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Questions tagged [windows-98]

For questions about Microsoft Windows 98

Microsoft Windows 98 is a pre-NT 16/32-bit graphical operating system with a DOS boot stage. When the operating system is loaded, the behaviours of the processor and screen change significantly to allow for certain features of the operating system, such as multi-tasking.

This tag should be used for questions about the operating system and programs that are directly related to the operating system. Questions about software that can run on Windows 98 should use the tag instead.

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Windows 98 fails to install with 'Windows Setup requires 7340032 by' error in console

If you install Windows 98 from CD-ROM by first booting from a start-up floppy (such as a Windows 98 Startup Disk) and run setup.exe, it will inform the user that it is going to check the hard disks, and then it is possible that you will get a…
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Windows 98 setup preparation hangs while probing floppy drives in the preparation stage

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can. Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB…
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How widespread was the 'test' activation code for Microsoft products?

Inspired by this question, I recall that many of the older Microsoft products from Windows 3.1 through the late 90's / early '00s supported a 'test' activation code of all 1's. I did this a few times out of laziness on Windows 95/98 machines many…
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How can Windows 98 shut down in less than 5 seconds?

I have used Windows 98, and observed that its shutdown is very fast. How is that?
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Why "Dial-Up ATM Support" cannot be selected in Windows 98 setup?

In the setup of Windows 98 Second Edition, you can select everything but Dial-Up ATM Support: Whether using the mouse or the keyboard, the item cannot be selected no matter what. Was that a planned feature that didn't make it on time for release?
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Windows 98 SE installation "hangs" around device detection stage

I just got a Medion PC with an Intel AN430TX, Pentium MMX 166 and 32MB of RAM. The Mainboard has a 3d Rage 2 and Yamaha audio onboard. I can not install Windows 98 SE completely. I don't get any error messages. The installation "hangs" or stops…
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Windows 98 hangs after entering password on fresh install

I am doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 98 SE on a Dell Optiplex GX1 550Mbr+. I previously had this very same version of Windows on this machine. The install works perfectly, but when I get to the login screen, I hit escape (or type in the…
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Windows 98 SE Splash Screen loads forever

I was currently trying to install Windows 98 on my computer. The specifications will be listed: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM (Modified system.ini so it sees less) 186 GB IDE Hard drive (Partitioned to give Windows 98 12 GB), Integrated…
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What does "select" mean in a Windows 98 install disc?

I discovered that games are not on my Windows 98 SE computer, including Solitaire. I thought I could use a Windows 98 upgrade disc to install the games but apparently I cannot. I am considering burning a regular Windows 98 SE disc from WinWorld:…
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A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:FF02847B Installing Windows 98 SE

I get A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:FF02847B after trying to install windows 98 se on an hp pavilion zt3000. It does this right after is says searching for plug and play hardware.
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How to get Windows Installer 2.0 installed if it claims "service already present"?

Due to requirements of software I want to install on my win98 SE VM (I grabbed the VirtualBox image from archive.org), i.e. I'd like to install .NET 2.0 framework, I need to install the Windows Installer 2.0. So I again searched a bit on…
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What are the minimum tools needed to compile BOOM for Windows 98?

I'm trying to make a Doom-like game similar to classic Doom that runs on older hardware, and as such I would like to use Boom, an older, open source port of Doom. I've also looked into PrBoom, but the pre-compiled Boom executable works fine on…
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