Back to old good Windows 98. I had big problem recently, Windows 98 SE boots-up, then Registry checker starts saying that Windows found problem in registry and this problem has been fixed, reboots, and boom. Again Registry checker again reboot. Endless loop of registry checking. Boot to safe mode goes the same. Tried step by step confirmation, when said no to Process registy everythings went fine. Windows 98 booted up normally, but if registry checker starts – again endless loop :/ So I disabled Reg checker. Just open Msdos.sys (step by step confirmation process registry no, or boot to ms-dos mode and edit it with some dos editor) and add
SystemReg=0
in options section:
[Paths]
WinDir=
C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=
C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=
C
[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
SystemReg=0
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
…
If SystemReg value exists, change it to zero. Win98 booted normally. Just to ensure, that everything’s ok with Registry go to: Start -> Run , type msconfig, go to Tools -> Registry check.
When I was trying to send some mail using PHP function mail() it failed, because there were no postfix or sendmail configured. I didn’t need whole smtp functionality, so I installed ssmtp (extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub) and changed config /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
#
# /etc/ssmtp.conf — a config file for sSMTP sendmail.
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=vaidas
# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required
# no MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
# The example will fit if you are in domain.com and your mailhub is so named.
mailhub=smtp.server.dom
# Example for SMTP port number 2525
# mailhub=mail.your.domain:2525
# Example for SMTP port number 25 (Standard/RFC)
# mailhub=mail.your.domain
# Example for SSL encrypted connection
# mailhub=mail.your.domain:465
# Where will the mail seem to come from?
rewriteDomain=rewrite.dom
# The full hostname
# Gentoo bug #47562
# Commenting the following line will force ssmtp to figure
# out the hostname itself.
# hostname=_HOSTNAME_
# Set this to never rewrite the "From:" line (unless not given) and to
# use that address in the "from line" of the envelope.
FromLineOverride=YES
# Use SSL/TLS to send secure messages to server.
#UseTLS=YES
# Use SSL/TLS certificate to authenticate against smtp host.
#UseTLSCert=YES
# Use this RSA certificate.
#TLSCert=/etc/ssl/certs/ssmtp.pem
From now all emails are forwarded to “smtp.server.dom”
To test ssmtp configuration you can execute such command:
usrnam ~ # echo test | ssmtp -s from@someone.com to@someone.com
After you install Internet Explorer with the Windows Desktop Update component, the New command may be missing from File menu in Windows Explorer or if you right-click the desktop. Sollution is to edit one record in registry.
Notice: be carefull while editing windows registry, or backup it before!
Open registry editor (Start -> run and type “regedit” without quotes)
Go to:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
Change the default value to {D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}
That’s all! Context menu “New” should appear.
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- Antivirus screen-saver
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- The updates can be completely automatic
- Standard Shield protects the file system
- Generic SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 scanner
- Specific MS Outlook plugin
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