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Questions tagged [windows-98]

Graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on May 15, 1998.

Questions tagged with this tag should refer specifically to versions of Windows 98. Anything related in general (non-version specific) to Windows OS should be tagged with .

For simplicity reasons this tag is used for the following Windows 98 "like" releases:

  • Windows 98
    • Released: May 15, 1998
    • Ended Support: July 11, 2006
  • Windows 98 Second Edition
    • Released: May 5, 1999
    • Ended Support: July 11, 2006
  • Windows ME
    • Released: September 14, 2000
    • Ended Support: July 11, 2006

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Additional Info:

  • Windows 98 is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems.
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Best way to get data off a computer with no support for USB or Ethernet?

A customer has a computer running Windows 98 (I know, cringe) and needs to take some data off the computer to put on a new laptop. I've tried using USB, but Windows 98 doesn't have USB storage drivers. I thought I'd transfer the data via Ethernet…
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Can't install Windows 98 SE in virtualbox - SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module

I get this error when installing Windows 98 Second Edition on virtualbox. my host is Mac OsX. the guest settings are the following: Base memory: 64 MB Boot Order: Floppy, Optical, Hard Disk Acceleration: VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging Video Memory: 10…
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Mount floppy disk image (*.img) as virtual floppy drive

Title says it all. I am looking for some software that will allow me to mount a floppy disk image (*.img) as a virtual floppy drive...similar I suppose to mounting an ISO image to a virtual optical drive. I have tried a few things but nothing seems…
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Using Win32 in DOS

Is there a way that I can start the Win32 environment or run Win32 programs from DOS without starting the Windows GUI? I'm using a Windows 98 PC that is booted into DOS mode from a floppy disk. EDIT: I want to run command line programs. Some of…
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How do I skip MSN setup and launch IE directly on windows 98?

I've managed to install Windows 98 on a vm machine. The internet connection works well for the vm. However, each time I try to launch IE, some kind of MSN shows up, shown as the following screenshot, which ask me to select modem type. How do I…
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Sun Virtualbox: Cannot Install Windows 95 or 98

I'm running XP and I've tried to install Windows 95 and 98 with the official CDs in Virtualbox. Both of them give the error: FATAL: no bootable medium found! System Halted I've mounted the CD drives within Virtualbox and also tried to change the…
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Need to read a Windows 98 DRVSPACE.000 file in Windows 7

Today I came across a DRVSPACE.000 file in my archives and I want to recover its contents. Beside the file is a READTHIS.TXT which reads: This disk was compressed using DriveSpace 3, which requires Windows 98. To use this disk, you must first…
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Customizing Windows 98 for young children

I have a number of kids games that only work on Windows 9x. Therefore, I have installed Windows 98 on an old computer to my children. The children are 5 and 2 years old. The problem I have is that the children click on everything they see and I have…
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Is there any value in a Windows 98 license?

Cleaning up some old papers, I found a Windows 98 license certificate. Does this have any value at all, or should I just toss it?
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How to run a MS-DOS/Win9x batch file containing CD while preserving the original working directory?

Consider the following batch file test.bat: CD C:\SOFTWARE program.exe This script is run from C:\ELSWHERE C:\ELSWHERE> C:\test.bat After the script exits the current working directory is now C:\SOFTWARE and not the previous working directory…
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How Can One change the MS-DOS prompt font color?

How Can One change the MS-DOS prompt font color? MS-DOS is really old, and being the grandpappy of the computers it is really hard to find support for it. I have these tried suggestions from…
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Installing linux onto a windows 98 system

I would like to install a Linux OS on a system which currently has the windows 98 OS installed but be able to use both OS's (not at the same time...obviously). I am unsure what version of Linux I would like to install as I am very new to the ideas…
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How to play midi music in VirtualBox Windows 98?

I'd build a Windows 98 VM in my Mac with VirtualBox to run some old games, like "Z". It is running, but without the great soundtrack. When testing, I realize that the soundtrack is in midi files, and not even Media Player is playing any midi. It…
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When Windows 98 is booting and the loading animation screen appears, what stage is the OS at?

When Windows 98 is booting and you see the animation, is this past the second-stage bootloader? Have all drivers been loaded yet? Is the kernel already running an executable (the boot animation), and is that executable accessing GPU memory from MMIO…
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Unable to access Windows 7 shared folder with Windows 98

I'm unable to access a Windows 7 (Windows 7 Pro 64-bit) shared folder from an old Windows 98 box: I tried with: Turning on file and printer sharing Turning on public folder sharing Turning off password protected sharing Sharing the folder with read…
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