Installing Windows 98 on a Modern Laptop

Ғылым және технология

Join me on my quest to keep old software alive despite the ever-changing landscape of PC hardware! Will Windows 98 thrive on a system made twenty years later, or will it be more like an old man trying to figure out TikTok? Let's find out together!
Download the synthwave Windows 98 logo (yes, the website works on Windows 98):
www.mattkc.com/etc/vapor98/
Synthwave Windows 98 background image created by Rafaël De Jongh under Yama.Digital LLC. Modified and redistributed with permission.
www.rafaeldejongh.com/synthwa...
yama.digital/
Music by DDRKirby(ISQ) used with permission - ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/
I tried to sync up the CRT refresh rate with the camera shutter speed and this was the best I could get, I have a feeling the camera's 1/60 is actually more like 1/59.3242 or something. Also I wonder how well those specs for "your $3,000 gaming rig" will age lul. Also sorry about the weird mic noises in some of the clips in the second half, I was trying a new recording setup and it sucks.
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  • @Aposn-rg1pz
    @Aposn-rg1pz5 жыл бұрын

    2080: installing windows 10 pro on a modern computer

  • @harshithooda19

    @harshithooda19

    5 жыл бұрын

    And still it gets updates

  • @adventureoflinkmk2

    @adventureoflinkmk2

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I'd imagine win10 getting updated and still relevant even that far out... although I'm likely to not see 2080, but still

  • @Aposn-rg1pz

    @Aposn-rg1pz

    5 жыл бұрын

    adventureoflinkmk2 lmao 😂😂😂

  • @adventureoflinkmk2

    @adventureoflinkmk2

    5 жыл бұрын

    On a side note, I wonder if anyone will remember the Intel 8086 some 6,000 or more years from now... 8086: intel year!!!

  • @matthewpepperl

    @matthewpepperl

    5 жыл бұрын

    you could see 2080 depending on how old you are and if you are willing to go cyborg or even further than that because that tech will likely be here before 2080 :) @@adventureoflinkmk2

  • @RiteshRajbhandari-lp
    @RiteshRajbhandari-lp3 жыл бұрын

    I just had a thought. This can be implemented as such a huge prank. Imagine buying a $1500 gaming pc and when you boot it up, you are greeted with "Microsoft Windows Version 3.00"

  • @first-last557

    @first-last557

    3 жыл бұрын

    one and a half million dollars for a pc

  • @RiteshRajbhandari-lp

    @RiteshRajbhandari-lp

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@first-last557 shit. I meant...like $1500. 0r $1.5k. I was super sleep-deprived when I wrote this

  • @murpi338

    @murpi338

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RiteshRajbhandari-lp Oh God $1,500,000

  • @RiteshRajbhandari-lp

    @RiteshRajbhandari-lp

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@murpi338 I'm sorry, I really am. God, that comment was one huge train-wreck. Please stop it I'm already dead

  • @l3xi_con

    @l3xi_con

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RiteshRajbhandari-lp edit the comment then

  • @koseki_stuff
    @koseki_stuff3 жыл бұрын

    4050: installing windows 78 onto a modern door

  • @fart1234.

    @fart1234.

    3 жыл бұрын

    8946:installing windows 1037 on a human

  • @ojaskashyap5839

    @ojaskashyap5839

    2 жыл бұрын

    Year 10,000,000,000:- installing windows 69420 on a modern universe

  • @fart1234.

    @fart1234.

    2 жыл бұрын

    2025:Installing windows 11 onto a windows 10 pc without tpm2.0

  • @fung5233andskystairs

    @fung5233andskystairs

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fart1234. already can on 2021(although it just a preview…

  • @vlad552

    @vlad552

    2 жыл бұрын

    Installing windows 10 on 1973 computer

  • @Bisqwit
    @Bisqwit4 жыл бұрын

    That audio joke at 6:50 was wonderful.

  • @kewlguy

    @kewlguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bisqwit wait

  • @acheers

    @acheers

    3 жыл бұрын

    i agree

  • @swordcrafted

    @swordcrafted

    3 жыл бұрын

    i agree

  • @Saikiran-pf1ry

    @Saikiran-pf1ry

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bisqwitttt!!!!!!

  • @markusTegelane

    @markusTegelane

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeet

  • @jijipoid
    @jijipoid4 жыл бұрын

    Your 98 machine looks exactly like my first PC ever. Almost makes me miss it. It was a trooper that pc. I kinda wish i didn't have to get rid of it.

  • @ExotericTar

    @ExotericTar

    3 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @xexpaguette

    @xexpaguette

    2 жыл бұрын

    rip

  • @Gladuos1

    @Gladuos1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro same, seeing these old videos brings back memories I forgot I had. lmao

  • @Recordeer

    @Recordeer

    Жыл бұрын

    Why did you get rid of it?

  • @Gmodfan750

    @Gmodfan750

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Recordeer He probably didn't have a enough space to fit it anywhere.

  • @magburner
    @magburner4 жыл бұрын

    Windows 98 thought my 32gb of ram was the hard rive.

  • @wozahh

    @wozahh

    4 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @enurzia6918

    @enurzia6918

    4 жыл бұрын

    1gb would be considered a luxury hard drive back in the day (not that i was around)

  • @ezioauditoredafirenze8352

    @ezioauditoredafirenze8352

    4 жыл бұрын

    Heehhehhee 🤣🤣🤣

  • @JerryDodge

    @JerryDodge

    4 жыл бұрын

    [Win98] Damn, that's a huge hard drive!

  • @AIversonI

    @AIversonI

    4 жыл бұрын

    I always remember going to look at PC's back in the day when 8MB was the average amount of ram people had, went and looked at a PC that had 24MB and we were like WOAH!!!! Thought she was insane lmao

  • @sparkswolverine
    @sparkswolverine3 жыл бұрын

    Windows '95 and '98 are so nostalgic. The good ol' times of technology.

  • @DireBowser

    @DireBowser

    3 жыл бұрын

    What happened to 96 and 7?

  • @rovhalt6650

    @rovhalt6650

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DireBowser They werent a thing

  • @DireBowser

    @DireBowser

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rovhalt6650 it was a joke

  • @RealGMane

    @RealGMane

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DireBowser What happened to windows 96,97,99 and 9

  • @rovhalt6650

    @rovhalt6650

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DireBowser sorry. these days its getting difficult to tell if people are serious or not

  • @SearInMinecraft
    @SearInMinecraft4 жыл бұрын

    6:51 this is my favorite part

  • @filippk14
    @filippk145 жыл бұрын

    The touchpad works because it connects through the PS/2 interface

  • @user-tm3fz7qx3s

    @user-tm3fz7qx3s

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was going to say that lol!

  • @rayzen_undogen

    @rayzen_undogen

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@user-tm3fz7qx3s me too

  • @wiatrakx

    @wiatrakx

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well....actually...I think it's because of the FreeDOS Preinstalled drivers, I'm also installing Windows 98 to USB Stick and I could move my USB Mouse around.

  • @tyrellwreleck4226

    @tyrellwreleck4226

    5 жыл бұрын

    touchpad doesn't work on windows server 2012

  • @deadbox2003

    @deadbox2003

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@tyrellwreleck4226 because it is made for servers and servers doesn't have touch pad

  • @eduardoavila646
    @eduardoavila6465 жыл бұрын

    Computer: Hey OS we have 8gb of ram, is that enough for you? Windows 98: *Wait that's illegal!*

  • @Sonjayu

    @Sonjayu

    4 жыл бұрын

    it was always so comical to me how windows calls some errors "illegal operations"

  • @damian9303

    @damian9303

    4 жыл бұрын

    ._.

  • @shlomo18

    @shlomo18

    4 жыл бұрын

    MaxPhysPage=B3000 that's illegal😉

  • @eduardoavila646

    @eduardoavila646

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Sonjayu True, like its illegal to have exceptions

  • @eduardoavila646

    @eduardoavila646

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Crystaldabber 77 Oh a typo, i'm sorry

  • @muhammadabdullahwaseem3040
    @muhammadabdullahwaseem30402 жыл бұрын

    This basically sums up my experience when i first got into linux. More specifically arch. When it did install and work i cried tears of happiness

  • @babicunlo3638

    @babicunlo3638

    Жыл бұрын

    I too, use Arch btw.

  • @thezipcreator

    @thezipcreator

    Жыл бұрын

    tbf, that *is* arch. debian's installation process is much simpler

  • @roampro
    @roampro4 жыл бұрын

    I was so anti-upgrade when ME/2k came out... I rode the 98 wave as long as I could, then ironically did exactly the same with XP... I literally did everything possible to avoid upgrading. The openness of the old OS's was so appealing to me. Everything seemed to become so much harder to do as OS's were updated.

  • @Ricardo5911jakakak

    @Ricardo5911jakakak

    2 жыл бұрын

    I kinda agree with you, I'm not upgrading from windows 10, win 11 looks shit

  • @nikkiofthevalley

    @nikkiofthevalley

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ricardo5911jakakak Well, Windows literally forces you to update. So not much we can do there

  • @Gladuos1

    @Gladuos1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yall can always learn Linux if you don't mind not playing some games. aha

  • @xBINARYGODx

    @xBINARYGODx

    Ай бұрын

    there is nothing harder about doing things on W11 vs Vista or XP - in fact, you likely can do it easier now (for anything you might want to do today, as aposed to something from way back when you want to do now for the nestalgia and not the actual use of it, if you get what I mean).

  • @ephemeralic9648
    @ephemeralic96485 жыл бұрын

    id like to see the ultimate 98 rig

  • @MattKC

    @MattKC

    5 жыл бұрын

    👀

  • @starman8853

    @starman8853

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @PasaiShere

    @PasaiShere

    5 жыл бұрын

    me2

  • @OfficialRainsynth

    @OfficialRainsynth

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yee.

  • @fabianstern2315

    @fabianstern2315

    5 жыл бұрын

    Go for it.

  • @__penny_2472
    @__penny_24724 жыл бұрын

    Win98: tries to show desktop Matt: hmm seems suspicious Win98: BSoD Matt: Ah thats more like it!

  • @CyrilViXP

    @CyrilViXP

    4 жыл бұрын

    __Penny_ bless you

  • @sealy009

    @sealy009

    Жыл бұрын

    average windows 98 install

  • @CarsandCats

    @CarsandCats

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sealy009 I just installed Win 98 a couple days ago and everything went perfectly. Then I tried to install SP2 and it ate itself halfway through.

  • @sealy009

    @sealy009

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CarsandCats what the fuck do you mean by ate did you just eat the computer in half

  • @jongbong
    @jongbong4 жыл бұрын

    I remember I hated my classmate Vico for hitting on my crush so I went to the library and changed the desktop screensavers to all the computers to a scrolling text that reads "Vico loves Ricky Martin." He became a laughing stock. Until now, he had no idea who did that!

  • @Pay4Zay

    @Pay4Zay

    3 жыл бұрын

    That has to be the most 1990 shit I’ve ever heard right out of a 90s movie y’all really did that type of shit?😂😂😂

  • @rovhalt6650

    @rovhalt6650

    3 жыл бұрын

    Duuude that's perfect!

  • @jongbong

    @jongbong

    2 жыл бұрын

    @NALTO sadly no. 😔

  • @kkmac7247

    @kkmac7247

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jongbong 😔

  • @mrneptune64

    @mrneptune64

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jongbong 😔

  • @GOALSANDMUSIC100
    @GOALSANDMUSIC1004 жыл бұрын

    fascinating to see someone bringing us old timers windows into view thank you so much for your video it was lovely watching this today so refreshing to see these videos, much love!

  • @Mastakilla91
    @Mastakilla914 жыл бұрын

    I still remember how my then best friend got a new computer with Windows 98. Man it was everything you have been hoping for. I got my first computer later in 2000 with a 933 Mhz Pentium 3 and Windows Me(h), but it had Age of Empires 2 bundled with it. I played the shit out of it. Man time sure does fly...today we have access to everything but it's not as fun as it was back then when you were restricted. It was much sweeter.

  • @retrobit5973

    @retrobit5973

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, when freedom cease to exist, it sure is crisis. But when you look back, it hits you back. P.S:- I never have been good at poetry or the whole wide expansion of English Literature.

  • @frederickdietz3148

    @frederickdietz3148

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@retrobit5973 please never speak again.

  • @frederickdietz3148

    @frederickdietz3148

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aoe was awesome.

  • @retrobit5973

    @retrobit5973

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@frederickdietz3148 Oh come on, that was my best work!

  • @gergelyguruz8843

    @gergelyguruz8843

    4 жыл бұрын

    Still remember spending endless hours playing heroes of might and magic and tge the original xcom with my neighbor on a win98 pc.

  • @diegooespinozaa
    @diegooespinozaa4 жыл бұрын

    This was surprisingly entertaining. Loved your humor and editing. Subbed.

  • @crimzn8813

    @crimzn8813

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @AndreiAgpasa

    @AndreiAgpasa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@crimzn8813 same

  • @tomtv8394

    @tomtv8394

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shut up no one cares

  • @onlinemario.

    @onlinemario.

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tomtv8394 no u

  • @tomtv8394

    @tomtv8394

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mario Batinić shut the fuck up dumb ass kid

  • @real2w10
    @real2w103 жыл бұрын

    7:35 *WE WILL BUILD A GREAT WALL ALONG WINDOWS*

  • @ShippoHsu

    @ShippoHsu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @John 29Barr lmao

  • @likezoinks2739
    @likezoinks27393 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of the time I had to help my great grandma set up her windows XP for the first time since like the late 70's.

  • @windestruct
    @windestruct4 жыл бұрын

    Windows acts weird when system memory bypasses 1GB

  • @kewlguy

    @kewlguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    it sure does

  • @johnmurcott1273

    @johnmurcott1273

    3 жыл бұрын

    someone told this to the IT dept. at my school

  • @gmdking

    @gmdking

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am definitely having problems with 32 Gigabytes.

  • @altairtodescatto
    @altairtodescatto5 жыл бұрын

    >8gb ram >windows 98: Is that 1mb of ram?

  • @eduardoavila646

    @eduardoavila646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Computer: *hey OS, we have here 8gb of ram, is that enough for you?* Windows 98: 8kb? Hell no!

  • @WellBeSerious12

    @WellBeSerious12

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@eduardoavila646 SOMEONE MAKE THIS MEME!

  • @eduardoavila646

    @eduardoavila646

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@WellBeSerious12 YES PLX

  • @eduardoavila646

    @eduardoavila646

    5 жыл бұрын

    @MrNúmero98 I could swore it was 16mb, and 4mb for 95. I think that 98 only ran with 8mb of ram with a special boot option, something like /nmv

  • @sakariaskarlsson634

    @sakariaskarlsson634

    4 жыл бұрын

    No its 20 gb of RAM. 20480 megabytes. 21474836480 bytes. Lol

  • @shivrajjamgade726
    @shivrajjamgade7263 жыл бұрын

    Just a few days ago I watched a video where the KZreadr installs windows 98 on that era's hardware and I thought why would someone go through that many efforts required to gather the hardware instead of just installing the OS on modern hardware. Matt's hardships answer that .

  • @Wolfywolf11
    @Wolfywolf112 жыл бұрын

    Windows 98? Hold on let me catch up I’m only on Windows 11!

  • @KamenPhilip
    @KamenPhilip4 жыл бұрын

    Few things to mention. You CAN make the USB work in Windows 98, there are universal USB storage drivers available. Also you can play with Novell Netware for DOS/Windows, ODI drivers were universal at that time and theoretically could work with any Ethernet adapter. Also there were all sort of audio drivers and tweaks that can make your Windows sound-aware, even using the internal speaker. Not that all this is worth the effort. :)

  • @therealprofessor976

    @therealprofessor976

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm interested

  • @RationalSlave
    @RationalSlave4 жыл бұрын

    12:28 that "bell voice" was strangely nostalgic!

  • @Heopful

    @Heopful

    4 жыл бұрын

    Opening chime of John Lennon's "Mother" ?

  • @Aquarirus

    @Aquarirus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Heopful *_P U R P L E M A S H M A Z E G A M E_*

  • @Vlad-1986
    @Vlad-19864 жыл бұрын

    Hey, I think I know about the battery usage: Old DOS didn't really use interrupts for the CPU, so they where 100% even while idle (wonders of having really low power hungry processors). Windows 98 actually supported power management, only detects it automatically in APM machines... You can force the setup option /p j and force ACPI and that high juicy battery life (not compatible with Windows 95)

  • @Goultek
    @Goultek4 жыл бұрын

    Hardware: We have 8GB ram, 1TB SSD drive, Blue ray drive... Windows 98: What is this witchery !?

  • @IndigoGollum

    @IndigoGollum

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having any disc drive. *Cries in disk driveless computers*

  • @ananttiwari1337

    @ananttiwari1337

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@IndigoGollum So, you run your PC on a floppy? A USB?

  • @binkhowell8242

    @binkhowell8242

    3 жыл бұрын

    1TB Solid State Drive Drive, blue ra- wait what? ATM machine:

  • @Yessir1506

    @Yessir1506

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@IndigoGollum CDs for computer are not that popular but still used back in 1998

  • @mica7191

    @mica7191

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did work for me in VirtualBox... though... was sluggish with 512 MB ram

  • @typingcat
    @typingcat4 жыл бұрын

    A guy installs Windows 98. This is what happened to his computer.

  • @free_boiling4502

    @free_boiling4502

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @TheFatdemon3

    @TheFatdemon3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Medical Monday’s reference??

  • @LZ2SM

    @LZ2SM

    4 жыл бұрын

    nice one xD

  • @catsbyondrepair

    @catsbyondrepair

    4 жыл бұрын

    Control alt fucked

  • @morgankasper5227

    @morgankasper5227

    4 жыл бұрын

    a guy installs a virus. this is what happened to his PC.

  • @shikhanshu
    @shikhanshu5 жыл бұрын

    what an awesome video.. the sense of humor, the music, the timing, content, everything is very entertaining.. great job!!

  • @michaeltrey2248
    @michaeltrey22483 жыл бұрын

    I remember changing the curser every day on windows 98, and my parents would get so irritated for some reason, lol. I continued to do so for years, and eventually they got used to it.

  • @salamanderavem3782
    @salamanderavem37822 жыл бұрын

    Im a history nerd and this brings me so much joy This is less of a weird concept and more of a tutorial to further drive my obsession

  • @TheClickbaiterYT
    @TheClickbaiterYT5 жыл бұрын

    minesweeper the game that no one knew how to play but played anyway

  • @xyzzy-dv6te

    @xyzzy-dv6te

    4 жыл бұрын

    years later, when I used the internet to discover how it works, I played it on my grandma's computer with XP

  • @douglaslane6184

    @douglaslane6184

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually, once you learn it, it isn't that bad.

  • @douglaslane6184

    @douglaslane6184

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I still use ethernet to this day. Its faster and more reliable.

  • @xyzzy-dv6te

    @xyzzy-dv6te

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@douglaslane6184 I still use ethernet on my PC, if your PC is stationary, there is no reason to use wi-fi over ethernet

  • @cannedbeverage7687

    @cannedbeverage7687

    4 жыл бұрын

    First time I played it I thought the goal was to explode the bombs.

  • @alexradu1921
    @alexradu19215 жыл бұрын

    LOL CAN'T BELIEVE U HAV 1K SUBS... This video is so well-made, I thought u have at least 100k subs. Keep going, man! Your content is way too good & entertaining.

  • @CanadianBakin42O

    @CanadianBakin42O

    5 жыл бұрын

    So? I have 1.8k subs. More than him.

  • @irnomo9784

    @irnomo9784

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CanadianBakin42O he is 2.2 now

  • @GBrayJ

    @GBrayJ

    5 жыл бұрын

    2.2 now..

  • @nadimonsy5069

    @nadimonsy5069

    5 жыл бұрын

    2.6

  • @narwhalestorm9881

    @narwhalestorm9881

    5 жыл бұрын

    3.6

  • @usamahjacobs9203
    @usamahjacobs92033 жыл бұрын

    your videos are so great and extremely creative ! keep it up man

  • @whothefucksmikejones
    @whothefucksmikejones4 жыл бұрын

    the threads hanging from his sleeve keep looking at me

  • @khhnator
    @khhnator4 жыл бұрын

    i'm disappointed that "running in the 90's" was not being played in the background

  • @RiasatSalminSami
    @RiasatSalminSami4 жыл бұрын

    12:18 Its simply ray tracing now that it has modern hardware.

  • @therealvbw

    @therealvbw

    3 жыл бұрын

    DLSS lol

  • @basantatamang2249

    @basantatamang2249

    Жыл бұрын

    How many seconds per frame ?

  • @RiasatSalminSami

    @RiasatSalminSami

    Жыл бұрын

    @@basantatamang2249 1600$ per frame if Nvidia keeps increasing GPU price.

  • @ffatheranderson
    @ffatheranderson4 жыл бұрын

    18:20 😁 the same. Computer’s motherboard theme was one of my favorite....

  • @jonathanlilje6869
    @jonathanlilje68693 жыл бұрын

    This video was so helpful. I am installing Windows 98 on hardware WITH Windows 98 support and the graphics driver had me completely stumped. Thanks for that. Bummer about the audio. The sound of Windows 98 / 95 starting up is... Well it's worth having sound. Thank you for this video.

  • @TheDeelunatic
    @TheDeelunatic4 жыл бұрын

    Windows 98 is slow on modern hardware because of the way that Windows 98 manages RAM and CPU. It doesn't have a proper "Idle" process so it populates 100% the CPU at full bore at all times, whether it's used or not. So it freaks out when it sees way more RAM than it expects to run on. Windows 98 on a PC from the late days of XP and early days of Vista would be about the limit since they are normally had about 1 GB of RAM at the lowest would be about the limit of what could be effectively ran. If you add an app that applies the Idle process, it will run properly. something about ACPI or something like that has to be fixed to make it work right. Virtualbox has this issue as well. Heck a Netbook makes Windows 98 run like lightning. but that's because most only came with 1 GB and had low resolution screens.

  • @xheralt

    @xheralt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or use a 3rd-party Memory Manager from the era; I used a program called RamIDLE back in the day. I think it's still available for free download, actually...

  • @TheDeelunatic

    @TheDeelunatic

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@xheralt same idea, but I couldn't remember what one of the programs were called.

  • @thingshappen9199

    @thingshappen9199

    3 жыл бұрын

    Where can i even get a full copy of Win98?

  • @TheDeelunatic

    @TheDeelunatic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thingshappen9199 legit, Amazon, ebay, not so legit, check out WinWorldpc.com, really not legit, look for torents.

  • @thingshappen9199

    @thingshappen9199

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDeelunatic winworld? The thing is, what if there's malware packed with it? And does it come with a key?

  • @ChemiiOneLegacy
    @ChemiiOneLegacy4 жыл бұрын

    I remember doing these setups back in the day as part of my first job when I was 16 and let me tell you 36 minutes estimated for installing the O/S is hilarious. Used to take up to 4 hours per PC in some cases. Funny how people jumped from Windows 98 to Windows XP but no one talks about Windows ME or Windows 2000.

  • @michamarkowski2204

    @michamarkowski2204

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was similiar with XP - on some PCs it took 30-40 minutes to install, on other 3-6 hours. As to not talking about ME or 2000, the latter was for workstations, not for PCs, so not many people had even seen it (my first contact was in 2012, when I had to make a new medical treadmill work with an old medical workstation). I don't know, how it was in the west, but in a country from the Warsaw Pact replacing OS every 2-3 years was not an option because it was too expensive. That's why most PCs had Windows 98 SE, Windows 98 or even Windows 95 installed until XP-era. I've seen ME only once, when my younger cousins got a PC and I was asked to set it up. There was a preinstalled Windows ME and it crashed (BSOD) 15 minutes after first launch. After 2-3 hours I've installed them Windows 98 SE and I wasn't needed until they wanted me to install Windows XP on their PC.

  • @ChemiiOneLegacy

    @ChemiiOneLegacy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michamarkowski2204 It was the same around here for a little while, many companies would run old operating systems through fear of breaking things. I remember servicing a very large Bank and they had Windows NT on some work stations around 2003-4 and hospitals or local GP's were the same. Around 2000 was when they started to produce factory built PCs to sell to every day families and that created Windows Millennium Edition, companies like Time PC or Tiny PC eventually most of these went bust. ME barely ever worked, we always used to install 98SE over it for reliability. Good times, I found it more interesting working with PC's in that era. I can't stand Windows 10.

  • @andrew_koala2974

    @andrew_koala2974

    3 жыл бұрын

    ChemiiOneLegacy Windows ME was not for me. Windows 2000 certainly was. I stayed with Windows XP for quite a while before jumping onto the Windows 7 Bandwaggon. Windows XP was easier to customize than Windows 7, besides which I had to write my own Scanner drivers for Windows XP to use the $1500 UMAX Scanner, which worked very well, and I was not about to start writing a driver to make the scanner work on Windows 7, which made me stay with XP. I have since written drivers for the UMAX scanner for Windows 7 and Windows 10 64 bit, and the scanner sits unused. Being a 3 pass scanner it is slow.

  • @luuk3213

    @luuk3213

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michamarkowski2204 it took like 5 minutes on my VM

  • @DaniDanMaster
    @DaniDanMaster2 жыл бұрын

    These videos are so entertaining I find myself rewatching them a lot

  • @BowserN64
    @BowserN649 ай бұрын

    I love your humor and editing style. That was a really entertaining and informative video. Keep up the good work!

  • @laynesamba
    @laynesamba5 жыл бұрын

    I agree with your theory. The best machine for window 98 is a 3+ghz pentium 4.

  • @adventureoflinkmk2

    @adventureoflinkmk2

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good thing I got a P4HT with a SATA SSD...

  • @PistigriloXP

    @PistigriloXP

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or an Athlon 64 Socket 754.

  • @nunovyobeeswax4177

    @nunovyobeeswax4177

    5 жыл бұрын

    SOYO Skydragon with AMD Athlon

  • @mtunayucer

    @mtunayucer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pentium 3 1ghz and 3dfx voodoo3 is probably the max you should use with era appropiate games.

  • @Delta295

    @Delta295

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a windows xp pc with 1gb ram and pentium d

  • @SteelRhinoXpress
    @SteelRhinoXpress4 жыл бұрын

    Ms should make windows 9x open source and watch the flood gates open for modern hardware support.

  • @DMack6464

    @DMack6464

    4 жыл бұрын

    they wouldn't release source code for actually good software they've made, then they would lose all the money they would make on their shittier Windows 10!

  • @AdrianKilgour

    @AdrianKilgour

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DMack6464 Windows 9.x is DOS so i don't think anyone would be switching to that anytime soon

  • @DMack6464

    @DMack6464

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AdrianKilgour people could make hacks for it that add support for modern programs tho, maybe even better/more modern generic drivers and modern RAM support!

  • @AdrianKilgour

    @AdrianKilgour

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DMack6464 Hmm makes sense. I wouldn't be using Windows 10 if they still supported old software.

  • @trollsthatlol1

    @trollsthatlol1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DMack6464 Pretty much!

  • @thebirdman3898
    @thebirdman38982 жыл бұрын

    I’m currently restoring a windows 98 computer I found in a dumpster

  • @Hard-Boiled-Bollock
    @Hard-Boiled-Bollock4 жыл бұрын

    Windows 98, my God that takes me back. *Cries tears of nostalgia while listening to Oasis*

  • @timjardim3483
    @timjardim34835 жыл бұрын

    Came for the cool Windows 98 video, left with a great video editor-Sweet!

  • @nickg.4504
    @nickg.45044 жыл бұрын

    Definitely one of the most underrated channels I’ve ever seen. Really interesting stuff! 😄

  • @davordamjanovic893
    @davordamjanovic8933 жыл бұрын

    Nostalgia time: installed win xp and enyojed snapy opening of photos and folders. Not like win 10 that needs to open f@#$ VM to see photo that needs 10s to open

  • @j_c_93

    @j_c_93

    3 жыл бұрын

    To look at photos in Windows 10, I right click and press Edit so that it opens in Paint. Its literally the fastest option

  • @deus_ex_machina_

    @deus_ex_machina_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just use IrfanView

  • @gp3328

    @gp3328

    3 жыл бұрын

    Uhhh windows 10 opens the photos app.

  • @j_c_93

    @j_c_93

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gp3328 Yeah. The photos app is slow as fuck.

  • @drpleaserespect

    @drpleaserespect

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@j_c_93 It's so fucking slow. Even on my SSD.. Everytime I get a PC I instantly install Irfanview.

  • @stevensmith6094
    @stevensmith60942 жыл бұрын

    Your editing style and sfx dropins had me literally lolling. Nice job, Dude.

  • @timg2727
    @timg27274 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you deserve way much than 5k subs. Awesome video! The editing and humor are both on point.

  • @UmohowetYelayu
    @UmohowetYelayu4 жыл бұрын

    OMG!!! Desktop Themes! I loved those! The ones shown in the video were among my favorites! Talk about a shot of nostalgia! Geez!

  • @ErikB750

    @ErikB750

    4 жыл бұрын

    Didn't it come with a Plus package or something. The 'in the computer' theme was my favorite for a long time.

  • @DiabloXL69
    @DiabloXL692 жыл бұрын

    14:28 I actually thought an ad popped up lol

  • @kaylynn4750
    @kaylynn4750Ай бұрын

    I’m glad I got to the end and found out about the video editing program! I’m stoked! I’m tired of paying for Adobe Premiere! I hope an official version comes out in the near future!

  • @seshpenguin
    @seshpenguin5 жыл бұрын

    Ohhhh boy this is exactly the kind of video I want.

  • @dumbtruccc
    @dumbtruccc4 жыл бұрын

    How dare you not have more subscribers? I've watched almost all your videos in one day and your content is amazing! I hope to see more content like this at some point :)

  • @Tugezu
    @Tugezu2 жыл бұрын

    man. this was such awesome video because this helped me s LOT on installing windows 98 on actual hardware! Thank you!!

  • @thevalleyy
    @thevalleyy Жыл бұрын

    Damn. Installed it on my old laptop from 2014. Was definitely worth it! Thank you for your little guide to follow!

  • @zc32-official
    @zc32-official4 жыл бұрын

    7:35 We will build a great wall along *W I N D O W S*

  • @sbunny8

    @sbunny8

    4 жыл бұрын

    and make Apple pay for it

  • @saadmanmahfuz

    @saadmanmahfuz

    3 жыл бұрын

    and let samsung advertise it

  • @Jewsh
    @Jewsh5 жыл бұрын

    1:51 Actually it is possible to have up to 3.3 GB of RAM in Windows 98 (like in any 32-bit Windows). Back in 2008, some hacking was done in Germany on a third-party Windows 98 memory patch to remove elements of copy-protection or proprietary installation and convert the files into fully portable, fully distributable working versions. In early 2014, some mention of these hacked files was made on certain english-language web-forums, and the link from which these files could be downloaded was discovered. The files in question are replacements for VMM32.vxd and VMM.vxd. They allow Windows 98 to boot and run on systems with huge amounts of RAM, and make use of up to 3.3 GB of RAM. I myself had installed Windows 98 on a machine with 20 GB of RAM and it's been running with little to no problems. The only side-effect of using these files as-is, is that when you get BSOD errors, the text of the errors is written in German, and not English. Here is a link to these files (vmm98sed.zip): www.freora.de/index.php?option=com_docman&task=license_result&gid=3&bid=3&Itemid=52

  • @gp3328
    @gp33283 жыл бұрын

    You'll never know why this has likes

  • @naturedetectiveminecraft6362

    @naturedetectiveminecraft6362

    3 жыл бұрын

    Windows 10 sad face I see

  • @gp3328

    @gp3328

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@naturedetectiveminecraft6362 it should really say in the bsod, ERROR-HAPPINESS-MANAGEMENT Windows can no longer smile.

  • @silentantagonist2333

    @silentantagonist2333

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can't tell if this is a shitpost or not, but Y E S.

  • @portablerefrigerator4902

    @portablerefrigerator4902

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shut up quirky teenage girl trash

  • @largeboi4678

    @largeboi4678

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@portablerefrigerator4902 If the only reason that you’re mad at this comment is because they said a word that is used in a lot of memes then maybe you should get off the internet

  • @laszlopeterbalazs8040
    @laszlopeterbalazs80403 жыл бұрын

    Ah man, you just brought some nostalgia! I did the same thing when I was 16, also run windows 7 on a dual Pentium II server.

  • @Naeou
    @Naeou4 жыл бұрын

    you're a really good story teller! I'm not a tech person, just came for the nostalgia and didn't expect to stick around for the whole video, but i did cuz damn you're so entertaining! I had fun despite not knowing what you were talking about ahaha 😅 also love your accent! 👌🏽

  • @rebokfleetfoot
    @rebokfleetfoot5 жыл бұрын

    brilliant troubleshooting by the way, very few have the skill and determination to do that

  • @QuarioQuario54321
    @QuarioQuario543213 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine what it would look like on the 5K iMac

  • @esiayoalegbe5681

    @esiayoalegbe5681

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don’t give anyone ideas.

  • @Adamlol642

    @Adamlol642

    3 жыл бұрын

    I want to buy one just to do that

  • @ananttiwari1337

    @ananttiwari1337

    3 жыл бұрын

    You nearly predicted it...

  • @Adamlol642

    @Adamlol642

    3 жыл бұрын

    He put me on an imac

  • @Vexxel256

    @Vexxel256

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the idea, imagine M S D O S on the 5K Imac

  • @kylejoyce80
    @kylejoyce802 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile me wiping my c drive accidentally trying to dual boot with ubuntu

  • @Spreadie
    @Spreadie5 жыл бұрын

    You can hack the registry to make some Win2K drivers work on Win98. It is literally a case of installing the driver and the editing the registry entries to rename references to Win2k as Win98. It was discovered as a way to get older hardware to run in 2k but surprisingly, it worked in reverse in many cases. Don't ask for a link - I found the instructions on a BBS back in the day and had to print them out. LOL

  • @Jahades

    @Jahades

    4 жыл бұрын

    The good old days when you could literally brute force Windows to do what you wanted

  • @AaronCarson14
    @AaronCarson145 жыл бұрын

    Video got recommended to me and I'm so glad it was! Super funny and great content 🙌 subscribed 💃

  • @beedslolkuntus2070

    @beedslolkuntus2070

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, how did it get recommended to me too, this guy has 840 Subs only

  • @name_not_avail6708
    @name_not_avail67083 жыл бұрын

    Dude your videos and channel are great!

  • @eac-ox2ly
    @eac-ox2ly2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, thank you for working on and recommending the Olive video editor at the end of the video. Looks like a really great FOSS editor! I'll give it a try.

  • @Nonexistanthuman
    @Nonexistanthuman4 жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to see you install all the windows discs or revisions up to the modern windows 10 from windows 98

  • @harddriveYT
    @harddriveYT5 жыл бұрын

    There's an setting in the display options where you can change the native PPI of the OS from 72 to 96. That would make the text more readable on high res display.

  • @mikemurphy8714
    @mikemurphy87148 ай бұрын

    I'm trying to keep up with how you're doing this but I can't because you're videos are hilarious and making me laugh too much with all the silliness...love it.

  • @CraigB801
    @CraigB80110 ай бұрын

    Thank you! The 064MB driver (140214) fixed my display issue on my 98 install on a mid-2000's laptop!

  • @AbdAbdAbdAbd
    @AbdAbdAbdAbd5 жыл бұрын

    I want to say, Thank you for not talking about olive at the beginning of the video and not wasting time.

  • @fhdjdjdndbdhdh577
    @fhdjdjdndbdhdh5774 жыл бұрын

    1:58 I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!

  • @anders4949

    @anders4949

    3 жыл бұрын

    please can you help me? dont remember what this game is called!

  • @fhdjdjdndbdhdh577

    @fhdjdjdndbdhdh577

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anders4949 undertale lol

  • @shashibala7382
    @shashibala73823 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed 😉 the entire video from start to end.

  • @phillipswanepoel6124
    @phillipswanepoel612424 күн бұрын

    been stuck with this error for months.. you are f*ing brilliant!

  • @kiritgupta
    @kiritgupta5 жыл бұрын

    How do you only have 2K subs?? Your content and presentation is awesome! Please do consider making a win98 build on cherrypicked mid 2000s hardware.

  • @AmRFuKYaH

    @AmRFuKYaH

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because only 2k users clicked the little red subscribe button on this channel.

  • @abergethirty

    @abergethirty

    5 жыл бұрын

    They rolled their eyes at the hacky anti- trump joke and didn't bother. People who Brexit in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

  • @cln5510

    @cln5510

    11 ай бұрын

    What fhe tuck

  • @nathanhosey1278
    @nathanhosey12785 жыл бұрын

    Which version of 98 did you use? There was a huge difference between editions. Nothing ever worked on first edition I worked tech support way back then, and we wouldn't touch any machine that didn't have SE.

  • @NoodleCollie
    @NoodleCollie4 жыл бұрын

    Came for the Windows 98 nostalgia, got excited by an open source video editor?? Good work, sir.

  • @user-sg3ss8bl3f
    @user-sg3ss8bl3f3 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to see that another Windows ME computer still alive, good job man keep the computer alive there are not many else in the world 😯

  • @orlandokaraoke3002
    @orlandokaraoke30025 жыл бұрын

    Clear type came along with windows xp if I recall correctly. Which would be just as fun to play around with 😊

  • @PhilSowden
    @PhilSowden5 жыл бұрын

    Love the Megaman soundtrack in the background. \m/

  • @dontneedtoknow5836
    @dontneedtoknow58364 жыл бұрын

    Group conversion for the 3.x feel seems like a better option to me. I even used group conversion a lot in 98 vs the 98 platform.

  • @bencheshire
    @bencheshire3 жыл бұрын

    i admire your persistence and skillz

  • @Jewsh
    @Jewsh5 жыл бұрын

    3:28 It's the BIOS. Here's how that works: on startup BIOS makes USB drives appear in system as generic hard drives, and only later on, as it passes control over to the operating system that supports USB it starts treating them as USB devices. It's most obvious if you try unplugging a USB drive while in DOS and then plug it back in - it won't be recognized, you'd have to reboot. Actually that's how USB keyboards and mice work in DOS on modern machines - DOS thinks that they are some generic PS/2 keyboards and mice while BIOS provides compatibility support.

  • @sarpmanon

    @sarpmanon

    5 жыл бұрын

    not BIOS it is BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death)

  • @Pythonian7

    @Pythonian7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Playz „Sweat“ r/boneappletea

  • @slyp5409

    @slyp5409

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sarpmanon I genuinely believe you need to do more research before you say things. BIOS was not only talked about in this video, but it was also shown for the majority of it. Just because you think someones wrong, doesn't generally mean they are.

  • @XENON2028

    @XENON2028

    Жыл бұрын

    @@slyp5409 what is the definition of a joke?

  • @slyp5409

    @slyp5409

    Жыл бұрын

    @@XENON2028 Dunno, but clowning around 2 year old comments comes pretty close to it I'd assume.

  • @Dukect
    @Dukect5 жыл бұрын

    A very good video I have an a modern computer trying to use Windows 98 any chance you going to think about going to XP or heck even Windows 3.1. now that would be an interesting video in the future. Anyway keep up the good work

  • @MattKC

    @MattKC

    5 жыл бұрын

    I could certainly be tempted to make videos in that vein 👀

  • @tminusblastedrocket

    @tminusblastedrocket

    5 жыл бұрын

    The install process for 3.1 is pretty simple install freedos the new one not the old one use the second option on startup copy the 3.1 install floppies to a USB flash drive go to the USB flash drive in dos and do the installation pretty simple do not use the Rufus freedos it's old as crap

  • @davidokeif8304

    @davidokeif8304

    5 жыл бұрын

    If he went with Win 3.1, the DOS NIC driver would probably work.

  • @mcan-piano4718

    @mcan-piano4718

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yess please do about XPPP, I love it

  • @jeffhousen8968

    @jeffhousen8968

    5 жыл бұрын

    the downside to xp is Microsoft carefully removed the activation from their options, so while you can get it to run, it will always be "not genuine" getting it to run is not much of an issue, still new enough

  • @SirJackII
    @SirJackII5 ай бұрын

    No way this is 5 years old - this aged like fine wine

  • @LockeSoriku
    @LockeSoriku3 жыл бұрын

    I am going to have fun getting through this backlog.

  • @SerandibBroadcast
    @SerandibBroadcast4 жыл бұрын

    My father bought me my first PC back in 2004. It was a Intel Pentium 4, some 2. ghz (doesn't have a clear memory on that part) With 256 MB Ram and 64 MB AMD graphic card. Had dual boot with Windows XP and Windows 98. XP for me , 98 for my father since he is bit of old school. Man I played games, learned many stuff on that little machine man. It is pretty nostalgic for even to hear the word Windows 98 now. Thanks for the video.

  • @ausrider99

    @ausrider99

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you. I had a 386sx 16mhz with 1MB ram and 40MB Hdd in 1990.

  • @aaron_333

    @aaron_333

    4 жыл бұрын

    My dad bought us an 8088 clone, 640 kB was all we needed. It had a 10 MB hard drive too.

  • @ausrider99

    @ausrider99

    4 жыл бұрын

    And my father bought us an abacus. Top that.

  • @SerandibBroadcast

    @SerandibBroadcast

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ausrider99 dude those days, I learned about your stuff. seriously man times move way fast

  • @SerandibBroadcast

    @SerandibBroadcast

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aaron_333 when was that?

  • @andreshenriquez7162
    @andreshenriquez71625 жыл бұрын

    18:45 HOME - Resonance A pretty good song :)

  • @Nejictorr

    @Nejictorr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @CJBrown3000

    @CJBrown3000

    4 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!!!!

  • @ExOAte

    @ExOAte

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a ton!

  • @vatial

    @vatial

    Жыл бұрын

    you helped me 3 years later tysm

  • @wolfdid911

    @wolfdid911

    11 ай бұрын

    tysm

  • @jarredkuliszko
    @jarredkuliszko3 жыл бұрын

    Good lord that IBM Aptiva and monitor were exactly what I had for my first computer. Instant nostalgia

  • @TuxHouseEdu
    @TuxHouseEdu3 жыл бұрын

    I have tried too on my ThinkPad X250 a few years ago, with no result hahah. Thanks for sharing!!1

  • @anshulagrawal5202
    @anshulagrawal52024 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man, for refreshing old memories. I have installed the damm Windows 98 so many times those days, that it was like a ritual for me to find a PC and format it. And also Realtek AC97 Audio Driver

  • @douglaslane6184
    @douglaslane61844 жыл бұрын

    As of this year, Windows 98 is of drinking age (in America). Happy 21st birthday W98! (Edit) OMG MORE LIKES THAN MY OWN WEIGHT, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS POSSIBLE... This post was made in 2019.

  • @yourlocalpleb4796

    @yourlocalpleb4796

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's been legal for 4 years now in Aussie land xD

  • @stagger87

    @stagger87

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yourlocalpleb4796 And most of the 'normal' world

  • @FyZZoH

    @FyZZoH

    4 жыл бұрын

    meanwhile in germany: *16*

  • @zj7845

    @zj7845

    4 жыл бұрын

    "I was **burp** young and beautiful **burp** then, you know...I was the **burp** most welcomed **burp** si..system...in the world, you know...**burp** People are assholes... **burp** They get a new **burp** system and they don't **burp** love you anymore... before you know it **burp** you are in a friggin floppy disk **burp** in some goddamn junkyard.."

  • @KyranSparda

    @KyranSparda

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@FyZZoH The rest of the Southeast Asia: Nobody gives a shit as long as you're not get caught. There are kids drinking as young as 12.

  • @DarkBraveStuff
    @DarkBraveStuff3 жыл бұрын

    9:32 IT HAPPENS IN MY VIRTUAL MACHINES!!!

  • @TrashBeta

    @TrashBeta

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same dude!!!

  • @MattsFans

    @MattsFans

    Жыл бұрын

    SAME

  • @notanetcher

    @notanetcher

    Жыл бұрын

    15 reasons why you need a 10th gen or 9th gen cpu

  • @notanetcher

    @notanetcher

    Жыл бұрын

    use 86box btw

  • @Mozes316
    @Mozes3164 жыл бұрын

    Wow... That Windows 98 "Welcome" introduction screen music @ 12:29, just took me way back on the nostalgia train... lol

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