Damnation Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Does anyone know of an Alternative Device Manager for Win98? Preferably one that shows HWIDs? So I can know exactly which device I'm installing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, Damnation said: Does anyone know of an Alternative Device Manager for Win98? Preferably one that shows HWIDs? So I can know exactly which device I'm installing You mean something *like*: jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Download - SaveHwids.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loblo Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This maybe: It's nice, it gives you Hardware IDs and also lets you uninstall old devices without needing to go in safe mode. It was bundled with some HP printer drivers. You can get it here for example. Other than that and what's in the other thread I also know these: They are both from Microsoft and I don't quite remember where I found them, some free to download hardware development packages from MS for sure but that's all I know. Not sure if it's appropriate uploading them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damnation Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Thanks very much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodmaneuver Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 EVEREST Ultimate Edition is also a consideration as physical locations are indicated plus memory allocations and a lot more. It was not free and is discontinued now but has a trail period available here http://www.lavalys.com/support/downloads/ As far as knowing before the device is installed I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I can certainly recommend HP System Diagnostics, I've been using it for years after it came bundled with the software for an HP photo printer I bought. I use it on Windows 98SE and Windows XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodmaneuver Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) HP System Diagnostics uses IoUnregisterDeviceInterface in NTDLL check your CFGMGR32.dll with Dependency Walker to see if it is highlighting this function in NTDLL.dll. It is a unique function and not many OS's have it. It allows the removal of devices in registry. Win10 has gone back to separating CFGMGR32.dll from SETUPAPI.dll. Edited July 22, 2019 by Goodmaneuver Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Download HP System Diagnostics - HP_Sys_Diag_col1832.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 HP System Diagnostics and Save HWIDs have been Added to System_Info 4.0 program. More Info: System_Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodmaneuver Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 TechFacts 98 is a good program, I forgot about. It is share ware. Cant pay now for it. It just has a splash screen for 5 seconds. Readily available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 @wimb: Win98 can't run x64 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimb Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 On 7/24/2019 at 12:03 PM, jumper said: @wimb: Win98 can't run x64 apps. For support of 32-bits version System_Info_x86.au3 Disable Windows Defender - Realtime-Security Please Download and Install AutoIt https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/ You can Run the au3 Script Or Compile Script to .exe (x86) to get executable Program System_Info_x86.exe Defender will remove System_Info_x86.exe as Trojan horse, which is however a false positive action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodmaneuver Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Yes but it is still not fully compatible with 98, CPU-Z is, which I updated my old version. It is a button based shortcut system to system utilities. Edited August 13, 2019 by Goodmaneuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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