Dave-H

Hi win2000. I found out why Revolutions Pack wouldn't work for me. It didn't like your user32.dll! If I uninstalled it and rolled back to the original, RP then worked fine. Unfortunately it didn't bring back the icons in Windows Movie Maker, and seemed to be doing nasty things with some of my existing Explorer icons, especially in the Control Panel, so I uninstalled it again. Any other ideas for the Movie Maker icons, or is it a lost cause? Cheers, Dave.

Hi win2000. Did you ever get the Windows 2000 Revolutions Pack to work for you? I notice that you did post some time ago on the thread about it here - http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=93160 I've tried downloading and installing it, as you'll see from the post I made at the end of that thread, but I can't get it to actually work, mainly I think because I'm not installing the files in the right place. The instructions are very vague.......... I realise that it now seems to be a dead project, but if it can get my Movie Maker icons to work it's worth a try. I don't want to use things like Vistapack as they probably do much more than i actually need. I don't want my Windows 2000 system looking like Vista, far from it in fact, I just want 32bit icon support on the existing GUI! Cheers, Dave.

I've just found this Win2K Revolutions Pack, and have been trying to get it to work. So far I've had no success. I am running in 32bit colour on a Radeon 9200 card. When I unzip the downloaded file, what folder am I supposed to unzip it to? I've tried a temporary folder, and the system32 folder. Wherever I put it, when I run the setup file and reboot, I then have no icons (or taskbar) at all, just a blank desktop with the mouse cursor on it! Booting into Safe Mode produces the same result. The only way I can fix it is to rename the RPL2K.DLL and then it comes good. I then have to uninstall RP. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? The instructions are a bit vague............ Thanks, Dave.

There was a very good Autopatcher for Windows 2000, available here. It worked by downloading one big file that contained all the updates, running it and selecting the ones you wanted to install, all while offline. You could then keep it up to date by downloading much smaller update versions. It was in fact, exactly the same in principle as soporific's Autopatcher for Windows 98SE, to be found elsewhere on MSFN. Unfortunately, the Windows 2000 version was squashed by Microsoft, with threats of legal action, as it was redistributing their copyright files. What is now available at autopatcher.com is a version which still automates the downloads, but takes them from Microsoft Update instead of them being included in the Autopatcher file. I haven't personally used any of the later versions.

Hi win2000, I have had another go at getting Windows Movie Maker 2 working under Windows 2000. I found out why the "Import video" and "Import audio or music" buttons weren't working. They were actually trying to look for the "My Videos" and "My Music" folders, which didn't exist on my system. "Import pictures" did work because the "My Pictures" folder did exist, as that is the one that is there anyway in Windows 2000. the others were only added in XP. I used your KDLLINST "SHFolderExREG" function to add the missing folders, and it all came good. Actually once I'd then browsed to other folders, the dialogue still worked even after removing those added folders (I don't actually want them!) So that is fixed, and Movie Maker generally seems to work fine. The only outstanding problem is the missing icons on the GUI. This is what I'm seeing - The red boxes show where there should be icons which are not displayed. Does this agree with what you would expect? I am surprised that the thumbnail icons for the video transitions and video effects are not displayed, as I would have thought that they were part of Movie Maker's own DLLs. Any thoughts on this, and whether it can be fixed? Cheers, Dave.

Ah, right. I have a DV firewire capture card which does exactly that, with avi files. Well none of that it true in my experience. I have two DVD recorders with hard drives, one Liteon 160GB and one Sony 80GB. They are both going strong after several years of use. The Liteon hard drive will hold 66 hours of material at SP, which is quite good enough for ex-VHS recordings. Look on eBay, I'm sure you'll find plenty of DVD recorders at a very good price which will do exactly what you need. Cheers, Dave.

Thanks yet again win2000. Got the mini control panel working, that's great! Now to try Movie Maker 2.0 again...........

I foresee a whole host of problems trying to do this under Windows ME. Is the 750GB drive USB or IDE? Does Windows ME recognise it? Even if it does, will you be able to get ME to recognise an NTFS formatted drive, even with patches? Are there any ME drivers for the USB dongle? Does the capture software even run on ME? Personally I wouldn't even think of trying this, the problems will be horrendous, and the whole setup is likely to be very unreliable for doing long unattended captures, even if you can get it to work. You'd be far better off buying a DVD recorder with a built-in hard drive, transferring the VHS tapes to the hard drive, editing them as necessary, and then burning them to DVD. Much less grief, and almost certanly a better quality result at the end of the day.

Thanks, I'll give it a try! Just as a matter of interest, why are you concentrating on WMP 10 rather that WMP 11? Is there something different in WMP 11 which makes Windows 2000 compatibility imposssible? I only ask because WMP 11 is now the most up-to-date version. LATER EDIT: Just tried your new WMP 10 out, and it does work much better than the first version I tried! The "Portable Media Devices" icon in the Windows Control Panel now works, but only if your kernel32.dll is installed in the system32 folder. I had to do that to install WMP 10, but I have now removed it because if you remember I can't use my AVS Video Converter unless I put the normal file back, and I use that all the time. WMP 10 then won't run. Using a kernel32.dll EzInstall into the WMP folder gets it back again, but the "Portable Media Devices" icon then doesn't work any more. Not actually a problem for me in fact as I don't have any portable devices to use with it! The other thing that doesn't work without your kernel32.dll in the system32 folder is the mini control panel that appears in the taskbar when WMP is minimised. The toolbar appears, but there are no controls in it. That is a shame, as it's a cool feature. Great job!

Thanks win2000, that has fixed the problem. That URL only goes to a directory that won't allow listing. I've looked at the MS FTP site too, but it's not there, or the Windows Update Catalogue. On MM2 I found that "Capture from Video Device" just brought up a message that there was no capture device, which is expected as I don't have a capture device, at least not one that MM can use! "Import pictures" works correctly. The "Import video" and "Import audio or music" buttons do absolutely nothing.

Hear. hear! Windows 98SE will be 10 years old next year, here's to it going strong for another 10! I had my first PC in 1993, and like many others here I'm sure, went from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, then 98 and 98SE. Although I now use Windows 2000 (also a great OS which is fast becoming unloved and abandoned by the powers that be) most of the time on my present dual boot machine, I have vowed never to abandon Windows 98.

Hi win2000, I'm afraid I've found a problem in your latest user32.dll. When I install it, the address bar in all my windows explorer pages is double height! It goes back to normal if I put the original user32.dll back. I've found Movie Maker 2.0, extracted the msi file from the installer, and run it with FCWIN2K. Strangely, it doesn't install the moviemk.exe file, which I had to extract separately from the installer and put in the Movie Maker folder! It now works, but has all the same problems as 2.6, blank icons and the "import video" and "import audio or music" buttons don't work. I think I'd like to go back to 1.2, limited though it is, but I can't find anywhere to download that. Do you know where it can be found? Thanks again. Dave.

Thanks again win2000. Unfortunately, I don't read Japanese, so your blog can't tell me anything! Is the icon problem unsolvable? I'm happy to go to version 2.0, as it's not a lot different to 2.6, but I don't know where to find it. All my research indicates that it's only available as part of the Windows XP SP2 update, not as a standalone application. I really don't want to go back to 1.2.1, as it's so limited. Any idea where I can download the English version of Movie Maker 2.0, so I can try it out? Thanks as always, Dave.

yea, Dave-H, the latest version of Opera is 9.62. And it may require the MSIMG32.DLL file from WinME for Opera 9.62 to work correctly under Win98. Yes it is indeed 9.62, which is what I'm using! My mistake. I use MSIMG32.DLL version 5.0.2218.1 on Windows 98 and Opera runs fine, although startup and shutdown are slow.

Glad you got it fixed!

I'm a longtime Opera user (I use the latest 9.60 under Windows 98 with no problems, apart for a very long shutdown time) and I've never seen this problem with any version. Although I've no idea why it might be happening, one obvious thing to check is that the memory caching isn't causing the lockups for some reason. Go into the Opera Advanced Preferences "History" section. Memory caching will probably be set to "Automatic". Try switching it off. If that cures the problem, try increasing the memory cache setting gradually to see if the problem reappears. Good luck!

Sounds sweet. Any links to information yet? Yes it's now the subject of one of the "sticky" topics. http://www.msfn.org/board/KDW-FCWIN2K-t120936.html Plenty of information on KDW and how to use it. It's great, and win2000 has done a fantastic job with it, but like all such things, you do need to be aware of its limitations.

Thanks for that Ascii2. It is odd that some computers work with this and others don't. I wonder what the common factor is in those that don't work. I can lay my hands on a Windows XP (SP2) installation disk, so I might give your suggestion a try. What do you mean by "completed through Textmode"?

Hi again Win2000! More testing! I notice that you offer support for Windows Movie Maker 2.6 with KDW. I've been occasionally using version 1.2, which works under Windows 2000 anyway, but is very limited. I've now installed 2.6 using FCWIN2K to hack the msi installer, and it seems to install and sort of work, but a lot of the icons on the GUI indicating undo/redo etc. are blank, as are the thumbnails for the video transitions and the video effects. Can that be fixed? Also selecting the "Import video" and "Import audio or music" options don't do anything. Can that be fixed? Cheers, Dave. EDIT: Also I'm getting a crash in GDI+ when I exit the program............

Good job win2000! Just installed 0.72 and the installer problem is indeed fixed.

Thanks everyone! Sounds like I'll be OK going for 64bit processors as long as my motherboard supports them. I'm pretty sure that it does, but I'll have to check on that!

This may sound like a silly thing to want to do, but bear with me! I have a Supermicro dual Zeon server motherboard, which I bought five years ago. It has 2.4 GHz processors at present, and 1GB of RAM. As it has always been my policy (since my first PC in 1993!) to do a hardware update review every five years, it's now time for me to look at update options. I run dual boot Windows 98SE with all the official and many of the unofficial patches, and Windows 2000 SP4. I want to keep that configuration. The mobo was never certified for Windows 98 by the manufacturers, but it has always worked fine with all the necessary Intel chipset drivers. I've now decided not to actually replace the motherboard, but just to upgrade it as far as I can. It will take faster processors and obviously more RAM. I want to fit the fastest processors that the mobo will handle with its latest BIOS, and upgrade the RAM to at least 2GB. My basic question is, can I fit 64 bit processors and still run Windows 98SE OK? My research on this has proved inconclusive, so I'm asking the experts on here! I well realise that I will gain no advantage at present by using 64 bit processors, but I'm thinking of a bit of future-proofing. It would allow me to upgrade to a 64 bit OS in the future without having to upgrade the hardware again. I assume that Windows 2000 will be happy, but will Windows 98SE still run? I realise that I will probably have to further tweak Windows 98 to use 2GB of RAM too, but I know that is possible. Thanks for any advice. Cheers, Dave.

Hi win2000, I've installed KDW 0.70a but nothing seems to have changed. I wasn't expecting that the issue with AVS Video Tools would change, but the Installshield problem hasn't changed either. If you want to try it, the Opera installer is here - http://www.opera.com/download/ The US English version gives the "1158:" error message. IIRC the international version just doesn't work at all. It all comes good if the original user32.dll is replaced. I can't test the problem with the MS Update patches as I just get a message that they're already installed if I try them now! I'll have to wait until there's some new ones to check that problem out. Cheers, Dave.

Just thought I'd record a few issues I've had with KDW, just so if anyone else runs into them they'll know what's happening. Firstly, as I've been discussing with win2000, there are some things which will stop working if some of the KDW system files are actually installed in the system32 folder, rather than using the "Ezinstall" mode. AVS Video Tools is one of them, and there doesn't seem to be any workaround for this. It won't work if the original kernel32.dll is replaced. Another one I've discovered is that some Microsoft Update patches won't install if shell32.dll is replaced. This seems to apply mainly to Microsoft Office updates. I've had several fail even when using the standalone installer, and restoring the original shell32.dll fixes this. Also some Installshield installers won't work if the KDW user32.dll is installed. The symptom is that after unpacking all you get is a window with "1158:" in it, nothing else. Pressing OK aborts the install. Opera and Google Earth installers are two I've found to have that problem. Restoring the original user32.dll fixes it. ***EDIT: This last problem is now fixed in the latest KDW versions*** Don't misunderstand me, I think that KDW is a great piece of work, and win2000 is to be highly congratulated for what he's achieved here, but any system which involves replacing system files, even using wrappers, is almost bound to cause some unwanted side effects. All of these can be worked around of course, I'm just bringing them to people's attention. Dave.

Oh dear, that sounds like bad news! From what you say this probably can't be worked around. I take it that AVS has to have the original kernel32.dll in the system32 folder for it to work. I assume that this is some sort or anti-piracy measure, and presumably there are other programs that will have the same problem. If you find a fix or workaround, let me know!