KernelEx - run XP/2K apps on Win98 and WinME

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Thursday, April 9. 2009

KernelEx - run XP/2K apps on Win98 and WinME

This is a fascinating project from a technical standpoint. They are implementing missing API calls used by newer applications that are missing from Windows 98 and Windows ME. I know what you are thinking, why? Well, why not! Even though their numbers are dwindling, there are still some users that want to use new applications on the old platforms. I'm not going to question it - I just know they exist.

The list of newly compatible applications is pretty impressive:
Mozilla Firefox 3, Adobe Flash 10, OpenOffice.org 3.0, Java Developer Kit 6, Java Runtime Environment 6, Google Picasa 3, PDF-XChange Viewer, Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and many other programs.

You can read more about it and download the bits from here.

Posted by Aaron Tiensivu in Microsoft, Windows OS, XP at 19:10 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Have no clue that KernelEx works (or does not work).

Replaced [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
* I had: Win98SE Win2K:
Version "Windows 98"
VersionNumber "4.10.2222"
ProductName Microsoft Windows 98
* Now is:
Version "Windows XP"
VersionNumber "5.10.2600"
ProductName "Microsoft Windows XP"

Replaced [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
* I had: Win98SE Win2K:
(Default) (value not set) CurrentVersion 5.0
ProductName Microsoft Windows 2000
* I now have:
(Default) ""
CurrentVersion "5.1"
ProductName "Microsoft Windows XP"
Version "Windows XP"

Installed Unicows.DLL and registered it
Installed KernelEX
Modified \Bootsec.DOS (to read MSWIN 5.1 and WIN XP)
Modified \MSDOS.SYS (to read MSWIN 5.1)
Modified \Windows\Winver.exe (to read 5.10.6200 and Windows XP in 2 places)
Modified \Windows\W98setup.bin (to read 5.10.6200 in 2 places)
Modified \Windows\Command.com
*Negative effect: MSDOS shell doesn't work

Even after all of that, sysinfo gives:
Microsoft Windows XP 4.10.2222 A
So do not know what else to fudge to fix the 4.10.2222...

Still..the ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus CD bitches saying it dislikes WIN_4.11
as an OS; cannot find that string *anywhere*.

So, what do i do to make it work?
Is there a way to test the above patch?

#1 Robert Baer on 2009-06-11 21:28 (Reply)

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