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Try a different monitor. Try changing the AGP Aperture size in BIOS. Try disabling all but the essential devices in the BIOS, or just disconnect them from the motherboard. Try a different power supply. Try Windows 98SE to see if the issue is present there. Use the Radeon card and remove RAM so it's 1GB or less. If the problem still exists, I can only suggest changing the motherboard to a one with a different chipset.

I've bought his Windows 9x AHCI driver, which works wonderfully. I've had many discussions with him on this very forum, I am still, to this day, thoroughly impressed by his work and knowledge. Rest In Peace Rudolph, you will be remembered.

Have you tried using a different hard drive? Maybe a smaller one? Can you try a different power supply? Are the capacitors on the motherboard OK?

Try running the setup with the: /p i switch, note the space between p and i

You may also try RivaTuner, I think it has some options related to AGP: https://dpcdn-s14x.pl/narzedzia/Rivatuner224c(dobreprogramy.pl).zip

KB4464566 includes MSO.DLL as seen on the update website below, therefore it's yet another update to avoid: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464566/security-update-for-office-2010-september-10-2019

It's the Inno3D GTX 1050 Ti Twin X2. I'm not at home, can't test it for you, will be back in probably a month or two. But I do remember running 98SE with it with no problems.

Try this: https://archive.org/details/Office2000Premium.7z

I haven't had any issues with my GTX 1050 Ti, the standard VGA driver in 98SE worked fine...apart from the usual graphical artefacts. What are your PC specs? Can you try the 1070/98SE on different machines?

Hello Andrea, I can't really think of a reason why it would not work on Windows 7 for you. Try disabling User Account Control, it might help. I haven't personally tested Welcome.exe on other operating systems like 2000/XP/Vista/8 or 8.1. Only on Windows 7 and Linux using Wine (which all worked) and Windows 10 (which did not work). I'm currently quite busy, so don't have any time to make tests of my own, maybe in some distant future.

I've discovered by accident, that this topic was featured by Andrea Borman in her video and on her blog (with detailed instructions)...I am as surprised as you are Internet is a strange place I wish Andrea all good in her life. http://andreaborman2.blogspot.com/2019/09/windows-98-welcome-exe-on-windows-8.html

Following this guide is enough, telemetry in Windows 7 is added on, not built-in: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/2000012-neutralize-telemetry-sustain-win-7-8-1-monthly-rollup-model/

Although this is possibly a hardcoded restriction made by NVIDIA (and without editing driver files, you can't do much with it), try using the oldest drivers that support the 1660 Ti (419.17), from here: https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/143338/

Can you also try a different GPU/integrated GPU?

Windows Defender in Windows 7 and Windows Vista is anti-spyware only. In Windows 7 it is more hidden than in Windows Vista, why? I don't really know. It doesn't even show up in the taskbar IIRC. Using built-in Windows Defender only in Windows 7/Vista is not really recommended, as it is considered deprecated. Microsoft expects you to install Microsoft Security Essentials to get full anti-virus like experience like you see in Windows 8/8.1/10. And make it easier to actually find it. And it will be in the taskbar. More information here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-my/help/14210/security-essentials-download https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Security_Essentials

Can you post the hardware ID of the video adapter? (Open the Run dialog, and type "hwinfo /ui" and look for the DEV and VEN numbers relating to the video adapter. Try these drivers: https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=52155&si=f94d44a5cb70b589995b41edf95522a3

Those are redirects to the same (modern?) update website/server, look how they are pinging the same IP address in your screenshot.

Raw DOS mode require raw DOS Audio drivers for those old games...which for HD Audio are non-existent. There are modern DOS utilities that can work with HD Audio such as MPXPLAY, but for old games - not a chance. Best bet is to use a PCI SoundBlaster/Yamaha/ESS/Aureal soundcard which has pure DOS drivers which emulate SB16/AdLib/OPL which those old games expect. For real DOS sound experience, an ISA soundcard is the best bet, whenever you like it or not. Once all the focus went into making WDM drivers once PCI soundcards appeared, pure DOS drivers emulating old SB16 often were an afterthought (especially in the case of SB Live and alike). And there is no hope once we got to PCI-E. No wonder people just want to use PCem/86Box/DOSBox for good DOS experience with sound, as doing it on modern hardware natively is impossible, and old hardware suited for it can be expensive these days. Look here for more details: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59532

Go to Sounds and Audio Devices in Control Panel and see if the right audio devices is set as default. Also check the IDT controls in Control Panel as well. Also a stupid question: are the laptop speakers actually working in other OSes?

XP SP3 (and SP0/1/2) does not come built-in with any .NET Frameworks.

It's a workaround, as all the major work is done on the "server", which runs newest Chrome, nothing too different than using a virtual machine.

Look here: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/where-find-most-windows-10s-native-icons

You're probably out of luck, according to Intel: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28876/eng/ReleaseNotes_WiFi_21.20.0.pdf Best bet is to use a cheap USB WiFi dongle...

https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-take-ownership-and-get-full-access-to-files-and-folders-in-windows-10/

Try using Rufus and formatting the thumbdrive with the MS-DOS option (this option is not available on Windows 10, so you would need a PC with an older operating system like Windows 8.1 or 7), or you can use a virtual machine like VirtualBox with Windows 8.1/7 to format the flashdrive with the MS-DOS option. Rufus uses own hex hacks for IO.SYS and COMMAND.COM to make a Windows ME (MS-DOS 8.0) bootable flashdrive, and this option is the most reliable for me, and never caused any problems. When you've done that, download FDISK and FORMAT.COM from here (use No Ramdrive folder) and copy it to flash drive, you can also download SYS or any other file if that makes it easier for you...or all the files (except io.sys and command.com - those have to be from Rufus itself) https://www.allbootdisks.com/disk_contents/download/me.html