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I would highly recommend installing Windows XP and using Microsoft Virtual PC[^] for the old MS-DOS applications. It is completely free and very easy to setup.
Windows 98 is no longer supported and will no longer recieve security updates. It reached the end of life back in 2006[^] and is now a retired product. Anyone using Windows 98 will be subject to unpatched vulnerabilities, some of which may occur simply by surfing the internet.
You should inform your boss of this and then show him how easy it is to use Virtual PC 2007[^]
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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completely agree,
but situation here is somehow different.
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subai wrote: uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98
Is the client unable to use the msdos program under XP? Shouldn't be any problem doing so.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Thx for replying.
I don't know which program he uses but I asked him the same question and he said nope, it only can work in MS-Dos or at least 98,it seems that it's a very old program !
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If you have a floppydrive you can always install from that.
If you check the files on the cd you'll notice that they are divided into a load of similar sized cabfiles (about 1.68 MB).
They'll all fit on floppies if you have the right formatting program, winimage or dcf should do fine.
And then you have to spend some hours on swapping floppies, just like in the good old days. 
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I am adding on to the oct30 posting I made regarding having changed the product key number and also bypassed the activation.A few days later I noticed that the "numlock" and the "reset configuration data" settings were set at disable in the BIOS and so I reset them to enable using the keyboard and rebooting and doing another reinstall with formatting and using the new product key.
The slow bootup of about 75 seconds has returned to the normal faster bootup in the 30 to 35 second range.
The numlock has retained its reset value "enable" but the "reset configuration data" switched back to "disable";Athough ,the computer is still bypassing the activation when I ran the activation wizard ;as the wizard says that the computer is already activated.The computer is still operating normally when I am using it.
I phoned DELL and the technician said that the "enable"setting for the "reset configuration data" is usally just a one time setting.Maybe that is so that any owner or manufacturer would know whether the original product key and activation configuration had been altered;I am just speculating.
The Dell tech told me I could flash the bios with the latest bios version {A02},the computer is a Dimension 2350 that has the original {A01}bios version.So,I downloaded it from the Dell site and the tech ran me through the setup on the telephone.
In retrospect;I would have preferred to keep the original bios A01 version .For example ;when I deleted the Internet Explorer browser using the regedit: HKLM > Software > Microft > Internet explorer; I find out that I am locked out of the "administrative tools" that are in the control panel.I get a dialogue message saying that the "microsoft
management console"requires that the Internet Explorer" be installed on the computer before I can access any of the administrative tools.
The A01 bios version does not have anything installed that is called the "microsoft management console".
I use the Firefox browser and I never had any problems accessing any of the system folders after I deleted the Internet Explorer in the regedit ;when the A01 bios version was installed in the computer.
I noticed that the "reset configuration data" parameter in the advance tab of the bios is still set at "disable" even after having flashed the bios with the latest A02 bios version.
A few days ago ; I was experimenting with the "permissions" option when you right click on any of the regedit keys and sub keys.
One easy to do tweak that has a definate effect on the xp activation wizard is to right click on the " WPA Events " key and then click on the "advance" option that is in the dialogue box that appears on the screen.Then in the next dialogue box that appears;there are two permission statements near the bottom of the dialogue box and the entry that says "inherit from parent the permission that applies to child objects "...etc ;has its selection box checked with a check mark.
The second entry that is below it says,"replace permission entries on all child objects with entries that apply here"...etc and its box is unchecked.
If you reverse the check mark and press enter, another dialogue box appears on the screen that warns you that making these changes will effect the permission status of the key etc.Ignore the "copy" selection and choose the "remove" option that is in the dialogue box and press enter.
You will then notice that the first dialogue box will then appear but all the data that was in the box has been wiped out.Then,just close the dialogue box and reboot the computer so the new settings get processed.
Then,run the activating wizard and you will see that the activating wizard DOES NOT EVEN APPEAR on the screen and there are no other notices that appear anywhere on the desktop screen saying anything about activation.
You can also restore all the data that was in the WPA Events key dialogue boxes if you want to; by just reversing the check mark in the two boxes to their original choices that were already selected when you first opened the key.
-winch1020
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I'm trying to run a program under windows xp developed in ms Visual C++ V6. I want to use 10 to 30 MBytes to store doubles but find with just about 10 Mbytes it takes 3 days to run! With 2 MBytes it runs in half an hour. Is there something in C++ limiting performance? Or is XP a limiting factor? Is there anything I can do about it? Any help appreciated. George - confused
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tnarb wrote: Is there something in C++ limiting performance?
Only your code...
tnarb wrote: Or is XP a limiting factor?
Nope.
tnarb wrote: Is there anything I can do about it?
Re-examine your code and figure out where the bottleneck is. You have to profile your code to see what's going on and why it's taking so long to run.
Since you don't say anything about how you're doing these calculations or storing the numbers, it's just about impossible to say what's going wrong.
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Dave, Many thanks for your speedy response. I'm pursuing the profiling suggestion which I very much appreciate. Regards, David George
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Hi, I have a problem when try to test routing and remote access feature in Windows 2003. I have read the document about establishing the connection between two computer running windows 2003 with a separate phone line. All of equipment are already in places with a configuration follow by the document.
But when I try to connect from the first computer to the second computer, it display a dialog box to connect and count around 5 second its display a message box informed that the interface is disconnected. And after I click Ok button the second dialog box appear inform: There is no routing enabled ports for used by this demand dial interface.
Could anyone tell me what is the problem? And how could I solve the problem? Thank in advance.
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I need to set access rights for a domain user to start and stop services, but i can't find any good info on how to do this!
Any suggestions?
Reference:
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I'ts not entirely clear what you're looking for, but a quick Google resulted in this[^].
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Check out the ACL object in the Platform SDK. There should be a way to access it programmatically.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Hi, I read a document about deploy DHCP server in Windows 2003 network environment. Regarding to the security concern section, I found that we should not deploy DHCP server on Domain Controller regarding to the process of update resource record. Whether I try to read again and again I still do not understand what the document want to mean related to security concern. If anyone has an experience or understand about the security risk of deploy DHCP on Domain Controller, please provide a simple explanation to me about this security risk. Thank in advance!!!
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Considering how many times I've deployed a DHCP on a DC (so far without any apparent problem, as far as I know that is  ), I'd like to know which document you're referring to.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: I'd like to know which document you're referring to.
I read the book in this book set[^] on the volume 70-291. In the chapter 8 about DHCP in the lesson 3. I do not undersand about their explaination, so that i why i seeking for the clear explaination. Thank!!!
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Hi, my computer have a problem when I start using Microsoft Word. Every time that I start a new document or open an existing document, it always display the spelling and grammar dialog box. Whether I press cancel and just start typing one character its always display a dialog box again. I suspect that my computer was attacked with the virus but I don’t know whether its cause from this problem or not. If any one experience with the above mention problem please let me know how to fix the problem.
Thank in advance!!!
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Something has been corrupted. Check in Add/Remove Programs for a Repair option and run it. This will restore your installation to the original configuration. If you've installed any Service Packs since you installed it, you'll have to rerun them, but this method often fixes weird stuff like this faster than trying to find the setting that's been damaged.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Thank you very much for your comment.
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I hope it does the trick. 
If not, post again, including more details about which version and service pack you have installed, and we can take another crack at it.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Hi guys.
Often when I wanna turn my system off, it sticks and it doesn't shut down.
By the way some days ago I have installed RegistryBooster 2 and DEFRAG my registry by it.
What's wrong with it ?
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Failure to shut down is usually caused by a service that hasn't stopped.
Check the event log and see if there are any warnings or errors that occurred during while you were waiting for the shutdown.
Trying manually stopping all the services running and then shutting down.
try and figure out what service/app is preventing the system from stopping.
Failing that, get process explorer[^] and try manually killing everything until the system will shut down.
Simon
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Thank you very much.
Simon Stevens wrote: Check the event log
Where is it ?
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