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Superscotty19 Give them a pre-build appearence sheme that looks nice (even no SP needed for that). I made myself a sheme with peach windows, and gree-blue to dark-blue fade away in the title bar. Then I installed Eppie and I added my nicely colored self-made control buttons. It looks terrific. I even didn't install the 2000 themes from the SP. You can also give the opposite effect by selecting "High Contrast White" or "High Contrast Black" sheme. Check also Tihy's Revolution Pack. Sounds promising...

I was running a version of SP2.0 that was not supposed to be compatible with my OS and it was working (in fact I had problems, but not related to that). I think you can safely give a try to the eng version. If it doesn't work, just re-install Windows over it. Maybe the only thing you will get will be message-popups in english instead of spanish. For what I'v read there is already a french, a german and soon, a dutch version.

I think it's when you instal SP2.0rc2 over a former version of SP. I had the pleasure (ho yes, it was such a pleasure! lol. Gape, see my thread.) to instal and unistal W98se and SP2.0 many times and I noticed that when installed on w98se without SP, there is no missing-file message. Try installing the original w98se before upgrading to SP2.0...

BINGO! After many disastrous atempts to change the IDE driver, several re-instals and many total crashes...I sudenly had an idea: I re-installed normal windows98se, looked what were the IDE drivers files in "view file details" and saved them in a zip file. I installed SP2.0. Then I replaced the IDE driver files by the original ones previousely saved in the zip file. And it worked! Now I will start enjoying SP2.0 like all of you! hehehehe! But I have lost a total of 10 hours on this problem alone...

eptrude8 I have installed the r204a package (year 2003). Did you? Are you sure you don't have the same problem as mine? (I noticed it only after a few days)

I'm using Icon-Restore and I'm very happy with it. It's much easier than with tweak UI. I'm also using Refresh 'Em for the icon cache.

Un4given I'm still waiting to see what are these features (except of course network administrator tools because I don't use them). On the XP computer, the first thing I did was disabling the password and logon so that I can use it as a w98. I feel more confortable when there is one deskstop, on document folder, etc. If not it's like you have to manage different computers within the same one. The problem with XP is that it's not a home OS. For your company it's good, (thought for that, I would expect less security breaches), but for a personal computer I never found any feature that was a + versus w98.

Un4given wrote That's true: every morning I wake up and think, "ho, God, again I have to block port 139!" "Port 139", I can't live without him, It's too much! I'm switching to XP, AAAARRRRGGHHH!

Yes, I have dowload a driver from there. I ran the installation but it didn't help. When should I install this up-to-date driver? Before or after running SP2.0? How can I replace the existing driver by this one? (when I delete it from the Device Manager and windows look for a driver again, I can't select a location and point to this driver because there is no INF files with it...) Well...we are here to try...

Gape When my system was working again I did one more try. I did exactely what you said, rebooted in safe mode, removed the IDE drivers in Device Manager, restarted normaly, let it find the best driver etc... without effect. The problem is still there and the only way I know so far to remove this f@#! MS-dos compatibility mode on my hard drives is to reinstall windows. (I'm even lucky when it let my cd-rom drives available) So, please, what are the files or settings that i should preserve so that SP2.0 doesn't mess with the IDE drivers?

OK, I have for the nth time reinstalled W98se via bootable floppy. (I have also made a copy of the installation cd-rom of w98se and the sis drivers on the hard drive for the next time.) I was trying to reinstall the sis drivers after installing SP0.2, but it didn't help. What are the files or settings that i should preserve so that SP2.0 doesn't mess with the IDE drivers?

I removed the Sis Dual IDE controler, then replaced it by Standard Microsoft IDE controler after reboot. I got a blue screen reading I was never able to restart my computer other than by pressing the reset button. There were problem with drives A,C and D now. I restarted in safe mode and removed the standard driver. I replaced it by the Sis Dual IDE controler after reboot. I restarted normaly. The problem with drive A disapeared but the problem with drives C and D remained as before. And now I can't see my CD-ROM drives anymore! PLEASE HELP!

Gape I can't remove the IDE controlers. I get a message (with the "ok" button grayed out) reading: It doesn't say what the parent device is and I don't know how to remove it. PLEASE HELP!

Randiroo Yes, W98 ntsf and dual-64bit processor support! in SP5.2 I guess

Please someone in the knowing comment this cuz I'm not sure at all it's true.

Gape Thanks for your anwser. I'm now far from my computer (FFMC) and I will be able to fix that only in 3 weeks when I'll be back home.This is what I did before reading your last post. I think it may be important you read this: I uninstalled the SP2.0 from the control panel's uninstal manager. Then again, I couldn't restart my computer. The black screens were going normaly until I could read "can't find MYMEM.SYS", "can't start" some exe (I couldn't read properly because everything went so fast), then it read "Windows failed to start. Please reinstal windows". And the computer shut down himself half a second later. I had to reinstal w98 from the CD, via a bootable floppydisk. (only the 3d time in a week ) Now the problem with the IDE is fixed, but I have the SP2.0 uninstalled of course. When I'll be back home I will reinstall it and do the trick you suggested. What I want to suggest after this experience is that you check what can cause a restart failure after an uninstal. (Eventhought it could be that my system files was already severly corrupted from some previous operations.) Unless you know already what's that all about. Second that you advice poeple who instal/unistal SP2.0, to get a boot disk handy. -------------------- erpdude8 v.6 I think. Anyway, it's not a problem with nero, it was clearly a problem with the IDE drivers. The example with nero just illustrated what can happend with this kind of problem.

I just downloaded and installed a 5Mb IDE driver from SiS...no effect. I checked Control Panel/System/Performance It says the following: Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance. Drive C is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system. Drive D is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system. The help reads: _____________________ Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance. Windows was unable to identify a real-mode driver or memory-resident program loaded in your Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file. You will see another message that lists the name of the driver or program causing the problem. Because Windows could not identify the driver or program, it has switched to MS-DOS compatibility mode to ensure the program will run. However, this decreases overall performance. To improve performance, remove the program or driver causing the problem, or contact its manufacturer for an upgraded version. Now, I disabled both autoexec.bat and config.sys in the Start Up Configuration utility. No effect neither. ____________________ Drive X is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system. This problem often occurs on more than one drive. Usually it is caused by a driver listed in the Config.sys file that Windows does not recognize and that is related to the message Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance. If you see both messages, see the Help for the Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance message first. If you only see the message Drive X is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system on one drive, that drive is using an MS-DOS compatibility (real-mode) driver, which may reduce that drive’s performance. Contact your hardware manufacturer to see if an updated driver is available for your drive. If not, the drive’s performance may be less than optimal, but you can still use it.

SiS IDE drivers? Yes. I ran the main set up from the Sis mainboard cd-rom. Nothing changed. Then on this cd-rom I found a directory with IDE drivers. I installed the IDE driver for w9x then I couldn't restart my computer: Black screen. I restarted in save mode but the CD-rom drives were not visible anymore. With another computer I copied the IDE driver installation files on a floppy. I ran the uninstal from the floppy and now everything is like before the IDE drivers installation. Note that I never installed this driver before, I only did the main set up. The problem with Virtual Dub remains, but I'm sure that the drivers as I had before were re-installed. Even more hard drive problem: Nero is very slow too. I wrote 700Mb on a normal CD-r at 32X. Normaly it should take 3 minutes. Now it takes 6min30! The used buffer is at max. But the Buffer Level (the small progress bar) is abnormaly low and very variable (from 5% to 80%) while normaly it should stay between 90% and 100%.

Ok, I re-installed SP2.0 RC1 english but it didn't help and the Primary IDE controller problem is still there. one more detail about Virtual Dub: The statu window when the operation is running, is freezing from time to time. For example there is a box "Time elapsed". Normaly on this box you should see the seconds counting up one by one. 32,33,34,35,36,37 etc. Here it goes like that: 32,(wait),40, (wait),45,(wait),47,(wait),51 etc

Motherboard: P4S5A with integrated sound device Auxiliary audio device: Creative SB Live! Processor: Intel pentium 4 1.8Ghz Memory: 512 DDR Hard drive C: 120 Gb Hard drive D: 40 GB Video card: ASUS V8200 deluxe, NVidia chipset CDROM writer :Teac cd-w552e CDROM :Teac cd-540e NEC floppy disk 2 ports USB2 1 extra fan Personal settings: -Tweak UI on -Normal personalized w98 appearence theme -Eppie Dektop 2.1 -NVidia color ini (see at the bottom of the post for all details) Now I do have a problem, if I understand with the primary drive, Drive C?, on which I was working. I tried to re-install a driver for this device from the W98se CD, but it said that the best driver is already installed. I don't know what to do. Now I will run the SP2.0 english again over the french version, that was over original install that was over SP2.0 english. I also forgot the name of the manufacturer of the drives... and I should open the case and pull it out to know. _______________________________________ Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) hdc This Device Has a Problem: Code=10 (0xA) This device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed. See your hardware documentation. Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\MF\CHILD0000\PCI&VEN_1039&DEV_5513&SUBSYS_55131039&REV_D0&BUS_00&DEV_02&FUNC_05 Alloc resources: Logical Configuration 0 IRQ: 14 Mask: x4000 IO Range: Base=x01F0 End=x01F7 Min=x01F0 Max=x01F7 Alias=x04, Decode=x03 Base=x03F6 End=x03F6 Min=x03F6 Max=x03F6 Alias=x04, Decode=x03 Base=xFF00 End=xFF07 Alias=xFF, Decode=x00 Forced resources: None Boot resources: None Filtered resources: None Basic resources: None Driver: hdc\0001 Driver Date: 4-23-1999 Driver: ESDI_506.pdr File Size: 24430 (0x5F6E) File Date: 2/2/2000 4:46 PM Company Name: Microsoft Corporation File Version: 4.10.2225 _________________________________ [system Information] Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=E: /IQ GenuineIntel x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 512MB RAM 81% system resources free Windows-managed swap file on drive C (65209MB free) Available space on drive C: 65209MB of 114442MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 32222MB of 38152MB (FAT32) [Hardware Resources] [Conflicts/Sharing] IRQ 5 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller IRQ 5 ASUS V8200 Series v21.81a IRQ 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 11 Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM) IRQ 11 PCI Modem Enumerator IRQ 11 SiS 7012 Audio Driver IRQ 11 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller IRQ 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ 14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) IRQ 14 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller IRQ 15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) IRQ 15 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller [DMA] 2 Standard Floppy Disk Controller 3 ECP Printer Port (LPT1) 4 Direct memory access controller 0 (free) 1 (free) 5 (free) 6 (free) 7 (free) [Forced Hardware] Forced Hardware There is no Forced Hardware on this computer. [iRQs] 0 System timer 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard 2 Programmable interrupt controller 3 Communications Port (COM2) 5 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller 5 ASUS V8200 Series v21.81a 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller 7 ECP Printer Port (LPT1) 8 System CMOS/real time clock 10 MPU-401 Compatible 11 Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM) 11 PCI Modem Enumerator 11 SiS 7012 Audio Driver 11 SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 Numeric data processor 14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) 14 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller 15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) 15 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller 4 (free) 9 (free) [software Updates] Windows 98 Second Edition = 4,10,0,2222 Updates = Year 2000 Update for Windows 98 [W98.SE] [Windows 98 Deuxième Édition Q269601 Update] [Windows 98 Second Edition Q242975 Update] [Printing] Default printer: = Canon MPC190 Printer, USB(Canon MPC190) Using print manager spooling? = Yes Unidriver (UNIDRV.DLL) = 4.10.0.1998, 23/04/1999 22:22, 197696 bytes Gen drv (GENDRV.DLL) = Not Installed Canon MPC190 Printer = MPPDRV45, 7.2.2.950, 9/10/2002 6:35, 7616 bytes, USB(Canon MPC190) ____________________________________ START UP (grayed out disabled) Item,Value,Section v anvshell,anvshell.exe,"Registry - Machine Run" v "Barre d'état système",SysTray.Exe,"Registry - Machine Run" v EppieDesktop,"RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\EPSHELL.CPL,RUNDLL_EpIn","Registry - User Run" v EppieDesktop,"RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\EPSHELL.CPL,RUNDLL_EpIn","Registry - Def User Run" o Hotkeycontrol,"C:\Program Files\Hotkeycontrol XP\hkcontrol.exe","Registry - Machine Run" o internat.exe,internat.exe,"Registry - Machine Run" v LoadPowerProfile,"Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme","Registry - Machine Run" v LoadPowerProfile,"Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme","Registry - Machine RunServices" o mps,"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s","Registry - Machine Run" o MPTBOX,C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE,"Registry - Machine Run" v NvColorInit,"RUNDLL32.EXE NVQTWK.DLL,NvColorInit","Registry - Machine Run" o RNBOStart,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNBOSENT\SENTSTRT.EXE,"Registry - Machine RunServices" v ScanRegistry,"C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun","Registry - Machine Run" o SchedulingAgent,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mstask.exe,"Registry - Machine RunServices" v SystemTray,SysTray.Exe,"Registry - Machine Run" v TaskMonitor,C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe,"Registry - Machine Run" v "Tweak UI","RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp","Registry - Machine Run" o "Tweak UI","RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp","Registry - Machine Run" ___________________________________________ Running process when I do nothing: Process,PID,Priority,Threads,Executable ANVSHELL.EXE,FFFD3345,"8 (Normal)",1,C:\WINDOWS\ANVSHELL.EXE KERNEL32.DLL,FFCF1665,"13 (High)",4,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL mmtask.tsk,FFFFAD55,"8 (Normal)",1,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk MPREXE.EXE,FFFF550D,"8 (Normal)",1,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE MSGSRV32.EXE,FFFF42FD,"8 (Normal)",1,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE RNAAPP.EXE,FFFEA01D,"8 (Normal)",3,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE SYSTRAY.EXE,FFFD74E5,"8 (Normal)",2,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE TAPISRV.EXE,FFFE8309,"8 (Normal)",6,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE TASKMON.EXE,FFFD2395,"8 (Normal)",1,C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE WMIEXE.EXE,FFFC21E5,"8 (Normal)",3,C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE +Virtual Dub as explained before.

I did SP2.0 RC1 and don't have that. But I have a different Explorer: here it's View/Folder option. It's not under Tools. It's Tyrolian traditional song. Maybe you installed the Austrian pack?

No you can't because it's not my biggest complain. I don't have "big" complain against XP. I'm just upset about these continuous rumors that XP "is easier to use", "lots of media enhancement", "everybody feel at home" and all these craps. Does XP include a mecanic arm with a white glove poping out the screen to serve you a cup of coffee? No. So, as long as it doesn't, I'll stay with w98...

No, I didn't feel at home with XP, that's why I stayed with 98.How I could live when My Documents are not in C:\? It would be nice to see how many of those who threaten to move to linux actually stay with it. Yeah, there was many reasons why I didn't go Linux. And most of those who stay with Linux, even the Linux fans, have dual-boot with windows... If you dual-boot it's a proff that your OS miss something.

First problem after installing SP2.0rc1b; -I open Virtual Dub (version 5.1.5.1-P4) -click Video, Direct Stream Copy -Open a +- 350 Mb AVI file -Append another +- 350 Mb AVI File (or even not but that's just to do something) -Save as Avi As both audio and video are in "Direct Stream copy" mode there is no image or sound processing. VirtualDub is merely copying datas from two files to merge them in one single file but it's playing with hundreds of Mb at once. Normaly, when no other program are in use, this task should takes 2 or 3 minutes but after the upgrade with SP2.0RC1b, it takes 8 to 10 minutes! However, the computer is not slower when compressing video to DivX, which is, unlike dierct stream copy, very CPU intensive and little Hard Drive intensive. So, it's a problem with reading/writing the hard drive... -------------- 1.8Ghz P4 120 Gb Teak HD 512 DDR

In western europe, the Home edition (Belgium) it's 100 euros (125$) with or without hardware(+-). In eastern europe it's usualy free with hardware and 5$ without (but always the Pro version) . So it's not realy a question of price. XP is more stable than 98 (that's not questionned). But instead of XP, I was seriousely contemplating Linux when my W98 crashed for the nth time in a row. Fortunately SP2.0 saved me from migration and it seems I didn't have a crash in the last week I ran the pack.