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I think Windows 2000 was a very sturdy OS. 15 years later, there isn't much you can't do with it.
Service Pack 4 really stabilized the OS and added USB 2.0 support. To run most current software you will want this update (W2KSP4_EN.EXE) along with the Update rollup (Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.EXE).
While Avast 7 [unintentionally?] dropped support for Windows 2000, Avast 8 supports Windows 2000 and is probably the most feature rich antivirus available for Windows 2000 with shields, etc.
I really think security is a non-issue if you use responsible computing habits. I have been using and experimenting with unsupported Windows versions for years and never got hacked or had identity theft. If you aren't responsible or careful, social engineering and phishing attacks will compromise anyone, I don't care if you are running a current patched up-to-date OS.
Use common sense and you will be fine!
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MrMateczko
I couldn't get your above link to load but here's the archived version:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060708044551/http://truetype-typography.com/technote/fsnoplus.htm
There is a lot of good useful info regarding Windows 95 Tips and Tricks (last updated December 1996):
The original link is still active, http://www.empowermentzone.com/win95tip.txt, and here is the archived version:http://web.archive.org/web/20000818212740/http://www.empowermentzone.com/win95tip.txt
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I prefer the standalone Netscape 4.08. It's the final 16-bit version of the browser. I have it on my FTP and is only 8MB. Seems to crash less than IE 5.0.
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A year or so ago, Youtube updated their video interface and the controls disappeared for all versions of Flash 9.0.*.
Earlier today I tested over a dozen Flash versions (from 9.0.47 through 11.1.102.63) and confirmed that to see the controls, you will need Flash 10.0 or later. That means no more Youtube video controls in NT4.
YouTube video controls work in Flash 7 (I have tested) as long as you use the Flash Spoofer for Windows 95 and NT 4.0, thanks to Toasty Tech's Nathan Lineback.
http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html
In the attached picture I am running Windows 95 and Firefox 1.5 with Flash 7 on a Pentium II system with 128MB RAM. All controls are visible and functional.
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The newest versions of Chrome require SSE2 which Pentium III does not have.
You can download the last SSE version I archived, Google Chrome 26: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/GoogleChrome_26.0.1410.5.exe
Make sure you manually update the PepperFlash plug-in to the current version so you at least have some increased level of security: http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/pepperflash/pepflashplayer.dll
You can follow my specific instructions here from August: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/532060/this-computer-will-soon-stop-receiving-google-chrome-updates/#entry3444390
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I am thinking that you probably installed the driver but didn't install TCP/IP.
If Windows 98 doesn't automatically detect and install a network adapter during Windows Setup, it won't install TCP/IP.
To install TCP/IP, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network > Add > Network Protocol > Microsoft > TCP/IP.
You will need your Windows 98 CD available when you do this as the system will need to copy files.
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It seems the most expedient resolution for this situation would be to create a security exception so Firefox stops warning you:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security_Error:_Domain_Name_Mismatch_or_Server_Certificate_Expired
MozillaZine SSL Security Error: Security_Error:_Domain_Name_Mismatch_or_Server_Certificate_Expired
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Try installing the latest root certificate available and rebooting.
The most recent for Windows 95 and 98 was released in October 2009. I tested successfully a while ago with Internet Explorer but should work regardless of browser:
The file version is 6.0.2600 but if you extract the package you'll see it contains the W95INF16.DLL AND W95INF32.DLL.
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I have confidence it can be done. And it will be done. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually. If USB can be made from scratch to work at all on Windows NT, it shouldn't be hard to improve Windows 95's rudimentary 1.0 support.
It has already been done on NT 4.0, a system Microsoft claimed is not USB capable at all!
http://nt4ref.zcm.com.au/usb.htm
I followed that to:
http://alter.org.ua/en/docs/win/nt4_usb/
In the second link, with some revisions Woodhead on Geocities got USB 2.0 working on NT 4.0 with UHCI stack:
http://web.archive.org/web/20081219074231/http://www.geocities.com/mypublic99/index.html
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Is there a reason the Windows 95 Mass Storage Controllers wouldn't provide USB 2.0 support?
http://toastytech.com/files/cruzerwin95.html
Mass Storage Controller updates provide 2.0 support in Windows 98 first edition and 98SE.
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98fe-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98se-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php
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Because of the new POODLE vulnerability discovered last week, secure websites have begun to drop support for SSL and only support TLS. An example, you will not be able to log into eBay using IE6 if you leave SSL as the security choice. You must change it to TLS.
TLS was introduced in the late 1990s. In Internet Explorer 4, 5, 6 you need to edit the Internet Security options, deselect SSL and select TLS, as I have done here.
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Now I'm at home and just tried loading it in Firefox 2.0.0.20 with Javascript and Images disabled and...It displays! (and quickly!!)
With Images enabled and no JS, it also displays but with no images. With Images and JS enabled, very long load time and then nothing. Disable JS and reload and it displays again.
As I stated in response #3, Firefox 1.5.0.12 worked for me with images enabled. You may want to see if images load for you in 1.5.x.
IMO there is no benefit to running 2.0.x over 1.5.x. Both are outdated browsers but 1.5 seems a bit less bloated.
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The biggest hurdle browsing with old versions of IE is Javascript. Simply opening Google and typing in the search box in IE 5 or 6 crashes the browser.In XP, there apparently is an option under accessories/tools/Internet Explorer (safe mode). I don't think there is anything equivalent in Win-98.
Can IE 6 be started in "safe mode" (no add-ons, extensions, BHO's, etc) in win-98? If so, how?
Alternatively, is there some "easy" way to disable (even nuke / delete) anything that might be interfering with IE6 browsing capability?
If you disable Javascript, you will find your web browsing to be very reliable. 90-95% of the websites I have used work correctly even with JS disabled.
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I think RP7 was only for Windows 98 and later.
Regardless, the original link for the Revolutions Pack 7 was here:
http://tihiy.ahanix.org/RP7MM.exe
It is since broken but available here:
http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_counter.php?programid=32012
Direct download: http://download.freewarehunter.com/files/RP7MM.exe
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Sadly, I couldn't find any tools like 'Dependency Walker' or 'PE Explorer' for files in LE format to analyze vxd files.
Perhaps someone can help me.
Dependency Walker is here: http://www.dependencywalker.com
PE Explorer is available here, but it will run a minimum of $129: http://www.heaventools.com/overview.htm
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On my system, the page loads correctly in Internet Explorer 5.x and Firefox 1.x if you disable Javascript (I usually always have Javascript disabled):
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For anyone that might come across this post in the future, I can confirm that the spoof still works on YouTube as of 10/15/2014.
I tested this on a Gateway 2000 P5-200, mfg date April 16, 1997. It runs but is slightly choppy on the Pentium 200 MMX. Would highly recommend at least a Pentium II. Works well on a G6-400XL I own from September 10, 1998.
In order to use the spoof you need to first install a version of Flash Player 7, preferably the latest 7 0 73. The original Macromedia/Adobe link is long dead but I have it available here:
http://sdfox7.com/win95/flashplayer7r73_win.exe
or here:
http://sdfox7.com/flash/win95/non-ie/flashplayer7r73_win.exe
You can see my screenshots here:
http://sdfox7.com/win95/files/w95flsh1.jpg
http://sdfox7.com/win95/files/w95flsh2.jpg
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I am responding to your recent private message on this topic.
You can try to use DirectX 5 which DOES run unofficially on NT 4.0. This is the beta version 4.05.00.0155 that was released in August 1997 for what would become NT 5.0 (Windows 2000):
http://www.serassio.it/download/NT4dx5.exe
That link has remained active for nearly 15 years, I found it through this link from October 2000:
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Windows XP is no longer supported, but you will still receive updates on Windows XP for the following software products which are still supported. These are usually released monthly unless Microsoft releases an out-of-band security update (like the KB2964358 May 2014 IE bug).
-Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) (every month)
-Microsoft Silverlight
-Microsoft Office 2007
-Microsoft Office 2010
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Today is 9/20/2014.
Just to confirm, I just successfully ran NT 4.0 on YouTube today. This is on a Gateway Solo 9300. It runs incredibly well when you consider this laptop has just 96MB RAM (32MB onboard plus 64MB).
I streamed YouTube at only 11mbps on a 802.11b Orinoco Gold WaveLAN Wireless Wifi card.
The YouTube controls are exactly where you'd expect them to be, the "invisible" buttons still work if you know where to click!
Feel free to see my screenshots here: http://sdfox7.com/nt40/files/nt4flsh1.jpg
http://sdfox7.com/nt40/files/nt4flsh2.jpg
http://sdfox7.com/nt40/files/nt4flsh3.jpg
http://sdfox7.com/nt40/files/nt4flsh4.jpg
There are no special changes I made to the operating system. Just:
Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (http://sdfox7.com/nt40/hiencry/sp6/MSNT128.EXE)
96MB RAM
Flash Player 9 0 47 (http://sdfox7.com/nt40/flashplayer9r47_win.exe)
Firefox 1.5.0.12 (http://sdfox7.com/nt40/FFX15012.EXE)
It's amazing this combo still works since Firefox 1.5.0.12 and Flash Player 9 0 47 are from May 2007 and June 2007, respectively. Apparently YouTube and Flash get along with DirectX 3.0 just fine.
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I think they do it through WSUS but you won't find anything without direct links leaked by someone.
2 years ago I managed to find a WSUS list of direct URLs to other post-EOL updates but they were already dead. It seems that those updates are available to download only for a short period of time.
The links at that time looked like this:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/csa/secu/2010/12/windows2000-kb2347290-v2-x86-custom-enu_8abd494904bbcd03fc189f5c4991ecf398a054dc.exe (no longer working)
I found it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15901
After extracting the files with WinRAR I can see this update is from August 17, 2010. I am not near a 2000 machine but the file would likely work on Windows 2000, or you could extract the files to the appropriate directory, i.e. system or system32 etc.
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I have tried Flash 11 on Windows 2000, and I needed DirectX as well. Guess it needed an extra function from directx.
Flash 9 is good under Windows NT 4, but it is limiting in general. Not much content will play with it anymore. So, I tried Flash 10 (in particular 10.0.32.18. I thought if that version worked, others may work as well. It installed correctly, but I ran it with Dependency Walker just to check (better safe than sorry) and found that there were 4 missing DLL functions. They are:
MonitorFromWindow, GetMonitorInfoA, GetFileSizeEx, SetFilePointerEx.
I opened up NPSWF32.dll in HxD and renamed the functions as following:
MonitorFromWindow ->GetAppCompatFlags (Flash 9.0.280 for windows NT 4.0 topic said this was OK.), GetMonitorInfoA -> GetWindowInfo, GetFileSizeEx ->GetFileSize, SetFilePointerEx ->SetFilePointer.
There were no problems with the DLL, so I saved it to the desktop, uninstalled and reinstalled flash, then put the modified NPSWF32.DLL in the plugins directory of each browser (I use Opera 10.63 and Firefox 2.0.0.20). But I was greeted by some error messages.
Opera: "The Shockwave Flash plugin failed. A restart of Opera is recommended."
Firefox: "The plugin performed an illegal operation. You are strongly advised to reinstalled Firefox."
I haven't been able to get the page loading on Opera, but on Firefox the Adobe Flash version checker works and the animation plays to show Flash working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
MonitorFromWindow is only available in Windows 98 and later.
GetFileSizeEx is Windows 2000 and later.
SetFilePointerEx is also from Windows 2000 and later.
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Simply installing Visual C++ will update mfc42.dll. It also includes an updated COMCTL32.DLL and OLEAUT32.DLL which a lot of programs like Firefox want.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259403 and http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc60pro/Update/2/W9XNT4/EN-US/VC6RedistSetup_deu.exe
I'm not sure why the EXE has "deu" at the end, because the package actually includes the regular vcredist.exe and doesn't appear to be German.
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Are you using the correct drivers? NVIDIA did in fact make Windows 95 and 98 drivers for this card:
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cant connect to wifi on windows 95 / cant release or renew ip address
in Windows 9x/ME
Posted · Edited by sdfox7
As I own a vintage Gateway Solo with Windows 95, there are a few things that you need to connect to Windows 95 on a wireless connection. As Windows 95 is vintage, you have to keep several things in mind and make considerations when installing it for use on the Internet.
1) Windows 95 B version or later, the original & 4.00.950 "A" version is too old
2) updated COMCTL32.DLL and MFC42.DLL module (you can get this and many updated components by installing Internet Explorer 5.5: http://sdfox7.com/ie/win32/MSIE55.EXE
3) a Windows 95 compatible adapter (which it appears you have (Cisco 350)
4) Install TCP/IP through Control Panel > Networking
5) Your router must support the legacy WEP protocol; Windows 95 cannot see WPA, WPA2, etc.
Since I have an AOL email address which I have had for years, the easiest way for me to install these components including IE is to install AOL 7.0 which is the final version that runs on Windows 95. You do not need to actually log into the software or have an account. Simply installing the software updates several Windows 95 components. If you want AOL 7.0 you can get it here: http://sdfox7.com/win95/SETUP9X.EXE
Internet Explorer will choke or crash on many sites today, so I recommend going into the security settings and disabling Active Scripting. This will make it run much smoother.
I also recommend Firefox 1.5.0.12: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.5.0.12/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 1.5.0.12.exe
Good luck!
Keep in mind Windows 95 has not been patched in nearly 15 years. I do not recommend using it for secure financial transactions, etc, and I cannot be held responsible if you are not careful and get hacked!