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Hard disk subsystem may be corrupting the data.

You need a DVD burner.

It doesn't require a product key anymore?

Yes, M$ tells you how to remove it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921914

According to http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/sitev1/filetransfer.php the port used is 6891, but it seems to be able to be changed. You could try to close that port and see if it is effective...

Antec also make good ones...

Loose connection or USB port that's not supplying enough current?

I use a different generic USB Mass Storage driver that doesn't show any icon either, but it works fine if I just remove the drive.

i believe someone already said it, windows 98 was based on colors, there isnt really a theme inside anything in it. the actual GUI is all based on colors. im not 100% sure on it, but its the only thing i can really think of. windows 98 came out before themes were really in use like the XP one because computers fast enough to handle it were very expensive back then. your best bet (to retain system stability) is just to use the old GUI, ill admit, its boring, but very functional. newer isnt always better. The Win9x series and Win2000 all base on the same GUI, which uses GDI calls to draw the elements such as buttons windows etc. (vector-based). The "themed" GUIs paint bitmaps instead, so there is much more flexibility in appearance but it's much less efficient - the bitmaps take up significantly more memory and are slower to redraw.

If you're behind a NAT router, you definitely don't need a firewall. However, 98se doesn't have any open ports when setup correctly (137-139, the normally open NetBIOS ones, can be closed with a simple registry adjustment). As for programs attempting to connect from your machine, that can be avoided by being careful with downloaded files and using a virus scanner. I'm behind a router now, but I was directly connected to the 'net for several years, and haven't had any problems with 98se.

Post your system specs. I'm thinking your hard disk is getting old and ready to die, as highly diminished read/write speeds are a sign of this.

The wait is probably caused by any drivers that have been installed. Remove them from the Device Manager.

Just telling you that you don't need a firewall for 98se.

That's a lot of Run items... Most of those can be disabled.

Many of the users here, including me, do not want any fancy graphical effects. The UI works fine as-is, it doesn't need any "skinning". I prefer the plain look anyway - it seems more professional.

This is well known Hybris Worm. http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/w32hybrisb.html

HP's own printer driver package is mostly a huge mass of useless bloatware. I suggest you just install the standard HP PCL6 driver, it supports all HP laser printers and already comes with Windows XP.

IMHO Nero 6.6 is *much* better than the 7.x versions.

If I was following the original plan of fully rebuilding the driver, that would definitely be done before release. However, as the new plan of action I'm taking is not going to affect the existing code at all except for one change, I'm quite certain it will work fine at smaller sizes. Testing the new code, however, is a totally different problem.Here's the only change to the existing code that I'll make: LCOD:C000062E mov eax, [ebx+10h] ; get LBA LCOD:C0000631 mov ecx, [esi+0BBh] LCOD:C0000637 test byte ptr [ecx+203h], 4; LBA disabled? LCOD:C000063E jz short use_CHS LCOD:C0000640 test eax, 0F0000000h; >128Gb? LCOD:C0000645 jnz short use_CHS ; ** this jump will go to the new code appended to end of section **

You can mount it near the hard drive(s)...

Try running a CPU-tester like Prime95 and also test the RAM with MemTest86+ as well. I've had overclocked systems that worked normally for everything else, but would fail at extracting large archives. The process is very CPU and RAM-intensive.

for %a in ( *.exe ) do upx -9 %aThat will do one directory, I think there's a command to recurse through subdirectories... can't remember it at the moment.

Does anyone know what 4.10.2223 and 4.10.2224 were for? Anyway, I'm planning to release a fixed 4.10.2222 and do other versions when necessary.

What I recommend you do is Disable all ActiveX, Scripting, etc. in the Internet zone, and in the Trusted Sites zon add the sites that absolutely Require such features (most sites don't). In addition to that, use a HOSTS file - I merge together all the different ones you can find on the 'net to create a better one. I also use Proxomitron, which can kill ads and more (it can basically rewrite the page, if configured correctly). I've remained spyware and ad-free for over 5 years now, so it must be something I'm doing right Edit: I've taken a look at eDexter and it seems to be similar to Proxomitron. Except Proxomitron can do much more.

You can try overburning one CD... depending on the manufacturer you can get anywhere from 750 to 890Mb on a "700Mb" CD-R.