[MDGx]

Eck, on May 19 2005, 09:57 PM, said:

All Right!

New version installed, no problems.

I do want to mention something.  Each time I reinstall, I've got to go to the Space Cadet Pinball's right click Properties menu and put "C:\WINDOWS\PINBALL" in the "Start in" box.  This is to fix the bug in the Windows Me version of Pinball that it won't play the music background when clicking "Music" in the drop down options menu.

I don't think it's necessary to take the trouble to figure out how to fix this when it installs as part of 98SE2ME since it's so easy to fix by the user.  However, perhaps the readme can make mention of the fix.  Some folks new to Windows Pinball might be wondering why they can't get the music to play.  (The sound effects always work fine, but the backgroung music is cool!)

I think you mention this somewhere in your website, and Microsoft has a KB article explaining the fix, but perhaps a short comment on how to fix it would be helpful to folks just reading the 98SE2ME readme.

Your wish is my command...
I fixed 2G.INF which creates the game shortcuts.
You don't need to add the folder name to the "Start in:" box anymore.
Please d/l the revised 5-19-2005 98SE2ME edition.

[charly]

[quote name='MDGx' date='May 16 2005, 06:39 AM']
<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>98SE2ME · UPDATED · 5-19-2005</span>
By popular demand...
98SE2ME is the automated installer which performs all Killer Replacements 98 SE -> ME "transplant" operations completely unattended, a.k.a. "hands-free".
Download 98SE2ME.EXE [2 MB, English].
MUST read READ1ST.TXT *carefully* BEFORE running 98SE2ME.PIF !

NEWS + CHANGES:
5-19-2005
* Replaced WinME system file [%windir%\SYSTEM]: SYSTRAY.EXE 4.90.3001 with newer SYSTRAY.EXE 4.90.3002 from Q298058 Hotfix into options 1 + 2.
* Replaced WinME system file [%windir%\SYSTEM]: SYSDM.CPL 4.90.3000 with newer SYSDM.CPL 4.90.3001 from Q272620 Hotfix into options 1 + 2.
* Replaced WinME system file [%windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS]: USBHUB.SYS 4.90.3000 with newer USBHUB.SYS 4.90.3002 from Q278289 Hotfix into options 1 + 2.
* Fixed PINBALL.EXE Game shortcut "Start in:" folder error in [color="navy"]2G.INF. [thank you Eck]

][/url].

MDGx,

Installed 5-19a and sysdm.cpl went to WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/drivers and old version in WINDOWS/SYSTEM was still there--SYSTRAY.EXE was not installed at all
but USBHUB.SYS did install? Also only 709 files installed not the 710 ?

THANKS again for all the work and help.

[rainyd]

MDGx, can I install your SP on my Polish Win98 SE? Any risk involved? If the only problem is to have the OS mixing two languages, I don't mind. Thanks in advance.

[Eck]

Wow, that was fast! It must have been easier to change the inf than I thought.

Well, I downloaded and will store it on a cdr but will await the next update before running it again. I already have installed the update that has all the other additions mentioned. No need to double fix pinball!

[PsycoUnc]

charly, on May 20 2005, 12:56 PM, said:

MDGx,

Installed 5-19a and sysdm.cpl went to WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/drivers and old version in WINDOWS/SYSTEM was still there--SYSTRAY.EXE was not installed at all
but USBHUB.SYS did install? Also only 709 files installed not the 710 ?

THANKS again for all the work and help.
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

-confirmed: windows/system/systray.exe is still 3001, not 3002. Option #1 didn't update it, tho usbhub is updated... the only 3002 version of systray.exe on my HD is in \9!M... (707 files copied)

[MDGx]

rainyd, on May 20 2005, 02:05 PM, said:

MDGx, can I install your SP on my Polish Win98 SE? Any risk involved? If the only problem is to have the OS mixing two languages, I don't mind. Thanks in advance.

Please download INNOFILE.ZIP:
http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/INNOFILE.ZIP
and then read INNOFILE.TXT.

Hope this helps.

[crashnburn]

double high 5's on all this work....... no problems at all upgrading as long as the original 98SE unit is 'tight'....... i have two on my desk......... one a 300mhz gateway and a 1.4ghz to its right....... i run the 1.4 for 3 days before i upgrade the other one...... i seem to have lost my blue screen syndrome.....lol........
one question-------- i see that the msdos.sys file is totally changed from the original 98se........... can it be put back in............ to what advantage/disadvantage.......??????
p.s........... coincidental or a bug????? i dunno.......... but i just discovered that my regional clock settings were wiped out when i saw that my antivirus was running 2x per scheduled run and when i double checked the scan program there was no a.m. or p.m. finally went into the control panel regional settings and all's well............

still the dbbl hi 5................

[PsycoUnc]

-MDGx, I have need of your infinite wisdom yet again: when trying to export the registry in real-mode dos (from ebd, using regedit), I get "unable to open registry (1,016)..." ? -I was only trying to test the registry editor for my new modified EBD, on a good-working system, in case of a need to edit the registry in real-dos mode emergency... MS has an article, but of course all they say to resolve it is "do it in protected-mode"... that's not helpful, as usual... do ya know of any real-mode dos registry editors that actually work with real-sized registries?

[MDGx]

crashnburn, on May 22 2005, 05:11 PM, said:

double high 5's on all this work....... no problems at all upgrading as long as the original 98SE unit is 'tight'....... i have two on my desk......... one a 300mhz gateway and a 1.4ghz to its right....... i run the 1.4 for 3 days before i upgrade the other one...... i seem to have lost my blue screen syndrome.....lol........

one question-------- i see that the msdos.sys file is totally changed from the original 98se........... can it be put back in............ to what advantage/disadvantage.......??????

p.s...........  coincidental or a bug????? i dunno.......... but i just discovered that my regional clock settings were wiped out when i saw that my antivirus was running 2x per scheduled run and when i double checked the scan program there was no a.m. or p.m.  finally went into the control panel regional settings and all's well............

still the dbbl hi 5................

1. Many thanks for your kind appreciation. Glad it works.

2. Do you mean your msdos.sys file is changed after installing 98SE2ME?
Because it doesn't touch it at all.
Complete MSDOS.SYS guide:
http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htm

3. Never heard of such bug, but I'll try to find out if it is related to 98se2me, and will get back to you.
IMHO I don't think your regional clock error is related to 98se2me.
Weird, maybe there is a chance this is related to the antivirus tool you're using?
Also, have u installed Gape's SP before installing 98se2me?
If u have, most all system errors that plague "out of the box" 98SE OS should have been fixed.

Hope this helps.

[MDGx]

PsycoUnc, on May 22 2005, 07:20 PM, said:

-MDGx, I have need of your infinite wisdom yet again:  when trying to export the registry in real-mode dos (from ebd, using regedit), I get "unable to open registry (1,016)..." ?  -I was only trying to test the registry editor for my new modified EBD, on a good-working system, in case of a need to edit the registry in real-dos mode emergency... MS has an article, but of course all they say to resolve it is "do it in protected-mode"... that's not helpful, as usual... do ya know of any real-mode dos registry editors that actually work with real-sized registries?

I need more details, please:
- were u using the regedit.exe from WinME [modded by Tihiy] that is installed by 98se2me? If not, which regedit.exe were u using? The 1 from 98SE setup CD? Or maybe the fixed 98SE regedit.exe from this archive:
http://www.users.dir...ble/reg/reg.zip
documented here:
http://www.users.dir...e/regsmall.html
- were u using a batch file to backup your registry? If u were, can u post its contents here?
- what is the size [in Bytes] of your SYSTEM.DAT + USER.DAT files found in %windir% ?

[tentonine]

PsycoUnc, on May 22 2005, 07:20 PM, said:

-MDGx, I have need of your infinite wisdom yet again:  when trying to export the registry in real-mode dos (from ebd, using regedit), I get "unable to open registry (1,016)..." ?  -I was only trying to test the registry editor for my new modified EBD, on a good-working system, in case of a need to edit the registry in real-dos mode emergency... MS has an article, but of course all they say to resolve it is "do it in protected-mode"... that's not helpful, as usual... do ya know of any real-mode dos registry editors that actually work with real-sized registries?
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This happens when booting from a boot disk. You have to use the /L and /R switches to tell regedit where the *.dat files are.
You need to use the full path with drive letter. Same with the /E switch.

[MDGx]

tentonine, on May 23 2005, 07:07 AM, said:

PsycoUnc, on May 22 2005, 07:20 PM, said:

-MDGx, I have need of your infinite wisdom yet again:  when trying to export the registry in real-mode dos (from ebd, using regedit), I get "unable to open registry (1,016)..." ?  -I was only trying to test the registry editor for my new modified EBD, on a good-working system, in case of a need to edit the registry in real-dos mode emergency... MS has an article, but of course all they say to resolve it is "do it in protected-mode"... that's not helpful, as usual... do ya know of any real-mode dos registry editors that actually work with real-sized registries?

This happens when booting from a boot disk. You have to use the /L and /R switches to tell regedit where the *.dat files are.
You need to use the full path with drive letter. Same with the /E switch.

Good point. I didn't know that.
I never had to recreate/restore the registry from a boot disc, because I always have another working copy of Windows on C as backup.

[PsycoUnc]

-I did try the /l /r switches, with full path, along with of course being in the same dir as the .dat's (/windows), and of course did the attrib -r -s -h *.dat to make sure they were available...

-it's the same w/all versions of regedit.exe, 98se/ME/updated/"fixed"...

-combined size of user.dat + system.dat is 7mb... (old-install test system, lotsa installs/uninstalls... but I do clean/optimize it regularly)

-and nope, no batch file to back it up, just standard/auto...

-it's no big deal, was just curious... I also keep many generational copies of reg, prob won't ever need it, but was thinking of all poss. emergencies, it'd be nice to be able to edit the reg from real-mode if windows won't boot... but I also keep "safe" copies of windows on C, so prob won't ever need this, but just in case...

[crashnburn]

all is well............ glad i found the correction quicker than the cause....... possibly the 98se updates may have put a few issues in default state..... but my order of updating is whenever there is a 98se update i always follow thru with a re-install of option 3 and 1 of the 98seMe............ no clue as to why my pooters went on a 12 hour cycle, but if it occurs again i will take notes............. lol............

[PsycoUnc]

--re: regedit w/EBD:

-DOH! it's working fine, it was a typo when specifying the /L /R paths (my "C" and "D" drive letters swap, when booting from EBD... bios stuff)... I was so used to typing "c:\windows...", shoulda been "D:\windows...". SO sorry to waste your time here...

[crashnburn]

all is well.............. but i do have one question/request...... i also use a freeware aka TclockEx in my clock tray....... and i have noticed since all the mods that it tends to resize itself......... is there anything on your site or mod that i can 'fix' the sizing on that icon area.......????
thank you again......

[maninabox]

MDGx, after service pack from Gape i would try to translate your pack. You use inno setup for compile the pack, right? There is a guide file as the file .sed for the sp. Which file (inf, batch) i must/can translate? For dll and exe i pick the file from my windows me italian cd.

Thanks

[MDGx]

crashnburn, on May 23 2005, 10:30 PM, said:

all is well.............. but i do have one question/request...... i also use a freeware aka TclockEx in my clock tray....... and i have noticed since all the mods that it  tends to resize itself......... is there anything on your site or mod that i can 'fix' the sizing on that icon area.......????
thank you again......

I've been using TclockEx in the past, but I gave it up cuz I've hexed my explorer.exe, shell32.dll, comdlg32.dll, user.exe etc in Resource Hacker, so I have no need for it anymore.
But I just tried it again, and this is what happens:
u need to modify both date/day/year and hour/min/sec display to always show with leading zeroes [u can change separators to whatever u want]:
MM-dd-yy ff
HH:mm:ss tt
If u have something like:
M-d-yy ff
H:m:s tt
then it will always resize when the time/date changes e.g. from 9 [1 digit] to 10 [2 digits] to fit the extra digit.

Hope this helps.

[MDGx]

maninabox, on May 24 2005, 03:09 AM, said:

MDGx, after service pack from Gape i would try to translate your pack. You use inno setup for compile the pack, right? There is a guide file as the file .sed for the sp. Which file (inf, batch) i must/can translate? For dll and exe i pick the file from my windows me italian cd.

Thanks

Thanks a lot for taking the time to do this.
All files you need for compiling Inno Setup are in this small zip [10 KB]:
http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/INNOFILE.ZIP
Please read INNOFILE.TXT for details.

Please ask me if you need anything else.
Hope this helps.

Buona fortuna.

[crashnburn]

already on to that.......... thanks for the reply but if you could lead me to the registry or ini area that i could reconfigure that particular tray area as it also encloses the task scheduler so i can 'play' with it............ BTW 4+ days and no blue screen since the 98seMe upgrades................. BOTH machines.........