Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on Yesterday, 21:27

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by leonardo

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Hmm... I probably need to add a disclaimer about the language thing. It's true that many of the patches that Microsoft released had to be downloaded specifically for the language-version of Windows you had, and crossing the patches for the different language versions would cause trouble. The service …

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Re: Problems with Windows 95 OSR 2.1 machine setup

Posted on 2024-04-16, 07:46

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by leonardo

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Hmm... there are a few unknowns in this thread for me but as general advice, are you aware that you may have to reduce the CPU speed during installation until you install some later patches? You can do this either by lowering the clock, or by turning off L1 and L2 cache from the BIOS, and then turn …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-04-15, 20:40

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by leonardo

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After copying the files, we need to extract SETUPPP.INF from the .cab-archive that contains it. To extract the file, enter the Command Prompt and switch to the directory where the setup files are contained with: e: [enter] cd folder_name [enter] then issue the command: extract /A precopy_01.cab …

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Re: Problems with Windows 95 OSR 2.1 machine setup

Posted on 2024-04-15, 20:27

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by leonardo

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Hmm... there are a few unknowns in this thread for me but as general advice, are you aware that you may have to reduce the CPU speed during installation until you install some later patches? You can do this either by lowering the clock, or by turning off L1 and L2 cache from the BIOS, and then turn …

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Re: Problems with Windows 95 OSR 2.1 machine setup

Posted on 2024-04-13, 17:35

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by leonardo

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Have you tried XUSBSUPP? https://msfn.org/board/topic/177518-xusbsupp-extended-usb-supplement-for-windows-95-osr2/ not yet, I thought the best was installing the chipset drivers first... should solve it to install xusbupp before chipset drivers? It's a little counter-intuitive, but you are actually …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 20:34

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Hi I mean connecting just for reading websites, without installing anything from internet. At least not anything with one or more alerts on virustotal.com I ask this, because I remember that Windows XP in his last days got a virus that entered the computer just installing it with a connection on. …

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Re: odd problem with Riva TNT2 m64

Posted on 2024-04-10, 20:27

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by leonardo

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I guess it depends on what you play, but Detonator 5/6.xx series already had support for GeForce-series cards included, and I found that performance in games for the TNT cards just kept dropping as the version numbers grew. That said, the system in question was a slower PIII 450 while the OP is …

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Re: odd problem with Riva TNT2 m64

Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:56

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so i have a riva TNT2 M64 that i want to install in my windows 98 build along with my 750 MHZ slot 1 P3, this computer is running Win 98 SE. when i install the card and boot into windows 98 it just shows up in device manager as "standard VGA graphics" or something of that sort, not a big problem. …

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Re: my boring Pentium200, do I install Win95?

Posted on 2024-03-12, 14:18

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by leonardo

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Yeh i will try win95, i need to investigate wich version is better to install... i will skip winME because i not like and win2000 because is targeted too high for my cpu and i prefer to keep my P4 in Win98 . Try Win95 as per my guide . ;) As some others pointed out, going without Internet Explorer …

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Re: Poll. How did you handle AGP to PCI Express stepover?

Posted on 2024-02-28, 10:56

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I skipped PCI-e and am still on AGP. 😁

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Re: Vortex 2 + GeForce4 Ti 4200 = Terrible coil whine through sound card

Posted on 2024-02-23, 21:06

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by leonardo

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Can you share a recording of the noise? Does it repeat identically across the different outputs and over headphones?

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Re: Compaq Deskpro New from 1999

Posted on 2024-02-17, 14:55

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awesome, you even got the built in sub-woofer. 8-P Is that the small speaker right behind the cpu? Yes, it's just the system speaker. Compaq liked them big I guess. Actually, the system routes the sound card output through that speaker unless you plug something into the 3.5mm jack in the back. …

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Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-08, 20:01

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by leonardo

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I am getting errors with the mentioned browsers. What is the newest and "safest" browser I can get which will run on Windows XP AND an Athlon XP 3200+? The latest MyPal for 32-bit XP requires SSE2. Maybe Pale Moon will do? 26.x is "only" two years old at this point. Scratch that, someone already …

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Re: Dedicated IPXNET server software (C# .NET 6)

Posted on 2024-02-05, 22:13

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by leonardo

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Myg wrote on 2022-03-20, 16:42: leonardo wrote on 2022-03-20, 12:11: I'm sorry for the OP, perhaps this should become a separate thread I don't mind, this thread was pretty quiet, its nice to see some stuff go on here 😀 You still OK with all this hubbub, Myg? 😁

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Re: Dedicated IPXNET server software (C# .NET 8)

Posted on 2024-02-05, 22:12

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I did more testing so I correct my statement: the lag happens only on Windows 95 and it involves only audio playback. Super weird! I'm rather stumped as to what could be causing that and I have a suspicion that it's going to be very hard to diagnose since it would require spelunking into the guts …

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Re: Dedicated IPXNET server software (C# .NET 8)

Posted on 2024-02-04, 16:19

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Demetrio wrote on 2024-02-04, 12:39: It works with PPTP (tested on Windows 95) ... But, unfortunately, the game lags 😕 (as opposed to udpsetup) Hmm... it could be overhead added by processing the VPN on the client. Isn't there a simple cryptography used on PPTP as opposed to just forwarding the …

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Re: Dedicated IPXNET server software (C# .NET 6)

Posted on 2024-02-03, 20:54

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by leonardo

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Is there any solution that currently works for bridging DOSBox players with DOS/Win9x-players? ipxbox claims to be able to do this , but so far I've been unable to make any headway with it. Confusingly, there are also multiple forks: https://github.com/fragglet/ipxbox/ https://github.com/unterwulf/ …

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Re: Unreal Tournament GOTY causes Windows 98 to stop seeing my CDRom drive

Posted on 2024-01-22, 15:17

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by leonardo

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Retail UT v400 did use safedisc. it wasn't until many versions later (i.e. 436) that it was removed Is this a regional thing? My UT CDs have never had any kind of restrictions (v400) - the game installs and will run fully without a disc in the drive. No hacks or patches required. Of course I still …

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Re: Unreal Tournament GOTY causes Windows 98 to stop seeing my CDRom drive

Posted on 2024-01-21, 22:10

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by leonardo

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Are you using a "clean" Windows 98 SE install, or have you applied any third party patches or service packs? You could try Total Uninstall (nab it from the Essential Utilities-section of my guide for Win 95 ) to try and track the changes that the UT installer makes to see if any of the modified …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-01-12, 14:26

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by leonardo

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I had planned on doing the "nightmare difficulty" version of the guide that would source and link every update individually, explain their dependencies, and the correct order to install them - but I've been so lazy I never got around to doing it. This would be a good starting point if you want to …

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