#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE INSTALL#
#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE ZIP FILE#
#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE DRIVERS#

#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE INSTALL#

So it is not bad idea to install the latest Firefox that was available for Windows You will find the executable for Firefox version 2 here: link.Дon't expect that websites work as smoothly as they do in new versions of your favorite browsers. That was a modern browser at the time, but doesn't work well with modern websites and comes with a lot of JavaScript errors popups. I just entered some name with no further connection to any other infrastructure. You can only do this when you also include a host and domain. To change the network settings you have to right mouse click on the ' Network Neighborhood ' and choose properties. I have not plans to extend this experiment beyond entertainment level anyway, so the Google DNS is working just fine. If you have followed the link to download the Windows 98 ISO, it will come with a text file containing this key. That is easy for many websites are not very friendly for old browsers.ДЄfter the installation of Windows 98 is done, you have to activate the software. After the download of the VMWare tools it tells you that you have to click for installation after you have finished the installation of Windows So have a little patience here. It is important that you do this, for otherwise you will end up with a standard graphics card, with limited resolution.

#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE DRIVERS#

Any other Soundblaster drivers gave me a lot of blue screens in Windows Now you can start your virtual machine and the process is the same as installing Windows 98 on a PC.ДЄnd very surprising, it took almost as long as it did in the old days about 40 minutes.

#WINDOWS 98 VM IMAGE ZIP FILE#

It was a bit of a puzzle to have the right drivers for Windows 98 and the VMWare player, but here you have a link to the ZIP file with the drivers that I used. Don't set the sound to your own card, for it is likely that there are no drivers available for it. To have sound within Windows 98 it is important that you keep the setting to 'Use default host sound card', for this will emulate a Sound Blaster Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard. The best way is to search for the proper releases with the browser of the host your PC and drag and drop the downloaded files to your VMWare Windows 98 and then install them there. Please be aware that appropriate additional software like Flash Player and Winzip can be found on the internet. Virtualizing an old windows 98 machine, plan to run it on a windows 7 machine The Windows 98 period was a period of Megabytes rather than Gigabytes so you don't have to reserve too much space for this. It is helpful to have the Windows 98 virtual CD available after you have installed the operating system, for the installation of additional drivers you don't have to swap constantly the CD image in your CD player. It's still not legal to copy ISO's from licensed programs, but for this single purpose I took my chances. There are many reasons to be grateful for the progress been made since Microsoft Windows 98, but sometimes we just want to peek back for nostalgic reasons.

Windows 98 vm image