Compare Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 98 System Builders Preinstallation Kit (SBK)

The preinstallation of Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition operating system is similar to the preinstallation of the original release of Windows 98. While the basic process is the same, there are some important pProduct, and System Builder Preinstallation Kit (SBK) differences. This white paper deals with those differences. For more complete information, please refer to the System Builder Preinstallation User's Guide found in every genuine copy of Windows 98 Second Edition mulipack from an Authorized Distributor. This document is divided into the following sections: Product differences SBK- related differences File differences

Product differences:
The product differences between the two editions of the operating systems are highlighted in the following matrixtable. Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 Second Edition contains 1520 extra cab files The DMA setting is disabled by default Fastreboot entry in the registry is, by default, disabled The Windows Welcome interface for end users is enhanced with dial-up/ISP functionality Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 is preinstallable (part of the basic product) The Displchar setting in Msbatch.inf is active Windows 98 Windows 98 is about 30-50 MBegs smaller than Windows 98 Second Edition The DMA setting is enabled by default Fastreboot entry in the registry is, by default, enabled The sSimplified Windows Welcome (out-ofthe-box experience, or OOBE) interface for end -users Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 is not preinstallable with Windows 98 Gold The Displchar setting in MSBATCHMsbatch.inf is inactive

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The options /ih, /iq, /id, /iL, and /C have been removed from the Setup.exe command line The switch /nr is added to the command-line parameters list of Windows 98 Second Edition A revised document on SFC is included with the kit The kit includes a new Windows Welcome (OOBE) document Windows 98 Second Edition correctly detects the Pentium III TV tuner not selectable in Msbatch.inf TV tuner has been moved to a different folder on the CD, from which it is manually installable Returning to audit mode after a system shutdown needs booting through a floppy and importing a registry value in Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 Second Edition uses new PIDs (the previous 25 alphanumeric keys will not work)

The options /ih, /iq, /id, /iL, and /C for Setup.exe are part of the command- line parameters in Windows 98 Gold There is no setup switch /nr The lLatest document on SFC is not included with the kit There is no documentation for Windows Welcome (Out of Box Experience - OOBE) Windows 98 is unable to detect Pentium III TV tuner selectable in MSBATCH.infMsbatch.inf TV tuner was regarded as a setup component for the Windows 98 edition Returning to audit mode after a system shutdown is relatively easy in Windows 98 Windows 98 introduced 25 alphanumeric Product Identification Numbers

SBK- related differences:

The following differences are present in the way the OPKWIZ program behaves., Tthe text also addresses distinctions that exists between the preinstallation process for Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 98. The wizard for Windows 98 Second Edition has 3three more screens compared tothan the Wwizard in Windows 98 does. (There were 15 screens for the wizard in the first edition wizard.) The three additional screens in Windows 98 Second Edition are: Customize Internet Explorer Select ISP Signup Option Customize Windows Welcome In Configure Legacy Device Class Detection, under the details of the sound, midi, or video capture card,, one new device class is had been added to the default list;, previously there were 8eight classes. In the Windows 98 Setup Options screen, now there are now two radio buttons and one check box, (the golden release hadas opposed two check boxes of the Golden Release). The functionality essentially has essentially remained the same. The application preinstallation launcher screen has one less default entry than what it had in the first edition. Setup printer has been taken out of the new application preinstallation launcher. In the Customize OEM Channel Bar screen, the check box to let the SB system builder disable the Internet Explorer Channel Bar, has been taken offremoved. In the Internet Explorer Favorites list, apart from the OEM recommended sites, 3three new entries are added by default, they are: MSN URL

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Radio Station Guide URL Web Events URL The Customize Internet Explorer screen is new to the wizard in Windows 98 Second Edition. Default URLs for home page,, search page, and help page can now be added automatically to the version of Internet Explorer 5 that is now preinstall-able with Windows 98 Second Edition. The same page also provides functionality to add a specialized browser toolbar as a part of the Internet Explorer 5 customization process. Clicking the AddDD button brings up a screen with five5 edit boxes to be filled out to correctly install a custom toolbar. The Select ISP Signup Option, is another new screen in the Windows 98 Second Edition wizard,; it lets the System Builder decide how to handle ISP signup during the Windows Welcome process. There are 4Four radio buttons specifying the 4 four options provided to the customer. If the 4th fourth radio button (Display a precached list of ISP offers) is selected, then an edit box needs to be filled out, with the path to the directory where the cache files are residing. The program looks for a file called IspsgnupIspsgnup.htm in the specified folder. There is an option to specify a secondary set of ISP signup files; this is designed for end users who skip the ISP signup offer during Windows Welcome. The second set is launched when the user clicks the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop. If this check box is checkedselected, then a similar path needs to be provided. This time a file called Dtsgnup.htm is searched for in the specified directory.

File differences:
File differences are noted for two separate cases:, once wWhen the complete SBK tools are extracted using Mkcwrt.exe. The other case is, wWhen a preload boot floppy diskies (PBF) is made using the respective SBK wizards and Mkpbf.bat. The table showsse are the file differences when the SBK tools are first extracted using Mkcwrt.exe. Windows 98 Second Edition File name Command.com Config.mcd Enduser.inf Iedkwiz.dll Install.ins Mkpbf.bat Msbatch.inf Oemaudit.inf Oeminfo.ini Oemstamp.exe Opkinput.inf Opkwiz.hlp Transfer.bat Sbguide.doc Notes:
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Windows 98 File size (in kbKB) 93,890 311 1,626 70,656 1,378 5,128 5,445 7,368 68 291,840 1,577 64,763 4,587 4,173,824 File name Command.com Config.mcd Enduser.inf Iedkwiz.dll Install.ins Mkpbf.bat Msbatch.inf Oemaudit.inf Oeminfo.ini Oemstamp.exe Opkinput.inf Opkwiz.hlp Transfer.bat Sbguide.doc File size (in kbKB) 93,880 309 1,594 60,416 67 4,942 5,448 7,307 53 289,280 1,528 47,865 3,931 3,956,224

ENDUSEREnduser.inf: In the new version of the EnduserEnduser.inf file, the registry entry for the Welcome.exe file is commented out. Under HKLM Runonce key, thea new file Channel.cif is included as opposed toinstead of Content.inf. INSTALInstall.ins: In the Install.ins file, version information for the wizard has changed., also Also, lines are added which that automatically configure the three new entries for the Internet Favorites list. Mkpbf.bat: The new Mkpbf.bat copies some extra channel files and all of the OOBE files over, in addition to fixing problems with the creation of the pre_img directory tree structure. MSBATCHMsbatch.inf: The flag Displchar is now active in the new Msbatch.inf, along with some other settings like Primary logon, and Windows Address book, etc. OEMAUDITOemaudit.inf: There are a lot of differences in Oemaudit.inf, most of themly related to the channel bar and Windows Welcome (Oout -of- bBox Eexperience, or OOBE). Oeminfo.ini: In Oeminfo.ini the version information for the OS is different;, it actually says Microsoft Win98 Second Edition. Opkinput.inf: Opkinput.inf from the Windows 98 Second Edition has ISP signup signup related lines. Opkwiz.hlp and Sbguide.doc: These documents now, in general, contain more information than they used to. Transfer.bat: The new Transfer.bat file includes extra lines to copy some CBS channel files and also some OOBE- related files, most important, thely Oobeinfo.ini file.

This table showsese are the file differences on the PBF when the respective SBK tools are used to create it from the configuration sets.: Windows 98 Second Edition File name Autoexec.bat Command.com Ofdisk.exe Transfer.bat File size (in KB) 1,517 93,890 63,916 4,587 Windows 98 File name Autoexec.bat Command.com Ofdisk.exe Transfer.bat File size (in KB) 1,515 93,880 63,900 3,931

Notes: Transfer.bat: The new Transfer.bat file includes extra lines to copy some CBS channel files and also some OOBE- related files, namely Oobeinfo.ini.

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