When is the virtual DOS environment not enough? I've used 9x's virtual DOS for over a decade and it's always served me well. As for motherboard drivers, well these newer machines must be defying logic. I tried Windows 98SE on a Dell Latitude D600 and during the last stretch of installation, it …

The screw for the RAM cover stripped on me, I think somebody glued it in. If you are looking at the underside of the laptop with the I/O ports at the top, the wireless cover is on the right. Seeing as you have broadcom ethernet, there's very good odds your wireless card is broadcom too. My Google-fu …

Strange, I am using Windows Me on a Thinkpad T42 (Intel 855PM chipset) with 1GB RAM installed (probably PC2700) and it works fine. Has anyone considered the increased minimum CPU class has to do with inclusions like Windows Movie Maker? Microsoft tends to judge an OS by its built-in programs and out …

I am now a huge fan of Windows ME, I will not stop until its name has been vindicated. Recently I was terribly curious about the supposed worst Windows OS ever. I tried the retail install disc, wouldn't boot. I didn't care much for upgrades, so then I got the OEM version, same as my beloved Windows …

Please check if you have any 9x drivers for broadcom adapters.

For cardbus, if Windows ME has given the cardbus slot a generic driver, update that. If not, then it will be in the unknown devices. I think we need to confirm exactly what network devices you have. On my Dell Latitude D600, My ethernet and wireless are both Broadcom. BCM57xx and BCM94603 I think. …

There's a couple of mobo chipset installers in the download, I wasn't sure which one to take from Intel's website so I grabbed them both. I used the 'auto' one and it worked fine for me. If using Win98SE, you'll have to come up with a way to get the mobo chipset driver into the hard drive, or the …

Are you sure digital audio playback is turned on in the device properties for your CD drive? Depending on your computer, you may have to get a cable to route CDDA from the CD drive to the motherboard's audio chipset. I can't remember exactly what else I had to do to get Rayman 1's CD music working. …

For years I had come to accept the fact that drive letter assignment is seldom possible with Windows 9x and NT, especially together on one PC. I'll have to try Letter Assigner, thanks.

No, you need a driver for 9x, a 2000 driver won't work. I got the Intel 855PM Win9x driver from Intel's website. Here's the (partial) drivers for the Dell Latitude D600, it includes instructions, yes you'll be manually installing drivers a lot. Includes motherboard chipset, video, sound, ethernet …

I skimmed through this thread and I don't think anyone suggested installing the motherboard chipset drivers. You have to install that driver on the Latitude D600, or the optical drive and cardbus devices won't work. Anything else that needs updated drivers probably won't work either. 98SE and ME …