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Wendell July 3rd 10 05:52 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
After updating msimg32.dll on Windows 98 SE, Opera 10.54 appears to
install and run without any problems. Without updating the DLL, Opera
will still run, but gives an error message about the transparency
feature.

On the same system, Opera 10.60 will not run. So maybe v10.54 is the
last to run on Win98.

The msimg32.dll v5.00.1693.1 that comes with Win98 needs to be
replaced with v5.00.2218.1 that comes with Windows ME. For details,
see this thread:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic153757.html

98@Guy July 6th 10 12:39 AM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
Wendell wrote recently in microsoft.public.win98.apps:

After updating msimg32.dll on Windows 98 SE, Opera 10.54 appears
to install and run without any problems. Without updating the DLL,
Opera will still run, but gives an error message about the
transparency feature.


I always find it interesting when someone without much of a posting
history posts to a dormant windows 98 newsgroup. I wonder what
motivated them to do it. How exactly did they choose which group to
post to. Why didn't they do a little more investigation to see what
might be the best group to post to.

So because this looks like some-what useful information, I'm adding a
couple of much more active groups to the original distribution so that
more people will see it.

On the same system, Opera 10.60 will not run. So maybe v10.54 is
the last to run on Win98.

The msimg32.dll v5.00.1693.1 that comes with Win98 needs to be
replaced with v5.00.2218.1 that comes with Windows ME. For
details, see this thread:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic153757.html


I don't use opera myself, as Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just fine as a
web-browser for win-98, and netscape communicator 4.79 is a perfectly
good usenet client.

thanatoid July 6th 10 02:51 AM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
"98@Guy" wrote in
:

Wendell wrote recently in microsoft.public.win98.apps:

After updating msimg32.dll on Windows 98 SE, Opera 10.54
appears to install and run without any problems. Without
updating the DLL, Opera will still run, but gives an error
message about the transparency feature.


I always find it interesting when someone without much of a
posting history posts to a dormant windows 98 newsgroup. I
wonder what motivated them to do it. How exactly did they
choose which group to post to. Why didn't they do a little
more investigation to see what might be the best group to
post to.

So because this looks like some-what useful information,
I'm adding a couple of much more active groups to the
original distribution so that more people will see it.


What would the world do without your sage advice and protection?

On the same system, Opera 10.60 will not run. So maybe
v10.54 is the last to run on Win98.

The msimg32.dll v5.00.1693.1 that comes with Win98 needs
to be replaced with v5.00.2218.1 that comes with Windows
ME. For details, see this thread:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic153757.html


Changing the DLL did NOTHING on my USB@10 install. IIRC, it
actually ****ed it up. It's probably just another way MS have
thought up of introducing spyware into computers whose owners
don't like IE.

I don't use opera myself, as Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just
fine as a web-browser for win-98, and netscape communicator
4.79 is a perfectly good usenet client.


Not to mention you are too stupid to use Opera. Firefox - IE for
people who like to proudly say they "don't use IE".



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Mozart tells us what it's like to be human, Beethoven tells us
what it's like to be Beethoven and Bach tells us what it's like
to be the universe.
- origin unknown

Hot-text July 6th 10 06:04 AM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
Old news 98@Guy
we @ Opera 10.60 on windows 98 SE
it was up dated 2 days a go!



98 Guy July 6th 10 03:26 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
thanatoid wrote:

What would the world do without your sage advice and protection?


The same thing it would do without your crass comments and foul outlook.

I don't use opera myself, as Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just
fine as a web-browser for win-98, and netscape communicator
4.79 is a perfectly good usenet client.


Not to mention you are too stupid to use Opera.


So that makes you just stupid enough to use it I suppose.

Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they "don't use IE".


No.

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6 has for the
past 5 years.

thanatoid August 7th 10 01:57 AM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
98 Guy wrote in :

thanatoid wrote:


SNIP

Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
"don't use IE".


No.

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
has for the past 5 years.


ALL other browsers work better than IE.



--
You know, that women never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes
And that, you know, children are the only ones who blush
And that life is just to die
- Lou Reed

Ed[_2_] August 7th 10 03:05 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
On 07/08/10 01:57, thanatoid wrote:
98 Guy wrote in :

thanatoid wrote:


SNIP

Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
"don't use IE".

No.

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
has for the past 5 years.


ALL other browsers work better than IE.



What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on Windows 98SE?


thanatoid August 7th 10 07:07 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
Ed ex@directory wrote in news:4C5D6845.3020000@directory:

On 07/08/10 01:57, thanatoid wrote:
98 Guy wrote in
:

thanatoid wrote:


SNIP

Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
"don't use IE".
No.

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
has for the past 5 years.


ALL other browsers work better than IE.



What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
Windows 98SE?


I don't like Firefox - its interface and the fact you need 15
plugins (many lowering its security) to make it do what it
should out of the box make it unacceptable. Cute firegirl in the
logo, though.

I use Opera@10USB. Installs by unzipping into a USB drive OR
your HD (which is how I use it). Runs perfectly right off the
bat. I had no problems with the Flash ver 9 rejection that many
people reported, but the "see ver 9 as ver 10" (after upgrading
to the Adobe- provided security release of 9) hack (recently
mentioned here) seems to take care of it in 99% of the cases.

http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm

I have not tried the 10.60 version. If something is perfect, why
bother with "upgrades"? I used Opera 7.23 until half a year ago
or so, because it was just fine, and even the new versions did
NOT fix the Flash plug-in crash problem. Opera USB /DID/ fix it.


--

Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to
reality.

98 Guy August 7th 10 09:49 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
Ed wrote:

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
has for the past 5 years.


ALL other browsers work better than IE.


What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
Windows 98SE?


I don't use Opera - never have.

Firefox version 2.0.0.20 was the last version that can run on a standard
installation of win-98. I think it's about 1.5 years old.

If you install KernelEx, you can install newer versions of Firefox like
3.what-ever. KernelEx is a shell/API helper that gives windows 98 the
ability to handle some software that normally requires Windows 2K or
XP. It can be downloaded from he

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/

And no, you don't need a lot of plugins to use firefox. Anyone who says
that is a hemorrhoid.

But I find that Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just fine on 99% of the sites I
surf.

Esra Sdrawkcab August 8th 10 07:17 PM

Opera 10.54 on Windows 98 SE
 
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:49:01 +0100, 98 Guy wrote:

Ed wrote:

Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
has for the past 5 years.

ALL other browsers work better than IE.


What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
Windows 98SE?


I don't use Opera - never have.

Why not? at least for comparison?


Firefox version 2.0.0.20 was the last version that can run on a standard
installation of win-98. I think it's about 1.5 years old.

If you install KernelEx, you can install newer versions of Firefox like
3.what-ever. KernelEx is a shell/API helper that gives windows 98 the
ability to handle some software that normally requires Windows 2K or
XP. It can be downloaded from he

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/

And no, you don't need a lot of plugins to use firefox. Anyone who says
that is a hemorrhoid.


Pre-emptive abuse? Llap goch!


But I find that Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just fine on 99% of the sites I
surf.


Yup, Off-by-one is a bit limited these days.

Chrome is super, but sadly OT as it's not w98 compatible.

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