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Forum: General October 5th 18, 03:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 7,581
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Win-98 virtual access to win-7 host drive

James Davis wrote:

Nothing much new to report, other than we've confirmed that a shared
folder (full read/write access, no password) on the win-98 virtual
machine can be seen and accessed by...
Forum: General October 4th 18, 02:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 7,581
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Win-98 virtual access to win-7 host drive

James Davis wrote:

OK, 98 Guy, I'll check this thread again tomorrow.

Nothing much new to report, other than we've confirmed that a shared
folder (full read/write access, no password) on the...
Forum: General October 3rd 18, 02:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 7,581
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Win-98 virtual access to win-7 host drive (was: Anti-virus for ME)

James Davis wrote:

Wow, you really are angry about ME! ;-)

I guess I should lighten up a little. If a Win-ME CD is all you have, I
guess it's what you'll end up using. I have so many MSFT...
Forum: General October 2nd 18, 01:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 7,581
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Anti-virus for ME

RTS wrote (in the basically defunct windows ME newsgroup):

Greetings Group.
I'm re-installing ME on an old laptop for some legacy software.
And was wondering if there any current anti-virus...
Forum: General August 25th 18, 02:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 12,611
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
What is the last version of Thunderbird that can be used in Win98se?

- wrote:

What is the last version of Thunderbird that can be used in Win98se?

You might want to look at Netscape 7.2 (and/or Netscape 9) and see if
that will work for you. I'm...
Forum: General February 2nd 18, 12:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 17
Views: 4,192
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Cant switch default browser

wrote:

I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and
I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF
version 3.x).

Do you...
Forum: General December 20th 17, 04:35 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 8,046
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
New HDD, has corrupted Data - AGAIN

wrote:

I managed to install Win98SE on an Asrock VIA board with a Core2
processor, and it screams.

Yes, I also have a win-98 system running on a socket-775 Core2...
Forum: General October 16th 17, 03:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 2,336
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Confusing Hard Drive jumpers (PATA or IDE)

Seems there's some basic info needed here.

Between 1997 and 2001, there were lots of changes to motherboard BIOS in
terms of how they handled IDE hard drive addressing and drive-size
limits. It...
Forum: General February 2nd 17, 05:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7,181
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
issues with replacement 40 GB hard drive in Win Me

Auric__ wrote:

Why people get fixated on ancient, lame hardware is a mystery.

You say that in a group dedicated to an OS that's more than 18 years
old.

Kerr Mudd-John wrote:

What...
Forum: General February 2nd 17, 04:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7,181
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
issues with replacement 40 GB hard drive in Win Me

Lee wrote:

a BIOS update for your computer.

Unfortunately, no BIOS update available

there are a few nuts out there rewriting old BIOS code

Lacking fixed BIOS all I had to...
Forum: General February 1st 17, 02:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 7,181
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
issues with replacement 40 GB hard drive in Win Me

William Bell wrote:

1) Only 7.8 GB is being used of the 40 GB available

That is a BIOS issue. Your computer is so old that the bios is only
aware of drive configurations up to 1024 tracks, 255...
Forum: General January 26th 17, 04:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 5,853
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Problem with writing/updating to a 32 GB USB stick.

Lee wrote:

No, I'm warning people that MDGX and others have pulled it.

I don't know why NUSB 3.6 is not on MDGX website. Maybe it never was.

I posted this link in...
Forum: General January 25th 17, 04:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 5,853
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Problem with writing/updating to a 32 GB USB stick.

"R.Wieser" wrote:

plug the stick into the win-7 machine and see if you get any
messages like "the drive is messed up" or need to be repaired

Not an idea I will follow easily. I've got...
Forum: General January 25th 17, 04:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 5,853
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Problem with writing/updating to a 32 GB USB stick.

Lee wrote:

What I've discovered on 98 is that NUSB 3.6 is stuck in non-support
mode and for the most part can't even be found anymore for download.

Are you knocking 3.6 because it's "not...
Forum: General January 25th 17, 03:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 2,297
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Install Win98 with no product key AND bypass upgrade check.

Joe wrote:

I like how these annoying people like to learn people what it's
legal and illegal.

You are replying to a post made by "JJ" in May 2015.

Which is typical of a google-giggler.

Try...
Forum: General January 23rd 17, 06:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 5,853
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Problem with writing/updating to a 32 GB USB stick.

"R.Wieser" wrote:

I've got a problem with accessing a 32GB FAT32-formatted USB stick.
Although reading from it seems to go fine, either writing big or
many files to it causes the computer to...
Forum: General January 23rd 17, 04:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 8,021
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems

wrote:

Fat 32 works fine with Win98.

That is hardly a "news flash" for anyone here. FAT32 is the standard
file-system for Win-98 and I think one of the versions of...
Forum: General January 23rd 17, 04:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 8,021
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems

Dobbins etc wrote:

Ah - you were trying to install win-98 on the thumb drive, not
*from* the thumb drive.

Correct.

So my next question is - what OS is currently on the...
Forum: General January 21st 17, 04:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 8,021
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems

Dobbins etc wrote:

I gave up on the idea because no matter what I did, I just couldn't get
'98 to install, so I ordered one of these:

Hitachi-Travelstar-60-GB-IDE-Hard-Drive

Ah - you were...
Forum: General January 21st 17, 04:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 8,021
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems

Dobbins etc wrote:

I am trying to install Win98 onto a flash drive (in my case 8 GB
flash) as detailed he

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qd7cDbtwj4

I didn't watch the whole video,...
Forum: General January 19th 17, 03:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 3,223
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Is there any way to Disable "secure" webites that use HTTPS?

There is a "Remember Mismatched Domains" add-on that works on FF2 that
adds a "don't ask me again" option to the Domain Name Mismatch Security
Error window".

I find that it helps when you make use...
Forum: General January 19th 17, 03:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 3,223
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Is there any way to Disable "secure" webites that use HTTPS?

"R.Wieser" wrote:

There are still a few options open to you. I myself am (still) using
Proxomitron (a local filtering proxy), which happens to support an
Open SSL DLL, which has allowed me...
Forum: General January 17th 17, 04:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 3,223
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
Is there any way to Disable "secure" webites that use HTTPS?

wrote:

You know, it isin't necessary to change your posting handle every time
you post messages to the same newsgroup.

When using the limited browsers available for...
Forum: General January 12th 17, 04:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 2,667
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
How to view the Sender's Info (Headers) in Thunderbird

wrote:

I looked at the settings in Thunderbird, so I can view the headers,
which I assume will tell me if they are using the computer and with
what software for the...
Forum: General March 12th 16, 01:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 9,630
Posted By 98 Guy[_5_]
In which folder are the USB drivers stored in 98se?

"DONALD G. DAVIS" wrote:

I haven't used NUSB, but it sounds complex and problematic. I've
personally had good results with JDUSB in Win98SE (assuming USB 1.1
and 2.0). The whole driver set...
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