Windows 98 menus and tooltips support slide animation. Title bars of windows and dialog boxes support two-color gradients. Windows 98 had its own separately purchasable Plus! pack called Plus! 98. 3D Pinball is included on the CD-ROM but not installed by default. Windows 98 also integrates shell enhancements, themes and other features from Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 such as DriveSpace 3, Compression Agent, Dial-Up Networking Server, Dial-Up Scripting Tool and Task Scheduler. The Windows 98 shell includes all of the enhancements from Windows Desktop Update, an Internet Explorer 4 component, such as the Quick Launch toolbar, deskbands, Active Desktop, Channels, ability to minimize foreground windows by clicking their button on the taskbar, single click launching, Back and Forward navigation buttons, favorites, and address bar in Windows Explorer, image thumbnails, folder infotips and web view in folders, and folder customization through HTML-based templates. Besides Internet Explorer, many other Internet companion applications are included such as Outlook Express, Windows Address Book, FrontPage Express, Microsoft Chat, Personal Web Server and a Web Publishing Wizard, NetMeeting and NetShow Player (in the original release of Windows 98) which was replaced by Windows Media Player 6.2 in Windows 98 Second Edition. Windows 98 includes Internet Explorer 4.01. Second version/edition of Microsoft Windows Windows 98 Final Beta? (Windows Memphis Last BETA?/Windows 98 Office Release Candidate 5)Īlpha/Beta Versions of Windows 98 Plus!-Second Editions Windows 98 Zeroth Release Candidate (Windows Memphis Release Candidate 0/Windows 98 Release Candidate 0) Windows 98 Official Beta 2.1 (Windows 97)
The first build to be able to upgrade from Windows 3.1x. Many builds were released or leaked, starting with build 1351 on December 15, 1996, and ending with Windows 98 Second Edition. 5 Improvements to the system and built-in utilitiesĭevelopment of Windows 98 began in the 1990s, initially using the codename "Memphis" to refer to the product.2 Web integration and shell enhancements.Wait for it to tell you it’s safe before unplugging it, it may take a few seconds. When you go to unplug the player, click on this icon first, which will safely disconnect the player from Windows before you unplug it. As a side note, when you plug the player into the USB, a little icon will appear in the lower right near the clock, and it has little arrow on it facing left. I haven’t tried this with a c240 or anything that uses a second memory card, but the m2xx should have no trouble. I’ve tested all this on Windows 98SE using a Staples-brand powered USB 2.0 hub. Then unZip it, and copy the files into the Media Monkey program directory, overwriting its LAME encoder with the new one you just unZipped. If you want, you can download the LAME encoder for Media Monkey here: I don’t think Media Monkey can connect to iTunes or any other service (although I could be wrong), but it will rip CDs to various formats, it works with Win98, it can burn CDs, and it’s free (for the basic package - $19.95 unlocks certain convenient features). Media Monkey can also create playlists, and the Sansa will play those as well.
It will manage music files on your PC and will connect with your Sansa and download files to it. I haven’t used the Power Pack myself, but as soon as ver 5.10 comes out, I am installing it.Ģ.
This driver pack is part of the Win9x Power Pack, which can be downloaded here: I told it to search the \Windows\INF directory for the new driver files, since that’s where they were, and I was able to immediately drag’n’drop files onto the player. I followed the instructions on the website, then just plugged the Sansa into the USB, and Windows found it. Version 3 is a little harder to install, but I did it and Ver 3 works great with my m240. Actually, there are two versions, version 2 and version 3.
The website also shows instructions on how to install the pack. The generic Windows 98SE USB mass storage device driver pack. To get your m2xx player working under Win 98 you will need two things:ġ.