If PowerDVD is listed to run on WME then why can't they have it work on W98SE too then ! ? Does anyone know of a way to get it to work on W98SE ? It must be a mistake, but even on AfterDawns listing of v7 it has W98SE as a supported OS, not only that, when you go to install it on W98SE it won't install but gives a prompt that it's not the right OS, and it lists the OS's that it suports, heh, but even the prompts listing shows W98SE is one that it does support - look at this screenshot of it... There's human error all around with this I guess, but bottom line my question is how to make it work for SE too since it works on ME ..I don't see why it can't, but how to do it .
If you check out the system requirements for PowerDVD 7, you'll see that Windows 98 isn't listed. http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/require_1_ENU.html ME and 98 are two different systems. 98 is based on DOS while ME is based on NT.
I had thought with the advent of the unoffical W98SE SP2 that's out and with it also using half of WME files, that maybe there would be some way to do it; afterall lots of time you see updates that are only listed for ME but with little effort can be reworked to also install on SE - and that's my question - is it possible? Does anyone know if this is possbile to have v7 work on SE? ..also dolphin2 - I did already know of course what it says at cyberlink for system requirements, but it was the prompt I've shown above got me thinking more, as well it would also be a good thing if you at afterdawn didn't say that W98SE is supported as well: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/powerdvd.cfm I still would like to know if it is possbile though.. .
ME is not based on NT. Windows ME is Based on the Windows 9x Kernel just like 95 , 98, and 98SE are. I suspect one of 2 things. Either is version of Windows is not SE or it is 98 with the SE updates and not a full blown 98SE install. According to Cyberlink's website, Power DVD 7 requires Windows MCE, XP, 2000, ME. http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/require_1_ENU.html So I think that Windows 98SE thing could be a typo.
And so bobiroc if ME is based on the 9x kernal then one would think that there is some way to make v7 install? I don't understand you other sentance though - you said: Please re-explain what your point was with that? Mine is a Retail W98SE and so there is no question about that for sure if that's what you meant. Wondering what v7 needs of ME to install where it will not on SE? Whatever it is, if it's not critical, then it can be tricked. I mean maybe they just don't want to support SE anymore and so they are making a cutoff point now and calling that point ME - next year it will mostlikely be W2K, etc Then as far as SE goes, since it installs on ME, then 'I would think anyway' it could be installed on SE too. I suppose one could use an un-installer and install it on ME, and then have the uninstaller create an installation for what was just done (I know ashampoo uninstaller does that) ..and then just bring the installer over to SE ..but was just curious if there was a click click simplier way of doing it..
"suspect one of 2 things. Either is version of Windows is not SE or it is 98 with the SE updates and not a full blown 98SE install." There was an update disc or downloads that could make your windows 98 like 98 SE If you can trick it to work on 98 SE then you must be a good programmer to edit the lines of code that PowerDVD 7 uses to look for your windows version. If the install looks for your version to be ME or higher then you are stuck. There are many updates done to ME that make it different than 98SE so I would assume those are needed for the program.
I thought that since ME has these limitations: Not possible to boot into DOS mode instead of Windows GUI Not possible to load real-mode code "under" Windows Limited functionality of Config.sys and Autoexexc.bat Post "bad exit" auto-Scandisk now runs after Windows loads Different startup code for hard drive vs. boot diskettes No longer load TSRs or run non-resident DOS programs When ME shuts down or is restarted in the approved manner, it overwrites Config.sys and Autoexec.bat; in addition, WinStart.bat is used internally that it was based more on NT than 98SE. I would guess it's more of a hybred. Either way, though I've never used it, not a good OS.
Yeah, ME is a transitional OS, but still based off of the 9x Kernel. I used it briefly and then got rid of it for Windows 2000 and named it WinBlows Me.
