dlsayremn

cdod, Thanks for the reply. was just coming in to report that I have the speakers working. Found the 01/02/2010 post from premorob at "sevenforums" explaining how he did it with a WIN7 system using the 2K drivers from the Gateway 7507807.exe download. For some reason my computer wiil not extract those files. "These files are not compatible with your system". However, I still have the install disc from Boston and on a hunch I checked it. There is a folder labeled WIN2000. Note says theses are the drivers needed for 2K and we are including them even though 2K has not been released yet I can almost forgive Boston for deleting the 735 USB files. Anyway, hooked the speakers up and let XP install them. They were installed as a HID. Apparently XP does have some Boston HID drivers, but they don't work with the 735 USBs. Went into Device Manager, HID, Boston HID and updated the driver to the 2K BAUSBHID.inf. Soud is great. Just wish I could get the rest of the interface to work. Don't really need the GUI, but it would be nice to be able to change the voulme with the knob on the speaker.

Computer is a Gateway Essential 667 that originaly had 98SE. Still want to get a few more years use out of it, so boughtt an XP Upgrade that had never been used for $65. Installation of XP went fine. Replaced the Intel 82801 AC'97 Audio Controller that XP loaded with the original Conexant Crystal WDM Controller. Analog sound works fine. Had been using Boston BA735 USB Speakers with the 98SE install and would like to use them with the XP. Installed the Boston software whichis supposed to pull a digital signal off the sound card, but have not been able to get the speakers to work. Has anyone been able to do this? Plenty of posts about using the regular BA735 speakers. They just require a digital output.

noguru, First I heard about. Reason I copied ojn's post here. Have been lucky so far (cross fingers), so don't visit Malware very often unless I suggest someone go there.

Multibooter: Thanks for pointing out problem with url. Corrected it in my post.

This was posted by ojn at TechGuy's 31July2009 at 04:38PM on thread about free AV's that still were supported for the old systems. I checked it out. It is real. Avast has added the following notice without much announcement. See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requirements-avast-home.html "Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported until the end of 2009." Miltibooter: Thanksfor pointing out problem with url. Corrected it.

RetrOS, thnaks for reply. DLSayre

This may have been asked before but could find nothing by searching. Wolud the Autopatcher work on a Mellineum Edition install? I have to reinstall my ME and Autopatcher (used April 2008) did such a good job on my wife's 98SE, i would really like to use it. DLSayremn, a grateful user of AutoPatcher.

Thanks for correcting me. Was repeating info that I had read on another forum, can't remember which, about Vista rtail discs being tied to license key so would not work with OEM. Hopefully he can get one with SP1 and bypass 72 Updates.

Her OEM key WILL Not work with retail version disc. Depending upon version, Visat w/SP1 will cost $240 - $300. Make back ups of all her personal files, then use the OEM discs. Just spent about 15 hours redoing my computer because the HD failed and I had no back ups. Got a new, bigger HD, External HD and Acronis. Compared to the 3 hours for reinstalling all the needed updates (comp is 22 months old), 52 just to get to SP1, manually removing unnecessary programs is a breeze.

You may want to try speedguide.net.

Only other thing I can add is go into LAN settings and click Automatically detect settings. Have 2 Gateways one running 98SE and the other ME. I use US Robotics USB adaptors for them now, but did have the 98SE hooked up to my DSL gateway and that is all I needed. Not that familiar with D-Links, but some older ones had a USB port, you probably could have connected to the 98SE that way. Ethernet connections work much better. DLSayremn

I hate to be the bearer of sad news. You need to mark Avira Antivir Personal v. 7.06.00268 LAST for 98SE. The new version Avira Antivir v. 8.1.0.331 released August, 2008, has only 2000/XP/Vista as OS's DLSayremn

I have used Speedguides optimizer on all my computers. 1 Vista, 1 ME, and 1 98SE all unmodified except for optimizer changes. My modem says trained at 1536/1024 Kbps. I routinely get readings from Speedtest.net of 1305-1440 Kbps down and 730-850 Kbps up on all macHines depending on test site.. PC Pitstop once gave 1640/975. Nitro UCSC Test on Vista done about 10 minutes ago. For some reason always 100 Kbps lower than Speedtest.net. Until I used Speedguides optimizer download was about 900, up was about 650, and the reciever limited value was over 25%. TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.4.12 click START to begin Connected to: nitro.ucsc.edu -- Using IPv4 address Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 725.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [s2C]) . . . . . . 1.20Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows Vista, Architecture = x86, Version = 6.0 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.6.0_07 ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found. Link set to Full Duplex mode No network congestion discovered. Good network cable(s) found Normal duplex operation found. Web100 reports the Round trip time = 183.06 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 4 packets retransmitted, 88 duplicate acks received, and 90 SACK blocks received The connection was idle 0 seconds (0%) of the time C2S throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 3.86% S2C throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 3.61% This connection is receiver limited 7.28% of the time. This connection is network limited 92.56% of the time. Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON Server 'nitro.ucsc.edu' is not behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port was successful] Client is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed] Packet size is preserved End-to-End Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Client IP address not found. For IE users, modify the Java parameters click Tools - Internet Options - Security - Custom Level, scroll down to Microsoft VM - Java permissions and click Custom, click Java Custom Settings Edit Permissions - Access to all Network Addresses, click Eanble and save changes

This is my 98SE Start Time: 02:04.47 total 01:01.54 to logon screen Have Kerio Personal Firewall and Avast is configured to do memory test at startup. Shutdown Time: 00:10.15 Computer: Gateway Essential 667 (yr 2000) Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE OS Service Pack None Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1) DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0) Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 667 MHz Motherboard Name Intel Willow Springs 2 WL810E (4 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video) Motherboard Chipset Intel Whitney i810E System Memory 509 MB BIOS Type AMI (10/03/00) Storage: Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 (15.3 GB) Optical Drive MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4831T!A Optical Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202G Clean install April, 2008. Used soporfic's Autopatcher for 98SE. Everything except power supply, monitor, dvd, keyboard and mouse is original. Kb and mouse borrowed from 2001 Gateway running ME (my wife prefers them). Power supply and dvd added April Running processes after startup. A lot and some I don't need, but the machine works very well. ASHMAISV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashmaisv.exe 14412 KB ASHSERV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashserv.exe 9084 KB ASHWEBSV c:\program files\alwil software\avast4\ashwebsv.exe 8928 KB BAUSB c:\program files\boston acoustics\boston usb audio system\bausb.exe 4748 KB BOSTON c:\program files\boston acoustics\boston usb audio system\boston.exe 13212 KB DDHELP c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe 5640 KB EXPLORER c:\windows\explorer.exe 15340 KB GWHOTKEY c:\windows\gwhotkey.exe 3584 KB HIDSERV c:\windows\system\hidserv.exe 4756 KB HKCMD c:\windows\system\hkcmd.exe 6156 KB HPQTRA08 c:\program files\hp\digital imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe 9396 KB HPWUSCHD2 c:\program files\hp\hp software update\hpwuschd2.exe 3488 KB IGFXTRAY c:\windows\system\igfxtray.exe 6112 KB KB891711 c:\windows\system\kb891711\kb891711.exe 3440 KB KERNEL32 c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll 816 KB LOADQM c:\windows\loadqm.exe 6880 KB LVCOMS c:\windows\system\lvcoms.exe 6124 KB mmtask c:\windows\system\mmtask.tsk 3440 KB MPREXE c:\windows\system\mprexe.exe 4980 KB MSGSRV32 c:\windows\system\msgsrv32.exe 3496 KB PERSFW c:\program files\kerio\personal firewall\persfw.exe 7516 KB POINT32 c:\program files\microsoft hardware\mouse\point32.exe 3880 KB POWERMENU c:\program files\powermenu\powermenu.exe 3504 KB PRISMSVR c:\program files\u.s. robotics\wireless usb manager\prismsvr.exe 8228 KB SK9910DM c:\windows\system\sk9910dm.exe 4780 KB SPOOL32 c:\windows\system\spool32.exe 4392 KB STIMON c:\windows\system\stimon.exe 4812 KB SYSTRAY c:\windows\system\systray.exe 4936 KB TASKMON c:\windows\taskmon.exe 3468 KB USR11G c:\program files\u.s. robotics\wireless usb manager\usr11g.exe 7912 KB WEATHER c:\program files\aws\weatherbug\weather.exe 15792 KB WMENCAGT c:\program files\windows media components\encoder\wmencagt.exe 4892 KB WMIEXE c:\windows\system\wmiexe.exe 1460 KB YMSGR_TRAY c:\program files\yahoo!\messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe 8828 KB This is for our Compaq SR2180NX with Intel Pentium D (dual) 2.8GHz and 3.0 GB Ram as a reference. Still like the 98SE, but it is my wife's machine. Start Time: 01:09.44. 00.44.03 to logon screen Shut down: 00:10.53

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