Guest plaodj Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) it is describe like this:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Windows 98 second edition is old. Nearly 10 years old actually. These days straight out of the box, Windows 98 needs a lot of work just to get it to the point when you could possibly think about using it. And even then, you'd have to do lots of research to find out what what updates are available and what limitations still exist, in order to use it confidently in 2008. This is a shame because there's probably still thousands upon thousands of machines out there that don't have the hardware to run Windows XP or Vista but could handle Windows 98 easily due to there being so few processes running compared to a Windows XP machine. For machines near the minimum hardware requirement for Windows XP, in lots of cases if you setup it up right, the machine will run faster with Windows 98 on it than with XP. Gee, wouldn't it be good if there was a CD that defeated every single obstacle that prevents Windows 98 second edition from being able to be used in 2008, and it installed everything automatically without you needing to do anything except format a hard disk, even installing drivers for the latest chipsets, and also nVidia and ATi video cards? This is that CD. * Unattended installation of Windows 98 second edition - fully updated to February 2008 (see below for more info on this claim of 'fully updated'). Once setup starts, that's it, you don't have to do anything. * Set custom installation options before setup commences - system drive letter, windows directory name - computer name, workgroup, username, organization - keyboard type, screen resolution, screen color bit depth, - regional setting, time zone - product key - i don't see any Windows XP unattended discs being able to do this before setup starts! * Use a comprehensive suite of hardware tools available from within the Boot Menu - create, delete, and resize your disk partitions without 3rd party apps - check for disk errors and diagnose your hardware - read NTFS disk partitions and set maximum Ultra-ATA support for modern hard disks - add a RAM disk to your operating system (OS) configuration if you have more than 1 GB RAM installed* Driverpacks for Windows 98SE - homepage: http://www.msfn.org/board/Driver-Packs-Win...EME-t98369.html - i couldn't let the Windows XP unattended discs have all the fun, i made my own versions to add support for some non-natively-supported chipsets and all the video cards from nVidia and Ati. This means for most people the resulting OS looks swish straight out of the box. - there are 7 packs - a total of 39.8 MB extracting to 147 MB uncompressed: - Driverpacks 1-3 contain video drivers - Driverpack 4 contains chipset drivers - Driverpack 5 contains audio drivers - Driverpack 6 contains network adapter drivers - Driverpack 7 contains virtual machine drivers (VMWare) * Fully updated to February 2008! You're probably wondering how this is possible, didn't Microsoft stop support for Windows 98 on, like, the 11th of July 2006? Yep, except that hasn't stopped unofficial updates being released that has fixed some mighty big bugs: - drives over 137gb can now be used safely, previously, the OS didn't recognise that drives could possibly go any higher and spat the dummy. - you can now actually copy a file over 2 gigabytes using Explorer, previously, the OS didn't recognise that files could get any bigger than this and spat the dummy. - the OS can now handle large amounts of large files. Previously if you tried to select a lot of files that added up to lots of megabytes, the OS would spit the dummy. - you can now use USB devices like you can in Windows XP, the OS can recognize the device without you needing to install third-party drivers each time you plug in a device. - every update known to all the last remaining Windows 98 enthusiasts who linger around the MSFN website is installed before setup finishes. They haven't been "integrated" or anything fancy like that because this is an alien concept to Windows 98 setup and cannot be easily done. The number of updates is around the 200 mark but don't worry, most install in a flash and it doesn't take that much longer overall really. - every single one of these unofficial updates comes from the community on MSFN at http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-95-98-98SE-ME-f8.html - the full list can be viewed here: http://soporific.dsleague.com/downloads/modules.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------the link:--removed--thanks Edited September 5, 2008 by geek
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