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Opera 11 compatible with KernelEx.
We’re proud to announce that Opera 11 which was released today and which is no longer compatible with Windows 9x is working fine with KernelEx 4.5 RC 5. Although there are minor problems it mostly works properly.
Users of Opera 10.63 with enabled auto-update feature will have Opera updated to 11.00 automatically. The old, MSI based installer is required for clean install. New installer doesn't work yet.
In order to run Opera 11, you have to change compatibility mode of opera.exe to Windows 2000 SP4 otherwise Opera will report the OUniAnsi.dll file is missing and won't start.
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Here is the error I get when I tried to install latest shockwave 11 slim version on I.E6, thought this may help find out why I receive these problems, after I did this when I attempted to test it on adobes site I.E then goes into an error loop.
AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: control.dll
ModVer: 11.5.9.615 Offset: 0001a801
I've just checked Shockwave 11 slim on IE6 and couldn't see any problems apart from already known installer crash.
What is the correct and preferred compatibility mode for the Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12?
At the moment when I check it I have it as Windows XP SP2, is it ok for to leave it at that?
Prefered compatibility mode is "Default mode" for firefox.exe + "Windows 2000 SP4" for xul.dll (these are also the default settings used after KernelEx install, unless you change them). In this configuration Firefox will report to be working under Windows NT 5.0.
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I've just done what you suggested. It doesn't work.
I am sending Filemon log of printing text file in Writer. What's funny this text printed from Wordpad goes smoothly
regards,
The problem isn't related to KernelEx, at least not directly:
http://forums.techguy.org/earlier-versions-windows/350582-error-when-printing-win-98-a.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20040217232044/support.microsoft.com/?kbid=247821
here, point 3:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040202005522/http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/spool32.htm#ERRSPOOL32
Your best options are trying to replace spoolss.dll with the one from Me (4.90.3000) or disabling the antivirus.
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I have to report a bug found while printing Excel sheet to LAN printer HP LJ 2200DN
No matters if I use OO or Excel it freezes computer so only Ctrl-Alt-Del left to regain control
Uninstalling KEx helped at once
WIN 98SE
KEx 4.5 RC5
RP 9.67
Try finding your printer driver file spoolss.dll, right click on it, go to KernelEx tab, choose "Disable KernelEx extensions", close with OK.
And don't forget to report back.
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KernelEx v4.5 RC 5
Release announcement
So here comes a new release which should fix most of the reported problems with previous release and further enhance compatibility with NT-only applications. Enjoy!
What's new:
- KernelEx should now work better with Windows 95 shell
- Fixed stability issues with GDI anti-leaking code
Apps fixed / now working:
- Fixed: OpenOffice.org often crashed on closing
- Fixed: VLC 1.1.x crashed on DVD playback on windows 98 shell
- Fixed: MAME insufficient memory error
- Fixed: Inkscape 0.47 invisible save dialog problem
- Fixed: Foxit Reader 3 resource leaks and random scrolling crashes
- Fixed: Opera crashed in 'Windows 2000' mode when trying to save file
- Fixed: Qt4 apps not showing interface fonts
- Fixed: AkelPad had broken national input
- Fixed: Easy Assembler Shell installer crash
- Now working: Media Player Classic Home Cinema rev 2374+
- Now working: MS Office 2003 Word/Excel + Viewers (experimental)
- Now working: MS Office 2007 converters [docx only] (experimental)
KernelEx home page: http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/
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great release but MAME isn't still working...as he said this is a popular Arcade emulator stopped working since RC1....
Does VLC need any specific compatibility mode? When I don't set any compatibility mode it shows me an "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" error when opening my DVD disk.
MAME and VLC DVD playback are already fixed in the SVN so the fixes will be included in next release.
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Tried installing Arora (latest version everything) and it won't install in either default mode or XP mode (of KEx). I like webkit browsers so that's too bad. I got a parameter error during install and a missing .dll link upon startup. (Windows ME)
You need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) to make Arora work
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KernelEx v4.5 RC 4
Release announcement
This new release is supposed to cure critical issues present in two previous release candidate releases as well as improve compatibility with Mozilla Firefox and Opera browsers.
What's new:
- Fixed: missing background colors and images in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9/3.6.10
- Fixed: MSIMG32 warning and menu icon transparency issues in Opera 10.62
- Fixed: crashes introduced in RC 3
- KernelEx auxiliary libraries weren't loaded when full path to system file was passed in call to LoadLibary
KernelEx home page: http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/
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Here is a hunch: I run w98SE and KernelEX RC3 worked fine for some days; some noncritical errors popped up later and I de-installed and reinstalled several times. Now, I used Norton 2000 and had more than 600 dll errors (I had done some java, ooffice, flashplayer installs and deinstalls too).
Can it be that by deinstalling, kernelex or the others take some (shared?) dll's out that are needed? The registry seemed to get messed up (had some corruption too). Can this have caused the invalid page faults in explorer (or whenever you right click)?
RC2 & RC3 have a bug that causes various programs to crash, so it might confuse Norton as well. To fix crashes install 4.5 RC1 release and forget about RC2 & RC3 for now. Your registry corruption has unlikely anything to do with KernelEx.
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Error: Failed to open backup file C:\windows\kernelex\kernel32.bak
Possible causes: Previous version not uninstalled correctly or file has been deleted.
Restore C:\windows\system\kernel32.dll manually from install media
This basically means that backup file for KERNEL32.DLL was missing during uninstall which couldn't be fully completed and you're locked at 4.0f2
Follow these steps to recover from this situation and allow upgrades:
1. Click on "Start" button2. Select "Run..."
3. Type "sfc" and click "OK" - this will run "System File Checker" utility
4. Select "Extract one file from installation disk"
5. Type "kernel32.dll" in the edit box below
6. Click on "Start"
7. Insert you Windows 98 SE CD-ROM
8. Choose approperiate path to CD, eg. "D:\WIN98\" in first edit box
9. Click "OK"
10. Choose if (and where) you want backup old file
11. When asked to reboot click "Yes"
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Given recent crash reports with RC 2 and RC 3 I have decided to pull down those releases until these issues are resolved.
Please downgrade to RC 1. Sorry for inconvenience.
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RC3 is not okay for me. When Lingoes is running, there is invalid page fault in KERNELEX.DLL whenever I do anything related to Explorer (e.g. move my mouse pointer over the Taskbar, press Windows+R to call the Run window, etc). Downgraded to RC1 solved the problem. Hope this can be fixed in next RC
I need your Windows version, Lingoes version, compatibility settings used by you, MFC42U.dll version
and most importantly Dr Watson crash log.
I haven't noticed the described behaviour with Lingoes 2.7.1 working under 98SE with 4.5 RC3.
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KernelEx v4.5 RC 3
Release announcement
Unfortunately, last release has a bug that could cause bootup system crashes on certain configurations. This is a hotfix release that only fixes mentioned bug. It is recommended to update from RC 2.
This release fixes bootup crash problem reported by CyberyogiCoWindler.
In case you already have this problem and can't start the system to uninstall that release, start the system in Safe Mode and uninstall 4.5 RC 2 from there.
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KernelEx v4.5 RC 2
Release announcement
Okay, so here comes a new release. This time it mainly fixes reported bugs.
Hope you enjoy this release.
In case you didn't know yet... KernelEx has now a real webpage instead of the ugly default one.
http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/
What's new:
- Implemented SysLink common control class
Apps fixed / now working:
- Fixed: Google Picasa options dialog (empty tabs)
- Fixed: Adobe Flash Player crashes (reported by mailcat via sf.net forum)
- Fixed: Adobe Flash Player 10.1 volume control
- Fixed: Wizard101 game crash (bug #3041092)
- Fixed: Maxthon browser (freezing)
- Now working: Maxthon 1.6.7
- Now working: VLC 1.1.2 (without RP9)
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- After installing the recent Adobe Flash Player 9.0.280 security update, I noticed that NPSWF32.dll was configured by default to run in Windows XP SP2 specific compatibility mode. I've also noticed this is the default setting for several other system files. Is this correct? I don't understand the compatibility modes and settings for KernelEx.
NPSWF32.dll is configured for XP mode because Adobe Flash Player 10.1 won't work without it.
There is compatibility mode set for any of the system files. In fact some of them are blocked from KernelEx altogether.
- Through trial and error, I've found that Opera 10.54 seems to be much more stable when KernelEx extensions are disabled. When they're enabled, Opera 10.54 tends to crash frequently and randomly with invalid page fault errors mostly in module <unknown>.
This is a known issue. Please upgrade to Opera 10.6 which works correctly or disable KernelEx extensions for Opera 10.5.
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AM I the only one with flash 10.1 problems, anyways???
No you're not alone - I have some distortion with sound, which I don't have with previous version of Flash (10.0.45.2).
While I can confirm that it is not currently possible to change sound volume during video playback, I can't confirm any kind of distrotion.
Can it be heard on all videos and animations?
Thanks guys. I couldn't get Alt-PrtScrn to work last night, so tonight I'll just try a regular Print Screen. If that works then I'll clip down the image. Hopefully MSFN.com will let me upload that, at least.
As for pictures you can use imageshack.us, tinypic.com and post here a link
as for files use something like speedyshare.com, 2shared.com and also post link here
The Java 6 Update 21 "new generation" plugin doesn't work on Opera 10.60 on my Windows 98 system either.
As for now there is no way to run the "new generation" plugin on 9x, while I'm looking into the issue I can't promise to fix it fast as it requires major work (named pipes interprocess communication support).
VLC 1.1 and Maxthon issues are being worked on as well.
Btw. I'll be offline for a couple of days.
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The end result, was I still had a small screen (640x480).
You might want to try your luck with SciTech Display Doctor 7.0 drivers or VBEMP. While I use VMware, I have much less issues and better performance with SciTech than with VMware drivers.
HTH
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I can't get 10.1.53.64 to install due to an invalid page fault in kernel32.dll. But latest NPSWF32.dll works without problem.
DrWatson log would be handy. Also double check if compatibility mode is set to 'Windows XP'.
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2°) run last VLC 1.1.2 (zip file, no installer, after I have deleted the %windir%\Application Data\vlc folder from old version):
Not working
- program is launching
- menus are readable
but
- files are not running : I tried mp3, mp4 and wmv
- doesn't accept to change language of GUI
- shut off is broken: program stays in memory (I have to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to kill it), icon is still in the systray and I had a crash at reboot
I'll look into that.
4°) BTW, what is the use of the new "Disable custom heap" in the compatibility tab?It is an additional compatibility switch, allowing to disable new fast heap from FreeBSD introduced in KernelEx 4.5 Beta 1 while keeping everything else active.
5°) I have the same problem with Maxthon that I had with new VLC 1.1.2:if I have a few tabs open, it can freeze completely if I try to close all together, or it does not unload from memory when I shut it off, and I have to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to kill it.
Never had such problem before, but I can't say if it comes from new KernelEx or from Flash player 10.1.
What is the version of Maxthon that you use.
What system, IE version.
Was this problem introduced in RC 1 or earlier?
So far, no problems with the latest version of KEX. Can't get Flash player plugin 10.1.53.64 to install. The installer doesn't seem to do anything at all. Tried uninstalling the old version, no change. Does the latest flash plugin work with the 1X versions of SeaMonkey?
Try this link:
http://get.adobe.com..._Other_Browsers
Or this direct link:
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Well, this kinda sucks:
The Win98 FreeCell solitaire game doesn't work with KernelEx 4.5 beta 2 or 4.5 RC 1.
- Function keys do nothing
- Display is corrupted when moving multiple cards
- "Select game" menu option locks it up
- Random lockups while playing
- No crashes, therefore no drwatson log; sorry
And there's no compatibility tab on the Freecell.exe properties, so I can't just turn KernelEx off!
FreeCell runs fine if I uninstall KernelEx.
I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling with the 'disabled by default' option - still doesn't work.I also have a minor bug in Reversi (old 16-bit game): the cursor is supposed to change to a cross on squares that are legal moves. It does, but it gets "stuck" - it stays a cross everywhere on the board.
Both work properly if KernelEx is uninstalled.
I have just checked FreeCell and Reversi on two systems. I can't replicate those problems on any of them.
Can you check if the problem is there with last stable release - KernelEx 4.0 Final 2 ?
Could you provide a DrWatson log with FreeCell running?
Can you make a screenshot of that display corruption?
I thought there was meant to be a compatibility tab for all .exe files?Why not in this case of Freecell.exe I wonder?
Compatibility tab is enabled for all 32-bit executables.
KernelEx can't affect 16-bit apps directly so there is no tab there.
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After installing KernelEx 4.5 RC1 each time I run Windows 98 Second Edition (Polish version) I get the message
First of all I would try to uninstall any version you have installed and do a fresh install of KernelEx.
If that doesn't help, report back.
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KernelEx v4.5 RC 1
Release announcement
Fixed. Finally.
What's new:
- Reworked 'Compatibility' tab to allow resetting compatibility settings to default values
- Resources with high ID are disallowed when KernelEx is disabled
- Platform check is now re-enabled when KernelEx is disabled
- Fixed settings not applied for applications with international characters in path
- Implemented get-post I/O completion ports functionality
Apps fixed / now working:
- Fixed: MSYS (broken)
- Fixed: Microsoft Access XP (crashing)
- Fixed: Rally Championship '99 (crashing)
- Fixed: GTA San Andreas (crashing)
- Fixed: VLC 1.0+ (UI)
- Fixed: Firefox 3.6.4+ (high cpu usage)
- Now working: Adobe Flash 10.1 plugin
- Now working: Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 2
- Now working: Artweaver 1.0
- Now working: MPC-HC (newer builds, svn build 1391+)
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Will it help you if I tell you that it works perfectly for me?
Please write if it is a patched system, what other extensions from this forum you use, what language it is, etc. And it would be *very* useful if you could provide Dr.Watson log. Also check if 4.0 final 2 works for you.
Otherwise I can't help you, sorry.
4.0 Final 2 works. The system is English and unpatched I believe, and no other extensions used yet.
Watson log attached.
This crash is a bug in error message display procedure.
Instead of crashing it should tell you that for some reason your system lacks a backup for kernel32.dll (c:\windows\kernelex\kernel32.bak) so it's not possible to upgrade. You need to copy this file from install media otherwise you won't be able to upgrade or downgrade KernelEx.
KernelEx 4.5 series has revamped uninstall procedure a bit so it's less likely to lose this backup file.
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I found a compatability problem with VirtualDUB, resp. with some its plugins that I use (e.g. FFVDUB.VDF, VDUBAUO.VDF, MP4InputDriver.vdplugin...) and Kernelex. Before I installed Kernelex it ran fine. Now VirtualDUB don't start (no error displayed, I see it only in task manager as a zombie process). I don't use global compatability I rather use individual. Enabling compatability for virtualdub.exe didn't help. When I uninstall Kernelex (ctlpanel/programs/remove) it started to work again. I also tried to downgrade to version 4.0 but the same. Even with old 0.3.6. If mentioned plugins are moved/renamed from plugins and plugins32 dir it starts. Here I made a small VirtualDUB 1.9.9 test package - please try someone else. I don't understand how Kernelex can affect other programs that don't have compatability set. Is there some similar issue with another program that sopped working after Kernelex installation?
There is a known problem that despite disabling KernelEx extensions still two things are enabled (hardwired) when KernelEx is installed. These are platform version check in PE executables and resource number limit check. Until your report this hasn't proved to have any ill effects. In your case those plugins won't be loaded by a stock system so VDub won't hang when KernelEx is not installed.
I will change it so that these checks work normally when extensions are disabled in a subsequent release.
I'm just curious, from a technical standpoint...why can't KernelEx work on Win 95? Is it a technical limitation (I know the platforms are quite similar) or an artificial one?
Technically it could work on Windows 95. But the choice was made to use 98 based on two factors: 1) it has more implemented functions than 95 and 2) I use this system myself
. Making it work on 95 would require someone to port it.
Any volunteers?
When I try to install the 4.5 beta 2 I get a "Setupkex has caused an error in SETUPKEX.EXE".
I'm running Windows ME if that helps.
Will it help you if I tell you that it works perfectly for me?
Please write if it is a patched system, what other extensions from this forum you use, what language it is, etc. And it would be *very* useful if you could provide Dr.Watson log. Also check if 4.0 final 2 works for you.
Otherwise I can't help you, sorry.
Any news about a new version of KernelEx?
New version won't be released at least until next month because I'm *very* busy right now and have no time for KernelEx.
Next version will include the following changes:
* fixed GTA: San Andreas crash
* working latest Flash Player Plugin 10.1
* platform version check and resource limit check re-enabled when KernelEx extensions are disabled
* fixed compatibility problem with VDub reported by xrayer
* ... more to come ...
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KernelEx 4.5.2
in Windows 9x Member Projects
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KernelEx v4.5 Final
Release announcement
The wait is finally over. KernelEx 4.5 has now gone final, which means this is the new stable release.
Because of the stability fixes it is a recommended update for 4.5 beta and RC users.
Check out our new Wiki. The wiki, and in particular its compatibility database requires your help to grow into something bigger and more useful. After free registration anyone can add new entries, but new users will be required to enter captcha code on every edit, to reduce spam problem.
What's new:
Apps fixed / now working:
This release includes new feature to ease installation of MSI format packages that contain a check for Windows NT system.
This feature uses a database which means it won't magically work for all MSI files at once, it rather needs adding an entry for each and every MSI file.
Currently the database includes entries for Microsoft Word Viewer 2003, Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office 2007 File Format Converters, Google Earth 5.1, 5.2 and Adobe Reader 7.0 (all english versions only!).
KernelEx home page: http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/
KernelEx Wiki: http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/wiki/
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/files/