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Install Windows 98SE in the virtual machine
(This worked out for me because I later placed the virtual machine on a 4 Gb USB flash drive.) The decision on how much RAM to use has to be made in the beginning, though, because once Windows 98 is installed, it doesn't like to have the virtual machine memory changed (unlike later versions of Windows, which can adapt). After frequent usage, I ended up giving the virtual machine 1536 Mb RAM (my laptop has 3 Gb pre-installed, so this represented 50% of the RAM) and used a 2 Gb virtual hard drive.With only 1024 Mb RAM, Windows startup is quite slow, but the CPRS clients run fine (since they are very efficient).It depends on how much RAM is allocated - the more RAM is available, the less virtual memory is needed. Nevertheless, a 1 Gb virtual hard disk may be sufficient. However, this allows some swap space for the Windows 98 virtual memory manager (Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Performance -> Virtual Memory). In retrospect, I note that my entire virtual machine (once all the Windows updates and modules are installed) only requires (less than) 400 Mb, so 2 Gb may be overkill.
#Windows 98 download virtualbox drivers#
The guest additions don't work well (if at all), and there are no intrinsic device drivers in VirtualBox to support the antique Windows 98 drivers. VirtualBox doesn't really like Windows 98.
#Windows 98 download virtualbox full version#
Important: Only the OEM Full version is bootable. This will allow systems as old as the 80386 with 8MB of RAM to run Windows 98 (although this will be far from optimal) Hardware requirements can be bypassed in the setup with the undocumented /nm setup switch. The last version of Microsoft Office capable of running on Windows 98 is Office XP. Other available upgradeable components include DirectX 9.0c, Windows Installer 2.0, GDI+ redistributable, Remote Desktop Connection (XP 5.1), and Text Services Framework. The last version of Internet Explorer that can be installed on 98 SE is 6.0. The Visual C++ 2005 runtime is the last to carry Windows 98 support. Windows 98 Second Edition can be updated with the Microsoft. Windows Media Player 6.2 was also shipped replacing the old classic Windows 3.x/95 "Media Player" that originated with the Windows 3.0 MMC Extensions. DirectX 6.1 was also included with DirectSound improvements. Internet Explorer 4.0 was also upgraded to 5.0 and Internet Connection Sharing made its debut.
#Windows 98 download virtualbox update#
Windows 98 Second Edition is an update to the original Windows 98 that includes improved modem and sound/audio card support through the Windows Driver Model, improved USB support, Wake on LAN support, FireWire DV camcorder support, and SBP-2 Mass Storage device support.