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I downloaded eMb Visual Tools from Microsoft. I read that it IS compatable with Windows 98 Second Edition (which is what I have). However, when I extracted the file, it gave me an error about "mdac" or something of that sort. Then when I tried to run setup it told me there were missing STF files (for example: ce98pro.stf). What should I do about this?

I know this might sound painful, but the same thing happened to me.. and unfortunately it was the file being corrupted/truncated from trying to download it using getright too many times... and well, you're either going to have to re-downlaod it or just pay the lame 8 bucks for (shipping?  since when does shipping a couple cd's in a cardboard-slip package cost 8 bucks? tha's bullsh*t) and have it sent to you in the mail.

That stupid app is bullshit! i downloaded it and installed it on my WinME! while installing it suddenly says "emulation doesn't work in win98, it won't be installed"!<br>then i installed it on my win2k and now all that is working is that damn emulator!<br>if i start EVB and EVC it says<br>"Object library not registered"<br>and then i cant do anything! simply nothing!<br>does anybody know a solution? i already registered all dlls manually using regsvr32 but it still dont work! <br>is there a way to register *.OLB files? seems that they are those object librarys! thx

That happened to me, just uninstall, restart the computer, and close ALL programs. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and close everything but Explorer and SysTray. THEN, and only then, should you reinstall. It needs to update a file that is used by lots of programs, so if you have a program running that uses it it can't update it. Or something<br>And it says the emulation doesn't work in 9x, only 2k. But emulation is basically useless, it doesn't emulate any device near how an actual device operatoes. I just think the emulator is a CE frontend for W2k.

I SIMPLY HATE MICROSOFT!!!<br>thx moosemaster but it didnt work! there was only one process (wcexyz32.exe - active sync i think) i could terminate! all the others seemed to be system apps! but thats bullshit too coz one of those 18 apps was Norton32.exe (not exactly like that) which i also couldnt terminate! then i tried to run in save mode but while booting up the fucking OS always crashes! MS SUX<br>ummm is there a way to get it running on linux? <br>i know there isnt

You need to format your HD more often. When was the last time?

Ah! Norton Utilities! That's problem your problem right there. Yeah, you probably couldn't shut it down anyway, but there's a way arounf it. Bring up the Norton Utilities and somewhere in the options you should be able to turn off it starting up on boot. Then reboot. Installation should work now. (BTW, uninstall any progams that supposedly help "prevent" Windows from crashing. I've never seen one that didn't create a dozen or more problems that led to crashes during every session it ran.)

Norton Sucks, why do people buy it?

People don't buy it.  Companies do, such as HP,Compaq,and many motherboard (and everything under the sun) manufacturers etc. (i'm too damn tired too list eny PC manufacturers write now..) to give people a false sense of security; that's what they want.  They don't care if their system slows down 10-50% as long as their computers are "safe".

in my opinion i turned every possibility of norton background apps (as auto virus-protection, ...) off when i installed it (i know they dont help anything)! it totally sux anyway! im gonna delete it! i simply wanted it for diskdoctor and speed disk! those are the only godd apps! btw.: it (diskdoctor for example) doesnt recognise my harddisk, neat huh? it says:<br>"make sure your harddrive is connected properly"<br>that's the hardrive im running windows on! <br><br>and im not gonna format my hddrive as long as its working and as long as windows doesnt make too many problems!<br><br>im not sure but i also think i installed the mebedded tools before installing norton utilities! but ok imma try it now with removing it<br><br>thx for your suggestions

Definately uninstall them.<br><br>Little bit of trivia: Norton's SpeedDisk was essentially built in to Windows 95's Disk Defragmenter. (Hmm, can't entirely remember what Disk Doctor did, other than bluescreen Windows on exit.)

i deinstalled it, but it didnt work! ok i have to forget running the EVTools on W2K!<br>maybe imma try the save mode again, but i have the certain feeling that it wont work again!<br>thx again anyway for all the suggestions

hey,<br>could somebody send me the file<br>"VBCEDEM.DLL"<br>in the EVB folder? it seems as its corrupted as windows couldnt register it! and i couldnt register it manually too! thx cu

stop it! my w-mail provider is already threatening me cause of the high traffic!<br>ok lets get serious:<br>could someone please send me the file above?<br>thx

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