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if you aim for such weak system, you're better off with Opera 10 but before 10.5 (then it became heavy) as Unity and more crap was added as for Firefox, why not use 3.6 ? version 4 and onwards are basically version 4.x (and bloat) I agree regarding Opera. I tried Opera 10.10 on my XP system and it was way too slow. Was trying it because FireFox 8x has a problem entering text on certain webpages like when posting a reply. Also has a problem with Captcha's. Tried FireFox 27x to see if that made any difference but it didn't...and it too is bloated. Would also agree that all versions since 4x are basically 4x with more bloat. Don't understand why Mozilla decided to release a new version every month when there doesn't seem to be much difference between the newest version and the previous version. And many times something that worked fine in the previous version now doesn't work in the new version. Also don't know why FireFox continually tries to update itself when every version I've tried I have checked the Manually Update box and it tries to do it anyway. FireFox 3.6 is what I use in my 98SE and ME systems and it works quite well thanks to KernelEx. FireFox 8x works also but it will not save any bookmarks...a big drawback.

All right. Then I guess this will remain a mystery until some as yet unknown person comes forward with an answer...if there is one.

Well, at least deleting the files in the \Srchasst folder didn't have anything to do with it. One thought that occurred to me yesterday was that I wonder if you have to be logged in as Administrator to have the change be permanent unless XP assumes that the default user is the Administrator.

Prego. And for your suggestion (Mowser.com) that I will try....Grazie, amico mio.

Rather than use the Heading Bar, open My Computer, click “Search” then click “All files and folders” and enter a search term, then: View / Choose Details… The columns can be ordered there as well. If you mean right click on the My Computer icon on the desktop and then left click on Search, I just tried that and it behaves the same way as when It left click My Computer on the desktop and left click on the Search button on the toolbar (the normal way I do it). Same default columns and headings and changing them is not saved when I close Explorer and then re-open it. And like Dave-H, the “Remember each folder’s view settings” box is checked. The only thing that is remembered is that I want my search results displayed in detail view. There are 2 other things I did when I first installed XP which I don't think would affect this but who knows? One thing I did in response to a "tweek" I read was to delete all the files in the folder Windows\Srchasst. This would get rid of the annoying (to me) little doggie with the rolling eyes and wagging tail which seemed to be more aimed at a novice user, and give me the more familiar and useful search pane as in Millenium and 2000. The other is that I have XP set to Classic View like the 9x series of Windows since I also run 98SE and Millenium and it makes it more familiar to me when I bounce back and forth between them. Even though we don't have an answer yet (and maybe there isn't one), it's comforting to see that others have experienced this "annoyance" as well and it's not because I haven't applied any Windows Updates yet (I'm assuming you have and they had no effect on this). When I first posted this I thought there would probably be someone who had a slick registry trick that would fix this so that settings could and would be saved.

There is an alternative way to browse that some may be unaware of. Paste this into your browser: http://www.textise.net/showText.aspx?strURL= and then type the domain name after the equal sign. For instance: http://www.textise.net/showText.aspx?strURL=google.com I have found this useful for the really "overweight" websites since I only have dial-up. This method will only give you the text...no pictures or videos etc.

In Windows Explorer (aka "My Computer") when doing a search of files and folders using the "detail" view, there are default columns supplied initially. Every time I try to change the columns (the headings) Explorer changes them back to the defaults after I close the window. Currently the columns are configured as follows (default columns): Name In Folder Relevance Size Type =============================== This is how I want it to be: Name In Folder Size Type Date Modified ================================== Every time I right click on the Heading Bar, I uncheck the Relevance column heading and check the Date Modified heading and it works fine for that session. If I close Explorer and then come back to it later the columns are back to the original. Thought these would be permanently saved settings as in 98 or ME. Anyone know the fix? I'm guessing this has been asked before and there is an answer. One note to mention....I have not done any MS updates to XP (straight off the install CD) so I don't know if MS ever addressed this issue. My version is XP Pro with SP2 Retail Version. This is a later release (2004) of the retail version which came bundled with SP2.

I did see that in the Monster List of updates however I am a little leery of installing unofficial updates. I have tried a few and they didn't seem to work. For instance, in my ME system, I do have the problem (more of an annoyance) of the erratic mouse pointer. The problem occurs when there is animation going on (like when you deal the cards in Spider Solitaire). I downloaded 2 different unofficial fixes for this problem but neither of them corrected the problem. Also tried another unofficial fix for the multiple file lockup problem in Explorer but it did nothing either to fix the problem. I do understand that sometimes the complex interaction between M$ official updates and unofficial updates may be the cause of this so I am in no way faulting the authors of the unofficial updates. Also I did download the Service Pack from ProblemChyld but it did not look as if the individual updates could be pulled from it. There is a reason I prefer to do them individually. I use Install Control 5 (InCtrl5) for all installs so I can see what has been done. Frequently I tweak the folder locations and/or registry entries to suit the way I want my systems setup. Running them all at once would produce a report that would mix them all together making it nearly impossible to determine what each individual one did. I know it seems a bit anal and it's more work but I don't mind. This file is NOT included in SP3 because it breaks Virtual Private Network (VPN). You need to take into consideration, that many Official updates broke certain things on systems is why some files were not added. Sorry, but there is no one size fits all. OK, didn't know that so I'll just skip doing that one. And yes, I am aware that some M$ updates negatively impacted other functions. The most noticeable ones to me is the KB891711 and the KB918547 updates. Not sure which one did it but after I installed them I was no longer able to save my Username or Password for my Internet Connection. Each and every time I log on to the network I have to retype them. That's annoying. Didn't notice that? (IOW, irrelevant. Get latest Netmeeting) (Side note: Since several of us were directly involved with AP98SE, I have nearly (if not all) all of them archived.) There's NO POINT in gathering every single one when another may supercede it, thus making having a certain one a moot point (will be overlayed anyway). Ref: http://xdot.tk to understand that (see change log). Heed the above posters' warnings. OK. The reason I am doing it this way is to start at the beginning with the earliest update and then do them in timeline order. I have noticed that some updates make registry entries as well as add/replace files and later updates that supercede these previous updates may only add/replace files and leave the registry entries as is. In that case I don't want to "hop" over something which may cause a problem. Although my purpose is not to be historical and collect them, I would like to have them available if I ever have this problem again. I am going to burn them onto a CD (along with the AutoPatcher and ProblemChyld's SP) so I won't have to go thru finding them again. And as noted above "The reason I am doing it this way is to start at the beginning with the earliest update and then do them in timeline order." and for the reasons in my reply to DrugWash. Thanks everyone for your replies. They've been helpful.

Downloaded and opened "Auto-Patcher_for_Win98se_June2007sp2_Full" but I didn't see the update: Q329128 - Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition transmit multicast packets that have a TTL setting of 0 (zero) Date Time Version Size File name Platform -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21-Mar-2002 08:27 4.10.0.2001 157,909 NDIS.vxd Windows 98 (x86) 01-Aug-2002 09:51 4.10.0.2003 235,605 PPPMAC.vxd Windows 98 (x86) 01-Aug-2002 12:15 4.10.0.2004 75,581 VIP.386 Windows 98 (x86) 21-Mar-2002 08:51 4.10.0.2226 166,053 NDIS.vxd Windows 98 Second Edition (x86) 01-Aug-2002 13:19 4.10.0.2223 235,605 PPPMAC.vxd Windows 98 Second Edition (x86) 01-Aug-2002 12:27 4.10.0.2228 80,409 VIP.386 Windows 98 Second Edition (x86) I noticed in another related discussion that at that time it was being searched for. Was it ever found or does a subsequent update supercede it? Also, the kb835732 update wasn't there (as an executable). But there was a reg entry file in the registry entries folder with that name. Was that all that kb835732 did for 98SE...just a registry tweak?

Just adding my 2 cents into this. I found the same thing out a few years ago with IE6. One day I just simply got the same message from Google and Yahoo. Figured that was the day they stopped supporting IE6. On other web pages I would get a message like "Upgrade your browser to a newer version" which always made me laugh since on 98/ME IE6 is as far as you can go. So I thought that was stupid of them since they could have also queried the registry to find out the version of the operating system and realize that I could not update to a newer version and offer some kind of different message. I have a triple boot system with 98/ME/XP and just this past spring the same thing started happening with IE8 on XP. So IE8 is now in the same boat as IE6. Fortunately I have FireFox in all 3 systems and can still access any website that way from any of my OS's. However Firefox does not have the seamless interaction between Windows Media Player or Outlook Express that Internet Explorer does. Also Firefox does not offer a "Save Target As" option when you right click on something you want to download like IE does. Really like that option in IE. It's a trade-off. And thanks for the additional info on tweaks. I'll try it and see.

Thanks for the additional info.

Thanks. Don't know why I missed those since I was using my browsers "Find On This Page" function.

Can you please list the actual files that are NOT present from you list please? Some files were not included for specific purposes. Hi PROBLEMCHYLD. From my list of updates I'm looking for, these 4 were in the list of files in the Unofficial Service Pack: * q254660 * q257821 * q269388 * q277628 These are the ones that weren't: q269239 q323455 kb835732 kb883586 kb918144 kb913296 This is the link to the Service Pack I was looking at which may not have been yours. There seems to be a couple different versions out there. http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unofficial_windows98_se_service_pack.html

One more thought occurred to me after I posted this. The original "Windows ME Preview" also relied on the flash player that was installed on ME originally which I think was Shockwave Flash 6 or 6.5. Most everyone would have upgraded by now to at least Adobe Flash 9. That's another reason the Preview won't work. And that's part of what I had to modify also. Windows Media Player 9 uses different GUID's than all the other players before it. And it changed, and increased the number of, callable functions. And Adobe Flash Player 9 also uses different GUID's than Shockwave Flash. This updated file will play the preview as originally released...in a small box centered in the middle of the web page. I am also working on a version that plays it in full screen mode.

Thanks. The "Monster List" was the 1st place I went in my search just to know what updates were released by MS for 98SE. Since I originally got 98SE on a hard drive I removed from a computer that was being thrown away where I worked, all the updating had been done so I never paid any attention to it. But when that hard drive failed along with another one that had the backup on it I have had to start from scratch. Many of the links to the files in the "Monster List" don't work anymore but I was able to get most of those "official" MS updates (by careful search wording) except for these 10 (I now have 113). Many of the links that don't work from the "Monster List" I was able to get the file from ftp sites. Using the "Q" number or the "KB" number and appending USA8.EXE to that found most of those missing ones. Most, but not all, of the updates are named that way. I have seen some that are just "US8.EXE" or "_98.EXE", etc. I tried all the variations I could think of. Was hoping that maybe someone had them and would be willing to share or knew something I haven't tried yet. Some of them I already had from when I originally updated my ME system from the Windows Update site back in the early 2000's. Good thing I saved them and burned them to disk. Many of those updates are for both 98 and ME especially the ones that relate to IE6, Outlook Express and a few others. The "waybackmachine" was one of the places I tried and I think I got a couple off of that too. And yes, I am looking for the actual updates themselves "the executables". So I'm not actually collecting them...just trying to put my 98SE system back the way it was or better. And I will burn all these updates onto CD so that if this ever happens again I won't have to spend hours hunting them down. That's why I originally did it for my ME system 'cause the same thing happened to it many years ago. Except that when that happened it was before 2006 and all I had to do was go back to Windows Update and redo them. They were all still there. As for the unofficial service pack, I checked thru the list of files it contains and only 4 of the ones I'm looking for are in it. Still may do that just to get those 4. I also downloaded some of the "unofficial" ones too from the "Monster List". I already downloaded and installed the Directx 9.0c from Microsoft's website (it's still available for download) and it works just fine...no problems. I have already installed everything you mention except for the updates...that's where I'm at now. What I can tell you that may help you, from Microsoft's official website, is that Windows core components are updated separately from the other Windows applications. Applications such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, Directx, etc. are handled by different programming groups and their updates do not interfere with Windows core components. So the order in which you do those should not affect anything else. Anyway, thanks for your reply.

If anyone is interested in restoring their "Windows ME Preview" Start Menu link, I have re-written the HTML so that it works again with Windows Media Player 9 series. Most anyone who has upgraded their ME system went to IE 6 and WMP 9. That's when the "Preview" stops working. Of course the "Internet Explorer 5.5 Tour" won't work with this update since you have to have it installed for it to work, but everything else does. Let me know if your interested and how I can make this available to you.

I'm rebuilding my 98SE system and have so far been unable to locate the following MS updates. Does anyone know where or how these can be obtained? q254660 q257821 q269239 q269388 q277628 q323455 kb835732 kb883586 kb918144 kb913296 Thanks for any help you can offer.

Are you settings correct? See here about the BLASTER var: http://www.rinkworks.com/apogee/s/6.4.2.shtml That is specifically for DOS so you must not be using Doom95 there. For Doom95, a Windows application, it uses DirectSound. Here's some additional information. I have tried it in DOS mode also. The result is the same which is weird since it's a DOS game. The AC97 sound card is actually a chip on the motherboard. There is nothing in a PCI or PCMCIA slot. It works fine in ME and XP. I would have thought that there wouldn't be a problem in 98SE since it still has real-mode DOS. ME and XP don't. 98SE does have both the WDM drivers and DirectX 9.0c. One thing I have noticed is just before the game starts (in ME and XP) the screen shows several lines of instructions.being carried out such as: "Initializing memory......" "Initializing mouse support......." "Initializing sound........" etc. But I'm not getting that in 98SE and I'm beginning to think that this is where the problem lies. And have no clue as to why or how to fix that other than when I right click on the executable and click on properties and go to the program tab and click on Advanced it says that there is no EMS memory loaded but that there is XMS memory. No idea if EMS memory is required to carry out those intructions or why Windows doesn't automatically do that (if that is required). Have been looking into Config.sys file parameters as my Config.Sys file is empty of any entries. I know DOS uses Config.Sys and Autoexec.Bat but does 98SE use it too when in Windows? I thought it didn't.

Thanks Jumper. That's what I was going to do as a last resort. Funny thing is, I tried that early on to see if Setup would also delete the folder when you uncheck the box for Messenger in Add/Remove Programs - Windows Setup to remove the component and it didn't....even though the INF tells setup to remove the directory too during the uninstall. ****************** [bLC.Remove.Dirs] %30600% ****************** And when I right clicked on the folder and clicked on properties the DOS name was "MESSEN~1". So it seems that Explorer knows that "MESSEN~1" is "Messenger". The only thing I have seen in some other INF's that create folders is this example from the Applets1.inf: ********************************************************************* HKLM,%KEY_RENAME%\Accessories,,,"%24%\%PROGRAMF%\%ACCESSOR%" [strings] ;Non-Localizable strings: KEY_RENAME = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RenameFiles" ********************************************************************* It looks like they use a temporary registry key to rename files (or folders) as no such key exists in the registry (after the install of course). Without understanding its proper use (ie. what %24% means - it's not defined in the [strings] section) it will take some trial and error. Wish there was a complete description out there of Microsoft's setup scripting language (the programing language that the INF's use). Anyway, 98SE does have its own little peculiar quirks.

Thanks for your reply but I'm forced to wonder if you read my post. From my post: "The reason for this is the following section from the MSMSGS.INF setup file and I noticed that almost all the entries (in VarLDID) were in 3's (the DOS SFN first, the Windows LFN and then the the DOS SFN again:" If you have a 9x version of Windows, please check your registry key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\VarLDID and you will see what I mean. Almost all the entries are in 3's. No idea why there are a few that aren't. Tried it with only 1 entry also but that made no difference. And from my post: "Tried it the other way by changing the 30600 to 30601 but got "Messenge" under Program Files"."

I have a small problem I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with. I had to re-install Win 98SE from scratch and I'm configuring it as close to my Win ME and XP systems as is possible (same programs, settings, etc). Since the original Win 98SE that I had actually came on a hard drive I removed from a computer that was being thrown away, I never noticed that Win 98SE did not come with MSN Messenger as an optional component in Add/Remove Programs - Windows Setup under Communications. It's not even in 98SE's cabs so I'm giving it this optional component by copying everything from Win ME. I did something similar to this in my Win ME system before and gave it MS Backup from Win 98SE and it works just fine Here is the background work I have done. 1) Copied the setup inf (MSMSGS.INF) into \Windows\Inf, 2) Created a new cab (WIN98_75) with the required files and put it with the other cabs in \Windows\Options\Win98. This is where the Windows setup program and all its cabs were copied to after it finished installing Windows 98SE and where the registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath" points to (yes I modified that entry), 3) Added the following line to the Layout, Layout1 and Layout2 Inf files to include this new cab: 75="Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM","WIN98_75.CAB",0 and the install files in the file list: msmsgs.exe=75,,438544 msmsgsc.dll=75,,20752 msmsgsin.exe=75,,12560 msgslang.dll=75,,102672 msgstrst.dll=75,,20752 newemail.wav=75,,6156,406f online.wav=75,,6160,9371 pmsnlogo.gif=75,,1439 type.wav=75,,4454,773d 4) Manually added "Messenger" to the Registry key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OptionalComponents with the following entry: (default) (Value) INF "msmsgs.inf" Installed "0" Section "Msgr.Option.Install" 5) Added the following values to the registry key (as these were not present as explained above): HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\VarLDID (default) (Value) 30600 "C:\PROGRA~1\MESSEN~1" 30601 "C:\Program Files\Messenger" 30602 "C:\PROGRA~1\MESSEN~1" The reason for this is the following section from the MSMSGS.INF setup file and I noticed that almost all the entries were in 3's (the DOS SFN first, the Windows LFN and then the the DOS SFN again: [DestinationDirs] BLC.Install.App = 30600 BLC.CleanPrev.App = 30600 BLC.Remove.App = 30600 BLC.Install.Help = 18 BLC.Remove.Help = 18 BLC.Install.Inf = 17 BLC.Install.Shared = 11 All of these things are verbatim copied from Win ME. Now to the problem. Messenger now shows up in Add/Remove Programs - Windows Setup under Communications and when I check the box and click on Apply the setup works just fine: All files are extracted and copied, all registry entries are made and no error messages. However it creates it in the folder "MESSEN~1" (literally) under the Program Files folder (ie. Program Files\MESSEN~1). Tried it the other way by changing the 30600 to 30601 but got "Messenge" under Program Files. I get it...it's the DOS 8 character file name limitation. What I don't get is why it's doing this. Thought part of the purpose of the VarLDID entries was to associate the DOS SFN with the Windows LFN. Anyone know what's going on? I know that the MSN Messenger service has been discontinued but it's more about the challenge of making it work. So why is Win 98SE using the DOS SFN instead of the LFN? All the other optional components you can install from Add/Remove Programs - Windows Setup work fine. Why this one?

Anybody ever had a problem with the sound in Doom 95 on Windows 98SE? I recently installed Doom 95 on my 98SE system but get no sound. I have Windows ME and XP on other drives in my system and it works fine there. They are all on the same motherboard. All the other programs I have on 98SE that produce sound work fine too. Just no sound from Doom. Tried using the default.cfg file from ME but that didn't work. The motherboard has the Intel AC97 sound chip. All the drivers are installed. Tried running it from DOS in 98SE but that didn't work either. Tried adding the line "SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5" to the autoexec.bat file but it didn't work. I'm thinking there's a problem with communication between the game and Windows.