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My ThinkPad T42p has an Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller, here are the latest 98SE drivers for Intel LAN adapters: http://www.tmeeco.eu/9X4EVER/GOODIES/PRO98M.EXE Any Intel LAN chip that is not in the INF of these drivers will probably not work at all. My ASRock H110M-DVS R3.0 has an old enough revision of the generic Realtek gigabit chip that lucklily works with the official Realtek LAN drivers for 98SE. I haven't done any testing myself on either of these adapters in terms of speed. Maybe will do in the future. Have you tried using TCP Optimizer v. 3.08? You can get it from here: https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Judging by this site, the latest official version of WindowBlinds for 9x is WindowBlinds Classic (v4.6): https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/wb5/

You can use eGPU (either via ExpressCard or mini-PCI-E) to plug in a compatible GPU (like 7900 GTX) to a much newer laptop. All laptops using Broadwell or older CPU will have usable USB 2.0 ports which Windows 98 SE can use. Then you use cheap USB audio card for sound. For LAN, either find laptop with compatible Realtek chip or use USB Ethernet Card compatible with 98SE. For WiFi, use USB WiFi card that works with 98SE (might be limited to WPA1 only), such as Rosewill RNX-G1, TRENDnet TEW-424UB or USR5422. Of course you also need HIMEMX and rloew's RAM Patch (You can also use rloew's AHCI driver to avoid using IDE compatibility mode, you can also use the TRIM utility by rloew if planning on using an SSD) It's more flexible than trying to pinpoint a specific model. You might not agree with me, but that's how I see it Of course portability goes out of the window...unless you get really creative with tape

AIDA64 can also show processes (that might be overkill though)

You need some sort of OpenGL emulator like Mesa, the VMware driver only provides OpenGL 1.1 which is not enough for Minecraft as seen below: Check out this topic:

Why not try Nero Burning ROM 7.2.7.0?

Interesting, it seems that NVIDIA drivers for 98SE do care for GPU Bios...nice to know!

Windows ME uses the same exact video drivers as Windows 98SE, meaning that if the card would work on Windows ME, but not on 98SE, this would mean that there are no problems with the card, the drivers, or your PC. I've already seen from my experience things that worked on Windows ME, but not on 98SE. Testing on Windows XP would give us nothing as it uses totally different drivers. Also, does VBEMP work fine on that card?

Well, if the card would work on Windows ME, then it would mean that there is a problem with Windows 98SE, not the motherboard, or the GPU.

Have you tried flashing/modifying the BIOS of that card? Try messing around with this BIOS editor: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/nvidia-bios-editor-download-nibitor.html I have a GV-NX66T128D card and it worked fine on my ASRock H110M-DVS R3.0 motherboard on 98SE as well as Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L using 98SE as well, using 82.69 drivers. I do not recall messing around with BIOS of that card to get it working. Also, on a side note, have you tried this card with Windows 98 First Edition, or Windows ME?

Sorry, I misread your post. I thought that older Win9x compatible versions had that option, but no Win9x compatible version have it. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion/u9q3ph_2q5M/-xerngvF8VQJ Take a look at the discussion above, has some interesting details... I guess the best way would be to use a remapping/macro software that runs at startup that maps the ctrl+alt+del combination to launch the program.

Does this error happen on KVM or on real hardware as well?

I think I only saw that error when having too much RAM...that's why I wrote what I wrote Sadly, I do not have much experience with switching hardware on a Windows 98 SE installation, I remember switching between ATI and NVIDIA GPU's without such errors though. What hardware do you switch the most that causes the CONFIGMG error?

Can't think of anything other than Revolutions Pack's new Ctrl+Alt+Del interface it provides. is there a reason why you need to use the absolute latest version of Process Explorer that doesn't have the replacement option? Oh, sorry, misread your post.

Even though a motherboard might support ACPI and 98SE, it's still recommended to install via "/p i" to disable it. Even IBM recommended that for their ThinkPads back in the day, with the T40, T41, T42 line of laptops. I suspect that problems might be caused by your GPU, can you try a different one compatible with 98SE? PCI-E compatible GPUs for 98SE include the GeForce 6000 series, and Radeon Xxxx series (X300, X550, X700, X800, X850). You can also try with a compatible PCI GPU (GeForce FX series, like FX5200 or FX5500)...or even a S3 Trio

Is the GeForce FX5200 a PCI card? Try re-installing 98SE with the "/p i" switch to disable ACPI, that might resolve some issues. Have you tried all PCI slots for the Sound Card/GPU? Try using the 45.23 drivers for the NVIDIA card here (the newest ones are not ideal) : https://http.download.nvidia.com/Windows/45.23/45.23_win9x_international.exe For the sound card, use these drivers from our site!: https://msfn.org/board/topic/115903-compilation-of-creative-sound-blaster-live-drivers-for-windows-9x/

Hmm...it seems you might have a problem with MS-DOS prompts from inside Windows (which should not happen!), can you open MS-DOS Prompt from Start Menu fine? You can try messing around with ACPI/Power options in the BIOS.

I've tried installing .NET Framework 2.0 SP0 on 98SE myself and it worked fine. Maybe try re-downloading it? I've used these links: https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/7/567758a3-759e-473e-bf8f-52154438565a/dotnetfx.exe https://www.marxmeier.com/download/sqlr/A0200/win32/InstMsiA.exe If it still doesn't work, I guess you should just reinstall 98SE since I can't really figure out why it wouldn't work for you.

You can use 86Box to emulate true old hardware and install 98SE on it. It does require a nice CPU as it's a full emulator, not hypervizor crap: https://86box.github.io/

SATA Patch is NOT for AHCI mode, those are two different things. Using AHCI mode makes Windows 98 use the old legacy 16-bit disk access, Performance Tab in System control panel will inform you of that. Installing AHCI driver then gives you full protected 32-bit disk access, and Performance Tab will no longer complain. ESDI_506.PDR is not used at all. SATA Patch is for situations when using IDE legacy mode gives a black screen when 98SE tries to use the ESDI_506.PDR driver or if the motherboard has SATA ports with no options in BIOS to change SATA mode that results in black screen when 98SE tries to use the ESDI_506.PDR driver.

Fraps 1.9d works natively under 98SE: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/fraps_(old_free_version).html @ruthan Try installing IE6 if it's not installed already. Also the Visual c++ 6.0 redists: http://priede.bf.lu.lv/ftp/pub/Programmeeshana/VC++/vc6redistsetup_enu.exe.html I've never tried installing .NET Framework 2.0 on 98SE myself.

-no-acpi probably disables APM too (not sure), which Windows 98 SE will use when installed with the /p i option to properly shutdown/restart. It's probably the same issue I have on my H110 motherboard, where shutdown doesn't work (due to Win98SE not using/detecting APM properly), and need to probably use something like FDAPM.

Yes, you can use HIMEMX.EXE and rloew's RAM Patch together. You need to select the Enhanced option to enable AHCI. And disable the Primary PCI IDE (unless you have anything connected to the IDE port on the motherboard). Read the TRIM utility manual for more details about it, I haven't tried it myself.

http://www.tmeeco.eu/9X4EVER/GOODIES/AutoPatcher/FILES/Hotfixes/Q260067.EXE http://www.tmeeco.eu/9X4EVER/GOODIES/AutoPatcher/FILES/Hotfixes/Q239887.EXE https://www.hwdrivers.com/ftp/fd_-slash-laptop-slash-toshiba-slash-satellite-slash-1670cds-slash-drivers-slash-/fl_win98_patch_qfe-winse-q242934-en-dot-zip.html What version of QEMU and what settings do you use?

The thing is, you now CAN use AHCI mode, it's just an alternative, better to have now more options. It might be faster than IDE legacy mode, not sure, didn't do benchmarks comparing IDE legacy to AHCI mode on 98SE. And it's a necessity for newest motherboards that do not have IDE legacy modes any more like my H110 motherboard. If the Audigy 2 still causes trouble, I would recommend Audigy 1, SB Live (model SB0100), Aureal Vortex 2, or YAMAHA YMF744. As for the shutdown problems, I have them on my H110 motherboard, but didn't have them on my Gigabyte board or any older motherboards/laptops, so he shouldn't need to do that in theory. Maybe installing ACPI would actually be better in his case, and could solve the issue. I recommend using HIMEMX.EXE regardless of how much RAM you have, it solves a lot of issues on newer motherboards, regardless of RAM amount. New motherboards do not really like the built-in HIMEM.SYS (you could also test XMGR.SYS as an alternative to HIMEMX.EXE).