win98 and 1gb of memory

I  have had the same problem a few times...
still don't know why it happens... anyway I found that
it could be relative to usb devices (such as my
wireless keyboard and webcam).

When I get that problem I simply disconnect all the
usb devices, plug in a regular keyboard and then
switch on: when Windows  tries to start in
"emergency mode" (can't remember exactly
how it is call... maybe recover mode...) I just force
it to start in normal mode and all works again.

Hope this can help

Bye
zetaeffe

[Alcom]

According to MS, windows 98 in THEORY support upto 2 gig memory but it was never tested IRL because of the high memory prices back then...
so install win XP instead...it's so much better at memory handling than win98.

btw: i have managed to install 1,3 gig of memory in a win98 machine but i had to limit windows to using only 1 gig of it...but it showed 1,3 while booting.  :-D

Instead of installing xp, do yourself a favor and install 2k.

That way, you don't have to worry about making system changes, formatting hard drives, registry key, and all the rest that goes with that crappy OS.

[Cyberus]

yep.
scummy ####ing OS but stick with win2000 i used that at uni and it was at cool, as m/s goes.....
based on NT so better than 'home' OSs....

sorry had a few... friday night

[elendil]

friday night? What part of the world do you live in? Friday morning here

Anyway. Thank you for all of the information. As it really WAS my friends pc, I am not able to try it out right now (at home), but I am considering switching the OS anyway, if the simple fixes for win98 mentioned here do not work.

Thanks again all.

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

Oh btw I got to try out limiting the amount of memory with msconfig and it made the system boot. Now it just crashes randomly (more random than just win98). It is the SE-version as well.