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Startup screen issue after installing Win98 unofficial SP3

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First post, by xtreger

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Hi and a very happy new year to all of you. I recently installed unofficial sp3 on my Win98 computer like so (with a reboot between every step):

clean Win98 install
install all hardware drivers
install MSI installer (InstMsiA)
install VB 6.0 runtime files (Visual Basic 6.0 with Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5 Run Time Files)
install vc_6.0_redist_x86.exe
install IE6 SP1
install U98SESP3.63 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.63) - core files only
install U98SESP3.66 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.66) - core files only
install U98SESP3.66 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.66) - DX9 only
install U98SESP3.66 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.66) - performance tweaks only
install U98SESP3.66 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.66) - enable DMA on all IDE drives
The issue is that after step 8 (I think), the windows 98 startup routine kinda got screwed over. I get a weird error screen about invalid setting in msdos.sys file, and then the win98 startup screen is partially cut out at the top.

How do I get rid of this behavior? Or how do I prevent this behavior while still installing all the above stuff? Would really appreciate any help..

Reply 1 of 4, by Repo Man11

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My experience with the Windows 98 "Service pack" was not good, and absent any compelling reason to try and make it work, I've never again bothered. I recommend this guide: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

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Reply 2 of 4, by dominusprog

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2024-01-05, 17:17:

My experience with the Windows 98 "Service pack" was not good, and absent any compelling reason to try and make it work, I've never again bothered. I recommend this guide: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

I had the same experience with the "service pack". It messes up everything.

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Reply 3 of 4, by 1541

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Unfortunately, the English version is very bloated by now, so you would be better off using an earlier version or even version 2.x by the original author "Gape/ Alper Coskun":
https://web.archive.org/web/20100206184838/ht … net/98sesp.html

This may be the culprit in your case:

install U98SESP3.63 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.63) - core files only
install U98SESP3.66 (unofficial Win98 service pack 3.66) - core files only

Why did you install the core files twice which different versions of the SP?

You should try sticking with 3.63 and omit 3.66 completely.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Tiido

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The 3.xx versions replace a lot of stock 9x files with ones from later windowses and it causes various incompatibility issues. 2.x and 3.0x do not do that and are going to work a whole lot better.

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