[Scramjet]

O.K I've fixed the "Dialog Box" problem (No actually YOU did). The problem WAS with Commdlg.dll, like you said. I'm not sure why it didn't work when I replaced it before, maybe because I only replaced the dll in \System folder and not in \Sysbckup folder. Anyway, it's fixed now. Thank you.

[MDGx]

Scramjet, on Sep 20 2005, 07:02 AM, said:

O.K I've fixed the "Dialog Box" problem (No actually YOU did). The problem WAS with Commdlg.dll, like you said. I'm not sure why it didn't work when I replaced it before, maybe because I only replaced the dll in \System folder and not in \Sysbckup folder. Anyway, it's fixed now. Thank you.

You're welcome.
Glad you found the fix.

[hammer55]

Hey MDGx, I'm back.

That computer I put 98SE2ME on was having some problems, I have a strong feeling its with the ME explorer and the rest of option 3. However, I cannot restore my old files. I've tried to remove option 3 both ways and nothing happened. Then I booted into dos, ran the restore to restore all of my old 98SE files it said it moved 98SEOLD back into C:\Windows and moved my 98SE2ME to 98SENEW. When I boot back up, I still have everything (option 3 included) installed. How can I fix this?

[PsycoUnc]

-sounds like u must have performed 98se2me's Backup option twice, overwriting the orig 98se backup with the current "ME"-mod... if so, then you'll have to rely on any backups you have made yourself... (-you DID follow healthy puter practices by having your own 98se backups, before trying 98se2me, right? lol... hope so!)
>;]
(ps: same thing for option 3; previous versions of 98se2me would overwrite the orig 98se files, if u ran option #3 more than once... killing your chance to undo #3...)
gl

This post has been edited by PsycoUnc: 26 September 2005 - 12:29 AM

[hammer55]

I was certain I did not overwrite my original save files, as I realized in option 3 that backing up would overwrite my original files. And I am 110% certain I didn't do option 3 twice, so therefore even if my original backups had been overwritten, I'd still have the 98SE2ME without option 3 installed right? So I think something is messed up here, but thanks for bringing that point up.

[PsycoUnc]

-ah, ok... sry if I sounded insulting, wasn't sure of your tech expertise... so much "dummy-proofing" is required for the teeming masses (even I mistakenly assumed that re-installing option 3 would not overwrite the previous backup; I thought the procedure was sufficiently "dummy-proofed" (generational backups), and ended up unpleasantly surprised ... it was my over-assumption which prodded MDGx to better "dummy-proof" his Option 3 in recent versions...)
...
...... Hmmmm..... more thought on this matter is required, yet after 6 beers in the past 90 mins (on an empty stomach), I find my cognitive concentration even flakier than usual ... will think about it further when I "come-to" in the morning, if I even remember this post... >;]

[WebMatze]

Hello MDGx,

i'd like to contnue translating the 98se2me pack but i have a little problem, i'can't find a french version of the sysdm.cpl file version 4.90.3000, i tried to translate it myself, as i did it for the windows 98 version but it didn't work.
Do you were i could find that file?
Thanks for your answer.

MAtze

[MDGx]

hammer55, on Sep 25 2005, 09:55 AM, said:

Hey MDGx, I'm back.

That computer I put 98SE2ME on was having some problems, I have a strong feeling its with the ME explorer and the rest of option 3. However, I cannot restore my old files. I've tried to remove option 3 both ways and nothing happened. Then I booted into dos, ran the restore to restore all of my old 98SE files it said it moved 98SEOLD back into C:\Windows and moved my 98SE2ME to 98SENEW. When I boot back up, I still have everything (option 3 included) installed. How can I fix this?

If the ME files [after you installed option 1 or 2] exist in C:\W98SEOLD , that means you installed 98SE2ME [option 1 or 2] more than 1 time, and you also selected to create a backup of your original 98SE every time, which has overwritten the original 98SE files in C:\W98SEOLD with ME files.
The backup in C:\W98SEOLD has nothing to do with option 3.
The backup in C:\W98SEOLD can be used to restore your entire original 98SE OS only if you installed option 1 or 2.
All other options [from 3 up to 7] have their own [separate] backup + restore procedures.
All this is fully documented in READ1ST.TXT [100 KB] under the "98SE2ME.PIF COMPLETE GUIDE" chapter:
READ1ST.TXT
Option 3 does not backup any files in C:\W98SEOLD, but in %windir% and %windir%\SYSTEM, and the backup procedure for option 3 is completely different from options 1 and 2.
All files necessary to restore files replaced by option 3 are stored in %windir%\INF :
RSTR3F.BAT
RSTR3F.INF
ATTRIB.COM
FIND.COM
MEM.EXE
GETVER.EXE

All files replaced by option 3 are backed up as:
%windir%\*.98A
%windir%\SYSTEM\*.98A

If all files installed by option 3 are found [from a previous option 3 installation], option 3 is not installed over, but if even 1 file is missing, option 3 is installed over, even if u already installed option 3 at least once before.
Original 98SE files replaced by option 3 can be restored 2 ways:
1. Open Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> select "98SE2ME Option 3:
Restore Win98 SE Explorer, Shell32 + UI" -> click Add/Remove button -> reboot.
2. Or run [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS]:
%windir%\INF\RSTR3F.BAT
and then reboot.

Hope this helps.

[MDGx]

WebMatze, on Sep 27 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

i'd like to contnue translating the 98se2me pack but i have a little problem, i'can't find a french version of the sysdm.cpl file version 4.90.3000, i tried to translate it myself, as i did it for the windows 98 version but it didn't work.
Do you were i could find that file?

Sorry, I don't have the French sysdm.cpl, and I don't know where to get it from.

[hammer55]

MDGx, on Sep 29 2005, 01:20 AM, said:

Original 98SE files replaced by option 3 can be restored 2 ways:
1. Open Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> select "98SE2ME Option 3:
Restore Win98 SE Explorer, Shell32 + UI" -> click Add/Remove button -> reboot.
2. Or run [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS]:
%windir%\INF\RSTR3F.BAT
and then reboot.

Hope this helps.
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No go MGDx, but I think I'll just reformat.

Nice id*** proofing in the update.

[randiroo76073]

First time user of option 3 & I find myself locked out of Control Panel with message: "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" What have I done wrong? This is a single user machine, never setup anything but 1 user, so, what now? TIAFAI

PS: am using 10-13-05 ver 98se2ME

This post has been edited by randiroo76073: 16 October 2005 - 10:31 PM

[aschlutter]

WebMatze, on Sep 27 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

i'd like to contnue translating the 98se2me pack but i have a little problem, i'can't find a french version of the sysdm.cpl file version 4.90.3000, i tried to translate it myself, as i did it for the windows 98 version but it didn't work.
Do you were i could find that file?

Don't know nothing about the French version, but in the German version you'll find it in win_9.cab in the directory win9x of the original installation CD. I guess it must be on the french CD, too.

[MDGx]

aschlutter, on Oct 17 2005, 02:45 PM, said:

WebMatze, on Sep 27 2005, 11:33 AM, said:

i'd like to contnue translating the 98se2me pack but i have a little problem, i'can't find a french version of the sysdm.cpl file version 4.90.3000, i tried to translate it myself, as i did it for the windows 98 version but it didn't work.
Do you were i could find that file?

Don't know nothing about the French version, but in the German version you'll find it in win_9.cab in the directory win9x of the original installation CD. I guess it must be on the french CD, too.

I believe WebMatze meant the updated sysdm.cpl build 4.90.3001 from MS hotfix Q272620:
http://support.micro....com/?id=272620
found here [English only ]:
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#WME

Hope this helps.

[MDGx]

randiroo76073, on Oct 16 2005, 09:27 PM, said:

First time user of option 3 & I find myself locked out of Control Panel with message: "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" What have I done wrong? This is a single user machine, never setup anything but 1 user, so, what now? TIAFAI

PS: am using 10-13-05 ver 98se2ME

I installed option 3 [10-13-2005 98SE2ME edition] on my 98SE setup [heavily tweaked, running 98SE2ME option 2] and also on a new, from scratch install of 98SE.
In both cases I could access Control Panel and all its applets ok 3 ways:
- from Start button Settings menu
- from Control Panel folder tweak:
http://www.mdgx.com/last3.htm#SYSFOL
- by running CONTROL.EXE.

Sorry, can't reproduce the bug you experienced.
Maybe there is some other software/update/pack/hotfix/driver/tool/tweak/game/etc on your computer that generates that error?
Maybe your OS has some system restrictions in place to prevent running certain system applets/tools/features/etc?
More info on system restrictions:
http://www.mdgx.com/...p9.htm#RESTRICT

Hope this helps.

[randiroo76073]

Thanks for reply MDGx, your link http://www.mdgx.com/...p9.htm#RESTRICT set me on track to fix. Here is what I did[for posterity] Opened regedit in my puter & wifes puter[for comparision, hers only has USP 2.2]

My puter
Went to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/windows/Current Version/Policies, found 4 keys there: NonEnum, Network, Ratings, WinOldApp[NonEnum not on wifes] exported NonEnum to desktop & deleted key from Reg. On hunch next went to HKU/Default/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Policies, 3 keys: comdlg32, Explorer, WinOldApp. Opened Explorer, found Dword: NoControlPanel = hex value, exported & deleted entry. Now have working Control Panel

Thanks for all your hard work on 98SE2ME, it's a great prgm & now that I've finally tried it I'll be using opt 3 too.

[MDGx]

randiroo76073, on Oct 17 2005, 06:31 PM, said:

Thanks for reply MDGx, your link http://www.mdgx.com/...p9.htm#RESTRICT set me on track to fix. Here is what I did[for posterity] Opened regedit in my puter & wifes puter[for comparision, hers only has USP 2.2]

My puter
Went to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/windows/Current Version/Policies, found 4 keys there: NonEnum, Network, Ratings, WinOldApp[NonEnum not on wifes] exported NonEnum to desktop & deleted key from Reg. On hunch next went to HKU/Default/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Policies, 3 keys: comdlg32, Explorer, WinOldApp. Opened Explorer, found Dword: NoControlPanel = hex value, exported & deleted entry. Now have working Control Panel

Thanks for all your hard work on 98SE2ME, it's a great prgm & now that I've finally tried it I'll be using opt 3 too.

Very glad you found the fix.

Enjoy 98SE2ME.

[crashnburn]

MDGx, on Sep 4 2005, 01:12 AM, said:

crashnburn, on Sep 2 2005, 05:41 PM, said:

sincerely appreciate the hospitable response......... without getting into the software(s) can you possibly give me an example of a greyed out button shortcut, albeit in the registry or system folder??? i can probably take it from there and pillage my way through, living up to my name.........

thanx again............

Any shortcut to a file [not necessarily system or folder shortcut] that does not find its target file is disabled, and displays a generic icon, to let you know that you need to repair it or delete it.
For example, create a new shortcut on your desktop to winfile.exe, found in %windir% [usually C:\WINDOWS]. Then move winfile.exe to any other directory.
You will notice that after u restart Windows, or after you refresh/delete/recreate %windir%\ShellIconCache, or after you press F5 on the desktop, the winfile icon will show as a generic icon, represented by whichever shell32.dll icon is set on your computer for generic/non-existant/disabled/invalid file/folder shortcuts.
Then if u move winfile.exe back to %windir%, the icon should "fix" itself upon next restart, F5, shelliconcache repair/recreation.

Hope this helps.

welllllllll i knew if it annoyed me enuf and i poked around enuf i would come up with 'ungreying' my logitech scanner icon. dug into symantec's tech d-base and came up with some added lines in the win'ini............ :
Manually add the printer settings to the Win.ini

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type msconfig and then click OK.
3. Click the Win.ini tab.
4. Double-click the [Devices] entry.
5. Click New, and then add these two lines of text:

WinFax=WINFAX,FaxModem:
WinFax (Photo Quality)=WINFAXHQ,FaxModem:
6. Double-click the [PrinterPorts] entry.
7. Click New, and then add these two lines of text:

WinFax=WINFAX,FaxModem:,15,45
WinFax (Photo Quality)=WINFAXHQ,FaxModem:,15,45
8. Click OK, and then click Yes when prompted to restart the computer.

done........ i'm my own hero......

[MDGx]

crashnburn, on Oct 23 2005, 03:09 PM, said:

welllllllll i knew if it annoyed me enuf and i poked around enuf i would come up with 'ungreying' my logitech scanner icon. dug into symantec's tech d-base and came up with some added lines in the win'ini............ :
Manually add the printer settings to the Win.ini

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type msconfig and then click OK.
3. Click the Win.ini tab.
4. Double-click the [Devices] entry.
5. Click New, and then add these two lines of text:

WinFax=WINFAX,FaxModem:
WinFax (Photo Quality)=WINFAXHQ,FaxModem:
6. Double-click the [PrinterPorts] entry.
7. Click New, and then add these two lines of text:

WinFax=WINFAX,FaxModem:,15,45
WinFax (Photo Quality)=WINFAXHQ,FaxModem:,15,45
8. Click OK, and then click Yes when prompted to restart the computer.

done........ i'm my own hero......

Good for you, you have solved the problem yourself, and should be proud of it too. :

[plop]

First a big thank you to MGDx and Gape for all the WIN98SE upgrades. My old intel 82443BX with 100FSB and 1.2 Celeron on a slot adapter positively hums and is stable.
The video card is a Radeon 9200SE. Recently I tried replacing it with an ASUS V9520X (nvidia) card but this calls for EMM386 to be installed. I get a message to this effect at boot up. The boot process continues and installs EMM386 but then I get problems with some programs and the overall stability is affected. Can someone please help and tell me what is going on? Should I use a memory manager such as UMBPCI, or can I just 'clean' the Config.sys file and revert to a normal WIN98SE un-upgraded version, or what should I enter in the config.sys file?
My thanks again to Gape and MGDx.

[MDGx]

plop, on Oct 28 2005, 01:00 AM, said:

First a big thank you to MGDx and Gape for all the WIN98SE upgrades. My old intel 82443BX with 100FSB and 1.2 Celeron on a slot adapter positively hums and is stable.
The video card is a Radeon 9200SE. Recently I tried replacing it with an ASUS V9520X (nvidia) card but this calls for EMM386 to be installed. I get a message to this effect at boot up. The boot process continues and installs EMM386 but then I get problems with some programs and the overall stability is affected. Can someone please help and tell me what is going on? Should I use a memory manager such as UMBPCI, or can I just 'clean' the Config.sys file and revert to a normal WIN98SE un-upgraded version, or what should I enter in the config.sys file?
My thanks again to Gape and MGDx.

The ASUS [NVidia based] card shouldn't need any memory manager [EMM386 or UMBPCI or any other 3rd party] in order to work.
But when you installed the vid card software, some utility [TSR] loaded itself from within config.sys or autoexec.bat, and that particular utility seems to require EMM386 [in other words requires expanded memory to either load or for its own memory needs].
I don't think that utility is necessary for proper operation in Windows, it's probably just a compatibility tool for DOS based video modes [?], and you can safely disable it:
REMark it by using ; in config.sys or :: in autoexec.bat in front of it followed by a space, and then reboot.
If that tool provides VESA VBE compatibility modes, you can use instead Scitech Display Doctor UNIVBE.EXE tool [freeware]:
http://www.mdgx.com/speed.htm#VGA
which if I recall correctly, doesn't require an expanded memory manager, just upper memory in order to save conventional ["low"] memory when it loads.
If your vid card already has VESA/VBE support built into its BIOS, then you don't need any such tools.

BTW:
UMBPCI.SYS does not provide/enable expanded [EMS] or extended [XMS] memory, only upper memory blocks [UMBs]:
http://www.mdgx.com/umb.htm

DOS based video tools may interfere with Windows video APIs [GDI] operation, which may result in errors and/or lockups.
Also, NVidia Forceware [universal] video drivers in current releases:
http://www.nvidia.co...9x_archive.html
usually provide most video modes support to Windows apps/games, and even for DOS games played from within Windows [DOS box].
It's best [if you can help it] to avoid using such tools, unless you plan on using native/true/pure MS-DOS mode to play DOS games, for example.

Hope this helps.