[IEPatcher.exe & Agent String]

When removing IE w/ HFSLIP, Using IEPatcher.exe to fool programs into thinking IE is installed is mentioned in the 2ksp5.html walkthrough. Has anyone actually tried this w/ Norton's? Back when I was running 98, last year, was able to trim SystemWorks down (postInstall) to just speeddisk (3.1megs), by doing some testing w/ "FileMon".

Suppose everyone has moved on to OTHER defraggers, but speeddisk has always been my favorite :-)

And sites that don't load in Opera I just don't go to, so probably time to ditch IE.

[Installation Errors With Nlite Winxp Cd]

Just use C:\Users, or C:\Documents and Settings,

then after install, copy all the files from there to D:\ (can't copy all files of the logged in user, will need to logout once, to second Admin)

and mount D: to C:\Users

Same thing for Program Files or the like, Set Nlite to C:\Programs

copy all files to E:\, and mount the drive to C:\Programs

Does require a minimal amount of work after install, but sounds better than multiple setups to format drives...

[Install Win98 From Millenium]

I'd ask someone that has purchased a crappy a** computer in the past, like a Compaq, or such, that comes with RestoreDisks, if they're no longer utilizing them, those restore Disks have an Options/Cabs directory w/ all the files required to install 98, then you could do MDGx's 98SE 2 ME, which appears to be quite functional aside from that discrepancy w/ not being able to remove the "logff Windows" from the StartMenu.

[Win98 32gb Partition Limit]

*Chuckle* Thanks. I researched it here more, found that link for http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/part.htm

Of course I never knew of this "limit" til last year or so when I got my 80gig HD and the sales rep "advised" me not to partition the drive larger than 32Gb

Since then I've been under that impression Gah.

[Installation Guide for Win98 SE SP 2.0]

this is how i would do the install:

Installation order:

*1- Install Windows 98 SE (with our without 98lite).

2- Install IE 6.0 SP1.

3-Install DirectX (9.0c).

4- Install all latest drivers of your hardware

*5- Install MS Office.(And any other programs like norton/etc...)

6- Install SE SP 2.0.

7- Reboot.

8- Install 98lite to remove any features.

*9- Install critical updates from WindowsUpdate.(Make sure you have your icon cache increased as your icons could change and be unable to change them back)

*10- Install 982ME Latest Version.

this is the method i use:

installing ie6 before anything is crucial as some programs may need the newer ie files,next comes directx as some hardware might complain like a soundcard and you'll have lower sound quality then usual or a message will come up about directx,also it is best to install the sp before you use 98lite so that the sp updates all files instead of just the ones you have installed,also doing it this way allows you to reinstall those features with the newer files rather than with the old files,it is recomended to install the windows updates then install the latest version of 982ME.this is the method i use as i've had trouble with gapes installation method

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'd recommend a reboot after installing Office, before SE SP 2.0, should prevent any erroneous errors like the ones I got, causing Office2000 to claim registry errors and .dll not found/registered -- which caused Office to have to reinstall itself

[It has been 7 years since Win98 was released]

I'll prolly install linux on my new PC in the next month or so, but I found Cygwin did everything I needed and was a very nice "enhanced dos box"

As for XP? no thanks, I might install Win2K as I don't necessarily want to partition 2 160-200GB drives into 5-7 partitions each.

As for stability claims, my 98se box only needs to be rebooted every 16-24 days, with heavy usage, utilizing CD-Tools, Opera, TotalCommander, etc.

Just tried MDGx's 98se2me after a clean Install, so will see how my system stability performs w/ that.

[Win98 32gb Partition Limit]

I notice a number of people dualboot w/ Either Xp/2K/or possibly Linux alongside 98, I would imagine those of you with monster drives haven't broken all the partitions into 32GB ones, what did you do then?

Just use NTFS or linux-FS on larger partitions and not let 98 read/write to those drives?

[Remove "log Off" From Start Menu]

After installing option 1 & 3 of 98se2me, TweakUI can't remove "Log off" from Start Menu, is it merely a registry hack to take that out? or embedded in the replaced Explorer/CmDlg/etc?

Otherwise, everything appears to be pretty darn functional thus far

quite impressive

<Gah, meant to go into Killer Replacements...Maybe that "sticky" under this SubThread should have its own SubThread heh>

Just delete this, will try a reply to the right thread.

I reposted to the proper thread, and that RegistryTweak no longer works:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=37302&st=290#