kartel Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The results are in ! Windows 98 Second Edition is Easiest, Fastest, and most Reliable version of Windows EVER !!I just did a comparison of 98se, 2000Pro SP4 and XPpro SP1 and 98SE came out the winner hands down.I didnt have to deal with net.framework or optimizing swap files or de-dcom-ing, terminating sevices.I tried upgrading from 98 and clean installs and all different configerations.I really think that it's a case of " looks aren't everything " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The results are in ! Windows 98 Second Edition is Easiest, Fastest, and most Reliable version of Windows EVER !!I just did a comparison of 98se, 2000Pro SP4 and XPpro SP1 and 98SE came out the winner hands down.I didnt have to deal with net.framework or optimizing swap files or de-dcom-ing, terminating sevices.I tried upgrading from 98 and clean installs and all different configerations.I really think that it's a case of " looks aren't everything "Was this with most games too? I hope so, because I'm thinking about going back to Windows 98 SE, because there's still a lot of 3rd party software available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Yes especially with games.Makes the X-Box look stupidHeres some pictures, my c: drive has 3 fixed files total, the games I have at the moment, and my temperaturewhen running games it goes to 41-43c max.Also 98se runs great with no swapfile, hallelujah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I agree completely, having had many problems and annoyances with a virgin install of XP SP1. Windows 2000 is alright in terms of annoying features, but lacks security since it has all those services running in the background and listening on ports. It's also slightly sluggish.If you have a lot of RAM, having no swapfile is fine. Otherwise, set ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1 in WIN.INI and it'll keep everything in RAM unless it completely runs out, only then will it use the swapfile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Otherwise, set ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1 in WIN.INI and it'll keep everything in RAM unless it completely runs out, only then will it use the swapfile.That's in System.ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 You're right I haven't reinstalled in over 5 years so I've forgotten some details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 Here this may help for you guys needin 98se set up right:[386Enh]ebios=*ebioswoafont=dosapp.fonmouse=*vmousedevice=*dynapagedevice=*vcddevice=*vpddevice=*int13keyboard=*vkddisplay=*vdd,*vflatdEMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFFConservativeSwapfileUsage=132BitDiskAccess=ONDMABufferSize=64Paging=onMinSPs=8[vcache]MaxFileCache=524288Look here too http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&sho...ndpost&p=419023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) its no biggy but your EMMExclude=C000-CFFF only needs one C000-CFFF bitthat's a bug that comes (i seen) from installing & unistalling (nvidia) graphics drivers- it writes behind the old entry but doesn't delete it when unistalledi've seen like a dozen or so of those entrys after a driver testing session once Edited February 18, 2006 by miko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt 2864 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 It would have been great if Microsoft did release an official service pack for 98SE. Too bad I formatted by hard drive recently and didn't bother re-installing it again.Windows 98 SE was my favourite OS in the 9x series. It was good because it was able to run almost every game, which was a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 its no biggy but your EMMExclude=C000-CFFF only needs one C000-CFFF bitthat's a bug that comes (i seen) from installing & unistalling (nvidia) graphics drivers- it writes behind the old entry but doesn't delete it when unistalledi've seen like a dozen or so of those entrys after a driver testing session once Good call ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlo555 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Man, I'm surprised Link21 hasn't found this thread yet... though, maybe he's just avoiding it. I do agree that windows 98SE is the best OS to come out of microsoft. It is a shame that most people (the general public) does not understand how to properly configure a 9x box to their advantage (or an XP box for that matter.) Even the XP enthusiasts don't understand how great the OS can be, and the potential that the DOS kernel still has. With all of the updates, bug fixes, and USP, Win98se works better for the average home user than XP or any NT OS ever could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardofwindows Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Amen on that.If they didnt make apps for nt only as they been doing last 2 years id never leave 98se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) **edit Edited March 4, 2006 by kartel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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