They do not play in Windows Media Player but play just fine in Sound Recorder.Also tried dxdiag, I could not hear anything in the Sound test but the Music test worked (but was very choppy).
The bell that dxdiag does on each dialog was also fine, as was the Windows startup sound. Its a fully working installation with a few goodies, and none of the frustration - everything works so far. Troubleshooting 9. Usability tips 10. Useful websites 11. Other driver options 12. Introduction There are quite a few guides out there on how to install Windows 98se in VirtualBox, this one differs in the following ways: Level of detail - for instance this guide takes you step by step through installing the video driver, the other guides Ive seen only give a general outline Installed software - once you finish you will have a fully updated system with a basic software loadout and some important runtimes 2. System requirements VirtualBox 5.2.x plus extension pack (v6.x.x only fully supports Win 7 or later) Host CPU must be capable of and have hardware virtualization enabled (VT-xAMD-V) Guest Base and Video memory allocations are quite generous and can be cut in half if desired The install has been tested in Windows, Linux OSX but obviously not all versions thereof 3. Recommended software Note on colour codes shown below (en-GB versions of Firefox and Open Office in archives and torent): means that the file is available in the small patches archive and as a part of the torent means that the file is available in the medium patches archive and as a part of the torent means that the file is available in the slow (4KBs) torent Create a CD image file containing the following software (size given includes dependencies): The extracted config and batch files from this posts attachment. Virtual Machine settings Create a new virtual machine named Win 98se with (preferred but optional) 512MB of RAM and an 8GB or larger hard drive (fixed size drives are usually faster) then adjust the VM settings to match as closely as possible the list given below. The changes from default settings are in bold, if an item is mentioned then its matching box is ticked. Required command After creating your virtual machine and applying all the settings but before starting it up exit VirtualBox and run the following terminal command in the same user account, it does not require admin privileges. Ing Windows 98 In Virtualbox .Exe Setextradata WinWindows (replace Win 98se with the name of your virtual machine if you changed it) Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view ProgramFilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe setextradata Win 98se VBoxInternalUSBHidMouse0ConfigCoordShift 0 Linux OSX (replace Win 98se with the name of your virtual machine if you changed it) Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view VBoxManage setextradata Win 98se VBoxInternalUSBHidMouse0ConfigCoordShift 0 You are now ready to start the installation 6. Ive given the time taken for some processes on my system (with the AntiVirus turned off) if you want to take a break while they run. Optional steps are described in green, guaranteed errors are described in red, system specific errors are described in orange. Sometimes problems with installing Win98se in VirtualBox 5.2.x are due to incompatibilites with newer CPUs, so if you still have issues try mimicking a 2012 vintage processor by executing this command (with the VM shut down): Windows (replace Win 98se with the name of your virtual machine if you changed it) Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view ProgramFilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe modifyvm Win 98se --cpu-profile Intel Core i5-3570 Linux OSX (replace Win 98se with the name of your virtual machine if you changed it) Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view VBoxManage modifyvm Win 98se --cpu-profile Intel Core i5-3570 If the Core i5 doesnt work here is a list of supported CPUs you can try instead, you can remove the modification by running the command again with the arguement --cpu-profile C. Finally, you could try installing Win 98se using VirtualBox 4.3.40 plus extension pack and then upgrading to the 5.2.x series 9. Usability tips Some games can have trouble with the mouse, if so try turning mouse integration off Some games require that the install CD be in the drive, if so connect to a physical (or advanced virtual - Windows, Linux ) drive and enable passthrough You dont have the ability to switch to a true full screen mode so you will have to adjust the hosts resolution to close to that of the guest The supported modes are 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200 Try to match the vertical resolution as closely as possible while maintaining your monitors aspect ratio, full screen mode will save you about 120 pixels 10. Useful websites KernelEx wiki (application compatibility database) Auto-Patcher MSFN topic Main install guide used 11. Ing Windows 98 In Virtualbox Download The RealtekOther driver options AKA wet bear (all in the small patches archive and torent ) The Setup p j command is used to force ACPI support (item 1) on installation, the other method commonly used is to install Rain 2.0, that should not be necessary in this case but if you are getting 100 CPU load from the VM even when it is sitting idle you could try it SciTech Display Doctor was released for free (item 2) when the company went out of business, but if you dont feel comfortable using it or want to try something different you can install the Bear Universal VESAVBE Video Display Driver using the one in the VBE9XUNI folder (install tips) You can use the Intel PRO1000 MT Desktop (82540EM) network adapter as drivers are available, however it wont increase your network speed as VirtualBox will push data through the virtual interface at the highest speed your physical network will support, also dont change to it until after youve run the Network Setup Wizard To use AC97 audio download the Realtek AC97 Windows 95 driver (not the 98se one) then extract it and use the device manager to install it 12. Other virtualization options There are two other free virtualization options available, however VirtualBox with SciTech has better graphics performance for gaming In both cases install the VM drivers after running the Auto-Patcher (at the same point youd install SciTech on VirtualBox) If you are using Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit) or earlier you can use MS Virtual PC 2007 which has full VM driver support for Windows 98se If you also want access to Windows XP mode (only available in Windows 7 Professional Ultimate) you will have to use some tricks to get both working MS Virtual PC 2007 emulates a 1995 vintage 4MB 2D S3 Trio3264 PCI (732764) graphics adapter Install MS Virtual PC 2007 in the following order Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Hotfix rollup Security update (also in the small patches archive and torent ) If you are using Microsoft Windows 7 (64 bit only) or later or a current 64 bit version of Linux you can use VMware Player 15 (or VMware Player 12 if your host has a pre-2010 CPU) VMware Player uses a custom SVGA implementation but it lacks acceleration, also the VM driver installation is buggy Install VMware drivers in the following order Install VMware Tools (Player Manage), the mouse driver will fail Manually install the PS2 mouse driver via the device manager, inf file at C:Program FilesVMwareVMware ToolsDriversmouse Install the audio driver (also in the small patches archive and torent ).
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