[Juan]

Hello Xeno,
I tried to install VMware workstation 6.5.3-185404 trial (just to extract the VMw toolkit packaged with it) under
Windows98SE (spanish) 4.10.2222A with KerneEX Final2 core 4.0.102 in a VMware player VM, I had to use the compatibility tab to set it to W2K or XP for running the installer
but It shows this message:

It says there is not enough free space, but there are 3Gb+ free in the emulated disk!
perhaps some disk-checking mechanism is missing to implent.

Best Regards!
Juan

[Fredledingue]

Please bear in mind that KernelEX is only adding some APIs (in other words sort of commands used in programs calling functions in dll's.), and only from kernel32.dll.
There are about 700 commonly used API's, perhaps thousands in all, and Xeno86 can only do one at a time.

Drivers should be written from scratch and can't rely on random work arounds. However drivers are not so much API dependent but more dependant on hardware architecture, the way the driver interract with the OS. etc
About multi cpu, it has been established that it's almost irrealisable.

These two issues are way beyond the control of kernelEX.

[HardDriv'n]

Could this possibly allow me to run the Quicklink Mobile software for two usb modems I use? (Pantech UM150, and UM175)

The dlls complain about needing a newer version of Windows, and this is after manually installing the software and drivers. I looked the software up in Dependancy Walker, but with the exception of the errors reported in the lower pane, I have no idea what this stuff is all about.

[slhk]

Admiral_Zeus, on Sep 26 2009, 11:14 PM, said:

I have installed Sketup 5 Beta. If I used it the Program crashed every time.

Program message: Create File failed for C:\windows\Temp\skpB154.TMP

Sketchup 6 can not installed.

Have anyone installed Sketchup 5 and can work with this program ?

I could run the latest SketchUp 7.1 with KernelEx v 4.0 Final 2. Here is how I installed it

1. Decompress GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe

2. Edit GoogleSketchUp7.msi with Orca, delete "VersionNT>=501" in LaunchCondition

3. Run GoogleSketchUp7.msi. During installation there was a warning "Could not write value SketchUpModule to a key". I just ignored it

When running SketchUp the first time, I encountered "Create File failed for C:\windows\Temp\skpB154.TMP" too. Also the toolbars are corrupted. However these problems did not affect the functioning of the program

[esotericmaniac]

Xeno86, on Sep 25 2009, 04:53 PM, said:

Would you be so kind and let us know what the problem is?

The problems is that Firefox (2 or 3 it doesn't matter, as I can see) crushes almost anytime just at the moment of showing flash. In some rear cases firefox shows warning message that not everything about the flash is ok, but I can surf; next time when I open a page - guess what - crushes again. I have tried different things and tricks all day but
no satisfactory result at all. Then merciful God give me an idea how to manage with this nasty flash player. Ad/Banners - I block them using firewall. Video clips are OK.

I tried Flash 10.0.22.87 and Firefox 2&3 & Netscape & Opera9&10.
-----Close/Details messages-------

====Firefox2-compatibility XPSP2-Kernelex enabled====
FIREFOX caused an invalid page fault in module NPSWF32.DLL at 019f:10141d35.
Registers:
EAX=00000004 CS=019f EIP=10141d35 EFLGS=00210246
EBX=00000000 SS=01a7 ESP=00daec34 EBP=0000001f
ECX=dd0833d0 DS=01a7 ESI=036d42e0 FS=0eb7
EDX=00010000 ES=01a7 EDI=036c2000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
ff 75 78 8b ce ff 75 7c 57 e8 33 02 fe ff 8b f0
Stack dump:
00000004 00000001 036c2000 00000600 8bde8446 00000020 00000002 02e1618c 841775b4 0000000f 00000005 006550a6 00daec88 60371800 02d89b98 60371810

====Firefox2-compatibility-none-Kernelex enabled======
(the same as above)

====Firefox2-Kernelex disabled======
no crush, but flash in the page is missing

[Juan]

slhk, on Sep 27 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

2. Edit GoogleSketchUp7.msi with Orca, delete "VersionNT>=501" in LaunchCondition

3. Run GoogleSketchUp7.msi. During installation there was a warning "Could not write value SketchUpModule to a key". I just ignored it

When running SketchUp the first time, I encountered "Create File failed for C:\windows\Temp\skpB154.TMP" too. Also the toolbars are corrupted. However these problems did not affect the functioning of the program

slhk are you using MSInstaller version2 with this MSI file?

[Fredledingue]

HardDriv'n, on Sep 27 2009, 10:52 PM, said:

Could this possibly allow me to run the Quicklink Mobile software for two usb modems I use? (Pantech UM150, and UM175)

The dlls complain about needing a newer version of Windows, and this is after manually installing the software and drivers. I looked the software up in Dependancy Walker, but with the exception of the errors reported in the lower pane, I have no idea what this stuff is all about.

KernelX doesn't fix drivers. The software runs or don't run with KernelX on a random basis.
Unfortunately.

[slhk]

Juan, on Sep 28 2009, 10:26 PM, said:

slhk, on Sep 27 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

2. Edit GoogleSketchUp7.msi with Orca, delete "VersionNT>=501" in LaunchCondition

3. Run GoogleSketchUp7.msi. During installation there was a warning "Could not write value SketchUpModule to a key". I just ignored it

When running SketchUp the first time, I encountered "Create File failed for C:\windows\Temp\skpB154.TMP" too. Also the toolbars are corrupted. However these problems did not affect the functioning of the program

slhk are you using MSInstaller version2 with this MSI file?

Yes, I have Windows Installer 2.0 installed in my system

[alexeyL]

Xeno86, on Sep 26 2009, 01:42 AM, said:

This is the punishment for using unofficial Add/Remove applets.

1) What do you mean by "unofficial Add/Remove applets"?
2) How can I install 4.0 Final2?

[Tihiy]

You need to restore kernel32.dll with sfc.exe or manually.

[M()zart]

Xeno86, Tihiy. I think, KernelEx needs a small walkthrough on how to add your own API or stub to its sources, then build it, and install your own build.

Where to add API code, if there is a need to add a new file - into which project to add it, what changes to other files should be made to add an API or stub?
Which are the naming rules?
If you want to "patch" other dll, how to do it?
What is the difference between the kexbases and kexbasen, and where to add your code?
After the successful build how to install the result?

If you made such thing, I think, you may find more contributors. Unfortunately, I'm not so good at system programming, but I want to try.

[alexeyL]

Tihiy, on Sep 29 2009, 06:24 PM, said:

You need to restore kernel32.dll with sfc.exe or manually.

Thank you very much!!!
1) I restored KERNEL32.DLL manually;
2) Run the KernelEx 4.0 Final2 installer;
- Installation was Ok;
- I see now KERNEL32.BAK in windows/kernelex directory.

[Juan]

slhk, on Sep 28 2009, 10:46 PM, said:

Juan, on Sep 28 2009, 10:26 PM, said:

slhk, on Sep 27 2009, 11:26 PM, said:

2. Edit GoogleSketchUp7.msi with Orca, delete "VersionNT>=501" in LaunchCondition

3. Run GoogleSketchUp7.msi. During installation there was a warning "Could not write value SketchUpModule to a key". I just ignored it

When running SketchUp the first time, I encountered "Create File failed for C:\windows\Temp\skpB154.TMP" too. Also the toolbars are corrupted. However these problems did not affect the functioning of the program

slhk are you using MSInstaller version2 with this MSI file?

Yes, I have Windows Installer 2.0 installed in my system

How do you install if the MSI package requires version 3 of Windows Installer? :S

[slhk]

Juan, on Oct 2 2009, 01:36 AM, said:

How do you install if the MSI package requires version 3 of Windows Installer? :S

Sorry I did not have such experience, but I guess it would be impossible to install. Which software do you have problem with?

[Tihiy]

Quote

How do you install if the MSI package requires version 3 of Windows Installer?

http://tihiy.ahanix.org/NotesMSI.html

[Juan]

Tihiy, on Oct 2 2009, 05:57 AM, said:

Quote

How do you install if the MSI package requires version 3 of Windows Installer?

http://tihiy.ahanix.org/NotesMSI.html

Thank you Tihy!! what other resourses about KernelEX are there?

[jim2029]

I can't get flash player 10 to install.... I even did the Reg mod and after running it, it will come up saying information was enter into the system reg. But the flash player setup still will not run. When I look in the reg. there is no entry made in the current version key (Folder)... so I was woundering what type of value is
"CurrentVersion"="5.1"

So I can put it in manually???

UPDATE: Never mind, I made a string called CurrentVersion and put the value as 5.1 and all installed.

This post has been edited by jim2029: 06 October 2009 - 08:15 PM

[Xeno86]

esotericmaniac, on Sep 28 2009, 04:03 PM, said:

I tried Flash 10.0.22.87 and Firefox 2&3 & Netscape & Opera9&10.

Could you try more recent flash plugin?
I've tested Firefox 2.0.0.20 with Flash 10.0.32.18 and it works fine.

[rainyd]

Xeno86, on Oct 7 2009, 09:15 PM, said:

I've tested Firefox 2.0.0.20 with Flash 10.0.32.18 and it works fine.

I can confirm that the same version of Flash works fine with Firefox 2.0.0.22pre too.

[Juan]

slhk, on Oct 2 2009, 04:56 AM, said:

Juan, on Oct 2 2009, 01:36 AM, said:

How do you install if the MSI package requires version 3 of Windows Installer? :S

Sorry I did not have such experience, but I guess it would be impossible to install. Which software do you have problem with?

It is Acrobat Profesional 8 , the MSI keeps saying that the OS (win98) is incompatible after launching. I did edit this MSI with Orca.exe to remove all instances of Version9X EXCEPT those in Component table, there are many "downlevel_payload","downlevel_manifest","nosxs" instances with "Version9X" as condition there. It has to be deleted too?
Best Regards...