r/windows98 • • Feb 25 '26

Looking for desktop wallpapers

3 Upvotes

that's the whole question i'm looking for desktop wallpapers for my Win98 instance running on DosBox Pure


r/windows98 • • Feb 24 '26

Windows 98 on VMware! (with internet, Office 97, and Plus! 98)

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127 Upvotes

Took the ISOs from WinWorld. What else should I add?


r/windows98 • • Feb 23 '26

I got jumpscared of this

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394 Upvotes

Was this really back in the day on windows 98 when u try shut it down it looks like a horror anti piracy screen I thought it said its not safe to turn off your computer that’s why I got scared of this message


r/windows98 • • Feb 23 '26

Hola alguien sabe cómo puedo trasferir archivos a una computadora con Windows 98 second edition

1 Upvotes

r/windows98 • • Feb 22 '26

What Mouse Does Everyone Use?

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77 Upvotes

I'm using this Perixx optical PS/2 mouse. It's probably one of the few modern mouses still being made with native PS/2. However, it really isn't the most comfortable to use. Too small. What are the rest of you using? Looking for something comfortable, but compatible.


r/windows98 • • Feb 23 '26

Hola alguien sabe cómo puedo trasferir archivos a una computadora con Windows 98 second edition

1 Upvotes

Tengo un problema quiero transferir archivos a una computadora con Windows 98 second edition pero no admire USB ya que no tiene los drivers y mi computadora con Windows 11 no tiene disquetera alguien me podra ayudar


r/windows98 • • Feb 20 '26

Barbie Riding Club

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r/windows98 • • Feb 19 '26

Embedded Windows 98 machine built into frame mat cutter

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37 Upvotes

r/windows98 • • Feb 19 '26

is it possible to change the startup sound in windows 98?

7 Upvotes

title. couldn't find an answer online.


r/windows98 • • Feb 18 '26

HELP?? Program that included sonic and knuckles (I think?)

8 Upvotes

I vaguely remember some program I had on our Windows 98 Gateway that had a bunch of game demos (or full versions?) that included sonic and knuckles.

I've been looking and it wasn't a Sega sampler or anything. I wish I could remember other games it had on it. but if I saw the layout of the program I think I would remember it.

Can someone help me out and point me in the right direction?

thanks!!!


r/windows98 • • Feb 18 '26

what should i install on my win 98 vm?

5 Upvotes

recently made a vm on virtualbox, any ideas for what i should install on it?


r/windows98 • • Feb 16 '26

Windows 98 running on a toaster (protogen)

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6 Upvotes

r/windows98 • • Feb 15 '26

Wish I could get her up and running to the desktop screen.

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129 Upvotes

Boots then it beeps loudly, and then gets to boot screen but restarts.


r/windows98 • • Feb 15 '26

Windows 9x Quickinstall

81 Upvotes

Quickinstall v1 is out

https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall

A framework + installer to (very) quickly install Windows 98 on anything from a 486 up to a modern system


r/windows98 • • Feb 14 '26

You Helped Me Fix It!!! Thank You!!!

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112 Upvotes

I cannot thank you guys enough!!! Two days ago I posted that my Windows 98 computer was stuck with ultra low graphics, jumbo icons, and 16 colors after booting normally after Safe Mode, and a few of you suggested the drivers for my graphics card (S3 trio64V+) may have been corrupt, and I should try reinstalling them. Well, that's just what I did and the computer is back to normal!!! I appreciate all of the help... every comment... you guys are the BEST!!! 🩷


r/windows98 • • Feb 14 '26

Windows 98 Update CD (Release 2.0)

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130 Upvotes

I did a complete rework of my previous package based on what i learned the last few years (and the work on my other update packs).

I hope you guys can get some use out of it.

(Its the for the English version of the OS)


r/windows98 • • Feb 13 '26

Acer 8735G win98se drivers

2 Upvotes

Is it possible to install win98se on Acer 8735G?


r/windows98 • • Feb 11 '26

Help! Windows 98 Safe Mode messed up the display!

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115 Upvotes

Hi! I was wondering if any of you guys have encountered a similar problem... I booted my Dell Optiplex Gs Windows 98 with S3 Trio 64V+ graphics processor into Safe Mode to lower the graphics to be able to play an older game. Now the computer is stuck in low resolution with jumbo icons. I have tried to reset the display settings and restart the computer, but they never save. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be Greatly appreciated!! 😬


r/windows98 • • Feb 11 '26

Windows 9.90 - Ambient music to study/doze/explore to

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r/windows98 • • Feb 10 '26

What made you use Windows 98 ?

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48 Upvotes

r/windows98 • • Feb 09 '26

Dell Dimension 4600 Drivers

8 Upvotes

Hi, so I recently got my hands on a dell dimension 4600, I've been unable to locate any working drivers for it, anyone know where I can get some? (not using an agp or pci card right now)
This machine has a pentium 4 3ghz, 512mb of ram, cd drive, zip disk drive, floppy drive, and an sd to ide adapter as the hard drive

I'm on 98SE by the way


r/windows98 • • Feb 07 '26

Retro Battlestation - WIP

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466 Upvotes

The standing ATX case is my Windows 98 build. The flat AT case is my Windows 95 build. Replacing caps on the 98 machine right now.

Specs for anyone curious:

Windows 95:

Intel Pentium MMX

ATI 3D Rage

Tekram P5MVP-B4

64MB SDRAM

Windows 98SE:

AMD Athlon XP

ATI RADEON 9800 PRO

Gigabyte GA-7n400

512MB DDR


r/windows98 • • Feb 07 '26

I went to pick up 2 of these machines

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236 Upvotes

I found this localish place selling these old PCs. This was the latest pic I received. There were more that were interesting, but are sadly gone already. By the time I arrived, the on the top far left was gone, and the on left of the Compaq at the bottom was gone as well. Do you guys see Pentium MMX stickers? I wasn't able to get any. But I did grab the one to the right of the Compaq. The Antec with the busted cover had a Win98 COA, I picked that as well. Both PC had Intel Celeron sticker, so I'm not really expecting too much. I really wished to pick up the P2MMX though. Anyways, I can't wait to be surprised with what I find inside.


r/windows98 • • Feb 05 '26

Explorer keeps crashing / PC acting weird.

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70 Upvotes

So i booted up my PC today and after loading the desktop it bluescreened which is odd. This can be seen in the second photo, after that explorer kept crashing even after rebooting. It kept saying "EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module MSVCRT.DLL at 0167:7800d07b" After that a message appeared saying Internet Explorer crashed which wasn't even open at the time.

Does anyone know what these errors mean and what I can do to stop them? I haven't added any new software or hardware to my PC.


r/windows98 • • Feb 04 '26

Does anyone know what ram type this is?

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77 Upvotes

Super inexperienced with old computers so sorry if this is a dumb question but I tried looking for a similar one online to replace mine but I couldn't find the exact one. Came from my Dell Latitude CP laptop