burkgul

Nice to have you back Gape. Now when you're catching up and reading old posts, ignore ppl that are frustrated over that the SP2 isn't released. Or it's taking to long time etc. Do things you have to do first in real life, don't stress and don't feel obligated to dedicate all your time and power to this project. I'm sure that SP2 will be released, and we will all wait patiently for it. Thanks allot for your hard work and shearing your knowledge. The particular machine I'm building will not act like a gaming or multimedia platform. Nor will it use many and heavy apps. It will only be plain and simple. Why? well, i have other machines with more power for that. This one is old hardware (P233). I rather have my system responsive and limited then slow and future rich. If you ever compared Office 97 and 2000 on old hardware you know what I'm talking about... and, hand on your hart, who ever use all the new futures in newer versions of Office anyway? If I ever have the need for more than Office 97, I'll go openoffice. But then it wouldn't be a P233 executing cuz it lacking the power to run it snappy. IE 5.5 or 6.0? Well, my experience is that 5.5 feels faster than 6.0 on old hardware. But this were when 6.0 was new. Maybe it has changed in recent versions, but I doubt. Has anyone different and more up to date experience? New or old driver? When installing Win98SE on my system everything is working fine from the start. S3Trio64V+ graphic , SB16 CT2230 (16bit ISA!) sound and 3Com 3C905B network is working perfectly with the drivers bundled with Win98SE. Is there any real need to hassle with new drivers? DX8 or DX9? Never used DX9 on a system that old. Only have a feeling that DX8 has better support and speed for old hardware than DX9. And btw, the new futures in DX9 demand more power than a plan old P233 so way install it? WMP 6.4 or newer? On a P233? Defiantly 6.4. Don't even try to use the newest WMP. MSN Messenger will also be installed on this system. Think I'll go for the newest one. When should I install it? Don't know but certainly it would upgrade some files or? Before installing Win98SE I'll patch it with 98lite chubby option. Then when installing Win98SE, should I remove IE, DX and WMP from start, and then install then new versions (WMP6.4 comes with IE5.5) or should I just install them 'on top'?

tnx for quick response and great tips erpdude8. is there any advantages with dx9 on a machine that old? isn't dx8 faster? when you say -"It'll work that way", do you mean that the order doesn't matter or is it strictly that way? once again ms offers ie 5.5 sp2 but this time only for me. is there any difference from the previous version of ie 5.5 sp2?

is this a correct order of installation or is ther a better one? 1. win98se lite - chubby config 2. unofficial win98se sp2.0b2 3. directX 8.1b 4. ie 5.5 with sp2 5. ie 5.5 sp2 cumulative patch october 2003 6. office 97pro Hardware: p233, 80mb, 1.6gb

Thanks for your hard work and an amazing result so far. Please add the 98lite-SLEEK compability to 2.0 RC, it will be very appreciated.