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New Links Policy

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by michael » Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:04 pm » in Forum Rules

Hello all,

Due to some recent concerns, I am implementing a new policy when it comes to the sharing of links. It is now against the rules to post...

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Help needed upgrading from Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95 RTM

Last post by BootVirtual « Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:39 am

by BootVirtual » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:39 am

Hello,

I recently tried to upgrade from Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95 RTM in a VM from floppy disk images. But after the setup completed and...

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Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:39 am
Microsoft Chicago

Last post by TheBlueAnimeGamer « Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:34 pm
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by nknight » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:27 am
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Talk about builds of Microsoft Chicago and how it turned into Windows 95

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Thanks I just got my PC fixed and this is one of the first things imma do!
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Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:34 pm
Win98 Upgrade stuck

Last post by henk717 « Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:21 pm
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by smpark12 » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:11 pm

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So I'm trying to do one of those upgrading every windows things (for my 100 subscriber special, not that it matters). I've gotten this far after a...

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Can you share some more information regarding your setup?
What is the processor that you have and what kind of virtualization software are you using?

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Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:21 pm
DVD-Drive not showing up on Win 3.1 in VMWare Workstation

Last post by henk717 « Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:04 pm
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by Bluscream » Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:20 pm

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Hello, i recently dug up some old games on my attic and people like Michael MJD gave me motivation to play them again. But for some reason my Windows...

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It can certainly be done

This was without effort using my special floppy image, it loads and seems to use the VIDE-CDD driver just fine without...

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Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:04 pm
Windows AIO all in one disks

Last post by scorpiojosh « Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:57 am

by scorpiojosh » Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:57 am

//disk1

//disk2

If Mega complains about decrypt keys, here they are:
DVD 1: YE9xlxGQk1GTn95lXJ5ZgeZ6H6B3F4kgEceqCYweZLU
DVD 2:...

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Last post by scorpiojosh
Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:57 am
I know how to make Windows 1.01 installed in VMware(any)/VirualBox have mouse driver

Last post by dariobagi « Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:37 pm

by dariobagi » Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:37 pm

If you ever tried installing Windows 1.01-1.04 in VMware/VirtualBox you maybe saw that you don't have mouse driver.

I also experienced that so I...

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Last post by dariobagi
Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:37 pm
The Things Of Windows (Can Someone Else Complete It?)

Last post by CyndaquilDAC « Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:36 pm

by CyndaquilDAC » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:36 pm

Announcer:
And now the Things of Windows, brought to you by Microsoft!
Microsoft:
1.x, 3, XP, 95B
3.1, Vista, 2000,
98 Second Edition, ME, 8.1
7, and...

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Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:36 pm
AIO 3.1-Me?

Last post by fastvan67 « Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:09 pm

by fastvan67 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:09 pm

Can anyone tell me how to make an all-in-one Cd/DVD with Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 95a, 95b, 95c, 98, 98se, Me?
Plus put the cpu fix in for 95 during...

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Last post by fastvan67
Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:09 pm
Weird Win9x quirk on AEMULA?

Last post by veselcraft « Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:24 pm
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by DragutinMaric » Sat Jun 08, 2019 3:57 pm

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Although I usually use the known-good (but horrendously slow) Limbo PC Emulator on my mobile devices as my main emulation software. I recently tried...

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Last post by veselcraft
Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:24 pm
Old Windows OS Software Collection?

Last post by LxL « Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:35 pm
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by JohnsterSpaceNT » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:30 pm

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Hello. Im wondering if anyone has old windows os's and software that they would like to share images of. I will do the same. I currently have these...

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Do you have any images? I can use google translate to translate what it says.

winworldpc

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Last post by LxL
Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:35 pm
I have a boxed Windows 3.0

Last post by TheCanadianToast « Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:00 am
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by JohnsterSpaceNT » Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:56 pm

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Hello! So i have a boxed copy of windows 3.0 that i got form ebay in a pretty good condition. I'm wondering if anyone wants to see images of it, i...

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Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing this nostalgia trip back in time... :P

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Last post by TheCanadianToast
Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:00 am
My latest project: uMenu16

Last post by Lordinal82 « Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:23 pm
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by Lordinal82 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:06 pm

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Hi all! So this is my latest project, uMenu16. It aims to be a very simple replacement for the default Program Manager Windows 3.1 brings. It was...

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Hi,
If you want I could make a translation to german.

Well, you are free to do it! The source code is on github. ;)

Btw remember to read and...

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Last post by Lordinal82
Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:23 pm
Windows 98 20th Birthday

Last post by TheCanadianToast « Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:03 pm
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by nknight » Mon Jun 25, 2018 3:48 pm

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On the day I am posting this today is Windows 98's 20th Birthday. Here you can talk about your experiences with Windows 98 over the past 20 years.

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Windows 98 is everyone's favorite Windows 9x operating system built on an MS-DOS operating environment. I hope that Windows 98 had a great 20th...

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Last post by TheCanadianToast
Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:03 pm
Windows 1.0 DR5 (TUTORIAL DOWN BELOW!!)

Last post by bigkitty123456 « Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:59 am
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by Meow2004 » Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:50 pm

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Hi, I have successfully installed Windows 1.0 DR5 on my Windows computer. Any have any questions how to install this? Ask me! (I might upload a...

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cool :D

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Last post by bigkitty123456
Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:59 am
Speed up Windows 98

Last post by TheBlueAnimeGamer « Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:36 pm
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by smpark12 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 3:28 pm

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I have a Fujitsu Lifebook E330, and it is very slow. I know, it's a Windows 98 computer. But it's extremely slow, even for Windows 98. Is there a way...

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to speed up a pc on windows 98 or 95 use a disk cleanup tool or really like what mjd said reinstall it.

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Last post by TheBlueAnimeGamer
Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:36 pm
Windows Operating System Choice on Vintage Computer

Last post by TheBlueAnimeGamer « Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:32 pm
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by nknight » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:41 pm
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I don't feel like putting in a description.

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mine was obviously windows 98 it has a large software library plus some of your old dos games like duke nukem 3d and doom.
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Last post by TheBlueAnimeGamer
Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:32 pm
Office 2000 + Windows 98 = ?

Last post by nknight « Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:40 pm
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by ReesehanSchavinchiz » Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:04 pm

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well my ISO only works when its mounted on to my PC
so rip in tatertots

MMMMM TATERTOTS

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well my ISO only works when its mounted on to my PC
so rip in tatertots

MMMMM TATERTOTS

I think you might be doing something wrong. but give it...

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Last post by nknight
Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:40 pm
Microsoft Millenium

Last post by nknight « Wed May 17, 2017 10:37 pm
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by nknight » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:36 am
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Talk about Microsoft Millenium and how it became Windows ME Millenium Edition

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I just realized that this is the most popular subtopic in the Win 9x\Dos discussion
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Last post by nknight
Wed May 17, 2017 10:37 pm
Should I in-place upgrade my Windows 98 VM?

Last post by nknight « Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:28 pm
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by FMecha » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:00 pm

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I have a Windows 98 VM on VMware Player. It was converted from Virtual PC and then Virtualbox (dropped Virtualbox due to horrible Win9x support)....

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You should probably upgrade it with maybe Windows 2000 or ME.

I agree with you

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Last post by nknight
Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:28 pm
How to get 32 Bit color in Windows 9x OSes on Virtualbox?

Last post by NewYorkEagle « Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:36 pm
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by Windows10User2017 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:04 pm

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I want to run some Windows 9x (Windows 95, 98 and ME) and older NT OSes (3.x and 4.0) but I have a problem,

VirtualBox doesn't have any Guest addons...

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I have a virtual machine running with Windows 98 Second Edition, and it works fine. It also has 32-bit color, which I installed from VMware Tools. So...

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Last post by NewYorkEagle
Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:36 pm
How to - Windows 98 with True Color in Virtualbox

Last post by DonkeyPants « Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:13 am
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by wombatsRus » Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:55 am

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Hello everyone,

I missed the earlier post re Windows 9x 256 colours and as it's now closed I hope I'm not going against the forum rules
by creating...

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To get true color on Windows 98 Here is a link to get it!
and you will find it hopefully and it will say driver_256_color.vfd
And insert the...

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Last post by DonkeyPants
Sun Mar 12, 2017 2:13 am
Microsoft Memphis

Last post by TheCanadianToast « Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:59 am
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by nknight » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:33 am

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Talk about Microsoft Memphis and how it turned into Windows 98.

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Microsoft decided that Windows 98 would be the first operating system to come bundled with Internet Explorer, which if I remember correctly caused...

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Last post by TheCanadianToast
Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:59 am
Windows 98 Gaming PC

Last post by NewYorkEagle « Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:16 pm
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by H6899 » Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:22 pm
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I have an Windows 98 PC. But i don't know what games to play.

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Try Fallout 1+2. and possibly GTA 1,2, hell, maybe 3!

GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas are better off with either Win 2000 or XP.
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Last post by NewYorkEagle
Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:16 pm
Windows 95 in VMware/Virtualbox/etc. (DECIDE IN POLL WHICH VERSION FIRST)

Last post by NewYorkEagle « Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:38 pm
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by Meow2004 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:25 pm

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Decide in the poll!

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Maybe OSR 2.5, since it's the most stable version for Windows 95.

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Last post by NewYorkEagle
Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:38 pm
Windows 3.1 in Vmware/Virtualbox/etc.

Last post by Meow2004 « Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:19 pm

by Meow2004 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:19 pm

Hi! Today I'm going to show you how to get Windows 3.1 on your computer!!!

What you need:

VMware Workstation, or Player (Anything related to...

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Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:19 pm

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