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Chozo4

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  1. That would be due to your hardware configuration. Perhaps different speeds of the harddisks, different HD interface, differing CD-drive speeds (if from a cd), etc. A cd-rom install will usually be the same on all systems as the install speed is limited to the speed of the cd-drive. If from the hard-disk however, you'll notice a significant difference in install speeds.My recent system (2.4ghz amd) for example installed a fresh copy of win98 in 4-5 minutes (from install screen to complete install) compared to the usual 30 or so on a real-lowend system. Might I ask, what difference does it make of how long software takes to install? That's also limited to the installer itself rather than the software itself. You're virtually judging the software by it's packaging rather than the software itself. Also, in reply to your '98 should be dead long ago' comment... "Newer is not always better".
  2. Very nice desktop Broke, I used the same one for a couple months straight.
  3. I will admit though, I love the Unofficial service pack. One of the PC's in my house did get it's 98 install botched. However, that was due to the pc already having problems with it's install in the first place such as registry errors being persistant. Same pc was redone afterward and works like a dream.
  4. That post in particular comes to mind. After reading that post the thought came to me that I was using (at the time) an OS (winXP) that had all of those extra features that I never used. Basically I saw no point in upgrading to a newer OS if the old one I had did everything I needed. Welcome to the dark side, Jl If you need any of those security features, just use win9x's own Policy Editor "poledit" anyway . http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=60251&st=300# File level permissions = allow/deny method. Only allowed programs can run. Security Policies = Disables many portions of the users ability to use their acct. No Non-admins = cured by editing the default account+users accounts with a policy cancel/esc bypass= cured by a registry tweak or two (or using poledit). Require validation.
  5. All thanks to people like you, those piece of junk opertaing systems have still been supported by hardware and software manufacturers for way TOO LONG!!! You're quite welcome link. Glad to be of service Just to note: I don't influence the hardware/software manufacturers in any way. I just use what works and never did ask for anything to be 'written for 9x'. If something won't work in 98 i'll just find one that does. If I still can't find it I'll write it or try to anyway.
  6. You are correct and I should have mentioned that. Stealing the in_???.dll's from WinAmp5 is an easy way to improve your older WinAmp setup. You'll get higher quality playback, bug fixes and improved file compatibility. I see that Winamp 5.12 added the ability to play protected WMA files and I'm curious if that would backport to 2.x by copying the in_wma.dll I'm not sure what you mean by 'protected wma' not being playable. I've played WMA's that require licencing fine on my winamp 2.9x install without a problem. Unless owever you meant another form of protection. Interesting tip: Microsoft flushes the copy license count periodically it seems. I had some WMA's which overran the licence count. Held onto them only to find a couple weeks later I could then get a license for them once again.
  7. REALLY! I wasn't fully aware of a specific remover as I didn't quite look . Granted, rubbing alc (70%) worked just great for me whenever needed to remove compound and it did it quite well for that matter. Left not a trace of the compound behind in my case. Useful bit of advice there. I'll be picking up a bottle myself for the next time I need to remove any compound.
  8. I would agree as well with getting artic silver. The stock thermal pad still performs well out of the box actually. The best 2 things you can do though is: 1) Get AS5 compound 2) Get a full copper heatsink (stock is usually aluminum) You should then be set at the very least for decent cooling in the event you want to overclock a tiny bit. You can remove the existing compound using Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alc) with ease. Nice processor choice btw Running an AMD64 4000+ (San Diego) here.
  9. The Mechwarrior Resource Depot http://mechresource.myvnc.com Also been writing a chatroom from scratch over the last week. Can try it at http://mechresource.myvnc.com/stable/chochat/login.php5 It's a pure php/java chat solution without any sql.
  10. Best I can figure is that: 1) it adds the url and the short url to a database then.. 2) load the script in place whenever the short url is called and... 3) feed back in the header the real url under the shorturl mask If your using a php-driven database solution instead of mySql, kudos to you All in all, nifty script Mine is 'moo'
  11. Welcome! Just double test it first before making it your main loading page to ensure it's working correctly.
  12. It has a nice clean look to it. Doesn't look very heavy at all actually. --- For Gzipping the images, I think I can help there. Looks like you are linking directly to the images which means there would be zero gzip with the images. because they don't get passed through your script. Only the html is getting GZipped. Now with images, they are already compressed so I don't see why you would want to send a gzipped image. Especially considering if there is not size gain, you'd in effect make the image 10 bytes larger due to the gzip header. If you still wish to persue, you can try linking each image to a php file and then outputting it that way. I'm assumming your using php so... I just wrote this up and tested it. Hopefully it will work for you. The way it's written limits the image to being in the same folder as the php script below. The limits are that way because it does a quick check for validity to prevent it being abused as a proxy instead by stripping out the path and getting the end of it only. <?php if(!$_GET['img']) exit; $img=explode('/',str_replace('\\','/',$_GET['img'])); header("Content-Encoding: gzip"); function gztrim ($d) {return gzencode($d,9);} ob_start('gztrim'); readfile(end($img)); exit; ?> Save it to a php file such as 'gzimg.php' and load images through it using <img src=gzimg.php?img=test.jpg> Also, perusing over your source , you can cut size a small bit if you recycle some of your function calls within your javascript. for example, the call function yahoo(){ ivalue=document.getElementById("main_input").value document.getElementById("main_input").focus(); window.location='http://search.yahoo.com/search?p='+ivalue } could be passed through and called in this way function srcheng(loc) { document.getElementById("main_input").focus(); window.location=loc+document.getElementById("main_input").value; } //Reuse this call for the other function calls that are for each search engine srcheng('http://search.yahoo.com/search?p='); you could further increase browser compatibility and use the 'name' attribute instead of the 'id' attribute andf then call the name instead of using 'getElementById'. so this would work in IE4+ instead of ie5+ for example function srcheng(loc) { main_input.focus(); window.location=loc+main_input.value; } //Reuse this call for the other function calls that are for each search engine srcheng('http://search.yahoo.com/search?p='); You mileage may vary. Take my advice with a grain of salt as you're bound to get a spot of sleep deprivation in the code (AKA: bug) due to it being quickly written and not retested for any flaws.
  13. As travis says, it's fully capable. I find winamp 2.9x with the "VID4WA" plugin works great as it also supports DVD playback extentions such as subtitles and language selection.
  14. Thanks for the link. I initially wasn't even aware of a security issue in winamp actually. One thing I noticed, most (if not all) of the winamp 5 plugs work on winamp 2 so you're definately correct about the in_mp3.dll working on winamp 2 and others.
  15. Yet this isn't just some *other board*. Perhaps because the other boards you spoke of were only interested in the mainstream. That and with you constantly borking out 'stop voting for them to live, vote for them to die!' they probably just went along with to get you to stop spamming their boards.
  16. *Listens to the unified chant of the Activation-key in a crowded room of techs.*
  17. I'm pretty much with hyperhacker here. Also have mine set to the localhost (actually 'http://127.0.0.1/forums/') to keep up on if anyone has contacted me on my forums.
  18. Windows+Web based mail. Voted other because I use 'Juno'.
  19. Actually... there are policies in windows 98. Using PolEdit.exe: http://www.zisman.ca/poledit/ You can press ESC to bypass the userlogin and gain access to the system. There is a registry tweak to bypass/disable the ESC-Key/Cancel workaround. found here http://www.petri.co.il/require_windows_98_..._the_domain.htm
  20. It will not install. Edited out the launch conditions from the MSI. Find out it calls "SHCreateDirectoryExw" from the shell which does not exist. If I'm correct, wasn't this function call added in Tihiy's package? If so it just might work then.
  21. Best I can suggets is to do a clear-reinstall of drivers by wiping the ENUM branch in your registry. Open up the registry editor "regedit.exe" and delete the branch "HKEY_Local_Machine->ENUM" then shutting down. Switch boards and then boot. Have your driver disks ready. One thing to keep in mind is to keep your WIN98 install files on your harddisk. This will help prevent headaches due to not being able to access the cd drive while installing drivers for the IDE controllers. Just back up your registry before-hand by going to *Start -> Run -> type 'scanregw'* I've done a swap of boards myself only to find some problems due to IRQ's incorrectly set and some devices still installed that nolonger exist (emulated drivers for some software). Wiping the enum branch as mentioned is about the same as just deleting every entry at once in the system devices tab.
  22. Regadring the updates, you can find them in the "unnofficial Service Pack" forum above. I highly recommend the Unofficial SP and the USB *storage* updates. Also, are you using the same exact driver pack? I'm assuming that your using the same adaptors even for both. Also, what type of adaptors? What brand and model? I personally have been using WiFi on all my 98 machines for the last couple years with zero problems. I even go as far as dropping the WiFi client on the desktops and manually configure them in the device properties. The laptop retains the client for roaming profiles. From experience, avoid Belkin adaptors if looking for wireless reliability. I've had nothing but headaches with my last set of belkin wifi hardware. Also, unless it's absolutely neccessary... you need not use the IEEE protocol. Just TCP\IP at the very least. The machine that your IEEE protocol is 'not installing on' you should boot into safemode and check the device manager. There might be a conflict with the protocol\network device with something on your system. Whereas it's being installed but no longer displayed due to problems loading the device after normal loading thus causing further problems. Also, go to run and type "ASD" to check if any Critical Operation Failures occurred due to it.
  23. Strange , either that link is rigged or something was screwed up with my forum session. Clicked the link but it indicated "You have already voted". Never made a vote to a single poll in this forum since I joined it. Well well well, looks like win98 still wins in that poll despite that my vote was rigged.
  24. I know, old topic resurrection (Look maw, I'm a necromancer!). If you find the manufactures name. Look up drivers for the modem from windows xp and the older drivers for windows 9x from a similar modem of theirs. Lucent Technologies (bought out by agere) is a good example and the one I dealt with a while ago. Compare INF's for conflicting data (ignoring inf structure comparison as 9x and xp infs are structures slightly differently). The more important line you'll be looking for is the modem codec number and some of the reistry keys not relating to services. Find that line if your using a softmodem and insert it into the inf file in the reg-key section. Near the top there might be a range of ports scanned on inf install. If you know the port it used to be assigned to in XP, assign that port as the only port in the inf. ---- I did this procedure to get the 'winxp drivers only' softmodem in my Toshiba Laptop (A15-S157) to function under windows 98. Those who have an A15-S1xx series probably have the same modem. PM me if you need the drivers for win98 in it. The modem was pumping through upwards of 15kb/sec steadily and sometimes more through my provider. I'd say it worked out fairly well while I was on dial-up.
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