Tarun Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Tarun says it's better to have an empty or non-existent vmm32? I don't agree with that. Read the posts by HSI and Gape here about vmm32:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=32526&st=0Could you direct me to where I said that? As I do not recall saying that, unless it was from an old post dating back to much earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azagahl Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 "a fast and free mp3 extension.... really good should pehaps included"Watch out, it has a GNU public license. This can cause big headaches and is definitely not "free".For example, it means I have the right to make a modified version of them mp3 extension, and Gape must provide me with some SP source so I can distribute my own SP with the modified mp3 extension. Otherwise Gape is violating my rights.But if you do include it please make it optional, its nonstandard and e.g. some of like oggs not mp3 files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gape Posted November 25, 2004 Author Share Posted November 25, 2004 Watch out, it has a GNU public license. This can cause big headaches and is definitely not "free".For example, it means I have the right to make a modified version of them mp3 extension, and Gape must provide me with some SP source so I can distribute my own SP with the modified mp3 extension. Otherwise Gape is violating my rights.But if you do include it please make it optional, its nonstandard and e.g. some of like oggs not mp3 files.It is a good tool, but as I said, generally I don't like to add any 3rd party tool into the SP. If I add a 3rd party tool, it must be useful for most of users. So, this tool is not suitable for the SP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 i agree gapenot every1 is into stuff like thatif most were that be a diff storylike for example tweakui,that is very useful for most users if not all users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Never mind Tarun. I may have misunderstood your point. Bottom line isMSDOS 8 was written specifically for Windows ME and attempting to usethe MSDOS 8 files under a non-WinME system like Win98 can cause moreproblems. MS-DOS included in all versions of Win98 is 7.1 and runs well.Like I said before, I never had any problems with the vmm32.vxd fileand if that file goes bad just re-install Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 so that vmm32.dll that tarun said earlier appears to give problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_98a Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 i would vote to keep the new icons.but check this out: SWITCH WINDOW (ver 1.0.1) maybe can find something like it to add, it sure is nice in winXP. just thought on something to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 NO, soldier1st. Only time if the vmm32.vxd file causes problems is if itis corrupted by a computer virus, PC crash or a hard drive malfunctionor when trying to fix the HD problems & the vmm32.vxd file with Scandisk in DOS mode when Windows is not running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 then explain why when my comp was workin fine with no problems and i put this file where it's sposed to and the next reboot it wants msdos 8.0 n thats windows me before it will start means a format of 98comp is fairly new only 1-3 months old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 erpdude8 i guess you can't explain itremember tarun was talking about Internet Explorer Not About Non Internet Explorer Stuff so next time keep on the subject plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 What file did you put, soldier1st? You're NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!It can break your system. You may as well reformat the HD and startover from scratch. What version of Windows are you actually using?Just forget about DOS 8 as it is a part of WinME and can never be usedunder Win95 or Win98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 tarun posted a vmm32 file that i dled n put it where it was sposed to figuring it would help make windows 98 se faster,i run windows 98 se,windows xp+sp1&SP2,Windows 2000+SP3 then after i installed it it wanted msdos 8 then i reformatted so i deleted that file i dled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 maybe add some tweaks from this site:http://myweb.accessus.net/~090/winmetip.htmli know it says for windows me but some of these can be used on windows 98 sei applied some and they make windows 98 boot faster by not loading some stuff assuming you don't use them the drivespace &compression utilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azagahl Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Hey, since there is all this talk of vmm32.vxd I should mention I built one last night using the wininit.ini to combine the vxd's. On bootup it said something like "vmm32.tmp integrity check failed, restoring" and then started Windows normally. I renamed vmm32.tmp to vmm32.vxd and deleted all of the vxd's that were combined from the system32 directory, and on rebooting it worked fine without complaint despite the initial "integrity check failed" whining.I tried the new vmm32.vxd compressed as well as non-compressed (2+ MB). I never noticed any difference in bootup speed or resource usage, but I didn't measure it either. I have backups if you guys can recommend a method for measuring these things so I can try all methods (original + seperate vxds, combined compressed and combined uncompressed).I was using vxdlib.exe (vxdlib.zip from Axcel216's site) and it seems like a nice tool. It should be very easy to write a program that uses vxdlib.exe to build vmm32.vxd, so you do not have to depend on wininit.ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gape Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 I tried the new vmm32.vxd compressed as well as non-compressed (2+ MB). I never noticed any difference in bootup speed or resource usage, but I didn't measure it either. I have backups if you guys can recommend a method for measuring these things so I can try all methods (original + seperate vxds, combined compressed and combined uncompressed).azagahl,Could you test your system with compressed and non-compressed VMM32.VXDs? You can use a simple benchmark program such as PCPlayer 3D Benchmark or WinTune98.For testing bootup speed, you can use a chronograph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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