PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-04-04 21:13
Forum: Operating systems
Topic: Unofficial Windows 98 Second Edition Service Pack 3.66
Replies: 850

You are welcome :P I would assume you haven't had any issues. If you do, then I assume you know where to post. Enjoy!
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-04-01 23:12
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Do you know what this key means?

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSystemFileProtection]
"SfpDbHash"=hex:12,02,22,78,30,b7,c5,44,98,d1,24,5e,c9,bb,98,c1,d3,d5,6d,ec
;
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-31 13:53
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

You have to start from the point before you installed system restore or it won't let you replace the files. 1. Download the latest SP for Windows 98 Second Edition m 2. Install Main Updates only and reboot. 3. Install all options except for Mdac 2.8 SP1 and reboot. This is only for testing purposes....
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-30 11:21
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Here we go, Make sure you have MDAC and WMI installed on your Win98 system. Copy ALL CAB files from the Win9x folder from the Windows ME CD. Download the ZIP file and place all of the files in the same place where the Win ME CAB files are. Copy the PCHEALTH.INF from the ZIP file to C:WindowsInf dire...
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-30 05:02
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Clean install, no VM console. U98SESP3 with all updates installed. I believe you was on the right track with the last option.
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-30 02:39
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

I tried all steps and still got Restoration Was Unsuccessful One other thing, the SFC.DLL and SFPDLL.DLL are native to System Restore, which means there is no UPDATE to replace those 2 files. Thanks. If you want to quit that's fine, but with your help we have gotten a step closer. I have the utmost ...
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-30 00:01
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Its probably best to go with the last solution, reason being, we don't have to deal with any catalog file. :mrgreen:
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-29 21:33
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

I don't understand code, but if you patch the file, I can give it a test run. Damn that was fast. I wasn't expecting to hear from you at least a week down the line.
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-29 13:22
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Yes Here is the thing, I'm not a 100% sure if SFC.DLL or SFPDLL.DLL should be patched or maybe both needs to be patched. System Restore won't work at all without the 2 files. After researching this matter, it seems system restore and system file protection uses system.cat (catalog) file to check for...
PROBLEMCHYLD
2013-03-29 04:20
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Windows 98 secret flag. Sssh. Microsoft doesnt know.
Replies: 26

Yeah, I do. I was able to get System restore working on Windows 98 from Windows ME. The thing is, System Restore does a check for files with hashes, signatures etc.... I need SFC.DLL from Windows ME patched so it doesn't do a check and disable file protection. m the link is for Windows 2000, but see...