[NothingMuchHereToSay]

Is this project still alive, because I'm hoping that there will be another SP for Windows 95, I love that OS!

[LoneCrusader]

@erpdude8

I was wondering where you found CONFIGMG.VXD v4.00.1113 that is contained in your USP?

I have been unable to turn up any KB articles or HotFixes that mention this particular version or what it was supposed to address

I have found CONFIGMG.VXD v4.00.1112 in the PCCARD Update (IIRC ) as well as on the Windows 95C CDROM, and I have found documentation that a v4.00.1114 exists in the Q282901 HotFix that no one seems to have, or be able to find, except Petr, who apparently had it at one time, but he has now disappeared

This post has been edited by LoneCrusader: 06 May 2012 - 01:31 AM

[erpdude8]

NothingMuchHereToSay, on 02 July 2011 - 12:50 PM, said:

Is this project still alive, because I'm hoping that there will be another SP for Windows 95, I love that OS!

yes the OSR2 SP project is still alive but except very infrequent or few updates to it. I may plan to release an updated service pack near the end of 2012 when I find time. when I do provide a new version of the SP, it will not be mentioned here in this topic. it will have a separate thread.

LoneCrusader, on 06 May 2012 - 01:27 AM, said:

@erpdude8

I was wondering where you found CONFIGMG.VXD v4.00.1113 that is contained in your USP?

I have been unable to turn up any KB articles or HotFixes that mention this particular version or what it was supposed to address

I have found CONFIGMG.VXD v4.00.1112 in the PCCARD Update (IIRC ) as well as on the Windows 95C CDROM, and I have found documentation that a v4.00.1114 exists in the Q282901 HotFix that no one seems to have, or be able to find, except Petr, who apparently had it at one time, but he has now disappeared

Version 4.00.1114 of configmg.vxd file is available in Japanese language only and is NOT available in English language as I was told by MS. I don't remember exactly where I found build 1113 of the configmg.vxd file but I must have found it in an update package for certain old IBM laptop machines with pre-installed Win95 OSR2.x.

This post has been edited by erpdude8: 08 May 2012 - 07:02 PM

[LoneCrusader]

erpdude8, on 08 May 2012 - 07:01 PM, said:

Version 4.00.1114 of configmg.vxd file is available in Japanese language only and is NOT available in English language as I was told by MS. I don't remember exactly where I found build 1113 of the configmg.vxd file but I must have found it in an update package for certain old IBM laptop machines with pre-installed Win95 OSR2.x.

It may only be available in Japanese currently, but it was available in English. (I have also contacted MS about it to no avail.)

Straight from the KB Article:

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The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Date Time Version Size File name
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02/06/2001 01:48p 4.00.1114 107,033 Configmg.vxd
02/06/2001 01:39p 4.00.1115 68,962 Ios.vxd

Petr apparently had it at one time, but he is no longer active here and I have been unable to contact him.

[erpdude8]

LoneCrusader, on 08 May 2012 - 10:25 PM, said:

It may only be available in Japanese currently, but it was available in English. (I have also contacted MS about it to no avail.)

Straight from the KB Article:

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The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Date Time Version Size File name
---------------------------------------------------
02/06/2001 01:48p 4.00.1114 107,033 Configmg.vxd
02/06/2001 01:39p 4.00.1115 68,962 Ios.vxd

only for a brief time Q282901 was available in english language but they've revoked it a long time ago due to unforeseen problems. Microsoft is NOT always correct in which languages they provide certain hotfixes when they mention them in certain KB articles. they have not always been consistent in that, LoneCrusader.

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Petr apparently had it at one time, but he is no longer active here and I have been unable to contact him.

no, he did not have it in english. Petr didn't specficially state which language he has those updated files, so I'm not convinced that he has all those files in english language. if he did had the files from Q282901 in english, he would have told me & sent them to me a long time ago and I would have included them in the SP already - all which never did happen.

This post has been edited by erpdude8: 10 May 2012 - 01:20 PM

[LoneCrusader]

erpdude8, on 10 May 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

only for a brief time Q282901 was available in english language but they've revoked it a long time ago due to unforeseen problems. Microsoft is NOT always correct in which languages they provide certain hotfixes when they mention them in certain KB articles. they have not always been consistent in that, LoneCrusader.

Unforeseen Problems? Such as? What documentation do you have of this?

I am well aware of discrepancies in various KB articles, but, until I see documentation stating otherwise, I will accept Q282901 at face value.

erpdude8, on 10 May 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

no, he did not have it in english. Petr didn't specficially state which language he has those updated files, so I'm not convinced that he has all those files in english language. if he did had the files from Q282901 in english, he would have told me & sent them to me a long time ago and I would have included them in the SP already - all which never did happen.

Well, since Petr did not state that he didn't have the files in English, then I'm not convinced that he does not.

If I were Petr, I wouldn't send you any HotFix that I had after the "less than courteous" way you reacted to his solving the Q312108 issue. You were blatantly incorrect, as I have now proven.

[ThetaEpsilon]

Hi erpdude8, I really find this project useful.

But I was wondering, since you were able to make ANSI versions of some of the dlls if you could add a few missing functions to Kernel.dll? Specifically CreateWaitableTimerA which fmodex.dll uses.

I'm not sure if you are able to do that, but I thought I'd ask since I see you managed to add a few other dlls and ANSI versions of them.

Thank you for the SP Project!

[jds]

ThetaEpsilon, on 10 September 2012 - 08:28 AM, said:

Hi erpdude8, I really find this project useful.

But I was wondering, since you were able to make ANSI versions of some of the dlls if you could add a few missing functions to Kernel.dll? Specifically CreateWaitableTimerA which fmodex.dll uses.

I'm not sure if you are able to do that, but I thought I'd ask since I see you managed to add a few other dlls and ANSI versions of them.

Thank you for the SP Project!

Since there is no KernelEx to extend W95, you might be able to stub missing function calls with jumper's Import Patcher : http://www.msfn.org/...dency-problems/

Joe.

[ThetaEpsilon]

I believe I found a bug. I decided to test this on another machine I had lying around (Compaq Persario SR1920NX).

After installing just the main updates with the program, Windows refuses to boot giving saying "VMM32.VXD is corrupted or cannot be found". A quick check shows that VMM32.vxd is present on the system.

I am not positive, but It might have something to do with the 2.1 Ghz patch, the CPU on the computer is an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 2.2 GHz so its required to get Windows to install.

Edit: Oh and Thanks JDS for the other information, sorry for the late thanks as I forgot I had asked that months ago.

Edit 2: Whoops, copied the wrong CPU. Fixed that.

This post has been edited by ThetaEpsilon: 11 December 2012 - 06:25 PM

[LoneCrusader]

ThetaEpsilon, on 11 December 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

I believe I found a bug. I decided to test this on another machine I had lying around (Compaq Persario SR1920NX).

After installing just the main updates with the program, Windows refuses to boot giving saying "VMM32.VXD is corrupted or cannot be found". A quick check shows that VMM32.vxd is present on the system.

I am not positive, but It might have something to do with the 2.1 Ghz patch, the CPU on the computer is an Intel 2.66Ghz Celeron D so its required to get Windows to install.

Edit: Oh and Thanks JDS for the other information, sorry for the late thanks as I forgot I had asked that months ago.

This package is incompatible with my FIX95CPU update. It rendered one of my test systems unbootable. I do not recommend using it.

These issues have been documented in the FIX95CPU thread.

[prowler]

All links are dead?

[submix8c]

Try here -
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#OS1
Bear in mind the above note on "Fix95CPU"... ALSO be aware of pitfalls for the USBSTR95.

edit - relevant threads links given in above link...

This post has been edited by submix8c: 21 April 2013 - 01:08 PM

[Drugwash]

I've tried MDGx's links earlier too and they all fall to a 404 page. Either the site is in the process of being reorganized, or it's been hacked. Bear in mind MDGx hasn't been seen here in quite a while, if I'm not mistaken.

[LoneCrusader]

submix8c, on 21 April 2013 - 01:07 PM, said:

ALSO be aware of pitfalls for the USBSTR95.

USBSTR95 is a little "disorganized" as it was left in a Beta state before PassingBy left us.

However, USBSTR95 contains the BEST CURRENTLY (PUBLICLY) AVAILABLE USB Storage Drivers for Windows 95.

I know this for a fact, because I have spent literally DAYS combing DriverGuide, old FTP servers, and the like searching for better drivers. I have even contacted the manufacturers of early USB Storage Devices (such as Phison and Apacer) and requested any older 95-compatible drivers they may have had (no luck here of course, all claim to have never supported it, despite some documentation I have found that claims otherwise... ).

The only "issues" with USBSTR95 are 1)unnecessary files included, and 2)a later version of EjectUSB exists than the version in the full package.

The drivers themselves have limitations, but this it not the fault of USBSTR95 or PassingBy who created it.

This post has been edited by LoneCrusader: 21 April 2013 - 01:27 PM

[submix8c]

Well, I'll be flipped! Just used it Sep.12 last year.

I have them FWIW...

Google gives a website for the "full" one BUT it has "other" stuff so that's up to you (not giving link...).

[Drugwash]

I barely found OSR2SP1 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 Full on my HDDs, together with the other two. But USBSTR95 is dated back in December 2007 and FIX95CPU is from April 2010 - I wonder if those are the latest versions.

I could host them at my repository, if needed, except maybe for the large package - not sure if I can upload it there.

This post has been edited by Drugwash: 21 April 2013 - 02:08 PM

[submix8c]

Yes, they are...

[LoneCrusader]

Drugwash, on 21 April 2013 - 01:14 PM, said:

I've tried MDGx's links earlier too and they all fall to a 404 page. Either the site is in the process of being reorganized, or it's been hacked. Bear in mind MDGx hasn't been seen here in quite a while, if I'm not mistaken.

I have also been concerned about MDGx, he did not answer the last couple of emails I sent him (2 or 3 messages over a span of about a year) so we may need to look into making some kind of archives in case his site goes down...

Drugwash, on 21 April 2013 - 02:07 PM, said:

I barely found OSR2SP1 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 Full on my HDDs, together with the other two. But USBSTR95 is dated back in December 2007 and FIX95CPU is from April 2010 - I wonder if those are the latest versions.

I could host them at my repository, if needed, except maybe for the large package - not sure if I can upload it there.

The files inside FIX95CPU.ZIP should carry a date of 4/16/10, and the README should say "Version 2.0."

USBSTR95 was only issued in one version AFAIK, and 12/2007 is correct I believe.

[submix8c]

? I wonder what's going on?
http://www.mdgx.com/credits.htm
Bottom only says "©1996-2013" so MAYBE he's just very busy and revamping???
This one has an "Updated March 13, 2013" in it -
http://www.mdgx.com/31.htm
so...

[Drugwash]

Dates and version match. Here's the files:
FIX95CPU
USBSTR95
OSR2SP1 v1.0.5

Mirroring MDGx's site would be quite an endeavour, assuming there's still anything left there. I can't take on this task, as I have neither free space left, nor unlimited download quota or large bandwidth (GPRS modem 7.2Mbps connection, 5GB monthly download quota).

I really hope it's just a temporary quirk due to reorganization of files/pages, but in any case, we should have at least another backup, just for safety. Not to mention a lot of the resources are links to now dead MS pages/files since they may have not been redistributable or too large in size.

(added SP1 link - thanks LoneCrusader for the integrity check!)

This post has been edited by Drugwash: 21 April 2013 - 03:54 PM