don't want to quote the whole stuff, here are my answers:

@ Boiu_Andrei:
of course win98se starts/boots and works with 512mb ram, but it doesn't makes use of more than 384mb. only applications do so.

1. same thing in win98se (on my pc), ram manage is even worse
2. you're wrong, this option is avaible
3. many, but not all (at least less as under win 2k/xp)
4. i get even better time in win2k/xp than in win98se in those cases
5. i still need my pc as a workstation

@ Blazkowicz:
you got a windows console (actuallly better than dos for simple commands) and you got the recovery console with which you can even boot the whole windows application (also from cd). you can start windowsnt in normal or in console mode. get tools from microsoft and 3^rd parties to do that --> that means you're wrong, you can boot in console mode.

and who the hell still runs dos??

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that's what i mean!  

@ Boiu_Andrei:
please stick with win98se if you want to, i personally decided to do not.

According to the dox the stability problems with Win98 when more than 512MB are used can be solved with CACHEMAN from outertech.com . Well, i only have 128MB (more can't be cached because VP3 limits) and can't verify how it works.

Regards,
Andreas

janskjaer, run dual boot.

well, installing 512mb on winme, which should have better support than win98se, told me it ran even slower than only installing 384mb..that's it! maybe somebody else did not get this problem, who knows..?

Microsoft themselves say that Windows 98 and Windows ME can use up to 1GB of RAM.  Anything over 512MB needs a couple of lines added the the sys.ini-

[vcache]
MaxFileCache=*****

where ***** is the number of Kb you want to limit the disk cache to.  But I suppose using a text editor to modify a file might be a bit beyond some users... 

In all seriousness I multi-boot four Microsoft operating systems here-



I use Windows 98lite for nearly everything since it's small, fast and very stable.  Most importantly it boasts the most compatibility with the games I play and the hardware I use.  I boot DOS 6.22 more often than I boot Window XP.

XP's a perfectly good operating system.  It's a bit large and slow (I have a P4 2.4 with 512MB 800FSB and 80GB WD ATA100) but that's comparatively speaking.  It's "horses for courses" or perhaps "better the devil you know", eh?

Andreas.  I disable the Startup screen with Microsoft's TweakUI although you can always edit msdos.sys to the same effect.  The Quicklaunch Toolbar and many other features (especially those relating to the truly awful "Active Desktop") won't work if you do a "Sleek" install since this uses the Windows 95 Windows Explorer shell.

Personally I prefer the original Explorer shell since the later ones were larger and a lot less stable.  And, since I was on the beta for Windows 95, I am just extremely familiar with and fond of the original way things worked!  

I have found a couple of programs that wouldn't install.  The solution is to use a hex editor to do a find and replace on the installer's executable.  Windows 98lite backs up the original version of "shell32.dll" as "shell32.w98".  So just find any mention of the former in the installer and substitute the latter for it.  Then the installer will work normally.  It sounds a lot of trouble but it takes only seconds and, as I say, I've only had to do it twice so far here.

This for me is a small price to pay for an OS that has all the compatibility of Windows 98SE (I have and use USB 2 support for example) with the speed and stability of Windows 95 plus the ability to boot to a perfectly good version of full-on DOS when one needs to!  

I should also point out that I use Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.  Although I never liked the attempt to integrate the desktop and the Internet I do quite like IE.  So long as it's kept quite separate from my operating system and I can run it only when I need to.  The only drawback to using IE6 with 98lite Sleek is that you have to disable loadwc.exe and, if you do so, then you don't get prompted if you want to disconnect when you close IE.  But I never like having programs running all the time for such trivial reasons anyway.

In case anyone thinks I work for Shane Brooks (98lite's author) or something I should say that XPlite has been a dissappointment to me so far.  It does too little and can't seem to make a decent ballerina of the hippopotamus that is Window XP.  

Hi Procerus,
i used 98lite primary for saving memory (i had less than now at the time i used it). When i stumbled around the fix for the MSI installers earlier i would have installed my windows with 98lite again. I can't say anything about the differences in the 95/98 explorers as i use commander clones since my nearly forgotton dos times

Regards,
Andreas

@password

You have 3 days of a time-out...
I intentionally did not block any IP, so you should still be able to read (or post as a Guest as you did).

In 3 days, we will return your Account to completely normal Status, unless you manage to screw up again within that period....

Keep in mind that threatening anyone, I do define as "screwing up", so you better stop Posting dumb looking, oversized and nonsense Images.