This patch, will it cripple win98SE so that it will be as bad as ME? Is it
still available? And is it a normal patch, or one of those annoying service
packs?
The patch I was referring to just gives 98SE the same WDM audio
"level" as ME, nothing more, not the other crap added by WinME.
Basically it's just a few files updated IIRC, though I have no idea if
those files could be replaced on a Win98FE install or if they'd be
inoperable with other earlier file versions from FE.
http://www.google.com/search?q=242937usa8.exe
If your problem isn't audio or persists (or gets worse) after using
the files in this patch, you may also need install the service pack,
other updates. I don't recall the exact differences, but after fully
patched Win98FE is nearly transformed into 98SE, though IIRC there
were a couple of features still lacking like ICS (internet connection
sharing) and something else (I can't remember).
Naturally you'd want to make backups of the install before making such
changes, in case something goes wrong... at least one or two of
Mickey's patches could lock out a Win98 system from booting even into
safe mode. One such patch had something to do with 1394 support,
replaced the systray.exe file with a buggy later version.
Maybe I should upgrade to win98SE sometime. I don't want to have to upgrade
to 2000 or XP, because then a lot of things I want to do won't work
anymore.
Win98SE is the best for a legacy-compatible Windows system. I'll
probably always have a few boxes running Win98SE for that reason, but
it also doesn't hurt that it's far less expensive, these days it's not
hard to come upon OEM boxes with licenses.
Dave