Discuss: Tutorial: Windows 95/98 guest OSes

[mpack]

Sorry, I didn't notice this post back in August.

SciTech Display Doctor was released as FreeWare when the company closed down.

AFAIK that is not true. The version knocking around is trialware/nagware, which you activate with a key once you are licensed. Definitely never free.

[*]Seeing as SciTech Display Doctor has been Abandon/Freeware for over 10 years now, I think we can share the Rego Key[/*]

Not here you can't. Please note that "Abandonware" has no meaning in law. Copyright is the law, and that right persists for decades after the death of the author, certainly longer than the usefulness of this driver. You might be willing to take the risk of the author climbing out the woodwork to sue you, but I suspect Oracle's lawyers will not be so relaxed about it.

[jeremymichels2]

It also seems that, though the first part of the install will work with hardware virtualization, at least on my Turion, a 95/98 guest will freeze on first boot at the logo.sys splash. Disabling hardware virtualization dramatically increases the time it takes to install, but offers better compatibility. If you're having trouble with the first boot, turn off hardware virtualization and PAE.

[klaus]

Your advice makes very limited sense... hardware virtualization can't be disabled for quite a long time. What do you mean exactly? Some people mix up settings really badly, getting problems instead of solving them.