MeDieViL Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 As long as I can remember, I used ME for about 18 months without any problem at all, running stable on a Asus A7V + Duron 800 MHz. B) But at that time I noticed something that must explain this. I customized my whole installation from the very beggining, and some friends of mine *never* became happy using ME, maybe because they installed it with the default settings. Of course it's just a hint, can't assure if this was the difference - or not - for a stable ME to a "average erratic" ME... --ThundernetBRdo you have a guide about customizing me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 well me is picky,you just happened to have hardware that me liked,once you add the sp to 98 it isin't really outdated and is a bit more modern,98 performs best on older hardware and can be good on new,me is better on newerMore accurately, Win98 can run ok on older/slower computers such asthose ancient Pentium 1 PCs [133 Mhz or slower] with 32 megs of memory.WinME works best on faster PCs such as Pentium 2 [233 Mhz or faster] with64 megs of memory or more.Win98 SE (2nd edition) can run just fine on newer PCs as long as theappropriate patches are installed. It can have the same benefits as runningWinME on newer PCs. Win98 FE (1st edition) may have problems runningon newer/faster PCs made in the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 win 98 1st edition has more bugs than 2nd edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundernetbr Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 do you have a guide about customizing me?Not exactly... Just unmark and check some features here and there when requested by ME's own installation procedure and after that installing the most recent (at that time) versions of DirectX, IE6 and WMP. I cannot remember which ones, but probably DirectX 8.1, IE6 (not SP1 yet) and WMP 8. Worked like a charm for some time before migrating to W2K Pro. By the way, Merry Christmas for all ! --ThundernetBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 98lite version 4.7 works with me so yea it is possible but me may not like you and crash on you till you put ie back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 i tried using 98lite microon startup it gave me explorer.exe errors n stuff=formatuse ie iradicator instead to save yourself a format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 go here for system restore remover 1.5http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=516EnjoyThat was already posted a while back here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 why the quote?there was no need for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 go here for system restore remover 1.5http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=516EnjoyThat was already posted a while back here. MDGx has an older version of System Restore Remover Pro which is version 1.1posted here:http://ftp.mdgx.com/files/SRP11.ZIPThis one removes the WMI and WBEM features of ME which v1.5 can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 rememer that a 98lite micro install install the files from microsoft windows 95. everyone here is so stressed about installing internet explorer. i wish i could NEVER install it hehehe.Ah, dump 98lite micro. Who needs it if you have a superfast PC with lotsof RAM installed & using a large hard drive? That old classic Win95-styleExplorer interface is pitiful and inefficient. Win95 is already obsolete andcan't handle the hardware made in the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 correct,i tried installing it on a new mobo n it gave errors when trying to start,plus 98micro gave problems so you don't need it,98chubby will do just fine,well me got 512 ram,will go to 1 gig soon,win98 will work with 1 gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoem Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 win98 will work with 1 gigi thought windows 98 can only recognise 512mb of ram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 at first it can only support up to 512 but the sp resolves that,if not there are other workarounds to allow up to 1.5 gig from what i know,it's a bit of work but it's worth itsides the original windows 98 is too buggy,se is not buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLASYS Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hey, erpman:Who needs 98lite micro? I do, but not for my main system:I make machines with LS-120 instead of a floppy. 98lite micro fits entirely on the LS-120 and boots up with no regard for the hard disk whatsoever. From that vantage point I can diagnose various problems, run anti-virus/anti-spam, ME defrag that rearranges all files with no reservations, etc. on all of the now-looked-upon-merely-as-data hard disk partitions, etc.I posted awhile back all of the differences between 98lite CHUBBY and 98lite SLEEK [V1]. There are people who prefer SLEEK over CHUBBY who have a free choice. If SLEEK [V2] ever gets fixed, it might even tilt the scales a little bit more for SLEEK, since from a user's standpoint, SLEEK V2 works identically but has less "growing pains" due to ill-behaved apps, etc.One particular point is that regardless of what you are running 98se on, SLEEK beats the hell out of CHUBBY with regard to emptying the recycle bin, running more like XP on steroids than the standard lame sloth of all other forms of 98SE 98lite or not, etc. and has no problems with copying lots of/large file manipulationsthat seems to plague others [Have we resolved the BROWSEUI.DLL and BROWSELC.DLL problem? Can I safely revert to the IE501SP2 versions if I have all of the IE60SP1 and hotfixes installed? In SLEEK I don't care; it doesn't use them].Believe it or not, there are users who don't care about win2K themes, ME icons, bloated screen windows that put up options on the top they never use, toolbars that waste taskbar space, active desktops, etc. For them, SLEEK is just fine.Also, the SHELL has nothing whatsoever to do with what the O/S does or does not support in terms of hardware. I agree that win95 is dead, that's why I don't use it for a variety of reasons such as lack of FAT32 support [except in 95B/C], lack of large disk support [no bigger than 32 GB] and lots of drivers and apps that won't load there, but are fine with 98SE, and a general lack of hotfixes for problems it shares with other 9x that didn't get fixed there, etc. However, the SHELL is not related to any of that, since using the 95 shell on top of 98SE changes the hardware situation not at all!I have yet to find a machine that cannot install 98lite regardless of shell choice, unless I also cannot get plain 98SE to install either [and there are lots of cases like that unless you are prepared to do a lot of driver research in some instances, and perhaps install some stuff in safe mode, etc. In one case, I had to do the pass one of the install up to the first boot, on another board entirely, then use GHOST to transplant the rest of the install on the problem board, which then worked fine! This was NOT related to 98lite whatsoever, etc.] [On some boards, you have to install hotfixes before you install drivers or it crashes. In some instances, such as on fairly recent TYAN boards, the driver installs on the provided support CD are actually installing hotfixes automagically while they install the drivers to make it even work, etc. Installing Gape's SP can work wonders here BEFORE you install the drivers!]So, yes, by all means install/use what you want, but please no misdirected rants here.cjl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 correct,i tried installing it on a new mobo n it gave errors when trying to start,plus 98micro gave problems so you don't need it,98chubby will do just fine,well me got 512 ram,will go to 1 gig soon,win98 will work with 1 gigwhy don't you tell that to soldier1st, CLASYS?I agree with him on not needing 98micro. Changing the shellof win98se can actually break certain programs like Wordpadwhich requires the shell32.dll file of Win98se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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