You must know a litle html
Create a .wav or midi file or use one you already have.
Save the file to the C: drive in any directory.
Go to Windows Explorer and highlight the folder
Click View on the toolbar and choose Customize this Folder.
Click Create or edit an HTML document.
Click next and click next again.
Now just insert your html code for your file and then save.
Go to your folder and it should play your file.

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Net\0000 (0001 etc)

Change the SLOWNET value from 01 to 00                                                             Go to Top

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Shutdown

Create a string called FastReboot

Give it a value of 1

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop

Create a new String Value called PaintDesktopVersion

Give it a value of 1

Reboot the computer

Start RegEdit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

Create a new DWORD Value

Name it NoLogOff

Give this entry and add the value 1

Logoff and back on again to reset the registry                                                         Go to Top

Hold down the CTRL key as you restart your computer.
On the Startup menu, select Safe mode command prompt only.
Type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANREG /RESTORE, and then press ENTER.
When you are prompted, select Previous Day's Registry.
Note: If you restore a previous registry, you may need to reinstall any programs that were installed after the registry backup was made.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Add ad DWORD entry called NoWindowsUpdate
Give it a value of 1

/BACKUP - Backup the registry and related system configuration files.
/RESTORE - Choose a backup to restore.
/OPT - Optimizes the Registry by removing wasted space. This will be done automatically by Win98 if there is more than 500K of wasted space
/FIX - Repair the registry.
/COMMENT="<comment>" :- Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while backing up.

BATCH.EXE: Microsoft Batch Setup utility. Creates files for automated installation of Windows 98 and components.
CHDOSCP.EXE: Code Page Changer. Changes the Code Page used for MS-DOS-based programs to match Windows 98 Regional Settings.
CHECKLINKS.EXE: Link Check Wizard. Finds and eliminates dead links and shortcuts.
CLIPTRAY.EXE: Clip Tray. Optimizes and manages the Clipboard.
FAT32WIN.EXE: Fat32 Conversion Information Tool.
INFINST.EXE: Windows 98 Inf installer Utility.
LFNBACK.EXE: Long Filename Backup Utility.
MINITEL .TTF Files. Minitel font emulation files for HyperTerminal.
NETMON: Network Monitor. Service for remote monitoring of network performance on Windows 98 client machines.
QUIKTRAY.EXE: Quick Tray. Organizes the icons in the Windows 98 system tray.
POLEDIT.EXE: System Policy Editor. Sets administrative policies to define configuration settings for individual users, individual computers, or groups of users.
PWLEDIT.EXE: Windows 98 Password List Editor.
REMOTREG: Microsoft Remote Registry. Service for remotely viewing and editing the Registry on Windows 98 client machines.
RPCPP: Remote Procedure Call Print Provider. Service for administering network printers from Windows 98 machines.
SNMP Agent: Windows 98 SNMP network protocol agent.
TEXTVIEW.EXE: Text file viewer. Quickly displays the contents of text files.
TIMETHIS.EXE: Time This. Scripting tool that times how long it takes for the system to execute a given command.
TWEAKUI.EXE: Power Toy. Enhances and customizes the Windows 98 desktop.
TZEDIT.EXE: Time Zone Editor. Creates and edits time zone entries for the Date/Time icon in Control Panel.
USBVIEW.EXE: USB Viewer. USB Device information and troubleshooting tool.
WAITFOR.EXE: Scripting tool that causes the computer to wait for a signal sent over the network.
WHERE.EXE: Command-line tool that reports the location of a specified file on the hard disk.
WINDIFF.EXE: File and Directory comparison. Compares the contents of files or directories and reports differences.
WINSET.EXE. Command-line/scripting tool that sets global environment variables for Windows 98.
WSHADMIN.HLP: Windows Scripting Host Administrator's Guide. Guide to running scripts and designing applications for Windows Scripting Host.                                                   Go to Top

Opening up the Device Manager
Double click on the CD or Hard Drive
Click on the Settings tab
If you have a DMA box that is not grayed out, check that box
Reboot when prompted
When Win98 starts again, see if that box is still checked.
This is especially beneficial with the newer UDMA drives which are supported by Win98
This will also greatly reduce CPU utilization during hard drive activity.

Startup Options
CONFIG.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
SYSTEM.INI
WIN.INI
Programs that are starting from the Registry
You can then easily check or uncheck any of the items in each section                       Go to Top

From the Run box, enter HWINFO /UI

You can view the hardware you have, what portion of the registry is pointing to it, conflicts, drivers used, I/O, IRQ, DMA # usage, and more.

The results are somewhat color coded.

File attributes are magenta

Registry entries are green

Configuration Manger info is brown

Warnings are blue

Error messages are red

You can change that to any other 20 characters (11 for "Windows 98 " and 9 for "4.10.1998")

"Windows98 " is in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KRNL386.EXE file.
"4.10.98" is in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE file.

Make copies of both files - KRNL386.EXE.ORG and USER.EXE.ORG - this is to have a backup just in case

Copy C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KRNL386.EXE to KRNL3861.EXE

Copy C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\USER.EXE to USER1.EXE

Use a hex editor (I like Ultra-Edit) to edit both files

For KRNL386.EXE search for the first instance of "Windows 98 ". It should be just before Debug Windows 98

Change this to whatever 11 characters you want

For USER.EXE search for the first instance of the version number (4.10.1998 or whatever yours displays). It should be just before Monitor%d

Change this to whatever 9 characters you want

Boot to DOS.

Copy USER1.EXE to USER.EXE

Copy KRNL3861.EXE to KRNL386.EXE

Restart the computer

Note: While I haven't had any problems with this for the past several days, I take no responsibility if this does have some issue at some future date.                                                   Go to Top

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Right-click an unoccupied area in the right pane.
Click New / String Value.
In the name box that appears, type StartMenuScrollPrograms
Double-click this and give it a value of false

Right click on the Start button

Choose Explore

Right click on the right pane

Choose New / Folder

Name it URL History.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

The label isn't critical. The period, braces and CLSID number are.

If you want to search for the string to enter:

Start Regedit

Search for URL History Folder

Right click the CLSID key

Choose Rename

Press Ctrl-C to Copy

In the Explorer window, press Ctrl-V to paste it in                                                   Go to Top

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

If it is not already there, create a new string value NoWindowsUpdate and give it a value of 1

Log off and back on again

To remove the Windows Update icon from the Start menu (top group):

From the command line run Wupdmgr.exe -shortcut. No restart of the computer is required.

To redirect the Remote URL:

Start Regedit

NoWindowsUpdate should remain 0

Either create or go to the following registry key string value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Update

Create a string value called Remote URL

For the value, enter the appropriate remote web address.

To redirect the Local URL

To replace the Windows Update local page (WUM.htm) with some other local page and have the appropriate local URL point to it:

Start Regedit

NoWindowsUpdate should remain 0

Either create or go to the following registry key string value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Update

Create a string value called Local URL

For the value, enter the appropriate local web address.                                                                    Go to Top

Backup=1 - Run ScanReg at startup and make a backup automatically. Registry backup is skipped altogether if this is set to 0

Optimize=1 - Run ScanReg to optimize the registry, reducing its size to improve performance. Registry automatic optimization is skipped if this is set to 0

MaxBackupCopies=5 - The number of backups to store. Valid entries are 0-99

BackupDirectory - Backup directory where the cabs are stored. The default is C:\Windows\Sysbckup

Additional system files to backup - Files=[dir code,]file1,file2,file3, Filenames are separated by a comma ',' ; The Dir Code can be:

10: windir (ex. c:\windows)
11: system dir (ex. c:\windows\system)
30: boot dir (ex. c:\)
31 : boot host dir (ex. c:\)

Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome\
Select the CurrentVersion folder
Double click the RegDone entry on the right side and set the value to 1
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome\
Select the RegWiz folder
Right click at right panel and add a new string
Set the string name to @
Double click this new entry and set the value to 1