XP-is-a-CRAP

FAILURE to read the manual or instructions on screen: PKUNZIP -d WOW.ZIP :thumbup :thumbup

No problem. WinZIP is and always was obsolete. I use 7-ZIP. What irritates me instead is GIMP. The GIMP (open source) guys were the first who dropped pre-2000 versions ... :realmad: ??? PKUNZIP (DOS) does NOT support "folders", but it supports directories ... isn't it good enough ? BTW: Latest version of PKUNZIP is 2.50 ...

BUT I can check the "flat" points for minima, and if all of them are >0 then the fact is proven that no usable (real numbers) solution exists. BTW: A flat point does NOT necessarily bring an extreme ... check "y=x^3" function. Anyone can generate and post the graph of the function on left side of the original equation, so we can see what we are trolling about ?

"shaddam" wrote Thanks. Is FASTVID the same as MTTRR ? Does the CPU write 64 bit at a time instead of 32 ? How to find out where the video memory is ? My Gooogelling for this thing did not generate any useable results in the past.

Hmmm.... If you are a good programmer you could have a look at FreeDOS FDISK. It is mostly done, it works (I tested up to 10GB), and full LBA48 support up to 2 TB (if anyone needs this, I don't) should be easily doable if not yet present. It unfortunately seems to lack a maintainer by now. BTW, FreeDOS FDISK fakes the (slightly silly) M$-FDISK design ... and does not have advanced features like partition resising without data loss. BTW: The newest FreeDOS DEFRAG 1.2.1 should support FAT32 now !!!

WDE disk editor !!! Be warned: It is a DOS programm, it is 15 KB in size, and requires some tricks (LBACACHE) and some care when used. But it does what it should and is free

Yeah ... the thing is great, all sticks up to 1 GB worked for me so far ... but: There is a serious BUG resulting in data corruption. Corruption occurs in following situations: 1 (always?): Defragmenting the stick and click "Abort" button. Data is corrupted. Aborting Defrag on the HD does NOT suffer from this bug. 2 (?): Performing several write/erase/write operations while free space is low (<20%) or even touches 0.

I do care about portability and open source.

"Best Program used to compress files" 7-ZIP. Also useful: PKWARE2.50 (DOS), TUNZ (DOS), KZIP, INFO-ZIP.

WOW ... trying to remember about algebra ... SORRY but it definitely IS the (a smart one) calculator or PC. Well, since the highest exponent is 6 and divisible by 2, there is the risk that there is NO solution at all ... The number of solutions may be 0 ... 6 . There is a good method to solve equations of order 2 (possible result: no solution exists). There is a bad method for order 3 (exact solution for any equation) But there are NO (exact and universal) methods for order >=4 !!! What one can try is the brute-force method: test for solutions +1, -1, +2, -2, ... and reduce through polynom division ... works for "artificial" "school" equations with low integer solutions only Otherwise, make a graph (preferably with a PC ), and then use an inexact method (tangent method, ...) to approach the solutions. BTW: If someone has the result (PC math prog) please post ...

YEAH ... it works, but not lightweight ... and NOT bug-free. ... http://ghosthunter.true.ws http://ghosthunter.6x.to Quickburn & BurnISO. - free and far below 1 MB !!!

Free for personal use ?

RC4 has some weaknesses. 128-bit: minimum. Check 7-ZIP: Rijndael algorithm, 256-bit key, 256K hashes with SHA256.

I had a look and was NOT amused. WRONG. It DOES contain M$-files. It seems quite "complete". No idea why itrequires the CD nevertheless. It contains a huge number of files from different sources: Windows 98, M$-DOS 6.xx, FreeDOS, Win 3.xx, ..., ..., ... having different licenses (proprietary, shareware, freeware, GNU GPL, ...) The mess is completed by a truncated (!!!) GNU GPL text and some non-European (Chinese ?) texts. The ISO file is probably almost identical with the "creator". No, thanks, I prefer legal DOSes.

To "piracy" or not to "piracy": Make sure to check newest Enhanced DR-DOS and FreeDOS releases before using Windows 98 as source of "DOS". BTW, multiboot of W98 and FreeDOS works like a charm, even on same partition.

I had v. 2.2 up to now and all devices did work for me, up to 1 GB. Minor problem: for some of them confirming the driver is required, few clicks, but found automatically, no private drivers. This thing needs a better webhost: it is too small and to good for rapidshare !!!

Unreproductable. Maybe the minimum __processes__ needed ? I have 7. (+graf driver). None of them is "MSG.32.EXE" or "MSGLOOP.EXE". Beware: CTL-ALT-DEL does NOT reveal ALL of them. On my PC it shows only 3 (+graf driver).

" How difficult would it be to write a driver for this card " I definitely would NOT do this. " If I wanted to use Maximum Decim's package, would I need to remove all my current USB devices from the registry? " That's what I would do. Remove all crappy private drivers, then inslall Maximus. Alternatively, resinstall Windows completely. Gives some work, but you get rid of all the USB-related and other mess.

Thanks. Created a LOGO.SYS and seems to work. "logo.sys (the boot-up logo) is contained inside io.sys, you don't need to find it (don't move/delete io.sys)" Seems to be compressed. Can I extract or replace it there ?? "I use a prgm called "1st Impression" by Gromada software" It also uses a LOGO.SYS file, does not patch IO.SYS. I'll have a look at the additional info. Why is it pressed and 256 colors ? XP logos are 16 colors only, but full 640x480 pixel resolution.

Thanks. I found C:\WINDOWS\LOGOS.SYS & C:\WINDOWS\LOGOW.SYS . Both are BMP's with wrong extension and pressed horizontally by factor 2. Both are shut-down logos ("Now you can switch your PC off" & "Now Windows is shutting down"), but there is no LOGO.SYS and no BOOT-UP logo. More hints where to search ?

Where is the boot screen of Win98 [sE] stored ? Can it be replaced ? There are many cool boot screens for XP available, can I patch such a screen into Win98 ?

"Are there any advantages upgrading from Win98SE to WinME?" NO. I am not a professional, but the only adv. of ME is the USB, and now one can fix it on 98SE using the Maximus USB patch, sized 660KB, so ME is definitely OBSOLETE now.

Hello I have W98 in a silly language. Is there a possibility to patch / change it to English ?

You can't. MSDOS is dead. There is no legal download. Nevertheless: You can use Free-DOS. It is MUCH better than MS-DOS. You can use it besides W98 (Dual-boot).

Thanks to Maximus. Works great ! (The USB patch included in SP 1.6.2. was poor) Does it support USB 2 also ? (I can't test it becasue of lack of HW)