IE 6.0 SP1 updates + security fixes: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=93449 MDIE6CU.EXE [12.4 MB, English, free]: http://www.mdgx.com/spx/MDIE6CU.EXE

NUSB 3.0 English here: http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#NUS * Unofficial Windows 98 SE Native USB Drivers (NUSB) 3.0: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=43605 NUSB [747 KB, English, free]: http://www.mdgx.com/spx/NUSB.EXE NUSB in languages other than English: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

OPTIONS\CABS directory is there for backup purposes only, for when you install Windows components, accessories, network items, drivers etc, and contains original system files from the Win98 SE setup CD-ROM compressed in CAB format.I don't recommend to replace those CABs or files inside them with other versions. But what you can do, is zip up all [newer] system files you want into a new CAB, call it something like MY98SE.CAB , and place it in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS . This way, whenever you install some drivers, components etc, the installation routine [usually based on INF files] will search also thru your custom CAB file(s), and will find newer system files. And if the install routine is properly built, newer files will not be overwritten by older ones [you should get a prompt dialog box to select if you want newer file(s) to be overwritten by older one(s) or not]. Gape's 98SE SP2 also uses this method, SP2.CAB contains all newer files installed by SP2, and copies this CAB to your %windir%\INF directory, if I recall correctly. This way, whenever you install components, drivers etc, newer files from SP2 will be installed instead of older files from original CABs. HTH

soporific: Please replace the [9x OSes incompatible] roots update link from your February 23th update to this one [251 KB]: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...64cff75229e.exe HTH

Max_04: Anonymous author replies: HTH

Maybe this helps? REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Folder\shell\open\command] @="EXPLORER.EXE /idlist,%I,%L" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Folder\shell\explore\command] @="EXPLORER.EXE /e,/idlist,%I,%L" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Folder\shell\rootexplore] @="Explore C Root" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Folder\shell\rootexplore\command] @="EXPLORER.EXE /e,/root,C:\\ %1"Copy + paste text above in Notepad and save as EXPLOR.REG for example. Then merge [double-click] this REG file into your registry. Now right-click "My computer" icon -> select "Explore C Root" see what happens. If you like to change the behavior of how Windows Explorer opens, just change the command line parameters of EXPLORER.EXE in REG file above under the "Folder\shell\rootexplore\command" subkey. To learn how to do this: http://www.mdgx.com/newtip22.htm#EYR More info @ MSKB: - Windows 95/98/ME Explorer Command Line Options: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=130510 - Windows NT/2000/XP Explorer Command Line Options: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=152457 - Customize Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307856 Merge the modified REG file again when done tweaking. This may not work with the WinKey+E shortcut "combo", but it works from "My computer" icon. To open explorer [i have *not* tested this] with the WinKey+E combo, modify the other 2 commands from the REG file above under these 2 REG subkeys: Folder\shell\open\command and Folder\shell\explore\command HTH

Thanks a bunch for doing this.I don't have VC++ [any edition]. I've tried to do this using eXescope but it didn't allow me to change the size of the resource [FILEMAN.ICO is a multi-res, 256 color icon, XP-style], and Reshacker doesn't support 16-bit NE files like WINFILE.EXE. ;( One day I'll get VC++. P.S.: I've just added the new FM to 98SE2ME [option 7]: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349 Thanks again.

Please email me:http://www.mdgx.com/form.htm and I'll send it to you. HTH

Details here: http://www.mdgx.com/win.htm I have bought the SEU CD-ROM way back in 1999.It contains all files necessary for a full install [as do all Win9x CD-ROM editions], just needs SETUPPP.INI/MSBATCH.INF ProductType= edit: http://www.mdgx.com/osr2.htm#INSTAL HTH

To my knowledge Windows UI does not use conventional memory, except for loading vmm32 modules and command.com instances when one runs a DOS box/session/window [command console]. Everything else is loaded in extended memory (XMS). But native MS-DOS [real mode = available before Windows UI loads and after Windows UI exits] uses conventional memory extensively. Guide to increase conventional memory + how to load everything "high" [in Upper Memory Area (UMA)]: download + install W95-11D.EXE [1.3 MB, freeware]: http://www.mdgx.com/95.htm and then read MEMORY.TXT. Example: http://www.mdgx.com/mem7.htm Other useful files from W95-11D.EXE: EMM386.TXT REGIONS.TXT DOS9XMEM.TXT WIN9XMEM.TXT Best upper memory provider [freeware]: http://www.mdgx.com/umb.htm HTH

If I may impose on your VC++ expertize, could you replace the ugly icon [icon number 200 (first icon) as displayed in exescope] from my modded WinME WINFILE.EXE with a better one?All necessary files are zipped here [84 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/spx/WINFILEX.ZIP The XP-compatible icon [multi-res + multi-color] I'd like to use is called FILEMAN.ICO . Many thanks in advance. If you need to email me: http://www.mdgx.com/form.htm Best wishes.

Anonymous author replies: Plainly wrong! The information is still there, even under WinME (whether it is used for anything is a different matter). Please take a closer look at USER.EXE *before* you write such nonsense!Hotfixes such as KB291362 actullay personalize USER.EXE and fill those fields when they install the new version of USER.EXE - I verified that a long, long time ago when KB260067 was released. I would not expect to see *major* stability improvements (from 'or cx,ax' --> 'or ax,ax'), for three reasons: (1) A previous call to KERNEL.LOCALALLOC may have failed already, was handled correctly, and the buggy code is no longer executed. (2) I picked this bug as an *example* (please see that post!) b/c it is easy to understand and is one of the very, very few I still remember where to find. There are other, much less obvious bugs in USER.EXE, where things can go wrong when KERNEL.LOCALALLOC (or KERNEL.LOCALREALLOC) fails (same for GDI.EXE!). (3) The hang may not be a bug at all, but "perfectly" normal b/c WM processing stops. If Win9x were designed to work when Resources are low, that is, below 10%, one would not get the well-known warning "Ninety percent or more of your system resources are in use. To free up system resources, quit any programs that you are not using. If you do not, your computer may stop responding." from M$'s ResourceMeter!!! In my experience, that type of bug is more likely to cause heap corruption (with a subsequent GPF or BSOD) than a system freeze. As a matter of fact, sometimes I am *truly* amazed how well, really well actually, Win98SE works despite all those bugs (and there are zillions of them)!!! One example is a totally different bug in USER.EXE and there is no fix for it: The splash screen of some programs such as Office XP programs causes a small, but permanent Resource leak in USER.EXE. It also causes a larger Resource leak in GDI.EXE, but that one is concealed very, very cunningly! AFAIK, Win9x debug versions were available for download from M$ - I do not know if they still are. I am also not sure if they are very useful now as they lack *all* hotfixes. I hope this helps. Best wishes. P.S.: I think I now know what is causing the problems with Restorator ('Max_04'). I will send you a rearranged 4.72.3812.634 when I have a chance to test it out: download the updated SHELL98 [475 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/SHELL98.EXE

All I can do is create a new option to install WinME files without USB/WDM/FireWire *.SYS files [basically without option 8] in the near future.Stay tuned, I'll post it here when it's done. HTH

So which files from DX 9.0c have you hex-edited and corrected to work properly with Win98/98 SE/ME?Can you post them here or email them to me [ http://www.mdgx.com/form.htm ] so I can create an iexpress installer and post it/them at my site? Thanks.

Posted new RICHED20.DLL updates: * Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/ME Malformed Word Rich Text (RTF) Edit Controls RICHED20.DLL 5.40.11.2220, RICHED32.DLL 5.0.1461.82 + USP10.DLL 1.0422.3790.2706 Security Vulnerability Fix (English): - Unofficial Windows 95/98/ME RTF Fix [911 KB]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/RICHED9X.EXE - Unofficial Windows NT 4.0 RTF Fix [795 KB]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/RICHEDNT.EXE HTH

cdgoldin: > "If not, how can we explain the fact that the problem appeared on ALL our Windows 98 SE systems running IE6 SP1 (with all the available updates), but not on Windows 2000 SP4 running IE6 SP1, about the same time a root certificate update was issued for Windows 2000, but not Windows 98?" New findings: please read this post: http://www.msfn.org/board/?s=&showtopi...st&p=627497 > "Or that all the certificates causing difficulties were recently issued by Thawte (AFTER the last Windows 98 root certificate update)? Or that the problem is appearing in new certificates every few weeks now? If the problem isn't the root certificate, then my next guess would be that the format of the "security" certificates has been changed, and (no longer "supported") Windows 98 cannot recognize the newer format certificates." You could be right, I have no way of checking. > "I was hoping there was a date or perhaps a new entry in the "CertificationAuthorities" registry key. Exporting the registry before and after an update (which has already theoretically run) in order to do a comparison is a bit cumbersome. Additionally, even if the comparison indicates something has changed in the registry, it doesn't indicate it has changed correctly, if we don't know what modifications to expect." Comparing saved REG files from before + after installing root certs gives the most accurate result I know of. If you know of a better way, please post here. > "Hmmm. Yet, I encounter the same difficulty logging on to Gmail on multiple Windows 98 IE6 SP1 systems. So, if it's not the root certificate, and it's not a change in certificate format, what else could it be?" I have no idea. Maybe contacting Thwate/Verisign and/or M$ and asking about these errors? > "The last "Root Certificates Update" available for Windows 98 via "Windows Update" was Tuesday, January 11, 2005." I was talking about the 1 released on WU (Windows Update) at this URL: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownlo...en/rootsupd.exe and which (at that time) I had posted on my site (newest 1 before they posted the February 2007 update): http://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm#RCF HTH

Actually 4.72.3812.610 was the last version that fixed only 2-4 GB files bug.Beginning with 4.72.3812.620 onward the anonymous author added code to fix explorer/OS lockups. HTH

Rick Chauvin: Anonymous author replies to your comments: P.S.:SHELL98 has been updated again today [2-19-2007]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/SHELL98.EXE HTH

my 2 ¢ : Defrag, scandisk and other hard disk tools [like format, fdisk, mbr etc] have nothing to do with software like Money [no matter which edition/version]. Defrag + scandisk do their work at disk level, they understand/verify/fix/backup/etc clusters, boot sectors, FAT, LFNs, they do not understand Windows APIs/Controls/DLLs [used by apps like Money]. So if there would be a flaw in defrag, that would result only in boot sector/cluster/file entry/directory entry errors. And as we know, scandisk can fix most such errors. HTH

My 2 ¢ : We don't "make" unofficial updates [except the few (esdi_506.pdr, kernel32.dll, shell32.dll + a few others) figured out by the few programmers who kindly donate their spare time to these projects], we download + extract M$ official files from other OSes, and rebundle them with iexpress to make them install on 98, 98 SE and/or ME. The TCP/IP stack [+ WinSock32] in Win98/98 SE/ME is a very simple stack, in its default mode [the way it is installed on a "fresh" system without modifications/tweaks] has very few security issues, *except* NetBIOS [the major one I can think of right now]. HTH

If you have Windows 98 Gold/FE, right-click My Computer -> Properties dialog box -> should say: Windows 98 4.10.1998 If you have Windows 98 SE, it should say: Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222 A Example: http://www.mdgx.com/ver95.gif Or open Windows Explorer -> highlight %windir%\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS] -> right-click on it -> select the Version tab -> scroll down to Product Version -> 98 Gold/FE = 4.10.1998 [or newer] or 98 SE = 4.10.2222 [or newer]. M$ sold [directly from their web site] a $20 Step Upgrade [called "Updates"] CD-ROM which allowed to upgrade only from 98 Gold/FE to 98 SE way back in 1998: http://www.mdgx.com/win.htm HTH

I don't, but I have links to 2 packages that install most of those drivers + tools: * Unofficial Windows 98 SE 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) > 137 GB (E)IDE/ATAPI Hard Disk Driver ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2225 Fix: http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=78592 Direct download [78 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/48BITLBA.EXE * Microsoft Disk Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME), Hardware Diagnostic Tool (HWINFO.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME), System Configuration (MECONFIG.EXE 4.90.3001 from Windows ME Q272719 Hotfix), Disk Scanner (SCANDSKW.EXE 4.90.3000 + SCANDISK.EXE from Windows ME), Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME = modified to work with all Windows 95/98 releases), Registry Scanner (SCANREGW.EXE 4.10.1998 + SCANREG.EXE from Windows 98 SE), SCANREG.INI Editor [sREDIT.EXE from Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK)], MSDOS.SYS Editor [bOOTEDIT.EXE 1.0.0.1 from Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK)] + System File Checker (SFC.EXE 4.10.2222 from Windows 98 SE) Tools for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE [733 KB, English]: http://www.mdgx.com/files/SCANFRAG.EXE This NEWer DEFRAG.EXE does NOT recognize/defragment DrvSpace/DblSpace compressed/doubled drives/partitions! See "USE WINME DEFRAG + SCANDSKW WITH WIN95/98": http://www.mdgx.com/98-5.htm#WDIW + "SCANREGW, SCANREG + SCANREG.INI" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more details: http://www.mdgx.com/98-1.htm#SCANREG98 Format.exe 0.91v + Free Fdisk 1.3.0 [and more similar tools]: http://www.mdgx.com/secrets.htm#FDPT respectively: * FORMAT.EXE v0.91v 16-bit [also part of FreeDOS: http://www.freedos.org/] improved Microsoft FORMAT.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 9x/ME [142 KB, free GPL]: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuf...ormat-0.91v.zip * Free FDISK v1.3.0 16-bit [also part of FreeDOS: http://www.freedos.org/] improved Microsoft FDISK.EXE replacement for DOS partitions/resizes hard disks up to 180 GB, supports Microsoft's FDISK undocumented parameters (see below), FAT32 and non-DOS partitions, extended command line for batch disk cloning, includes BootEasy compact multiboot loader, highly customizable: http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/ Direct download [195 KB, free GPL]: http://www.23cc.com/programs/fdisk130.zip HTH

Why use shareware when you can use similar [if not better] free(ware) DOS [or even Windows based] tools: http://www.mdgx.com/speed.htm#SPE HTH

I'll upload the files you posted soon.I'm sure, Win98 SE already contains those Y2K updates. BTW: I've looked inside SHELLME.EXE ITA you made: You need to translate this INF text string into Italian: Remove Unofficial Explorer Lockups SHELL32.DLL Fix HTH

This has to do with your sound card drivers, which may need [depending on the particular sound card you have] to be reinstalled after you installed 98SE2ME.This is because 98SE2ME options 1, 2 + 8 replace [among other files] the *.SYS files in %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS with newer WinME drivers [WDM style]. I'm afraid that there is no fix for this problem. ;-( HTH