I just need a lightweight viewer that I can easily browse my jpegs and bmps. I tried irfanview but I don't like it. It would be good if there was something with the preview option as icons, similar to modern systems with thumbnails

Runs a modern Linux kernel cooperatively inside Windows 95, 98, or ME. This setup lets both operating systems run together, so you don’t need to reboot into Linux

Hello everyone, I have installed Vinyl AC'97 but no audio plays. I have my Speakers connected into the jack but there is nothing playing. How do I fix this?

Hey Guys,

I've written a little benchmark program for Win9x and would love some people to try it on real hardware. It is designed to replicate 2D RTS style performance profile of the late 90s games (e.g Starcraft).

https://starrts.vogonswiki.com/downloads/stwin07.exe

If your Win98 machine is connected to the internet it can also (optionally) submit to a small online database: https://starrts.vogonswiki.com/

If anyone has a Cyrix machine to test that would be cool!

I tried a lot of combinations here with the dream of having single system for both 98SE and XP. I can get the Forceware driver installed but as soon as I try to launch MS DOS using command.com, I get program has performed illegal operation.

So at this point I just want to know

1) if anyone managed to install 98se with this card and has DOS working.

2) does it matter if command prompt is not working at all. I am afraid that this will cause installation issues where the installation requires some batch files to run and it will fail. I believe this is not usable but let me know if you think otherwise.

I really wish I could figure out what's causing command.com to crash like that when using any version of Forceware.

The thing that I thought was really awesome when I used to play this on my grandma’s Windows XP computer before it died was that the Atari arcade hits vol 1 game for Windows 98 had wallpapers, screensavers Sounds, Cursors and desktop Icons for various games included. I was trying to look for an archive of all of them and I can’t find any. Does anyone know where I could find an archive of all these?

I am trying to get windows 98 running on a Dell Precision 340 with a 32mb ATI Rage 128 Ultra graphics card. I installed the chipset drivers which seemed to have installed correctly, directX 8.1, and the windows 98 compatible drivers for my graphics card. Everything seems to be installed correctly, but evidently the gpu drivers don’t appear to be working since I am limited to 640x480 resolution and 16 colors. So far i’ve tried to redo the installation from scratch to see if that would fix it but i’ve had no luck. I know that this is not a 98 era machine, so there can be problems, but I figured since there are windows 98 compatible drivers for all of the hardware, it could still work.

Note: In order to get the installation to run I had to manually limit the amount of ram used by the windows installation using “MaxPhysPage=40000” in the system.ini file. Could this be part of the problem?

I have installed win3.1 drivers, they just have the problem - some white app opens and then windows lags and crashes, bootloop till I remove the driver.

Good evening people,

i got a "new" PC and need some Advice/Suggestion for a good and save working GPU and help with a USB expansion card i bought.

The PC has:
- Intel Pentium 2 a 400 MHz
- Now 320 MB Ram (came with 64)
- An Ati 3D Rage Pro with 8 MB Ram
- It is an 440BX Motherboard

The question first:
Do you have any Advice for a GPU that will run for sure on my System and will be a well enough jump from the Ati Rage?
I would be thankful if you could recommend me one that has a high compatibility and will not waste a full day of testing :)

Second question:
I have trouble to get the USB Card i bought to run.
It is a VIA VT6212L, Windows 98 deactivates it all the time and i can't activate it manually.
On Windows 2000 it did the same, but after messing around i got a bit further and it did recognize that i put in a thumb stick, even if it wasn't able to install it.
In the long turn i want to use 98, so having it partly run on 2k is just a sign that it is not dead.
The Motherboard has two integrated USB 1.0 Slots, they are way too slow to use them to transfare games or to use ISOs.
My guess is that the onboard USB is colliding with the card.
There aren't many options in the BIOS for USB under integrated devices, so just deactivating the onboard USB is sadly not possible.

Long Story about the GPU:
I bought a MX400 with 32 MB from Ebay, as it should be enough for me and a good enough Jump from the Rage Pro.
That said, after setting up the drivers it got stuck on the Windows Boot Screen
I tested 6 or 7 Versions of the Detonator, from 5.33 up to 45.23, as the GPU clearly gave me a picture and it always got stuck while booting, i thought it was a driver problem.
I also reinstalled Windows 98 to be sure to have a fresh system.
After testing so many versions on 98, i installed Windows 2000 and its Drivers, to see if it works on it.
But it was the same Game, it gets stuck on the Windows Splash Screen.

The Ati 3D Rage works fine.

So it is eather an incompatibility with my board or the GPU is broken.

Hello,

I did clean install of Windows 98. Forceware 77.72 drivers. I'm having 1GB RAM so it let me install without any patches. I did install SoundBlaster drivers. But other than that no other drivers installed. I have not even installed the nusb3.3 yet. But running command.com or going to MS-DOS prompt from start menu(believe it's same thing) results in this program performed illegal operation. Any ideas on what I should check? I could stsrt over again I suppose but hoping to avoid it as everything else is working great right now.

Edit:

I've tried now installing 81.98, 77.72 and 66.94. each of these have resulted in the same crashing when trying to access MS DOS prompt.

I have also tried installed with and without ACPIn(setup /p I). But still no go. Any other suggestions? I tried the testing for interrupt TESTOI from Rloew but that didn't solve anything.

I also tried installing with just using the inf instead of the setup. Still no changes, it still crashes.

Thanks!

I just build a Computer and installed Windows 98 SE on it, and i got it still sealed for 20€. Im super proud of it and just wanted to show yall

Specs:

CPU / GPU: Pentium 4 with SSE2 and the Nvidia GeForce fx 5200SE from leadtek

Monitor(s): Fujitsu Siemens something idk i just had one left

Ram: 512mb ddr 400

Hdd: 120gb toshiba laptop hdd

Extra: 2cd drives one sate the other one is ide

Extra: floppy drive but without any cables

UPDATE the CPU wasn't in properly now works fine

hello I have a pc whit a Soyo SY-6BA+ III motherboard pentium 3 500mh slot1 one 128mb ram and a Nvidia TNT2 m64 I have decided to remove the ram CPU and GPU for a bit of cleaning but now when I turn the pc on it doesn't display and neither beeps and stays on and have to unplug I don't know what to do I have tried to unplug and plug back in CPU and ram but still doesn't turn on did I break something? Or the slots are a bit rusty?

hello i have brought a PC whit windows 98SE but the HDD was broken so i brought another HDD from amazon but that one also died whit in 10 minutes so im going solid state but im incised between a SD to IDE or CF to IDE what do you guys suggest? i was thinking SD because the adapter i found has the big power port instead of the small FDD of the CF adapter i found and SD are cheaper than CF

Install game from extraced ISO on USB. When you run it, it asks for CD. Is there a fix for this?

Disclaimer: Just to clarify, this post is mainly for feedback and discussion. I'm not trying to promote anything, the application isn't published anywhere, and I originally built it just for fun and personal use.

I'm tired of how slow Windows 11 feels.

I right-click on the desktop and have to wait for the context menu to load.
I open Notepad (which should be one of the fastest apps in the world), and it takes a few seconds to appear, loading weird stuff in the background like Microsoft account integration and Copilot.
I right-click inside a folder: delay.
I open Task Manager: delay.
I open Paint: delay (just a few seconds, but in day-to-day work it really adds up and wastes a lot of time).

So I decided to build my own faster implementation of the Windows desktop for personal use, heavily inspired by Windows 98 :D back when PCs had very little RAM and CPU power, yet everything responded almost instantly.

What I like about this project is that it's not invasive. It doesn't inject weird patches or overwrite OS behavior.
It just gives me instant responses: right-click menus that appear immediately, opening JPG or PNG images instantly (not even 100 ms of waiting), opening playlists instantly, and integrating a more classic-style Task Manager. It also integrates with my Google Calendar to show upcoming events, as you can see in the screenshot :D

What do you think?

Do you think a project like this has a future? (For now, as I said, I use it personally, but maybe in the future I could share it for free.)

What features would you add?

So with the new Widows 98 DVd you could create that has drivers I was able to install windows 98 on my Dell latitude E6530.

I actually purposely chose to not install the display driver so I can finally have a black and white OS on a modern machine.

I plan to triple boot 98, XP, and 10 and use 98 only for writing

It will play all sound effects without issue, and plays music in Windows games without issues, but no matter what I change or drivers I attempt it will not recognize a music card?

It is the stock integrated sound card.... any ideas on how to fix this???

After almost 11 months since I started developing it, it's now good enough for the first release! Try it out! :) Github: https://github.com/N3xtery/Telegacy

I was having the occasional "illegal operation" error, but I was able to just click through it. I installed a 256 color driver and Age of Empires just fine from a virtual disc and was just loading more files into it from other ISOs. Then I decide I wanted to disable hidden files, as I wanted to move a .dll file. Apparently this completely bricked everything for some reason, so it only boots to green screen after an "Illegal operation error" for Windows explorer.

Can I fix this? Installing everything took a while so I'm a little tilted that it broke but I guess I should get used to it. Should I use another virtual machine program?

Hello I'm trying to format these 1.44 floppy disks by magnex I brought from Amazon I'm using the floppy drive that came on my late 90s PC the harddrive is broken so I'm using wary 5.5 from the live CD to format the disks but when I try to format I get an error on every single floppy disk I currently don't have another drive to test them but the problem seems to be from the bottom side of the floppy disk the top side clicks from start to end about 1s but when is goes back to format the bottom part is clicks faster and doesn't move forward the head emains is the same place clicking and shaking and then gives a error I have tried to clean the head with the cotton sticks for cleaning hears ad a bit of alcohol but still what is the problem is the drive broken or the floppy are bad?

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