spplus Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Whats so bad about IE6?Also, doesn't win9x need IE6 for certain programs, etc,?Just think about it, about IE6... ---p.s. Only 10 hours to release...!!! 10 h. it is not a rtc. It is our work time (forecasted) = **+-**. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 On the original question "what to install first?" The first thing I'd install is drivers and get all the hardware working. Depending on how your drivers are packaged, an app like 7zip or WinRar might have to be the first install. 98 has no built in unzipping software. Get your basic configuring done, network, display, sound, explorer, folder prefs, etc. Then install the update package of your choice. Finish configuring. I'd install the security apps next, then user apps. Whats so bad about IE6?Also, doesn't win9x need IE6 for certain programs, etc,?Internet Explorer is the biggest vulnerability in a 9X system and one of the biggest memory drains. Most any alternate browser is better. Some apps need IE or some of its components. There's alternative choices for most of them. If you install 98 using 98lite, you're more likely to run into instances of software needing IE6 components that aren't there. If you let the CD install IE normally, then remove it using IEradicator, it leaves a few more files behind and quite often it's the files the other apps need. IMO, 98 is a much better OS without Internet Explorer.If you have room for another hard drive and your BIOS allows you to choose the boot order of the hard drives, you could put 2 copies of 98 in one PC, one with IE, one without, and see if your apps need it and which ones. In order to do this, you'll have to build each OS individually without the other drive installed at the time. Build one OS, switch drives, build the other. Install both and choose which you'll load from the BIOS. I'm running 2 dual boot systems in one PC this way. The first is 98FE (with IE6) and Win2K. The other is 98SE (no IE) and Linux. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spplus Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) . Edited November 20, 2008 by spplus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the xt guy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) Internet Explorer is the biggest vulnerability in a 9X system and one of the biggest memory drains. Most any alternate browser is better. <snip> IMO, 98 is a much better OS without Internet Explorer.I agree with you 100%. Basically, after Microsoft used IE to kill Netscape, they let IE6 rot on the vine. IE6 is definitely the biggest vulnerability in 98, and if you uninstall it (along with ms java) and use any alternate browser, your system will be much more secure.I have been using 98 lite after running 98SE2ME and have had problems crop up after removing IE (for instance, not being able to open 'My Documents' in the start menu and problems with Zone Alarm not always loading correctly at startup, forcing a reboot.)Probably most of you have seen this, but for a chuckle, go to this guy's 'Internet Explorer Is Evil' website:http://toastytech.com/evil/index.html(He hates Win98 because of its active desktop/IE Integration, but don't let that bother you!) Edited October 14, 2008 by the xt guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 98 is not only more secure without IE being integrated into the OS, it's also much more stable and reliable. When all the MS apps that integrate into the OS are stripped out, 98 becomes very easy to secure, not to mention much faster. On my lite98SE testbox, I'm trying a different approach to dealing with apps that "need" Internet Explorer. Instead of installing IE, I'm profiling the apps thru Dependency Walker and identifying the specific files they need from IE. Just getting started with this, so no idea how well it will work yet.T.N.G.O.G.If you decide that you do want to keep IE, upgrade to IE6 and make it one of the first updates you install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Well yea i am back using IE6 and i already install the autopatcher. everything is working perfectly, but my onboard sound, it keeps disappeaing, seems like something is conflicting with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multibooter Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 If you have room for another hard drive and your BIOS allows you to choose the boot order of the hard drives, you could put 2 copies of 98 in one PC, one with IE, one withoutHi Rick,You don't need a 2nd HDD for 2 or more instances of Win98, just use System Commander and install them to different partitions on the same HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest User1010 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 In theory the best order would be:* Unzipping software - 7zip, winrar* A firewall* IE 6* Revolutions Pack 7* Drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 (edited) Well this is what i am using:Autopatcher dec 2007 packKernel 3.6Thats it from this forum. I can't use the following:82.69 , works good for games, but terrible for videosUberskin - Impossible to uninstall from your computer, unless you reformat Revolution pack - Impossible to uninstall from your computer, 32bit icons doesn't work with Nvidia cards. What i am using thats not on MSFN:eXPerience PackHave 32bit icons and doesn't mess with your system files, and plus you can uninstall with ease, no issues. Edited November 1, 2008 by T.N.G.O.G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winxpi Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Well this is what i am using:Autopatcher dec 2007 packKernel 3.6Thats it from this forum. I can't use the following:82.69 , works good for games, but terrible for videosUberskin - Impossible to uninstall from your computer, unless you reformat Revolution pack - Impossible to uninstall from your computer, 32bit icons doesn't work with Nvidia cards. What i am using thats not on MSFN:eXPerience PackHave 32bit icons and doesn't mess with your system files, and plus you can uninstall with ease, no issues. You have Windows 98 in german?Then you could try Windows 98 Upgrade Pack (WUPG98) see here!Check out the newest WUPG98 Carinthian LH -Edition, it should provide the best featues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 nope, i have win98se in english only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winxpi Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 nope, i have win98se in english only.good, there is also an english version^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 ..... on page 2 of this forum there is a Windows 98SE update by Maximus Decim .... Maximus Decim Cumulative Update ver.3.05 (New!) .... in there is an install guide which will get you pretty much setup then you can add whatever you want .... this is the guide I use :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maximus Decim aka Maxud The detailed description of the order of installation Windows 98SE, necessary updates and components.08/20/20081. Install Windows 98SE.2. Install full installation Internet Explorer 6.0Sp1.3. Install Maximus Decim Cumulative Update ver.3.05 (mdcu305e.exe).for Windows 98SE English. Includes Official updates:192425, 236926, 237493, 239887, 240075, 240664, 240896, 241052, 242004, 242193, 242928, 245272, 242975, 245682, 246817, 249146, 249635, 250514, 250876, 253697, 253711, 254660, 257630, 257821, 258191, 258680, 259253, 262232, 264650, 266772, 267304, 268064, 269601, 269874, 271701, 272621, 273017, 273727, 274113 274175, 274548, 275873, 276602, 277628, 278033, 278368, 280448, 281533, 283032, 284837, 288430, 288550, 290831, 293197, 295629, 305037, 306453, 306889, 307004, 308349, 309081, 310695, 311430, 311561, 313829, 315575, 318307, 319571, 321467, 323172, 323708, 329115, 329128, 811630, 823559, 827656, 896358, 896559.Replaced with unofficial updates: 246387, 249973, 263044, 273468, 289635, 291362, 320798, 891711, 918547, 274370(replaced with unofficial 304708), 314147 (replaced with unofficial 926247).Replaced with ADclient: 245729, 293793.Unofficial updates:249824, 271277, 272991, 835732, 932590, KRNL386.EXE, CONTROL.EXE, SHELL32.DLL, IFSMGR.VXD, OLE, HTML help, 951072, msimg32.dll.Other updates:Installer 2.0, VB6SP6 (replaced with unofficial VB6SP6), VB5SP3, VCredist,Adaptec ASPI v.4.60(1021), part of ADclient, Explorer with 256-color tray icons,DCOM98, TELNET, UNICOWS, 3D Control Libraries, GDIPLUS.BHDD 3.1 - support for hard drives larger than 137 GB,NUSB 3.3 - native (without installation of additional drivers for each type) supportUSB flash drives, universal stack USB 2.0 (without installation of additional drivers for each chipsets) with uninstall.WIA 1.1 - Windows Image Acquisition. It allows seemless communication between image acquisition applications and digital imaging devices (such as digital still cameras, scanners and DV camcorders). Optional components:Zip-folders; Spider Solitaire.4. Install PCIO98.EXE (it is included in MDCU)- patch IO.SYS for change of the order of assignment of letters to hard disks.5. Install DirectX 9.0c.6. Install drivers for motherboard, sound card (preferably wdm-drivers), net card, video card and other devices.7. Install MDIE6CU - Maximus Decim IE6sp1 Component Update 2.3.Includes Windows Script Update 5.6.0.8831; 917344 - JScript Security Update;944338 - Unofficial Windows Script Security Update;951066 - Unofficial Outloook Express Cumutative Security Update;953838 - Unofficial Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update;905495 - Unofficial Security Update (MSIEFTP); 920670 - Unofficial Security Update (HLINK); 824220 - Unofficial Security Update (IMGUTIL); 886677 - Unofficial Security Update (MLANG); 896156 - Unofficial Security Update (MSHTMLED); 885258 - Security Update (PROCTEXE); 816362 - Security Update (MSHTA); 929969 - Unofficial Security Update (VGX); 891781 - Internet Explorer Security Update (DHTML); 908519 - Embedded Web Fonts Security Fix (T2EMBED); 918439 - Internet Explorer Security Update (ART Image Rendering); 816093 - Microsoft Java Virtual Machine update 3810; Windows Roots Update;IE advanced options;WindowsUpdate.8. Update Macromedia Flash Player for Internet Explorer.9. Install MDDACU - Maximus Decim Data Access Component Update 1.4Includes:Jet ver.4.0sp8; Jet40Repl; MDAC ver.2.8sp1 (wiht MSXML 3.0SP7); 911562 - MDAC Security Update; MSXML 4.0sp2; 927779 - Unofficial Update for MDAC ver.2.8sp1; 925051 - Unofficial Update for Jet 4.0sp8; 924191 - Unofficial Update for MSXML 3.0sp7; 936181 - Unofficial Update for MSXML 4.0sp2.10.Install Windows Media Player.For Windows Media Player 6.4 install 320920. Or install Windows Media 9.0 and updates 816044, 917734 Install codecs WMP 10.0.11.Install .NET Framework 1.1, and update 867460 (Service Pack 1).12.Install .NET Framework 2.0.13.Install SAPI 4.0, SAPI 5.1.14.Install Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and updates 282949, 260710, 285895.15.Reinstall DirectX 9.0c.And still!!! Basically, Windows 98SE supports work with operative memory in the size up to 2Gb, but not all so is simple. Therefore, if Windows 98SE that is installed on a computer with operative memory greater than 512 Mb: 1.In BIOS sets the size of aperture AGP in minimal Value (64 mbytes are usual) for economy of addresses. 2. Sets the maximal cache size from 512Mb up to 64Mb - to whom as it is pleasant - too for economy of addresses. For this purpose it is used MaxFileCache=xxx (where xxx - the cache size in KILOBYTES) in section [vcache] a file System.ini If all works and is left, if glitches proceed:3.If memory has more 1Gb, we add MaxPhysPage=40000 if from 1Gb up to 768Mb - MaxPhysPage=30000 in section [386enh] a file System.ini ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... maybe this will be of some help as a guide or you may actually decide to use it.duffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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