hey everyone. I'm back from jury duty. what a weird way to start off year 2007 by doing jury duty!

note to Drugwash and soporific: download the updated COPY2GB.EXE file from MDGx's web site. The install/uninstall problems have been fixed.

The C2GBME.EXE kernel32.dll fix for WinME will need to be revised again to include the START.EXE file (and a "START /W NIRCMD" string in the C2GBME.INF file). I was not sure if the NIRCMD.EXE file was executed on older & current releases of C2GBME.EXE. perhaps many instances of NIRCMD were executed too quickly.

Welcome back, erpdude8. Sorry to hear about a bad start off; hopefully you'll get over it soon. And thanks for the heads up, will download the updated COPY2GB.EXE right away.

@ MDGx: VS6SP6U.EXE dated 28 Nov 2006 at your site is rebooting on finish without warning; you may wanna revise it when possible.

Drugwash:I have deleted all INF + SED reboot directives [the rest is up to the advanced setup APIs], please try it again:

Unofficial VS6 SP6 Runtime + ActiveX Controls Libraries (DLLs) for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [2.11 MB]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/VS6SP6U.EXE

Thanks for your feedback.

HTH

Regarding newest DST update package: how would one go around clicking OK in an unattended installation? Any commandline switch for that? I'm thinking about projects such as auto-patcher and similar, which would incorporate this update.
Sorry if I'm out of track.

Unfortunately I don't know of a way to click OK in an unattended installation for the new Time Zone updates.

Workaround:
But who wants to make an unattended install, needs to add this command line to tte batch/inf/whatever file after the
Q929120.EXE /Q:C /R:N
or similar line:

RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL TIMEDATE.CPL

and then instruct the user to click OK in the "Date/Time Properties" dialog box.

Also, for this to work unattended, the SED file [I named it VS6SP6U.SED] needs to *NOT* have the BOLD line:The line above must be replaced with this one:

PostInstallCmd=<none>

Then the Q929120.EXE installer must be recompiled with the modded SED file [example]:

IEXPRESS.EXE /N C:\TEMPINST\VS6SP6U.SED

Edit:

P.S.:
If any1 needs the text file [Q929120.TXT] to recompile the installer:The text file can be modified for unattended installs:
remove the "EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:" section.

HTH

MDGx, wouldn't it be possible to backport the tzchange.exe utility to Windows 98?

I have looked up Tzchange.exe with Dependancy Walker, all was ok. So the only issue is the Version check. Unfortunately Kernel Update Project didn't work on this file, even by setting it with kupver.ini to Windows XP. However it should be possible to remove the version check.

Win98/ME users do NOT really need the Tzchange.exe utility, Acheron.

Tzchange.exe is a command-line tool (not a GUI tool like Tzedit.exe). Win98/ME users are better off using the Time Zone Editor tool (tzedit.exe) as noted in MS article 914387 to make or edit time zone registry settings.

OK, so if you update the registry entries, you don't have to run the command "RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,Control_RunDLL TIMEDATE.CPL", am I right. The only thing I can think of is to reboot the system?

MDGx, I saw on your page about the unofficial SNMP.EXE & SNMPAPI.DLL Q926247 fix titled "Unofficial Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME SNMP Memory Corruption SNMPAPI.DLL 5.0.2195.6811 + SNMP.EXE 5.0.2195.7112 Security Vulnerability Fix".

edit this by removing Win95 OSR1/OSR2. Version 5.0.2195.6811 of SNMPAPI.DLL and version 5.0.2195.7112 of SNMP.EXE do NOT work under Win95, even with Winsock 2 installed. These files cause "missing export" errors under Win95 and should only be used under Win98/ME.

@erpdude8: I sent MDGx a fixed copy of the patch a couple days ago. I'm still unsure if it was uploaded.

the_guy

Done + done.
Please see 1-21-2007 update:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46581

No, rebooting will *not* update your Time Zone correctly.
You *must* answer OK to the Date/Time Properties dialog box, exactly as instructed.
Or if you wish to do this manually, follow these steps exactly:
1. Do *NOT* reboot/restart/shut down/log off after installing unofficial Q929120.EXE [English] or IT929120.EXE [Italian].
2. Open Control Panel -> Date/Time applet -> click OK in your correct time zone, which should be already selected.
3. Done.
4. Now it's OK to reboot/restart/shut down/log off if you wish.
If you reboot/restart/shut down/log off after installing unofficial Q929120.EXE [English] or IT929120.EXE [Italian] but *before* performing steps above, your Date/Time applet dialog box will revert back to Windows 9x/ME *default* Time Zone [GMT] or to the one for the particular language/geographical zone where you reside or for which you installed Windows in [in my case it defaults to "(GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia, Reykjavik", probably because it has the REG value "MapID"="0,1" , which makes it 1st in line (?)], and this time zone is the INcorrect one.
At this point you need to reconfigure your own time zone manually from scratch: select the correct one from the list.

FYI:
The only other way to update/edit/change Time Zones in Windows 95/98/ME is to use TZEDIT.EXE (Time Zone Editor), part of:
* Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK):
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/.../reskit/config/
TZEDIT.EXE [newest TZEDIT.EXE 1.0.01] [41 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/...nfig/TZEDIT.EXE
TZEDIT.CNT [254 B]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/...nfig/TZEDIT.CNT
TZEDIT.HLP [10 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/...nfig/TZEDIT.HLP
* Windows 95/98 Setup CD-ROMs [newest TZEDIT.EXE 1.0.01]:
- \TOOLS\RESKIT\CONFIG = Windows 98 (Final/Gold/First Edition (FE)] + 98 Second Edition (SE)
- \ADMIN\APPTOOLS\TZEDIT = Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=158195
* MS Kernel Toys 95 [older TZEDIT.EXE 4.00.950]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloa...s/w95kerneltoy/
W95KRNLTOYS.EXE [57 KB, English, free, unsupported]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/1...W95KRNLTOYS.EXE
But TZEDIT.EXE is only a graphical tool, does NOT support command line parameters/switches, and that's why it canNOT be used in BAT/INF files for automated/batch/unattended installs.
Example of Time Zone registry changes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=886775

HTH

No, tzchange.exe is strictly an NTx [2000/XP/2003] OS tool.
The way Date/Time is set in NTx Oses is completely different than in 9x [95/98/ME] OSes.

HTH

I remember reading about some script/tool somewhere around, that could act like the user were actually clicking some button in a GUI window. Simulated clicks are possible, and I know it may look like an overkill, but for a true unattended install, this might be needed. But I can't remember this tool's name, for the life of me.

The problem is the cpl doing some actions on the background. However any changes to the operating system must store their information somewhere. Most Windows GUI settings are stored in registry. With SysInternals regmon it's possible to see what changes are made when running the sysdate.cpl command. These changes can then get exported from registry, modified to be useful in a inf and voila, a system update without hitting any button. I'm currently working on Nero 7 Lite, but when I have some time I might actually go investigate this myself.

AutoIt can do something like that.

the_guy

host files does not copy at all

Please revise the IE929969 VGX.DLL fix by adding an un-install option. make it backup the existing VGX.DLL file and rename it as VGX.ORI and then copy the updated VGX.DLL file when installing IE929969. the VGX.ORI file will be renamed to VGX.DLL after un-installing the unofficial IE929969 patch.

PROBLEMCHYLD, please be more specific on what you are talking about

Hosts.exe It does not replace nor backup the original so it means it does not copy at all

The original text of this post was out of this world, and thus off topic. Sorry !

@MDGx:

I've sended you an email concerning help request about italian localization of Q258680.
There are all links of case.

OK I wasn't out of this world. I think there's a problem with IE905495...

MDGx:

In a VM, in a totally clean install of Win98se, I installed:

* Dial-up Networking 1.4
* Ie6sp1 by re-downloading all the files just in case there was something wrong with my version - I downloaded a fresh copy of ie6setup.exe put it in its own folder, ran it, choose custom, selected all the components including all the language files, and started to install --- all 41mb of setup files were downloaded and installed -- I did get a couple of VM type errors so just in case, I forced a re-install of all components and there were no errors or problems.

And after all that I tried to manually run the latest IE905495 hotfix and got this message:



I spent quite a while tracking down the above and I think I've eliminated all possible causes from my end (ie thats why I described the above in such detail).

Any ideas? Could it be the extra language files? I say that cause that's the only difference between Auto-Patcher version 1.7 and 1.8 and this problem was never in 1.7 ... I'm stumped and

EDIT --- I still kept at it ... I unzipped the hotfix and ran "ieupdate q905495" from the command line and it installed fine! And just for some more weirdness, I expected to get the same error when I tried to run the hotfix again like normal (ie not unzipping first) but the error message wasn't there anymore and it re-installed perfectly fine --- So I will be able to package the hotfix myself and get it to install, but I still want to know why this happens

I'm now officially going bonkers.

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

@soporific: What version of msieftp.dll did you have?

the_guy

soporific, I had this problem too but I found the problem. IE905495 was checking the WRONG files. If you look at the contents of the IE905495.exe patch in Wordpad, you'll see that it was looking for updated BROWSEUI.DLL, MSHTML.DLL, SHDOCVW.DLL, URLMON.DLL, WININET.DLL files, etc. It should have been looking for an older version (a 5.5x version) of the MSIEFTP.DLL file. Instead, if you don't have the latest Browseui.dll, Cdfview.dll, Mshtml.dll, Shdocvw.dll, Urlmon.dll, Wininet.dll files and you have less than IE 6.0 SP1, the IE905495 patch will produce that error message.

Bottom line, the unofficial IE905495 patch was detecting the wrong kind of files to update when it should have been looking for the msieftp.dll file whether it exists or not.

I had already notified MDGx about the problem and he told the_guy to revise the patch which he did. Download the updated IE905495 patch again here:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/IE905495.EXE

note to the_guy, I've noted in the ME service pack page if you have requested the KB925753 vbscript.dll 5.6.0.8832 hotfix.

But I HAVE got the new file --- in fact, because of the existence of a newly released update, I've now triple-checked that I was using the newest file. I just did it again - I downloaded the hotfix and did a full folder compare for any unique files between the file contained in the 1.8 version of Auto-Patcher and the newest IE905495 and they are exactly the same. The weird behaviour is that once the hotfix is installed, if you try to just double-click the hotfix, it runs normally. But before it is installed, double-clicking brings up the error msg and blocks the install. This is DEFINITELY with the newest file. Weirdness double extra plus.

EDIT: I just found the best site for support for all things Windows!! -- http://aumha.org/win4/index.htm ---MDGx i'm pretty sure you don't have this site in your list of Win98 sites ....

and on it I found a list of errorlevel codes --- i'm not entirely sure if these correspond exactly to every hotfix install, but it's the only list i could find at it appears to be correct. Can anyone comment?

Can you do this step for me please? There is nothing wrong with the .sed file.

the_guy

sorry i missed your message...

That's the problem, it's looking for version 5.50.4807.2300, which I believe now is only installed on Windows 2000.

When I redo the patch, I'll use browselc.dll for versioning, unless there is a way I can use only the highest allowable version for my SED file?

the_guy

Version 5.50.4807.2300 of MSIEFTP.DLL file CAN be installed under Win9x/ME/NT4 if you install IE 5.5 SP2 and install the Internet Explorer Browsing Enhancement feature. Look in the IE_EXTRA.CAB file of IE 5.5 SP2. Version 5.50.4807.2300 of the MSIEFTP.DLL file was left out of the IE_EXTRA.CAB file for IE 6.x for Win98/ME/NT4 but included in the IE 6.x setup files for Win2000.

soporific, install IE 5.5 SP2 and do a custom install. You need to install the Internet Explorer Browsing Enhancement feature of IE 5.5 SP2 which has version 5.50.4807.2300 of the MSIEFTP.DLL file.

If you do not want to install IE 5.5 SP2 (because if you already have IE 6.x installed) get the IE_EXTRA.CAB file of IE 5.5 SP2 here. Extract the MSIEFTP.DLL file from the IE_EXTRA.CAB file onto the \Windows\System\ folder and ovewrite the existing version.

Would there be any reason why I get the same message for the Unofficial Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer 6 sp1 (kb925454) AFTER it has been installed ??? (ie i install it, then try to run the hotfix again) -- the message is the same as in the screen-shot I posted a few posts above. Trying to run the OFFICIAL Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer 6 sp1 (kb916281) produces the same message box. This is problematic for anyone wanting to be in harmony with Windows Update. Due to the message box, the official cumulative update for IE6 sp1 (kb916281) cannot be installed and so no matter how many times you go thru the WU process, you cannot get rid of the warning that your PC needs kb916281. This didn't used to be the case.

I have links to various pages located on the aumha.org server at these pages:
http://www.mdgx.com/98-3.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/98-4.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/98-5.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/bug.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/html.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/modem.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/reg.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/wme.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/xp2.htm
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip98.htm

I know about this excellent web site since 1998.

HTH

See this post for updated files:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=622813

Tested on 98 SE + XP SP2.

HTH

When i install on Win2000 it just hangs at cmd.exe screen

See this post for updated files:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=622813

HTH

MDGx

You state in your message:-



I had no trouble installing February DX 9.0c on Windows 98SE.

PROBLEMCHYLD:Update #2 [released much later tonite]:

I've modified [again, 2nd time] the installers [built using MakeSFX.exe (free GPL): http://www.disoriented.com/FreeExtractor/] to detect the OS from within the BATch instead of the INF, and should work ok now, no matter which Win32 OS you have [9x or NTx].
Please try these files again at your convenience:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/HOSTS0.EXE
http://www.mdgx.com/files/HOSTS127.EXE

Tested with 98 SE + XP SP2.

HTH

Of course you haven't.
But you only installed the D3DX9_xx.DLL [xx = 2 digit numbers from 24 up to 31] files, which do not install if you don't have DX 9.0c pre-installed.
Have you noticed that your Windows OS did not reboot after install completed? That's because DX core APIs did not install at all.
So you only installed the useless MDX (Managed DirectX) files, which do not have any function, unless you use MDX to build + distribute DX applications/games.
The actual DX 9.0c core APIs for Windows 98/98 SE/ME do not install, because they are not included in the Feb 2007 release:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...cd-464ef59da050
They should be in the BDA.CAB + DIRECTX.CAB files, which are missing from Feb 2007 release.

Dec 2006 is the last DX release that includes and installs DX core APIs on Windows 98/98 SE/ME OSes:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...78-033D9E6C626B

Managed DirectX [MDX] info @ MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/episode....37/manifest.xml
MDX requires NFR 1.1 or newer already installed:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#NFR

FYI:
Try this:
install DX CPL tools:
http://www.mdgx.com/dx.htm#SDK
and then open Control Panel -> DirectX -> click the Managed tab. Do you see anything inside the "DirectX for Managed Code" box? Don't worry if you don't, you don't need MDX.

HTH

Off-topic:
MDGx, please note that the direct link to DirectX Eradicator (DXE) v2.0 on your page linked above is no longer working - it leads to a 404 (page not found). Apparently, the home page is also gone.

Where can I find ADVPACK.DLL 4.72.3612.1700 in original italian language, without resource hacking?

THX.

PS: It's strictly necessary in NUSB 2.4 or can I put a recent version as 6.0.2800.1106?

Found, thx...

@ MDGx:

Last Encryption Updates for Win98/ME in italian

http://www.divshare.com/download/113750-362

In Crypt 98 all files are in italian except 128SC.DLL, ENHSIG.DLL, MSASN1.DLL, RSAENH.DLL..
In Crypt ME all files are in italian except 128SC.DLL, ADVPACK.DLL 5.0.2013.1301 (where?), CRYPTUI.DLL, MSCAT32.DLL, MSSIP32.DLL, SOFTPUB.DLL, WINTRUST.DLL (5.131.2133.2), XENROLL.DLL (5.131.3659.0).

Posted here:
http://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm#HEP

* Unofficial Windows ME CRYPT32.DLL 5.131.2133.6, CRYPTDLG.DLL 5.00.1558.6072, CRYPTUI.DLL 5.131.2133.2, ENHSIG.DLL 5.00.1877.8, MSASN1.DLL 5.00.2195.6905, MSCAT32.DLL 5.131.2133.2, MSSIP32.DLL 5.131.2133.2, RSAENH.DLL 5.00.2133.2, SCHANNEL.DLL 5.131.2133.2, SOFTPUB.DLL 5.131.2133.2, WINTRUST.DLL 5.131.2133.2 + XENROLL.DLL 5.131.3659.0 128-bit SSL Encryption Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms04-011.mspx
Direct download [724 KB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/ITCRPTME.EXE

* Unofficial Windows 95/98 CRYPT32.DLL 5.131.1880.14, CRYPTDLG.DLL 5.0.1558.6072, CRYPTUI.DLL 5.131.1878.14, ENHSIG.DLL 5.0.1877.8, MSASN1.DLL 5.0.2195.6905, MSCAT32.DLL 5.131.1880.14, MSSIP32.DLL 5.131.1878.13, RSAENH.DLL 5.0.1877.8, SCHANNEL.DLL 5.00.1880.14, SOFTPUB.DLL 5.131.1880.14, WINTRUST.DLL 5.131.1880.14 + XENROLL.DLL 5.131.3659.0 128-bit SSL Encryption Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms04-011.mspx
Direct download [670 KB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/ITCRPT9X.EXE
Requires MS IE 5.xx or newer already installed:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#IEX

HTH

Now these updates for time zone:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=623716

THX!

Max_04:

Update below linked here:
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#9SU

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE System Date Error TIMEDATE.CPL (4.10.2006 for Win98/98 SP1 + 4.10.2225 for Win98 SE) Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=237493
Direct download [153 KB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/IT237493.EXE


Updates below linked here:
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#SP1

* Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 Year 2000 (Y2K) Update #1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloa...ecommended/y2k/
Direct download [1.23 MB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/ITY2K_1.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 Year 2000 (Y2K) Update #2:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloa...commended/y2k2/
Direct download [636 KB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/ITY2K_2.EXE

@ MDGx:

1) Last Italian Stable SHELLME by anonymous author:

http://uploaded.to/?id=232vf8 (installer .exe)

2) Unofficial Windows 98/98 SE KRNL386.EXE 4.10.1999 Fix ITA:

http://uploaded.to/?id=z9vyfs (installer .exe)

3) Unofficial Windows ME KRNL386.EXE 4.10.1999 Fix ITA:

http://uploaded.to/?id=8emwrv (installer .exe)

4) Unofficial Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2/6.0/6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Vector Markup Language (VML) VGX.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix ITA

Italian changelog:

Corrected all folders names in english to italian.

http://uploaded.to/?id=7v30id (archive rar to compile in .exe)

@MDGx 2:

Are you sure that Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 Year 2000 (Y2K) Updates are only for win 98 sp1 and not also for win 98 se?

I'll upload the files you posted soon.

I'm sure, Win98 SE already contains those Y2K updates.

BTW:
I've looked inside SHELLME.EXE ITA you made:
You need to translate this INF text string into Italian:
Remove Unofficial Explorer Lockups SHELL32.DLL Fix

HTH

I, too, am ABSOLUTELY 100% sure beyond ANY reasonable doubt that the Win98 Y2K updates are for Win98 FE only and NOT for Win98 SE. Look at the version number of the files included in the two Win98 year 2000 patches, Max_04. They are less than 4.10.2222 and thus, Win98 SE already has ALL Y2K fixes.

MDGx, see if you have time to create these new unofficial security fixes:

MS07-008 (HHTCRL.OCX) < include in revised Unofficial HTML Help 1.4 [HHUPD.EXE] update
MS07-016 (IE6 SP1 KB928090) - the IE7 edition of KB928090 replaces IE7 KB928089 patch
MS07-013 (RICHED20.DLL - use the Office XP edition) < include in revised RICHED9X.EXE and RICHEDNT.EXE patches

I'll be creating unofficial MS07-012 MFC patch ONLY for WinNT4 since it only updates MFC40U.DLL and MFC42U.DLL files.

I hope you're aware of the issues mentioned in post #36 and #39 of this thread, regarding riched20.dll newer than 5.30.x (sorry, direct link to specific post doesn't seem to work ).

@All: I am working on the unofficial MDAC updates for Windows 95/98/ME and will also include compatibility for XP SP1 with the MDAC 2.7 SP1 and 2.8 RTM updates only.

I've also noticed that the XP and 2003 versions of MS07-012 also include mfc42.dll and msvcp60.dll. I might make an update for 9x/ME in the coming days for that bug. Also, it includes a unicode version of atl.dll, so maybe if you want to incorporate that into your fix erpdude?

the_guy

EDIT: the version of mfc42.dll and msvcp60.dll are old versions, so I won't be making an update for those files.