#Windows 98 emulator full
NOTE: You might also need to CENTER your wallpaper, if your bitmap is meant to be displayed full screen Running: Control Panel → Display → Background tab → Wallpaper box → Display → Stretch check box. On Win98 systems the wallpaper can be stretched by You will restart Win98, your Desktop wallpaper will be displayed full screen (at any resolution).ĭesktop bitmap back to its original size, just modify the " WallpaperStyle" String again to read 0 (default Then (double-)click on this new String and give it a value of 2. If it is not present, select New, String, and type in " WallpaperStyle" (no Right-click in the right hand pane, and look for Stretched to the Desktop size in Win98 (without using TweakUI "IE4 enabled" check box), is to run Regedit, and then go The only way to have your wallpaper/bitmap The Win98/IE's "Display desktop as a web page" feature), BMP, JPG, PNG etc. Like MS IE 4/5/6 and Netscape Navigator/Communicator 3/4/6 can also "Set as wallpaper", usually if you right-click onĪn picture/image found on a web page, in any of these formats: GIF (animated GIFs will appear as static if you're not using
#Windows 98 emulator windows
Picture, uses a Windows RGB (Red-Green-Blue) encoded bitmap (.BMP file), or a jpeg (.JPG file). The Desktop wallpaper, also called background When done, open Control Panel and (double-)click onīut you CAN have your wallpaper stretched to fit your Desktop size, even if you're not using TweakUI's "IE4Įnabled" feature, by applying the Registry workaround described below. Install TweakUI, right-click on Tweakui.inf and select Install.
#Windows 98 emulator for free
ONLY by using 3rd party video/desktop drivers/programs, like ATI Technologies Mach/Rage Win95/OSR2 video drivers/tools,Īvailable for free at the ATI tech support web site, for all ATI No more centered dialog boxes/windows, enabled in Win95/OSR2.Sadly, Win98 (ALL final retail/OEM releases) lost some of the features built into Windowsĩ5/OSR2 systems. Windows 98 is meant to improve our computing capabilities, at least that's how it is advertised. 10-6-98 Win98 Original Registry ©Trick in TIPS98.TXT, part of W95-11D.EXE: