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I think your system is underclocked. Ensure the CPU and memory are running at their correct speeds.

That happens on my 98se system as well. It's just the property sheet handler scanning through the file looking for specific properties. E.g. some EXE files have a Version information tab in the property sheet. But that property sheet handler has been registered for *, so all files get scanned for properties. On my machine it's named {3EA48300-8CF6-101B-84FB-666CCB9BCD32}. Moving that one to only the EXE, DLL, and other files that can have extended properties would probably solve your problem.

What XP-specific features are the newer QT versions using? New exported functions in DLLs? Sometimes it's just a versioncheck, and you can force it to install by faking the version or unpacking the installer and doing it manually. Other users have reported success with this method in getting "2K/XP-only" games to run under 9x. I don't use QT much at all anyway (staying with WMVs and AVIs), so I can't help specifically. But many of these "2K/XP-only" programs actually will run fine on 9x with a faked version or manual install.

Video card driver problem? What video card are you using?

Reflash the BIOS with the newest version from the manufacturer's site. That should remove any virus residing in the BIOS.

Start -> Run -> "services.msc" Find and disable Error Reporting.

What temperatures are you experiencing? Use a temperature monitor to find out. I also agree it's a thermal problem.

Just disable ActiveX and JavaScript... Wrong! With 5 years experience of No Infection with properly configured IE 6.0 and visiting many sites, that is false! Only if you don't know how to configure your browser properly.

Looks like someone got tired of the Alt+Tab/Shift+Alt+Tab panel

64-bit isn't really the deciding factor here, as software is still predominantly 32-bit. My opinion is that 32-bits is going to stay for a long time, since only large mainframes and supercomputers have 64-bit data widths. Many other supercomputers are still 32-bit. The deciding factor is how efficiently the CPU processes instructions. It's slightly better on the Ath64, that's why it runs at a lower clock speed and can still compete closely with the AthXP.

Couldn't you just install the Quicktime (.MOV) codec and not the whole thing? That's what I have on my system...

You will need a crossover cable if you're not planning to plug both the eth cables into a hub/switch.

My ports 137-139 are open according to netstat -a -n, but refuse all connections. For some reason everyone "has to have" a popup-blocker and antispyware program running in the background. I find that disturbing, since in reality a default install of 98se can already be configured using what it has, to completely eliminate such annoyance and risks. This is what I recommend instead:1. HOSTS file: Make one that blocks as much advertising and malicious sites as you can. You can download many of them from the Internet, then merge them together and remove duplicate lines. Now, all of those annoying advertising banners will disappear. As an added benefit, you can easily add entries to this blocklist, and also use it as a sort of DNS server to reach important sites if DNS servers are down. 2. IE configuration: Very Important! Everyone blames IE because it's so insecure, but in fact they are the ones that don't take the time to configure it properly. Configure Internet Zone security to Custom Level, and disable everything contained within. Repeat for Restricted Sites Zone. Most important to disable are: - ActiveX <- the most dangerous - File Download - Font Download <- an "exploit" font can cause execution of arbitrary code when rendered... - Javascript <- also kills popups too! - Active Scripting <- also kills popups too! Then configure the Trusted Sites zone to enable most items, except ActiveX which has been more useless than useful. I'd leave Font Download disabled too. Add sites that you absolutely trust not to harm your computer to this zone e.g. MSFN. 3. Antispyware/adware: Get any good antispyware/adware program e.g. Adaware, and run it, removing anything that it detects as malicious. Then get rid of the antispyware program itself. You won't be needing it. 4. Antivirus: Download and run more than one antivirus program one after another, scanning for and removing any infection. Do not install it so as to run in the background nor attempt to provide "active protection". I like to keep one standalone scanner, e.g. F-Prot for DOS (free version), around for scanning downloaded files. There is no need to scan every file in the system periodically if you know that they were not infected. Only scan files that were just downloaded. 5. Firewall: Not needed at all. A hardware disconnect switch, or just unplugging the network cable, is more than sufficient security if all you plan to do is work off-line for a while. 6. Awareness: Although you can now visit, with absolutely no effect, sites that would overwhelm a system that was not properly configured with inenumerable amounts of popups and malware, what you choose to download must still be inspected carefully. In other words, the system itself is secured, so all entry points have to be secured as well. This would be software that you download or receive from others. Besides a preliminary virus scan, careful inspection of the files contained within must be done. I usually unpack installers and extract what files I need of the software manually. You follow all of the above steps, your system will stay clean forever

Your mobo has both IDE and SATA controllers right? If you're not using the IDE controllers, you should disable them in BIOS.

You didn't make it bootable. Need to have DOS system files on it first. It must boot to command prompt.

I'll keep my IE 6.0... don't feel like moving to a "newer" browser just for the sake of ... getting a newer browser.

You're using a SATA driver which probably supports 48bit LBA. To see its filename, find the property of the hard disk controller in the Device Manager, and under Driver File Details button in Driver tab.

Boot from it, to a command prompt, then run WINNT.EXE in the I386 directory to begin the setup.

Is the drive itself even able to read from the disc? If it is, then a sector-by-sector copy, ignoring the logical structure, should succeed. But, if it cannot even read the disc, like ISOBuster claimed it was not there, then there's something wrong with that drive...

No, those files are needed for the validation process to work.

For more speed, but a 386 is all that's needed... I've tried a 33MHz 80386DX and 98se does indeed run on it.

When it asks to validate, always choose the alternative method (download the file) instead. The file is named LegitCheck.EXE, not .HTA. Download, run it, and write the code it supplies into the validation box, then can continue.

Even more so for the average unknowledgeable user, actually... since they are the ones who are more likely to get malware. Making highest security default gives more protection, and anyway almost all web pages display fine at the highest security and just use the other features such as scripting + activex to display popups ads drive-by-downloads and other annoyances. For general browsing, use high security. For sites that you trusts and registers with (e.g. MSFN) then give it to trusted sites.

I find all the versions beyond 5.0 bloated and slow... currently still using 5.0 with no problem. 7.0.7 is 20Mb download!?!?

Be careful. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=67293