[Prozactive]

@MDGx

I installed the Unofficial December 2009 Q976098 Daylight Saving Time update but it did not automatically update my system time this morning after DST took effect. (?!?)

This post has been edited by Prozactive: 14 March 2010 - 09:40 AM

[MDGx]

Prozactive, on 14 March 2010 - 09:38 AM, said:

@MDGx

I installed the Unofficial December 2009 Q976098 Daylight Saving Time update but it did not automatically update my system time this morning after DST took effect. (?!?)

If you installed the DST fix before March 7, that was an older [buggy!] version, the INF would not have been installed properly [haven't found why yet].
In order to fix this, I had to revert to unattended REG file merging [from within an INF, and compiled into exe installer with MS Iexpress], so I posted the properly working fix on March 7 at my site.
Therefore I suggest you install the updated fix, and see if it works [I can't test it, I'm using a laptop "loaner", my PC is (still) broken].
To test this...
1. Revert your computer clock back to any date before March 14 2010 [when the DST change took effect].
2. Change your computer time back to the hour before the March 2010 DST change [1 hour backwards].
3. Install the DST fix (English OSes):
http://www.mdgx.com/files/DST_9XME.EXE
from here:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU
4. Change your date to the present day.
See if the DST change takes place (as it should).

FYI:
Make sure you already have these 2 updates installed beforehand (if using Win98/98SE/ME):

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE System Date Error TIMEDATE.CPL (4.10.2006 for Win98/98 SP1 + 4.10.2225 for Win98 SE) Fix:
http://support.micro....com/?id=237493
- TIMEDATE.CPL Fix [166 KB, English]:
http://ftp.isu.edu.t.../237493usa8.exe
- TIMEDATE.CPL Fix [153 KB, Italian]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/IT237493.EXE

* Unofficial Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE/NT4/ME TZ Environment Variable Errors MSVCRT.DLL 6.1.9848.0 Fix:
http://support.micro....com/?id=932590
Direct download [240 KB, English]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/Q932590.EXE


DST = Daylight Saving Time
TZ = Time Zone


HTH

[Prozactive]

Thank you for your long and thorough reply, MDGx. I was not aware that your DST update had been revised. I installed it back in January when you first released it and it worked normally on another Win98 system but not my laptop for some reason. I was also not aware of the old Microsoft Win98 TIMEDATE.CPL hotfix you referenced. I thought I had installed all older Microsoft Win98 updates but obviously not. Anyway, I installed your revised DST update along with the Microsoft hotfix and tested it using your procedure - everything works normally now. Thanks again and I hope you get your PC repaired soon!

[lightning slinger]

MDGx, on 18 March 2010 - 02:52 AM, said:

If you installed the DST fix before March 7, that was an older [buggy!] version, the INF would not have been installed properly [haven't found why yet].
In order to fix this, I had to revert to unattended REG file merging [from within an INF, and compiled into exe installer with MS Iexpress], so I posted the properly working fix on March 7 at my site.
Therefore I suggest you install the updated fix, and see if it works [I can't test it....

I can also confirm the revised DST fix is working correctly now when the UK changed to DST this morning!

Thank you!

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

Can you please update SCR569X/SCR579X with vbscript.dll 5.6.0.8838. Thank you.

[MDGx]

UPDATED · 4-23-2010


Enjoy
__________________________________

PROBLEMCHYLD:

Your wish is my command...

[MDGx]

UPDATED · 4-24-2010

Enjoy
_________________________

Time Zone DST Updates [ DST-9XME.EXE (English users) + DST_ITA.EXE (Italian users) ]:
Had to revert back to REG install, unfortunately INF install still broken, cuz INF probably too large for 9x OSes.
I'll (eventually, not worth actually) work on this someday... will have to divide the huge single INF into multiple smaller INFs.

HTH

[Fredledingue]

Hi, can anybody tell me what IEXPRESS is?
Is it an essential update or a separate program? Thanks.
_________
The Post uSP3 updates depository webpage have been updated with the last entries as of 24th of april 2010
(http://www.htasoft.c...e_post_usp4.php)

This post has been edited by Fredledingue: 26 April 2010 - 02:21 PM

[Prozactive]

@MDGx:
I'm still in the process of diagnosing the problem but it strongly appears that the latest version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll from KB975542 causes an error in Windows Media Player 9 (after installing your revised SCR579X update). WMP 9 now gives the following error message: "An internal application error has occurred."

Interestingly, WMP 9 worked fine with version 5.7.0.16535 of Jscript.dll after installing your previous version of SCR579X. I finally had to install JScript 5.6 via SCR569X to get WMP 9 to work again but I'm now getting some strange rectangular gray blocks in the video display for some reason.

On a related note, could you please update MP9URP9X to incorporate the revised wmp.dll and MPEG Layer-3 codecs from the recent KB979402 and KB977816 updates, respectively? Thanks!

@Fredledingue:
Coincidentally I was researching that myself recently while trying to figure out how to manually install the latest KB978262 ActiveX Kill Bits security update. Apparently it's a utility provided by Microsoft in WinXP and later to create an installer for various system files.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IExpress

This post has been edited by Prozactive: 27 April 2010 - 10:52 AM

[Usher]

Fredledingue, on 26 April 2010 - 01:55 PM, said:

Hi, can anybody tell me what IEXPRESS is?
Is it an essential update or a separate program? Thanks.

IExpress is a wizard designed to simplify creation of a setup program. It is a part of IEAK (Internet Explorer Administration Kit), see:
http://en.wikipedia....inistration_Kit
http://technet.micro...e/bb219517.aspx

[Fredledingue]

Thanks

[MDGx]

I have some stuff on IExpress at my site, if any1 wants to try:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#IEA
INF tools + guides:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#INF
CAB SDK:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#CAB

IEAK main components:
iexpress.exe is the main executable (compiler), and needs also [not necessarily the same versions/builds of] makecab.exe, wextract.exe and also W95INF16.DLL + W95INF32.DLL [especially if using advpack.dll wrapper/installer database DLL, usually present in all Win32 OSes in %windir%\system(32)]. Advpack.dll is also included with IEAK developer kit.
IEAK is a developer kit designed by Microsoft and freely distributed on their website [from way back, I believe MS IE 3.0 had the 1st edition they ever made] to create self-installing setup executables based on the INF(ormation) file model, and using Diamond SED source files.

FYI:
All my Microsoft-based + unofficial updates/installers are created using Iexpress.
All these updates/packs/enhancements are also compiled using iexpress: ME SP1+SP2, WMP9 updates, 98MP10, MDIE6CU, MDDACU, NUSB, and many others found at MSFN forums.
98SE SP2 2.x + 3.x (all editions) use a custom installer (infex) created by Gape:
http://exuberant.ms11.net/infex.html
To compile the installer for 98SE2ME I use Inno Setup (freeware installer tool):
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

HTH

[MDGx]

Prozactive, on 27 April 2010 - 10:50 AM, said:

@MDGx:
I'm still in the process of diagnosing the problem but it strongly appears that the latest version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll from KB975542 causes an error in Windows Media Player 9 (after installing your revised SCR579X update). WMP 9 now gives the following error message: "An internal application error has occurred."

Interestingly, WMP 9 worked fine with version 5.7.0.16535 of Jscript.dll after installing your previous version of SCR579X. I finally had to install JScript 5.6 via SCR569X to get WMP 9 to work again but I'm now getting some strange rectangular gray blocks in the video display for some reason.

On a related note, could you please update MP9URP9X to incorporate the revised wmp.dll and MPEG Layer-3 codecs from the recent KB979402 and KB977816 updates, respectively? Thanks!

I guess I will have to revert back to older 5.7.0.16535 build : I'll post them here when done:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=46581

erpdude8 sent me those updates, and I've also seen them posted here in these forums.

I'll tell erpdude8 to update MP9URP9X with latest updates.

Thanks a lot for your hard work.

Best,
MDGx

[Fredledingue]

TFTI

(thanks for the informations )

[Prozactive]

Thanks MDGx. Like I said, I have not completely verified that the latest version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll causes the WMP 9 errors but I strongly suspect it. I'll report back as soon as I get some definitive results.

I believe I have successfully updated wmp.dll to version 9.0.0.4508 from KB979402 by manually extracting it from the WinXP SP3 update file, replacing the existing version 9.0.0.4507 (from MP9URP9X), then running the following command to fix the WMP 9 error message saying it expected to find version 9.0.0.4507 of wmp.dll:

C:\Windows\Inf\unregmp2.exe /UpdateWMP

Similarly, I have also manually updated the MPEG Layer-3 codecs l3codeca.acm and l3codecx.ax from KB977816 (reference this MSFN thread) but I'm not quite sure how to test them yet.

Thank you once again for all your hard work and support!

This post has been edited by Prozactive: 02 May 2010 - 01:33 PM

[Prozactive]

I have confirmed that the latest version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll from KB975542 installed by the recently updated SCR579X Unofficial MSE 5.7 update causes the Windows Media Player 9 error "An internal application error has occurred." that I reported. Reverting back to the previous version of Jscript.dll (5.7.0.16535) or reinstalling JScript 5.6 (version 5.6.0.8837) via SCR569X fixes the error.

I also tried this command to reregister Jscript.dll (as suggested by several technical websites):

regsvr32 c:\windows\system\jscript.dll

but got the following error:

LoadLibrary("c:\windows\system\jscript.dll") failed.
GetLastError returns 0x0000001f

I was able to reregister the previous version 5.7.0.16535 of Jscript.dll by the way.

Since version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll implements a critical security update, I will probably revert back to version 5.6.0.8837 which also implements the update.

HTH

This post has been edited by Prozactive: 02 May 2010 - 01:50 PM

[MDGx]

UPDATED · 5-14-2010

Enjoy
_________________________

Updated:
* SCR579X
* SCR569X: added source MSKB hotfix list for each file; added more links to "MORE INFO:" section of ReadMe
* MDIE6CU + IE6CU_RU
* Root certificates
* New link for 98DDK.EXE

HTH
_________________________

Prozactive, on 02 May 2010 - 01:30 PM, said:

I have confirmed that the latest version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll from KB975542 installed by the recently updated SCR579X Unofficial MSE 5.7 update causes the Windows Media Player 9 error "An internal application error has occurred." that I reported. Reverting back to the previous version of Jscript.dll (5.7.0.16535) or reinstalling JScript 5.6 (version 5.6.0.8837) via SCR569X fixes the error.

I also tried this command to reregister Jscript.dll (as suggested by several technical websites):

regsvr32 c:\windows\system\jscript.dll

but got the following error:

LoadLibrary("c:\windows\system\jscript.dll") failed.
GetLastError returns 0x0000001f

I was able to reregister the previous version 5.7.0.16535 of Jscript.dll by the way.

Since version 5.7.6002.22145 of Jscript.dll implements a critical security update, I will probably revert back to version 5.6.0.8837 which also implements the update.

HTH

SCR579X: Reverted back to older (better) Jscript.dll.
Thanks for all your time + concern.

Best wishes.

[MDGx]

UPDATED · 5-27-2010

These updates have a new home.


Enjoy
_________________________

Updated:
* New DST Time Zone Update as of May 2010.
* RP 9.6 RC.


HTH

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

When you have some free time, can you please update your TTFPAK.EXE
with some of the newer fonts from WinXP SP3 that erpdude8 mentioned in his 98 FE SP?
Thank you very much.

[MDGx]

PROBLEMCHYLD, on 24 July 2010 - 01:35 PM, said:

When you have some free time, can you please update your TTFPAK.EXE
with some of the newer fonts from WinXP SP3 that erpdude8 mentioned in his 98 FE SP?
Thank you very much.

You've read my mind... your wish is my command, young padawan.

* Unofficial Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 67 True Type Fonts (TTF) Pack [5.77 MB, English]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/TTFPAK.EXE

[32 TTFs updated from XP SP3]

Found here:
http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TTF

HTH