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| Auteur : | Big Monstro [ 25 juil. 2014 17:07 ] |
| Sujet du message : | Firefox and Flash on Windows 95 and NT 3.51+ |
| The last versions of Internet Explorer for Windows 95 and NT have became so outdated that it's now strongly recommended to surf with another browser, at least if you have a proper hardware. In this tutorial, I'll explain how to use Firefox 2 (or SeaMonkey 1.1) and a tweaked version of Flash 7 (which simulates Flash 8 to improve website compatibility)... on Windows 95 and NT 3.51/4.0 ! A. Hardware requirements Although Firefox 2 can work on old operating systems, your hadware has to meet some criteria: If you plan to watch Flash video, the requirements should be even greater (probably a Pentium 4 with 256 MB RAM or higher). So, don't use these softwares on typical computers from Windows 95 era ! => That guide is intended for relatively fast computers running older operating systems (multiboot or virtual machines). B. Softwares Officially, Firefox 2 requires Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 or higher. SeaMonkey supports Windows 95 and even NT 3.51. However, there are some bugs with older operating systems. Fortunately, Nathan (alias ToastyTech) made custom builds of Firefox 2.0.0.22 and SeaMonkey 1.1.20pre, specifically optimised for Windows 95 and NT. A working version of Flash is also available => http://toastytech.com/files/95browsing.html If you have problems to access this website, here some alternative links: C. DLL files The presence of some DLL files is compulsory. The latter are localized in %systemroot%\system (Windows 95) or %systemroot%\system32 (Windows NT) In Windows 95, you have to take into account these files...
In Windows NT 3.51, you have to take into account these files...
In Windows NT 4.0, you have to take into account these files...
D1. Guidelines for Windows 95 The simplest way is just installing Internet Explorer 5.0x or 5.5, as these browsers include all DLL files needed by Firefox (what an irony, aren't you?), SeaMonkey and Flash. Installing Microsoft Office 2000 is enough too.
1) Check the version of oleaut32.dll located in %systemroot%\system directory. If the number is lower than 2.40.4275, you have to replace it by a newer file. The DCOM95 component contains an updated oleaut32.dll DCOM 1.3 for Windows 95 (Internet Archive) 2) If Internet Explorer 4 is natively included with your operating system, msvcrt.dll and wininet.dll should have already been on your computer. In fact, installing DCOM is enough to make Windows 95 C - aka OSR 2.5 - compatible with Firefox, SeaMonkey and Flash ! Apart from the last edition, no msvcrt.dll was shipped with Windows 95. If you actually need to download this file, here a link: msvcrt.dll 6.0.8397.0 from Visual Studio service pack 3 (Internet Archive) 3) If Internet Explorer 3 or higher is natively included with your operating system, wininet.dll should have already been on your computer. That means that file is present on Windows 95 B/C (aka OSR2.x editions). If you use Windows 95 RTM or A (aka SP1 or OSR1), you can install Internet Explorer 3.0+. An alternative way is getting wininet.dll from Office 97/2000 Viewer.
D2. Guidelines for Windows NT 3.51 1) Firstly, you should install the latest Service Pack (SP5):
Comctl32.dll and Imm32.dll from Windows NT 4.0 SP6 (Internet Archive) Please note comctl32.dll is locked by Windows, so you have to rename the previous version (for example, by comctl32.old) and copy the newer one in %systemroot%\system32 directory. 3) Check the presence of msvcrt.dll in %systemroot%\system32 directory. If there is no a such file, you have to add it on your computer. msvcrt.dll from Visual Studio SP3 (Internet Archive) 4) Check the version of oleaut32.dll located in %systemroot%\system32 directory. If that number is below 2.40.4275, you have to replace the file by a newer file. The Microsoft Libraries Update version 2 contains an updated oleaut32.dll Microsoft Libraries Update version 2 (juin 1999) (Internet Archive) Installation is mostly silent. Wait one minute after the start of installation before considering that's complete. 5) You have to reboot manually. Despite the upgrade of hard disk content, the older versions of comctl32.dll and oleaut32.dll remain in memory as long as you don't reboot. 6) Finally, you need to add wininet.dll in %systemroot%\system32 directory, for Flash. That file was shipped with Office 97.
D3. Guidelines for Windows NT 4.0 The simplest way is just installing the latest Service Pack, as the SP6 includes newer oleaut32.dll (version 2.40.4277) and wininet.dll. Note: wininet.dll needs to be extracted from SP6 if you don't have a previous version).
1) Check the version of oleaut32.dll located in %systemroot%\system32 directory. If that number is below 2.40.4275, you have to replace the file by a newer file. Visual Basic 6.0 SP3 Runtime (Internet Archive) 2) In addition to Service Pack 6, Internet Explorer 3 and later include wininet.dll. Because Windows NT 4.0 was shipped with Internet Explorer 2 in most variants (even with SP6 installed), that file can be missing. Installing Internet Explorer is a solution. An alternative way is getting wininet.dll from Office 97/2000 Viewer.
E. Improve the experience You can install AdBlock, Flashblock and Noscript for Firefox 2 and SeaMonkey 1.1.
By default, Firefox 2 (at least the custom build made by ToastyTech) save downloaded files on Desktop. But that folder doesn't actually exist in Windows NT 3.51. As a result, you cannot download most files. To resolve that problem, you must choose another location (except root directory), or configure Firefox for "ask where to save files" each time. SeaMonkey is not affected by this minor issue. |
| Auteur : | Big Monstro [ 28 févr. 2017 15:59 ] |
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| I add some links to download FlashBlock 1.3.17 and NoScript 1.10 (see at the bottom of the tutorial). Here the result after installation: http://www.win3x.org/screens/addons.gif EDIT: Youtube no longer works with Flash 7, making Windows 95 and NT 3.51 totally unusable to watch such videos. If you use Windows NT 4.0, you can switch to Flash 9.0.280 (hacked to run on that OS) and a newer browser (Opera 10.63 or Qtweb/Qt demo Browser). That tutorial will be still available for reference purpose and to install Firefox 2.0 or SeaMonkey 1.1, the most advanced browsers on NT 3.51 (work fine with Win3x.Org and many phpBB 2.0/3.0 boards, unlike IE5 16-bit which has issue on posting and downloading - just like any other 16-bit browser and IE3). |
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