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I have not done this myself so I do not know exactly. I would make the BIOS have the PCI card be the one to boot to if possible or otherwise Win98 will boot to the PCIe card of which a standard or Universal VESA driver would be installed. If BIOS has no discrepancy between PCI and PCIe then possibly the PCIe card has to be disabled in Device Manager in Win98 once all is established but look for default display device in Display Properties; graphics's cards control panel or Device Manager etcetera first. I have just seen Rainy Shadows post above and that reminds me. The BIOS should switch to the card the monitor is plugged into and a KVM switch unit for the monitor would be the go. Switch manually the desired input to the KVM before booting. If it does not work then a mechanical switch may need to be used but introduces degraded graphics display as the impedance is difficult to be kept at the correct value and also cross talk is a problem. A Quad slide switch might be best with ground on one pole of each switch. I had a home made rotary switcher for this early on, now using a proper KVM between computers.

Unofficial SP GDI32 upgrade for instance creates streaking across the page when typing with WinWord8 ( Office 97 ). I have checked it all and the User upgrade does not seem to do any harm and I do use the CDVSD VREDIR NETBIOS and NWLINK.vxd's . Some updates like CDVSD may not have been necessary though. The Dlls and OCXs are OK but I have updated many to moderner since. Have to be careful here and if they do not register when they are supposed to then there is something wrong about it and should not be used, look into the functioning and see if it is a step forward or backward. About the User upgrade. It will show some functions being there when Advapi32 of a WinNT file is checked with Dependency Walker, whether it works for these functions I do not know. Comctl32 from Neptune was used in the chain of Dlls in the test. I did try this arrangement, the graphics did work but there was an error in loading a module or modules requiring Comctl32 and I have overwritten the hard drive since. The advapi32 I used I can not find anymore and may not have been an upgrade as such. Why certain files were changed in the USP remains a mystery unless the coder explains it and or says what other modules were used.

NUSB uses the Win2K Stack as well, they are similar drivers. Note I have updated my last post just before you posted yours. I do not use any of the USB drivers from UWMESP3.

VIA has supplied 2005 drivers specifically for 98 and WinME. USB20DRV uses VIA 's USBhub20.sys and has older files for USBPORT.sys and USBEHCI.sys. VIA drivers work faultlessly and I have tried USBB20DRV. USB20DRV will rely on the Unofficial SPack3 VXD's for 98. Correction it was a while ago and I have used the 98SP3 files but they are not quite the same as USB20DRV files. I still recommend the VIA SYS files and any not covered by this driver then get from Unofficial SPack1 for WinME. ( No I do not use any of these only the original ME ones ).

NUSB is not for WinME. There are 3 VXDs in NUSB3.3 - CDVSD; DISKTSD and IOS.vxd. Use the download link I gave here https://msfn.org/board/topic/97588-modern-motherboards-which-are-working-with-windows-98-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=1181746 for VIA drivers.

>>Personally, I prefer to use the USB 2.0 support included with the 98SE USP3 No Win98 VXDs do not work with winME. Use drivers from manufacturer.

This statement had me puzzled from the start. BWC's Msvcrt working is fine but where does Msvcr90 play a role. If BWC's Msvcrt and Msvcr80 wrapper is used then Msvcr80 is the only one that will work and the wrapped Dll of Msvcrt and Msvcr80 did not work for me in VLC. So I am asking what has Msvcr90 got to do with it. Another thing is if using BWC's Msvcrt.dw7 vs from Dx9W2kFx.zip, then Msvcr80 should to link to Crtdll.dll for _getdrives for a better alternative than loading the full Msvcrt for _getdrives and necessary if the wrapper is named Msvcrt.

DCFG1 is not the same as BASE as if JAVA*.EXE is set to BASE then the JAVA control panel does not work. It complains that Javacpl.exe has a device not functioning. This is because of the VerSetConditionMask and VerifyVersionInfoW functions. I run Explorer with DCFG1 to allow more programs to run without the need for extra individual settings. *\JRE\* is a idea that I had not known about and assigns all modules to the desired setting, but JVM.dll only works with BASE or DCFG1 and there are the Java, Javaw and Javaws executables in the WinDir as well. The phenomenon of why the other files had the BASE setting in the Java\Bin location is still a mystery when they should have just been in following mode. The other problem which may not be a KernelEx one but is important is the assigning of folders like .folder in Java 1.7 and above. I think Java has a problem finding the correct folders. Some programs I have that use Java are VUZE 5.4; Art of Illusion vs 3.1; and Eclipse Luna 2014. It is important as saving of work in Eclipse can not be done properly and Vuze always wants to install the Swt download in an incorrect location or something like it. Edit: The assigning of folders like .folder in Java 1.7 and above happens with other NT operating systems; it puts a full stop in front of the folder and places it in a parent folder. I am still looking into this issue but would appreciate help. Eclipse is storing in correct location but 0 kB, see picture. I have decided to have the java 1.7.0.0 runtime as is and let the Java control panel update the 1.8.0_51 runtime location. This will negate any errors associated with manual registry updates for Java 1.8. In so doing this, the 1.8.0_51 runtime location bin has all the executables KEX set to DCFG1 with KEX AppSettings *\Java*.exe = DCFG1. The DLLs in the 1.8 folder are in follower mode.

The latest NUSB has a WinME file and installing a previous version of NUSB might fix this as the ME file may need accompanying ME files. VIA USB driver files for Win9x should have suffix 11 which are the latest ones and are required for some game controllers. I need these for the USB steering wheel and USB hand held game controller. The updated drivers are also best in a general sense as the original WinME divers only accessed up to 32GB. The latest VIA USB divers are contained in VIA_USB2.0_v2.7.zip. Link https://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/1210/

I have manually installed Java 1.8.0_51 in WinDir subdirectory JAVA\JDK\jre after installing JDK 1.7.0.0. Since some executables and control panel now need 2K settings I needed to update KEX AppSettings. My original settings were *\Java*.exe = DCFG1. This original setting results in other executables having names not starting with Java in the JRE folder having BASE setting. Tested in 2 different builds and happens with JDK/JRE 1.7.0.0 as well. Is this intensional? I still use DCFG1 for *\JAVA*.EXE and now use *\*.CPL.EXE = NOHEAP and over riding the BASE auto setting that I found for these two exes Jp2Launcher.exe and SsvAgent.exe to NOHEAP.

Unsigned drivers are not necessary. When you go to install the driver there should be an advanced option which will allow settings of warn about unsigned drivers and always allow unsigned drivers. This is the case with WinME. In DirectX diagnostic tool do not have the 'Check for WHQL digital signatures' box ticked. You need to restart with Fdisk after partitioning before formatting with Win9x. ( in-case you didn't ).

Remember I said Notepad++Portable needed KEX setting Win2K_MT because of a plugin. Well this is not correct; NppNetNoteA.dll needs setting disabled in the ANSI plugins. Because I mentioned File64 stopping pshExports, File64 also stops Glory of the Roman Empire and Ancient Wars - Sparta the games. : - Fixed see https://msfn.org/board/topic/131040-revolutions-pack-97/?do=findComment&comment=1185503

There still could be hardware not toggling. If it is the board that makes a crackling sound through the sound then I would check temperatures of all chips and put in extra cooling if necessary and still use a slow HT bus speed and hope it comes good.

I checked it out myself. If you test XUL.dll in Dependency Walker it is not compatible with NT4 Service Pack 6. Msimg32 might be made compatible if it and Gdi32 are taken from from Microsoft Windows 2000 (''NT 5.0'' 5.00.1515.1 Professional) but this is only a part of the incompatibility.

Check msimg32.dll with Dependency Walker you might have wrong version?

>>I love Revolutions Pack, but using it with KernelEx causes problems with explorer. What problems, please explain?

There has been several in the past that were free but now may not be available like Image Folio 4.30 and Artweaver 0.5. There is PhotoFiltre 7.2.1 which is available Free. Can find at AfterDawn.com - Image Editing or at other sites.

You may have forgot to install nusb33e.exe on your system.

My on-board NIC drew more current than it should but is better now. It was the first to go slow when the power supply dipped. I changed the power supply (PSU) which was weak to fix this. I run my HT Bus speed at 400 at the moment for two reasons the PS2 port and the NIC. The mother board is going well. I think these 2 pieces of hardware were not exercised before I got it and it is important to have everything running correctly. The HT bus was 400 before I changed the power supply. The PSU was OK but got worse especially when I was using 3 SCSI drives, some are sensitive to voltage dips and also were playing up. The power supply was getting weaker over time. I have had to run the HT bus at lowest settings for video cards on other machines. Once things have worn in a bit the bus speed can be increased a bit but this will take some time. If everything is working correctly then the motherboard is less likely to fail and should have a long life. The on-board NIC goes at 5.2 MBytes/s at the moment from Win10 machine writing to WinME. It is a 100Mbit/s NIC.

Do not start Steam or exit out of it. Find out which games run with Steam offline. Best to test if games use some Steam modules by testing on machine without Steam or temporally rename Steam install directory. Transfer/plugin SteamApps\Common or Steam drive to 98/ME machine. Paragon NTFS for 98 is probably required to run games directly from a Steam USB drive. Any game that has a InstallScript.vdf usually requires some registry settings. Open file with text editor and see the Registry settings then manually install the registry settings. Manually type in full path of install directory instead of %INSTALLDIR% and new Key for any \\ folders after that. For String make new String in Regedit, for Dword make new Dword in Regedit. Copy what is inside quotations on left as the name of the String or Dword and whats in quotation on the right as the Modify Edit Sting or Modify Edit Dword Value. For old games it may be necessary to change some files to that of the OS like Win32.dll to Winmm.dll. (Some Win32.dll files if checking with Depends have DLL forwarding and this is why they do not work) Many have kv signatures, an install script, but I do not know what to do here, There is some info here but not enough https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/installscripts. KV signatures are on the VCredist so may not count for anything.

I would try setting the HT Bus Speed down to low speed say 400 in BIOS or even try 200 if 400 boots OK. HT Bus Width set to 8 bit also might be worth a try.

>> I have heard some MS-DOS games may require a sound card connected to the ISA slot. So what were some of the best sound cards of the era? The slot type can be ISA or PCI. What were the standards of the era? https://msfn.org/board/topic/181107-windows-98se-and-nforce-2-change-chipset/?do=findComment&comment=1176842 This link explains how the ISA emulator is installed. ME/98 has the Roland driver which dates back to suit early games. In game setup select the Roland Sound Canvas for sound, it works on WinME I tried it. https://msfn.org/board/topic/180571-hd-ac97-audio-beyond-the-137gb128gib-barrier/?do=findComment&comment=1175891 This link talks of it. Closest setting that worked for me was Tandy 16 colors for Outrun but not working very well with my nVidia graphics card. It would probably work if Hercules graphic card was selected but it said use the other disc which I did not have. Like Wunderbar98 said the sound came through the system speaker of which I first thought was instability. Take another game for example, Settlers 2, the sound settings are MIDI music : Roland MT-32 with MPU-401 Interface and Digital audio : Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro or 100% compatible. My sound card is on-board RealTek AC97. Best Single core new CPU available at the moment is Sempron 150 see my WinME bench just beats the Sempron 140. http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/873/AMD_Sempron_150_vs_Intel_Celeron_Dual-Core_E3400.html Have to be careful of what motherboard is chosen and the integrated sound may not be compatible. Pipeline stages, I could not find any reference to the internal architecture of the P3 & P4 and relied on my memory. I probably should not comment as I do not know enough about this but I found this article. http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/koren/ece568/papers/Pentium4.pdf Higher clock speeds were obtained due to less processing required in each stage. Then sequential parallel processing is done like this 4 x instruction 4 stage pipeline displays. P3 had 10 stage pipeline and P4 had a 20 stage pipeline but it is talking about a Misprediction pipeline. Image from Wiki.

CT-479 adapter would have been good to know in 2006. https://techreport.com/review/8585/asus-ct-479-pentium-m-socket-adapter/ I tried CrystalMark but the bench did not work even with CrystalMark8. The device tab stalls the program on early versions but was OK with 2004r7 and everything worked except the bench. It says only compatible with 2K and above. If we use Hot CPU Tester then I can bench https://www.7byte.com/index.php?page=download. This is not a direct download to the Hot CPU Tester so you know where it is downloading from. The certificate has to be enabled as it is 27 days overdue 27/03/2020. It says it is the Lite version but it tests like the Pro version. See my CrystalMark 2004r7 image, SSE3 is not available. The purchasing does not seem to be available anymore. My bench was with the latest version - the download. I had an earlier version installed then tried latest today which has the improvements. Added a partial page Everest bench for some CPU comparison.

For FireFox 24-26 you could try a FF35 User Agent, it may prevent stalling in Google if FF35 did not do it.

These 5 ciphers are the recommended ones for TLS1.3 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 TLS_AES_128_CCM_8_SHA256 TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256 It was the 128 that made me think it was not highly encrypted I thought I saw 128 on the end of an encryption cipher when connected with TLS1.3. RSA is out with TLS1.3 and TLS1.3 is about 20% of the most visited sites of about 100000, it supposed to have no fallback in its protocol. TransparentBit function is in Msimg32 for ME/98 when using fade affect, the menu goes transparent for a short while.