re: Problems in WIN 98SE
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
Dave A. wrote:
|1. [...]"The NTKERN.VXD device loader(s) for this device
|could not load the device driver. (Code 2)".
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Sounds to me like you've tried to install NT-specific software on a 9x system.
|2. I can't fully re-install WIN 98SE from CD-ROM disk
|because of many, many files missing that Windows says it can't find (to proceed).
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That's a shame. Here's a zero-cost solution to that:
cache
of http://lightlinux.blogspot.com/2009/01/antix-8-test-release-reviewed.html
cache
of http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/07/29/antix-m8-2
Jim Lynch's reviews run for 5 pages; the really good stuff there is on Page 4.
(Even that *partial* software listing makes M$ "operating systems" look miserly.)
...and that OS doesn't make you jump thru a lot of silly hoops
--not to mention that it has been UPDATED this calendar year.
...and, once again, it is gratis (FREE).
|3. [...]"Error loading CWPROPS.CPL. The system cannot find the file specified."
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Again, I suspect you've tried installing NT-only software.
|4. When I try adding those missing files
|from Add/Remove Programs/Windows Setup[...]I get more error messages
|
You are going to LOVE the "package manager"
that is included with the modern OS I pointed to.
It doesn't fetch junk software that won't run on your system
and it handles all this dependency nonsense for you.
|Also[...]ActiveX[...]
|
ActiveX is a bad joke. At best it is an infection vector.
In addition, it is a single-source lock-in mechanism.
As an example, South Korea will be mired in the 20th Century forever
because of their stupid decision to base their economy (e.g. banking) on ActiveX.
They are also tied to M$ in perpetuity--never allowing for competitive bidding.
BTW, the OS I pointed to is highly impervious to infection
IN ITS OUT-OF-THE-BOX CONFIGURATION.
|[...]one .doc file doesn't open properly, it's frozen.
|That frozen file is a 380 page novel.
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Use your backup copy.
Oh, you don't have a backup copy? Hmmm.
When knowledgeable people have problems with M$Office files,
they use OpenOffice.org to open them. It's extremely rare when that fails.
(OOo is more M$-compliant than Micros~1's own junk is.)
..and, once again, this is Free(dom) Software.
Caveat: The current versions of OOo (3.x)
will not run under Win9x unless you first install KernelEx.
(The much-less-capable) OOo2.x is also available from oldapps.com.
- Written in response to:
- Problems in WIN 98SE (Dave A.: Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 11:03 am)
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