[dencorso]

the_guy, on Mar 11 2007, 12:44 PM, said:

[...]-Removed Q329128 (for MDAC 2.5 SP3)[...]the_guy

Hi, the_guy!
I have two questions for you:
1)Can you please explain to me what Q329128 has to do with MDAC ?
AFAIK, it's the "Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition transmit multicast packets that have a TTL setting of 0 (zero)" hotfix, isn't that so?
2)If you still have it would you please upload it to, say, rapidshare or any equivalent site? I'm looking forward to testing PPPMAC.VXD 4.90.0.3002 in my system, but have been unable to get it so far.
Thanks in advance.
Keep on the great work!

[the_guy]

I posted the wrong number. It should say 329414.

Sorry about the confusion.

the_guy

[dencorso]

the_guy, on Oct 1 2007, 09:31 PM, said:

I posted the wrong number. It should say 329414.

OK. Thanks a lot for your swift reply. You rock!

[erpdude8]

also, the_guy, the DST reg entries from intl.inf of unofficial WinME SP beta 8 messed things up under WinME, unexpectedly changing the current Time Zone from US to Casablanca (OH NOOOO!!)
consider replacing it with MDGx's unofficial Q933360.exe fix. Just install Q933360 silently (I have it named DSTUPD.EXE in my unofficial packs) as in the latest releases of my unofficial 98fe SP and my unpublicized unofficial Win95 OSR2 Update Rollup.

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1)Can you please explain to me what Q329128 has to do with MDAC ? huh.gif
AFAIK, it's the "Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition transmit multicast packets that have a TTL setting of 0 (zero)" hotfix, isn't that so?
2)If you still have it would you please upload it to, say, rapidshare or any equivalent site? I'm looking forward to testing PPPMAC.VXD 4.90.0.3002 in my system, but have been unable to get it so far.

unfortunately, the Q329128 hotfixes for Win98/ME are no longer available AT ALL anymore from MS support, dencorso. MS pulled these fixes from their hotfix server several years ago and won't post them back up. Q329128 is one that is "shortlived", perhaps available for a very brief time and then MS decided to recall it. So you can forget about Q329128 altogether.

same thing with Q296773. tried to request that a few years ago but it's no longer available from MS support. luckily, I found Q296773 inside a Dell OS update pack for certain Dell laptops. Also MS article 296773 has been removed from the MS support site.

This post has been edited by erpdude8: 05 October 2007 - 05:08 PM

[fastlanephil]

erpdude8, on Oct 5 2007, 03:54 PM, said:

unfortunately, the Q329128 hotfixes for Win98/ME are no longer available AT ALL anymore from MS support, dencorso. MS pulled these fixes from their hotfix server several years ago and won't post them back up. Q329128 is one that is "shortlived", perhaps available for a very brief time and then MS decided to recall it. So you can forget about Q329128 altogether.

I recall that right after Microsoft released the Q329128 hotfiix, they got so many angry W98 ME user problem/system-lockup trouble reports that they quickly recalled it.

[dencorso]

fastlanephil, on Oct 9 2007, 11:18 AM, said:

I recall that right after Microsoft released the Q329128 hotfiix, they got so many angry W98 ME user problem/system-lockup trouble reports that they quickly recalled it.

Thanks for the info, fastlanephil, I was not aware of that. IMHO the problems people had must have been related to the pppmac.vxd files... I have tested pppmac.vxd 4.10.0.2223, and it prevents my fully updated system from starting, although it works OK in a plain-vanilla Win 98 SE installation. I never found v 4.90.0.3002, so I don't know for a fact it would cause the same problem, but your info leads me to think it may. As it is, I found out that, despite using the Win ME winsock stack in my main Win 98 SE installation, it boots and works OK using either pppmac.vxd 4.90.0.3000 or 4.10.0.2222, but won't finish starting windows with 4.10.0.2223. I say this because the other files from Q329128 for Win 98 SE work flawlessy, in my experience.

erpdude8, on Oct 5 2007, 03:54 PM, said:

unfortunately, the Q329128 hotfixes for Win98/ME are no longer available AT ALL anymore from MS support, dencorso. MS pulled these fixes from their hotfix server several years ago and won't post them back up. Q329128 is one that is "shortlived", perhaps available for a very brief time and then MS decided to recall it. So you can forget about Q329128 altogether.

Well, erpdude8, since the files for Win 98SE from Q329128 apeared in SESP30-alpha-1, I had a spark of hope that Gape would have, in some way, found the full Q329128, and that the other files, for 98FE and ME would soon be available also. But now I'm begining to realize it's far more probable that he got the 98 SE files from some system that had them already installed... Yet, I'm still resiting to let go of that spark of hope...

And speaking of "shortlived" updates, Q265405 is probably hopeless either, I suppose, from MS at least. Unless someone finds cdvsd.vxd 4.10.0.2225 inside some system somewhere, by sheer luck...

This post has been edited by dencorso: 09 October 2007 - 09:46 PM

[erpdude8]

dencorso, on Oct 9 2007, 10:37 PM, said:

And speaking of "shortlived" updates, Q265405 is probably hopeless either, I suppose, from MS at least. Unless someone finds cdvsd.vxd 4.10.0.2225 inside some system somewhere, by sheer luck...

Q265405 was pulled after Q274370 was made.

BTW - Beta 9 of the ME service pack is ready (which the_guy should have mentioned) and is posted at MDGx's web site.
and thanks for the info about the recall of Q329128, fastlanephil

[eidenk]

erpdude8, on Oct 29 2007, 10:55 AM, said:

BTW - Beta 9 of the ME service pack is ready (which the_guy should have mentioned)

He posted it in another thread saying it was too beta to be posted here or something along this line if I recall correctly.

[erpdude8]

fastlanephil, on Oct 9 2007, 09:18 AM, said:

erpdude8, on Oct 5 2007, 03:54 PM, said:

unfortunately, the Q329128 hotfixes for Win98/ME are no longer available AT ALL anymore from MS support, dencorso. MS pulled these fixes from their hotfix server several years ago and won't post them back up. Q329128 is one that is "shortlived", perhaps available for a very brief time and then MS decided to recall it. So you can forget about Q329128 altogether.

I recall that right after Microsoft released the Q329128 hotfiix, they got so many angry W98 ME user problem/system-lockup trouble reports that they quickly recalled it.

Q329128 was pulled from MS, however, Q301453 for Win98 IS still available. Maybe Q301453 is available for WinME too. I've just received Q301453 for Win98 and it is the same as Q329128.

This post has been edited by erpdude8: 16 November 2007 - 10:44 PM

[MDGx]

FYI:

* Unofficial Windows ME Service Pack 1 (SP1) 2.02 Beta 9:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=61407
ME SP1 [20.9 MB, English, free]:
http://www.mdgx.com/spx/MESP1.EXE

HTH

[WebMatze]

French Version Beta 8 is here:

http://rapidshare.co...SP1_FR.rar.html

[txagpilot]

MDGx, on Nov 30 2007, 10:10 AM, said:

FYI:

* Unofficial Windows ME Service Pack 1 (SP1) 2.02 Beta 9:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=61407
ME SP1 [20.9 MB, English, free]:
http://www.mdgx.com/spx/MESP1.EXE

HTH

The new WinMe SP has caused the same errors as the 3 previous unofficial SP versions I have tried. When I try to open the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, which I use a lot, I get this popup (***** MWEBCD - "FATAL ERROR: Unable to find the dictionary file!" *****). I also tried un-installing the SP from Add/Remove Programs and ,again, get this same error during the reboot: "Error loading gdi.exe. You must reinstall Windows." I re-imaged, again, so all is well.

These install attempts (installing only the updates & hotfixes) are being tried on a new rig I recently had built, it's still an 'internet virgin', no other updates. Keep up the good work. I'll be watching for the next unofficial release.

[erpdude8]

txagpilot, on Dec 14 2007, 05:52 PM, said:

The new WinMe SP has caused the same errors as the 3 previous unofficial SP versions I have tried. When I try to open the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, which I use a lot, I get this popup (***** MWEBCD - "FATAL ERROR: Unable to find the dictionary file!" *****). I also tried un-installing the SP from Add/Remove Programs and ,again, get this same error during the reboot: "Error loading gdi.exe. You must reinstall Windows." I re-imaged, again, so all is well.

RE-install the Merriam-Webster Dictionary program from your CD (hey, I have this kind of program).

I'll have to check on the spupdate.inf and spuninst.inf files of the ME service pack and help the_guy correct problems with them. It looks like the wrong version of gdi.exe was restored (most likely from the mini.cab file when it should be restoring gdi.exe from any of the win_*.cab files).

[txagpilot]

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erpdude8, on Feb 2 2008, 09:10 AM, said:

RE-install the Merriam-Webster Dictionary program from your CD (hey, I have this kind of program).

I'll have to check on the spupdate.inf and spuninst.inf files of the ME service pack and help the_guy correct problems with them. It looks like the wrong version of gdi.exe was restored (most likely from the mini.cab file when it should be restoring gdi.exe from any of the win_*.cab files).

I had already tried twice, in two different ways, in re-installing the dictionary from the CD. One way (twice done) was already having the dictionary installed prior to installing the SP, then un-installing it and re-installing it. Same error. The other way (twice done) was by NOT having the dictionary installed, installing the SP, then installing the dictionary. Same error. In both scenarios, the install(s) did not have any problem, the error appeared in all instances upon launching the program.

These un-installs and installs were also carefully triple cross-checked by MS RegClean, jv16 PowerTools, and SystemSuite Registry Cleaner for any components left behind in the registry that might have caused any error, as well as checking the HD for any files or folders left behind.

I had noted in my original post that this was a new rig I had custom build. I should add that the OS install was done with a new MS-CD of Windows Millennium purchased 9/12/3, and that I had 137 other programs installed at that point, the dictionary being the only one with error.

If I can be of any help in resolving the matter, please respond with any requests. Thank you for the response erpdude8.

[erpdude8]

txagpilot, on Feb 2 2008, 04:50 PM, said:

These un-installs and installs were also carefully triple cross-checked by MS RegClean, jv16 PowerTools, and SystemSuite Registry Cleaner for any components left behind in the registry that might have caused any error, as well as checking the HD for any files or folders left behind.

MS RegClean is totally crap and worthless under WinME, txagpilot. You should have used WinME's built-in Registry Checker [Scanreg.exe or Scanregw.exe] program since it does a far better job checking for and fixing registry problems. MS RegClean is barely incompatible with WinME and can wreck an ME computer. any other registry utilities (beside Regclean) are okay by me.

After un-installing the Merriam-Webster Dictionary app, delete all registry entries referencing it, reboot WinME and re-install it; don't install the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Macros for Microsoft Word if you do not have MS Word installed, so I would do a Custom install of this program instead. Also, you may want to get the latest version of this app. I have version 3.0 of this program.

I've contacted the_guy almost a month ago about the problems with the latest beta of his WinME SP but got no response back. Seems like he's currently busy.

This post has been edited by erpdude8: 10 March 2008 - 10:18 AM

[tecktseng]

Hi the_guy:

Recently I download windows me sp1 2.02beta9 from mdgx.com. After I install it everything is working fine but after that, i tried to uninstall it. During the uninstallation process it show a file '1028' not found from precopy.cab. But i tried to locate it manually still cannot so I click the 'skip file'.

Then I restart my pc and it can't access windows me and turn off automatiaclly.

Anybody can help?

[dencorso]

Hi, txagpilot!
I suggest you try the following:
1) Start from a re-imaged partition.
2) Make back-up copies of gdi.exe and gdi32.dll and store them in a new folder named prevgdi.
3) Install windows me sp1 2.02beta9
4) Make back-up copies of gdi.exe and gdi32.dll and store them in a new folder named nextgdi.
5) Disable file protection
6) Make a snapshot of the registry with regshot 1.8.1
7) Install the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
8) Make the 2nd snapshot of the registry with regshot 1.8.1 and create the difference file. Now you'll know exactly what has chabged.
9) Test the dictionary. It probably won't work.
10) Uninstall it with a bootable floppy on the FDD, so that it boots to DOS
11) From DOS, copy gdi.exe and gdi32.dll from nextgdi to %windir%/system.
12) Eject the DOS floppy and reboot again. Hopefully it won't give you the error loading gdi.exe.
13) In case it does give the error all the same, repeat 11-12 using the files fro prevgdi.
Wow! Its a lot of work and won't necessarily solve the problem with the dictionary directly, but will provide you with more info to do it and maybe will solve the problem with the Add/Remove removal of the dictionary.
Sorry if I wasn't able to come up with something easier to do or more effective, but I think these steps really may be of help in finding the cause to your main problem. Good luck!

[erpdude8]

tecktseng, on Jun 12 2008, 01:40 AM, said:

Hi the_guy:

Recently I download windows me sp1 2.02beta9 from mdgx.com. After I install it everything is working fine but after that, i tried to uninstall it. During the uninstallation process it show a file '1028' not found from precopy.cab. But i tried to locate it manually still cannot so I click the 'skip file'.

Then I restart my pc and it can't access windows me and turn off automatiaclly.

Anybody can help?

There are some files listed in the SPUNINST.INF file of the unofficial ME SP that should not be on there and prompts for certain files that are non-existent in the precopy.cab file. It's an "uninstall" problem of the ME SP that can be fixed easily by making the proper changes to the SPUNINST.INF file.

It looks like the Unofficial ME Service Pack project is on Stand By until the_guy can make any new comments here.

[txagpilot]

dencorso, on Jun 12 2008, 03:44 AM, said:

Hi, txagpilot!
I suggest you try the following:
1) Start from a re-imaged partition.
2) Make back-up copies of gdi.exe and gdi32.dll and store them in a new folder named prevgdi.
3) Install windows me sp1 2.02beta9
4) Make back-up copies of gdi.exe and gdi32.dll and store them in a new folder named nextgdi.
5) Disable file protection
6) Make a snapshot of the registry with regshot 1.8.1
7) Install the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
8) Make the 2nd snapshot of the registry with regshot 1.8.1 and create the difference file. Now you'll know exactly what has chabged.
9) Test the dictionary. It probably won't work.
10) Uninstall it with a bootable floppy on the FDD, so that it boots to DOS
11) From DOS, copy gdi.exe and gdi32.dll from nextgdi to %windir%/system.
12) Eject the DOS floppy and reboot again. Hopefully it won't give you the error loading gdi.exe.
13) In case it does give the error all the same, repeat 11-12 using the files fro prevgdi.
Wow! Its a lot of work and won't necessarily solve the problem with the dictionary directly, but will provide you with more info to do it and maybe will solve the problem with the Add/Remove removal of the dictionary.
Sorry if I wasn't able to come up with something easier to do or more effective, but I think these steps really may be of help in finding the cause to your main problem. Good luck!

Hey dencorso,

Thanks for the reply. Step #5 you mention disabling SFP on WinMe (not as easy to find as with Win98). I forgot how (it's been awhile since I did it to WinMe on my laptop). If I remember correctly, it was a register value that had to be changed. Could you please give me a refresher heads-up on the registry key to change.

Thanks,
txagpilot

[erpdude8]

txagpilot, on Jun 15 2008, 01:42 PM, said:

Thanks for the reply. Step #5 you mention disabling SFP on WinMe (not as easy to find as with Win98). I forgot how (it's been awhile since I did it to WinMe on my laptop). If I remember correctly, it was a register value that had to be changed. Could you please give me a refresher heads-up on the registry key to change.

Thanks,
txagpilot

To prevent SFP from loading on WinME startup, use the MSCONFIG tool and uncheck the *Statemgr entry, click OK to save changes and restart WinME. That basically shuts down SFP entirely.

Still no response from the_guy. It looks like the ME service pack project is now on hold.