Fredledingue

The fact that Eiger will be able to work on old machines doesn't mean it will be faster than XP. Sure, it's the next thing to watch. As far as improving w98, or whatever OS for that matter, i think that as soon as we don't invent telepathic interface straight to the user's brain, there is little to do in the GUI. Windows will always be windows. What is left, in fact are the limitation for new and recent hardware. See the threads in the uSP section.

Why not including this in the next SP? I modified Comdlg32.dll in order to make the Open dialog box bigger. It works alos with "Save as"n "Save" etc... Please check it out: Clic here. Thanks to MGDx for the infos that helped me to do it.

What the hell with adobe! Use Foxit!

The best way to uninstall Service Pack is to re-install windows98se from the original cd-rom. Try rebooting in safe mode (press f6 when it restarts) then run the installation disc. Or try rebooting with a bootable floppy (then you will have to type "install" or something like that or type the location of the w98 installation file, I forgot exactely how it worked) Everything should be fixed after that. Note that you must have the very last version of the pack since bugs like this one get often fixed with new releases. Don't hesitate to try a new version because it's realy worth it. Note also that it's for w98SE only.

This is how to do an array: '---------------- Array set up--------------------------- Dim x(4) x(0)= "somelocation1" x(1)= "somelocation2" x(2)= "somelocation3" x(3)= "somelocation4" x(4)= "somelocation5" '---------------Loop through the array -------------- For i = 0 To 4 Msgbox x(i) Next

What's so difficult, just set an array of folder location, then loop through the array until the last one.

kelsenellenelvian, Thanks for the exe! It works! Thought I coudn't try it on the slow computer. But I will need to know how you did because I will need to do a version for each vbs. Also why 150 kb! Did you add your personal flash screen or something?

Another way is to run Scandisk with 'automaticaly fix error" checked. Attention if you don't check it and decide to ignore the error or try to recover the data, you will never ever delete this file even after running scandisk again.

check the Ultimate Freeware Machine thread

Osfan2, MGDx, Your collection is impressive. It will have a great value in the future. Imagine one of the first release of DOS or some rare version of Windwos 3.xx , almost unused, it will priceless. I already see japanese speculators flocking in Sotheby's auctions.

I repost here all the freewares I'm using and tested so far... There is no link but a simple google search should lead you to them. I realy recommand all these softwares! Unofficial Service Pack 2.01 for W98se by Gape (forget about crashes and BSOD on W98) ContextEdit (add/remove items on the right-clic menu) Sequoia (look or the large, space consuming files on your drives, amazing) RegSeeker (clean your registry) CodeStuff Starter (check and kill what's running now on your system) ffdshow (decode DivX, Xvid and other video formats, you don't need these codecs installed, works better and many tweaks) DivX5.2 (6 months trial, but with new version coming it should be renewed) CDex (extract cd tracks and convert to mp3) Foxit (Adobe acrobat replacement) IrfanView (you know it yet) 1By1 (easy to use mp3 player) Notepad++ (script, htm and software editor) Metapad (Notepad replacement) FastStone Player (and all FastStone softwares, video/media player/viewer) Zorro (hide anything unhideable on your screen) Xplorer2 lite (windows explorer replacement, a must-have, attention the free version is hidden in some text on their homepage) Photo Filtre (photo editor) Wild Rename (batch rename files) AntiVir (antivirus) Audacity (audio editor, mp3, wav etc) AviUtl (avi video editor) Virtual Dub (video editor) DVD shrink (copy dvd, please be honnest and use it only on non-copyrighted dvd!) Page breeze (web editor) NVU (web editor) Wall Street Analyzer (or wsa, stock chart software) DBXtract (outlook express dbx files extractor) WOE5Extract (outlook express extractor, has some bugs) Iconize (minimize anything to taskbar icon) Doughnut (wrap up any window, leave only the title bar visible) StormView (a little bit minimalist image viewer, for tinyware fans) fipictor (old abandonware, but very easy image editor, may look outdated somewhat) CLCL (clipboard manager) Cookie Jar (delete unwanted cookies) But the best of the best (cuz it's mine B) ) is the Dingue Calculator/Unit convertor (calc.exe replacement) , see the link in my signature A little bit confusing at the biginning, but when you understand the way it works, you can't use anything else anymore! You understand, at least that a computer is more than a pocket calculator.

My main reason I don't format is that it would take me three days to re-install all the 62 softwares currently installed on my machine...+ all the drivers, tweaks, configs... pffff.... just a little scan disk and a defrag once in a month, when the computer is not busy with somebody else, is fine for me. W98SE unofficial SP2.01

toyrum Does it realy load faster than FOXIT ? Beyond a freeware machine, I strive to make an adobe-free machine as well!

That means that this vbs code is writing in the memory a "word" that is made of 128000000 white spaces, such a large word is eating up that much of memory. When the script is over, windows script host (WHS) is clearing the datas used during this script, freeing the memory. This scripts overwrite 128 Mb on the memory with useless characters, then erase them at exit. copy-paste this code in Notepad, then save it under "Memorycleaner.vbs". Then double-clic on the file. FreeMem = Space(128000000) msgbox "128 Mb of memory freed. Have a good day!",,"Memory cleaner"

I have no problem loggin in Y!, but Y! portal seems to be seriousely in trouble at th moment: the connection is very very slow (half an hour to check my mails) and it also cripple the download of other sites while I'm trying to go on Y! at the same time...

Ok guys, let's put it simply: Windows UV 2.1 (Unofficial Version) With Windows UV you'll get a tan before summer starts! B)

Thanks, I'v got the exe. I'll try tomorow, I'm too tired tonight...

Windows Classic --> no, we are no nerd! Windows ZZ --> sound too spleepy

Actualy it's XP that stand for XP-riment... What about Windows KE: KILLER Edition ? B) ---> and while we are at it, why not renaming the director of M$? I propose "Bill Gape"...

and it must run on W98 so NT/2000/XP-only solution won't help...

This is the batch file I want to run in the bkgrd. The batch file should be launched by a right-clic menu (that I add myself with ContextEdit) on selected files in Explorer. The goal is to launch only one instance of a script or program for the whole selection instead of one instance for each selected file. All the paths are writen in a list, then the script read this list and perform accordingly. The trick used is deleting a nul file, an operation that obviousely only one instance of the batch file can do (a file can be deleted only once). Then if the file already doesn't exist, it skips the script launch command...and only apend the path to the list. Later, the script re-create the nul file and erase the list. I did a similar script in VBS but it was disastrous on a slow computer. In BAT it works better albeit with some errors (some selected files are not added to the list). And there are also these invasive taskbar tabs... that certainely waist the rarefied resources of the old computer. x.nul is the nul file tmp.txt is the list file ess2.vbs is the script to be launched. @echo off if not exist C:\Progra~1\Bat&vbs\x.nul goto writelist del C:\Progra~1\Bat&vbs\x.nul cd.. cd \WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\WScript.exe "C:\Progra~1\Bat&vbs\ess2.vbs" :writelist echo %1 >> C:\Progra~1\Bat&vbs\tmp.txt exit

W98se Unofficial Service Pack 2.01 ContextEdit Sequoia RegSeeker CodeStuffStartUp ffdshow DivX5.2 CDex Foxit IrfanView SlowView (not avalable anymore) Maxthon 1By1 (or OneByOne) Notepad++ Metapad FastStone Player (and all FastStone softwares) Zorro Xplorer2 lite Photo Filtre Wild Rename AntiVir Audacity AviUtl Virtual Dub DVD shrink ... But the best of the best is the Dingue Calculator/Unit convertor (calc.exe replacement) that I wrote myself , see my signature.

I wrote some batch files, but I want them to run in the background (without dos-prompt window, even not minimized). The user doesn't need to inerfere with the script because it always does the same things. But its useless windows poping up in the taskbar are annoying and cause slow computers to scratch. thanks.

No Notepad++ is an excellent script/htlm/software editor but it's too advanced, too complicated for a Notepad replacement. I use Notepad++ everday but not as a notepad...

One year ago. I use W98 SP2.0. Please add the OS you are using in your reply.