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I have tried it some time ago and though it is funny, it is not really usefull IMO. Google for Madotate if you want a version in english.

What about TomahawkPDF Or simply a good free PDF printer + BeCyPDFMetaEdit with which you can create bookmarks

Try to open the pack to see what's in there or ASK TIHIY what you must do. Actually there was no need to open this thread. You should have posted this in the revpack thread directly.

Have you got unicows.dll on your system ? When I remove this file from my system dir I get the same error as you.

The best context menu manager is WAssociate IMO. Check it.

Certainly.

AFAIK files replaced by wininit on reboot are normally backed up by Windows in the sysbckup dir. Anyway Ambassador, have a look in the wininit.log file in your windows dir. It should list all the files that have been replaced on reboot. And don't forget to ask tihiy in his own thread what to do. This pack has recurrent uninstall issues since eons it seems. Yes by using wininit.exe and creating a wininit.ini file for it. Here is a GUI tool to create the wininit.ini file for you : http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/...installfile.zip Of course you first need to extract the files you want to restore from the install cabs.

I have 9 logical drives on four physical ones, with probably 500GB of data on them out of the nearly 1TB available and I have installed VC++ 6.0 not long time ago without using any particular setup switch. I can't remember it took more than 10-15 minutes to complete the install.

If I have been asking is because your proggies want to connect to the net as soon as they are executed. After I denied access to them they crashed.

Sure but that's how I feel about this thread.

Isn't it ? It's partly in response to your "get off my back" of the other thread.

I think there is a serious issue with 98SE and RAM above 1GB albeit some people have claimed on here to be using 2GB on that OS, many say they can't without limiting the RAM to 1 GB. I run WinME with 1.75 GB of RAM without probs. And I have the latest nVidia display drivers installed (81.98).

Try deleting the NT only msvcrt.dll file that's in the Google Earth folder.

Eck, there has been a couple of threads already in which people wondered if and why they should install WMI on Win98. Some install it, apparently for the sake of completeness. I found a page that describes quite well what it is and what is does : marebear7282 needs it suddenly and does not know why. I am afraid it is needed, to upload data, by a trojan he caught on his machine through an IE or Outlook security hole.

Is it spyware ?

I don't have Vista nor do I intend to get it but I have looked at screenshots etc... and I got the impression that there is a sort of new layer that fairly well masks/hides the logical filesystem structure and I thought I could not manage my files very well/easily with this system. Is this a wrong impression ?

Karen's Registry Ripper should be able to do that using the delete after saving option. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp

I didn't know those files were included in the 98 CD. By native I meant that those files don't get installed in a normal Win98 SE setup as far as I can remember. Maybe you are happy to have sorted the problem but you still don't know why you do need those wmi files suddenly. You say you cannot find out which startup program requires it. So that possibly you haven't looked properly and have missed the new item or one of your startup programs has been replaced by some malware. A few months ago, two of my startup programs (Scan Registry (scanregw.exe) and the Quicktime task scheduler (qttask.exe) got replaced by something that's now recognized by virus scanners as Agent.AWF for example.

Shut-up BenoitRen.

Well this is certainly hapenning because you have new program at startup that requires WMI, which is not native to Win98. As for the file you did download, it is for XP or 2000 systems. There is a WMI package for Win98 to be downloaded somewhere at Microsoft but if I was you I would first try to know why you need to load this file suddenly. WMI is included by default in WinME, which I am using, but it is a component I have removed from the OS long time ago and I have no problems with plug and play devices whatsoever. I have lost the MS hardware info tool because MS has tied it to WMI in ME but that's not a problem because there are enough excellent and free alternatives to that. The thing is it seems that WMI can be used to access machines remotely. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389290.aspx

Me too I am simply curious. No need to insult me, man.

LOL

There is no way, even illegal, you can update 98 to 98SE without an upgrade CD IMO.

Why not posting the reg file code you used so that everyone can benefit ?

As it's name indicate, it is the core component of the Windows Management Instrumentation. It should go into the system dir I think. I am pretty sure you don't need WMI on your laptop anyway. It's not needed on any computer IMO. Can I ask what you are using WMI for ?