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I found I had an old OEM cdrom with PowerDVD 3.0 on it. It works ok. The video is slightly jittery but the sound playback is smooth. Trying to avoid legal issues, a serial isn't as much a problem as finding the full version of the older programs. Why would VLC be a good choice?

Try these threads: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=107342 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=105373 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=99263

I have a Pentium II 333MHz and I have been mucking around with some DVD Software on it atm. I actually have a Creative DXR3 DVD Decoder card but I'm not a fan of the loop back cable. It was all and good when I ran my old 17 inch CRT monitor at 800x600 but now that I have a 19inch LCD monitor it just can't cut the mustard. It's just too blurry! My 2nd dilemma is I have a 3dfx Voodoo 4 so its ability to accelerate DVD is minimal. So I went on the hunt to see if I could find a DVD program that would run sufficiently on my system basically just using the CPUs grunt (or lack off). I have tried: Media Player Classic - (with and without ffdshow) Runs but it has sound glitches and slight jerkiness throughout playback Mplayer - Just can't get it to run stably. (probably because you are meant to compile it for your exact system. I can't be bothered) PowerDVD 4 - Runs but glitches in sound and video playback Lalim DVD Player 1.02 - This little 716kb player almost manages to achieve it. Again just a few little sound clicks and jerks. So close!!! http://www.geocities.com/lalimdvdplayer/index.html PowerDVD 1.5 Trial - Seems to work!!! Wow. PowerDVD 1.5 manages to display a fullscreen movie without a problem (as long as 2 channel audio is selected)!. The problem is... how the hell do I get a full version of it? Trial Still Available from: http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=powerdvd So PowerDVD 1.5 proves it is possible by using older DVD software. The question is... where do you get older (legal) versions of full copies from? And why do newer versions of the programs require so much more processor grunt? What have you found to be the fastest DVD programs for older systems, and if you can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

Ok, the Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 is an old ISA Sound Card that was provided as an OEM card by many vendors including Gateway (formally known as Gateway 2000 ) This card installs and works fine on Windows 95 / 98 / 98SE / Me using the following driver http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers...rsion%201.00.08 from Gateways support page. However based on online forums, driver discussion boards etc, many users have had major trouble getting older ISA Sound Cards to work on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This is because some of these older cards do not fully support PnP (Plug and Play). This results in Windows 2000 and Windows XP in allocating resources these cards need to other devices installed on the system. Many older ISA cards can not handle resource sharing. Unfortunately I found it hard to find anyone giving explanations of how to fix this problem. To get around this with older ISA cards we need to manually set their IRQ settings in the bios to prevent them from being shared with other hardware. The following is what I did for an Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 sound card to allow it to run on Windows XP. It should give an insite into how you might be able to get other ISA sound cards to function on newer operating systems like Windows XP and Windows 2000 (possibly Vista) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALL ENSONIQ SOUNDSCAPE VIVO 90 ON WINDOWS XP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Get the Drivers Get the Windows NT 4.0 driver snd022aa.exe (Ensoniq VIVO Sound driver, version 3.00.11) from Gatway Support website: http://support.gateway.com Direct Link: http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers...p;uid=181385281 Double click on the file to extract the files. For other cards they may have Windows XP or 2000 drivers. Use those! 2. Enter the BIOS Restart your computer and enter your BIOS setting (usually have to press the DELETE or F1 button etc etc) 3. Disable un-used Ports Disable and COM ports you will not be using. This frees up some IRQ addresses. I disabled all unused Serial and Parrallel ports. 4. Force IRQ Setting (This may be different depending on your bios. Have a look for similar settings.) In the bios I modified the CONFIGURATION MODE to USE SETUP UTILITY (the default was USE ICU or PnP OS) Now I could modify my IRQ settings. So I forced: IRQ 5 = Used by ISA card IRQ 9 - Used by ISA card 5. Save and Restart Computer 6. Install Driver Go to START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL - (Switch to Classic View if required) - SYSTEM - HARDWARE (tab) - DEVICE MANAGER Right Click on "Ensoniq Soundscape" (or similar) and select Update driver. Click: NO, not this time (don't check Windows Update), then click next Click: Install from a list or specific location, then click next Click: Don't search. I will choose the driver to install, then click next Click: Have disk Click: Browse Locate the folder where you extracted the driver earlier. Then click OPEN (in my case it was C:\CABS\SND022AA ) then click OK Click next The driver will now install. You may have to click "Continue Anyway" because the driver wont be signed (tested and approved) my Microsoft Then click FINISH (if you are presented with "Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO Properties" page, you may have to manually enter the default setting listed further below in this post) 7. Restart Computer Restart your computer and your sound card should work. ------------------------------------------------------ Troubleshooting ------------------------------------------------------ Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO 90 default resource settings: I/O Range: 0330 - 033F I/O Range: 0530 - 053F I/O Range: 2100 - 213F IRQ: 05 IRQ: 09 DMA: 01 DMA: 00 If the sound still doesn't work, go back into DEVICE MANAGER, check to see if ENSONIQ SOUNDSCAPE has a yellow exclamation mark ! next to it. If it does double click on it to see what the problem is. You may have to manually set the resources. Also you might want to try installing your sound card in a different ISA slot. Turning off Power Managment features in the BIOS and in Windows can also help. Setting your computer to "Standard PC" can also help (may require re-install) Good luck

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I'd love for this to happen Ideally it would be developed so users can build there own slipstreamed version so they can decide which updates they want to integrate. I wonder if it be possible to slipstream in Internet Explorer 6 and its updates as well?

Good work!!! I really think if we can nail this we are well on the way to creating a slipstreamed and ultimate version of Windows 9x !!! What better way to tie up Win9x than with version of Windows which is a rolled combination of the best of Win98SE and WinMe that is achieved by just a simple install.

Thanks for the info glaurung and replying to my PM's My biggest concern has been that I wanted to ensure ESDI_506.PDR (LLXX's edited Version .2225) was slipstreamed into my Windows 98 SE cd allowing Win98 to support Hard Disks bigger than 137GB. So if I just copy that file into my Win98 folder and burn it to a disk it should slipstream into the installation replacing the original version? If just updating the original files with newer versions was all that was required your slipstream method would be perfect. Unfortunately many updates need to include additional files. The 2nd best option would be a 1 off post install update that installs IE6SP1 and cumulative updates, DirectX 9.0c (December 2006), Windows Media Player 9 and all of Windows 98 SE's hotfixes (Official and Unofficial) Microsoft produced an update cd in 2004 that did this. If it could be updated with all the future releases it could be perfect. Read more on the CD here: http://www.msfn.org/board/MS-Windows-Secur...04-t108981.html

In the Windows 98SE folder the inf file WSEresume.inf lists: Could these be simply replaced with GAPES Service Pack and Unofficial Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Component Update or don't these files support Microsofts update process?

I have in my possession a cdrom made by Microsoft back in February 2004 SECURITY UPDATE CD "Install Important Security Updates for your Microsoft Windows-based PC" It works on Win 98 /98SE / ME / 2000 / XP It was designed to automatically update your PC to be up-to-date with all the critical updates up until Feb 2004. On Windows 98SE for example it installs Internet Explorer 6 SP1, DirectX 9.0b, Windows Media Player 9 and all the Windows Hotfixes. It also automatically restarts the computer when required etc etc. I stress it is fully automated. This makes me wonder if this would be a good platform to modify to create a newer version of this update that installs IE6, DirectX 9.0c, WMP9 and the official and unofficial hotfixes etc. I have included a link to a demo package highlighting the contents of the CD, its inf's and setup files etc but with dummy hotfix and update files (0 byte size) so others can use this as a basis for future projects or learn more about Windows inf commands. http://archive.galahs.com.au/windows9x/wi...te_cd_feb04.zip (800kb)

Can you just unpack a .cab file then recreate the .cab file with the new file in it? What program do you use? Also, I notice Gapes Unofficial SP2 & SP3 says it supports semi slipstreaming, and all you have to do is copy your Win98 file from your Windows98 cd to your hard disk, then extract the files in the SP2.cab file into your Win98 folder that you copied earlier. These updated files will replace the existing files on the cd. Does that mean Windows 98 has a type of slipstreaming support built into Win98's installation process?

Yeah not a catastrophe straight away, but if you still forget to apply the patch then fill the primary partition beyond 137GB or split a large hard disk into multiple partitions then try to use a part of the drive beyond 137GB you could be in for a nasty shock. I never use my original Win98 disk to install Win98SE. I always use a backup disk I've created as I can add all my drivers and utilities to it that I always install. Slipstreaming ESDI_506.PDR would be rather reassuring. Can it be done?

If there is one file I think definately should be slipstreamed into your Windows 9x cd this would be it! Forgetting to apply this patch before exceeding the 137GB of your hard disk would be a catastrophe. So how would one go about replacing the original ESDI_506.PDR file so this new one is installed instead automatically (or preferably slipstreamed into the installation)?

I also note that you can create a bootable cd of 98lite Maybe it would give some hints as to how we could make a slipstreamed win98SE. IF 98lite unpacks all the files, then installs windows, it might be possible to replace the existing files with newer versions, this would basically be a slipstreamed version of Windows. I have also been looking around for EXE and INF tools (because I sure don't want to learn too much coding) I found that Windows 2000 and XP have an EXE maker built into them called Iexpress. There is an older version available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237803 A guide to using Iexpress can be found here: http://babek.info/libertybasicfiles/lbnews...34/iexpress.htm For creating your own INF 's I found this handy freeware tool. INF-Tool --- http://www.inner-smile.com/dl_inf.htm Some good information on INF files can be found here: http://www.ryston.com/x/INF_web/main.htm More info here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790220.aspx And here is a good guide to making Batch files (.bat) http://home.att.net/~gobruen/progs/dos_batch/dos_batch.html The only decent Batch Creation utility I have found is Shareware (15 uses) called Easy Batch Creator --- http://www.octosoft.co.uk/ebb/ Hope this is helpful.

I noticed with Gapes Unofficial Service pack, he claims tou can semi slipstream some updates by simply putting them in the Win98 setup folder. Does that mean Windows 98 has a built in support for slipstreaming newer versions of existing files?

These threads have some more interesting ideas. http://www.msfn.org/board/Win98-CD-t33815.html http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/w...8.mspx?mfr=true http://www.hermit.cc/teach/ho/win/hobat98.htm Even more reading... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/w...d.mspx?mfr=true http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214727

I am on the quest to build a slipstreamed version of the best Windows 98 Second Edition I possibly can. I am thinking of one that has all the official MS hotfixes, all critical Unofficial hotfixes, + compatible WinMe files + adding Native USB support + copy2GB patch + 48bit LBA for larger disk drives over 137GB Being an industrial designer, I love to make things simpler and easier to use. I find having to apply a series of updates to get Win98SE back in shape after a reinstall frustrating to say the least. I know there are other unattended installations around (but they all add 3rd party apps) but I want one that just installs the most up-to-date Win9x Operating System possible. Nothing more, nothing less. No IE6, DX9 or WMP9. These should be left to the user to decide on. Now my problem is I need to work out how to slipstream additional files not originally included in Win98 CD (ie. adding new files, not replacing existing ones). Do you know how this would be possible?

I agree this project has great promise. I am looking for a method to Slipstream gapes unofficial service pack + 98SE2ME + NUSB + LLXX's 137GB + patch this might just be the tool for it. makecab.exe can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310618 I also found this information that might come in handy

Firstly can I acknowledge the awesome collection of unofficial updates for Windows 9x. I know I speak on behalf of the entire Win9x community that they have truly helped extend the use of Win9x beyond its Microsoft supported period. But now that Win9x has been well and truly abandoned I have been thinking about what would be the best way to create an ultimate Win9x operating system. Most agree Windows 98 Second Edition is the most stable base to build a Win9x system (except those with very low end PC's) So I believe a single update for Windows 98 Second Edition would be best. Now I know Gape has made a great unofficial service pack but I am thinking about a project that takes it even further. One that also includes all of Windows Millennium Edition's updated files identified with MDGx's 98SE2ME project. Therefore this update for Windows 98 SE would include all... - Official Microsoft Updates for Windows 98SE - Unofficial Microsoft Updates for Windows 98SE - All critical 3rd party updates for Windows 98SE - All of Windows Me's updated file versions (of course users would have to own a Windows Me licensed product to use) - Essential 3rd Party feature modifications such as Copy2GB, 137GB + Hard Disks (.2225 version), Native USB Support. So now we'd have a single update and download that basically ensures we have a Windows 9x version ready to march on through the last stretch of its useful life. Every file possible updated to the latest Win9x version, secure, safe and fast!!! Yes I know these modifications can be done now, but it is a piece meal approach more useful for computer guru's because you have to install multiple updates in the correct order for them to work. What I'm talking about is a simple to use (single download, double click and install type) update. Have I gone mad?

I have a Pentium 2 Overdrive (replaces the Pentium Pro) Does that mean I should stay way clear of this update since it is implied its support was removed from this update???

Is there a reason why this couldn't be made a Full Install patch (update files included)? The unofficial patches for Windows 98 SE found in Gapes Unofficial Service Pack offen contains files from newer operating systems, so why not make a complete 98SEME patch with all of the latest unofficial updates and the newer WinME files?

I read somewhere that if a driver is written for the WDM model it should work on Windows 2000 and Windows 98 (as it was the first OS to support WME drivers) I wonder what the truth behind the statement is? Here are a few links to people that know the ins and outs of drivers may find useful???? http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/wdm.mspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Driver_Model

I've run a 320GB usb2 hard disk on Win98SE without a hitch, and filled and access data past the 137GB limit

I guess its good to ask if anyone has noticed Windows Me accesses the internet faster than Windows 98SE?

So if you own WinME (I do) can you just copy those files and replace Win98SE's files?