Questions tagged [windows-98]
For questions about Microsoft Windows 98
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Convert PCem configuration to an executable? [closed]
I've built a Windows 98 machine in the PCem emulator. I have many programas installed a several files created there. I also personalized it, changed the background etc...
Now I want to send this to a ...
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Differentiating between Windows 98 boot menu selections
The bootloader of Windows 98 (if configured so via msdos.sys) can display a boot menu after io.sys is loaded, but before config.sys is processed. The bootloader can even chainload another version of ...
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How was the CDU (China DOS Union) MS-DOS 7.10 kernel io.sys file created and what does it contain?
CDU (China DOS Union) released an unoffical MS-DOS 7.10 in 2003--2004. My question is about the origin and contents of the kernel file io.sys within the CDU MS-DOS 7.10 floppy disk images, especially ...
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Triple-booting Windows NT 4.x/5.x, Windows 9x, and MS-DOS using NTLDR
I was pretty sure booting a non-NT OS (DOS, Windows 9x, and even Linux) via NTLDR was as simple as just extracting the boot sector (the VBR) into c:\bootsect.dos and declaring something like this in c:...
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What was the reason to require MSDOS.SYS to be at least 1024 bytes in size?
Similarly to CP/M, the kernel of MS-DOS up to version 6.22 was split into two files: the (DOS-)BIOS, carrying the name IO.SYS (or IBMBIO.COM), and the BDOS, named MSDOS.SYS (or IBMDOS.COM). With MS-...
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How do I change my login username in Windows 9x?
A few years ago, I set up a lot of Windows 9x VMs. During the Windows installation/setup process for several of the VMs, I, in my infinite hubris, ignored the common advice against using your actual ...
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Did Microsoft actually release a “Critical Update Notification Tool”?
There is a commonly repeated rumour that Microsoft once released a program called the “Critical Update Notification Tool”, which they later had to quietly rename so that the acronym spell something ...
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Windows 98 Msgsrv32 error during Setup
I'm trying to install Windows 98 SE onto a virtual machine (UTM) and for some reason, it keeps giving me a Msgsrv32 error. How do I fix this?
Here are the logs it gave me.
MSGSRV32 caused an invalid ...
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USB CD-ROM drive not working with Fujitsu Stylistic 3400
I had a Fujitsu Stylistic 3400 that was lying upstairs for a very long time. One day, I decided to take it downstairs and try using it with the LG portable DVD drive I got from my dad. I decided to ...
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What is a "driver information database" in Windows 9x?
At first boot post-installation or when installing third-party device drivers in Windows 95/98/ME, it's common to see the following dialog:
So what is this "driver information database" ...
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Was the MS-DOS window in Windows 95 an emulator like current DOSBox?
Windows 1.x, 2.x and 3.x required a DOS to be loaded before running them. Later Windows 9.x and ME had similar (?) way of working, but DOS was included with them, 32-bit multitasking and other stuff ...
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What device access APIs were there in Windows 9x?
What were the programming interfaces used to access "raw" devices on Windows 95~ME? Specifically GPUs, but I'm also curious about other device types in general.
For example, on modern Linux (...
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What did SULFNBK.EXE actually do?
SULFNBK.EXE is an executable file that came with Windows 98 and Millennium, and is known for sporting a pretty… interesting icon in the former:
It has also become pretty infamous for being subject to ...
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How can I restore a TapeDisk backup on a modern PC?
Back in the 1990s and a bit later I used DAT DDS tape for backups to a SCSI tape drive. The software was "TapeDisk" which allowed the DDS tape to appear as a HD. I'm trying to get some files ...
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Installing Windows 98SE without FDD, CD-ROM, Network, or USB on Thinkpad E310ED
I'm restoring an old Thinkpad E310ed from c. 1997 and running into an issue I can't seem to find a workable solution to: installing Windows 98SE to a new "hard drive." The original HDD seems ...
