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[constructive criticism] The L in "Revolutions" is missing from the RP logo. A few other typos/spelling errors as well. I wonder why Killer Replacements section comes after Revolutions Pack... I've always installed it before that. Also, the size of the splash window might be too big, considering OS might be freshly installed and untweaked, which means desktop size would be 640x480, usually. It also has a lot of dependencies; did you try it on a fresh 98? I hope you don't mind me asking... kernel32.dll user32.dll advapi32.dll oleaut32.dll version.dll gdi32.dll ole32.dll comctl32.dll winspool.drv shell32.dll comdlg32.dll winmm.dll oledlg.dll [EDIT] I used the FileInfo plug-in in Total Commander to check for dependencies, as I find it much more handy, although not as thorough as Dependency Walker.

Thanks, MDGx, I got the part with sysdm.cpl. There's only one thing that's still bothering me: Well, if there's an update for any of those ~700 ME files that I copied from the CD to my system, how would I go around getting and installing it?That is why I thought that the ME Service Pack could have the ability to recognize and update such an installation with only the needed updates. AFAIR, I installed 98SE2ME with full option, so I should have (theoretically, now, unfortunately) all the said 700 files in my system; could the ME Service Pack upgrade any of them, if available? That was my initial question, and I apologyze if I haven't been clear from the very beginning. Ah and I almost forgot: my regional settings have been set to Romanian from the very beginning, in 98SE (at install time). After I installed 98SE2ME, I noticed that my fonts were back to the Western encoding, instead of the Central European one. Luckily, I had the Fonts folder backed up somewhere, so I copied all the contents back to the Fonts folder, and everything went back to normal. Now, is it possible to add such a 'fonts backup/restore' function to the 98SE2ME package, so the installation would work flawlessly for users with regional/font settings different than English? It would be very helpful, although - unfortunately - little people know or bother to install 98/ME with the correct regional settings around here.

Jinx: my 98SE-ME-RP4 HDD has just crashed yesterday, so I won't be able to test or report anything related to such installation. But on my primary machine (which is a 200MHz Pentium I) with 98SE + USP 1.x, I've been using for a while riched20.dll v5.50.30.2002 and I had no problems with it that I know of. It's a slightly newer build number than the one in the riched9x.exe (5.40.11.2218), but I suppose that one would work too (didn't have time to test it). The one I have misses a delayed import MSO.dll, but it doesn't seem to affect its normal usage. If more positive reports would come, it would be possible for you to leave the old version aside and only include the newest.

Well, I must admit it's getting pretty confusing having that many service packs, upgrades and whatnot installed. However, looking in Control Panel > System, I surprinsingly found that after all the upgrades, my system is now recognized as Windows ME 4.90.3001 A, instead of Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222. So - as long as I installed 98SE2ME with full option (including #3) - I thought that a ME Service Pack would (or could) upgrade some of the ME files that I already have. Wouldn't that be possible? I mean - I'd like to push this as far as possible, once I stepped to the ring. B) What would be your advice regarding this? Mulţumesc de urare. La fel şi vouă celor care menţineţi aceste proiecte: MDGx, Tihiy, Gape, jimmsta, etc.

One simple question - and I apologyze if it has been answered before, but the search on this site is not one of the best, and Google doesn't really help: would the ME Service Pack interfere or in any way damage a 98SE + 98SE2ME + Revolutions Pack 4 installation? I know RP4 has been discontinued, but I've had it installed on my system for about a year already and I wouldn't want to screw up my system by trying to uninstall it. Thank you in advance.

Hi, jimmsta. This all-in-one idea of yours is good, it saves a lot of headaches. I'm not sure though about adding all language versions to the same compilation. I mean, why would a german - for example - need the English, French, Polish and whatever other versions of the packages? Personally, I think language-oriented compilations would be preferrable, both in terms of bandwidth used on your host's side, and the downloaders' bandwidth, DL time and storage space. Just my personal opinion... Another thing is, which would the contents be, exactly - language diversity apart? Could you post a list of all (or at least major) applications/packages that would be included in the compilation? This way there may come suggestions for improvements, additions or replacements. For example, I've been using for quite a long time Spyware Blaster from Javacoolsoftware.com, instead of Spybot S&D, which I found to be blocking a wanted site some time ago and also had some other issues with it. Could there be an alternative here? I have to mention that I just got to know about your package so I didn't get a chance to download and try it. I'll wait until the next release, which would hopefully include the upcoming RPLite 5, Kernel Update and Unofficial SP, as well as the ME Service Pack, while 98SE2ME is already included. Keep up the good work and stay out of floods. B)