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From: Ty Davison (davison_at_-NOSPAM-siterev.com)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:43:13 -0700

Hi Steve! I now have VPC 6 running Win98 successfully. Thank you very
much for you assistance!

In article <dv47f0p5oj3ugc7cuu683f1u4jae2ejltv@4ax.com>,
 Steve Jain <essjae-No@Spam-hotmail.com> wrote:

>To remove the Additions, go into the Control Panel in Windows, then
>Add/Remove Programs.

I think this was the trick for me. Once I got Win95 booted, I did as you
suggested above and found that two sets of VPC Additions were
installed--neither of which were current apparently since the "you need
to update VPC Additions" screen would pop-up. After removing the old
Additions (twice) and installing the new ones, everything seems to be
working fine.

>>>Was Win95 included with your VPC 2.x.x?
>>
>>Yes. I'm using (and converting) the Win 95 disk image that came with VPC
>>2. I have a Win 98 upgrade CD that I'd love to use, but so far I've not
>>been able to boot up Win 95 successfully enough to install it.
>
>You should be able to do a clean install with the Win98 cd-rom, you'll
>need a boot disk though, check my site for one and instructions. The
>upgrade should install, but it will probably ask for the Win95 cd as
>proof.

I was able to use the Win98 upgrade CD over the top of Win95 without
issue. Now running successfully. Thanks again!

Best regards,
Ty Davison

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