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  2. Windows 98 - Wikipedia

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    Infrared Recipient, a new application for transferring files through an infrared connection is included. The IrDA stack in Windows 98 supports networking profiles over the IrCOMM kernel-mode driver. Windows 98 also has built-in support for browsing Distributed File System trees on Server Message Block shares such as Windows NT servers. [50] [51]

  3. Architecture of Windows 9x - Wikipedia

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    The Windows 9x kernel is a 32-bit kernel with virtual memory. Drivers are provided by .VXD files or, since Windows 98, the newer WDM drivers can be used. [2] However, the MS-DOS kernel stays resident in memory. Windows will use the old MS-DOS 16-bit drivers if they are installed, except on Windows Me. In Windows Me, DOS is still running, but ...

  4. Booting process of Windows - Wikipedia

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    Once all the boot and system drivers have been loaded, the kernel starts the session manager (smss.exe), which begins the login process. After the user has successfully logged into the machine, winlogon applies User and Computer Group Policy setting and runs startup programs declared in the Windows Registry and in "Startup" folders.

  5. Windows 9x - Wikipedia

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    Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a line of discontinued Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1995 to 2000, which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS-DOS, [4] both of which were updated in subsequent versions.

  6. Comparison of operating system kernels - Wikipedia

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    Windows 9x kernel C++: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me Microsoft: PE: monolithic: XNU (Darwin kernel) ... Windows NT kernel Dxgkrnl.sys VidPN Manager in Dxgkrnl ...

  7. MSDOS.SYS - Wikipedia

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    MSDOS.SYS is a system file in MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. In versions of MS-DOS from 1.1x through 6.22, the file comprises the MS-DOS kernel and is responsible for file access and program management. MSDOS.SYS is loaded by the DOS BIOS IO.SYS as part of the boot procedure. [1] In some OEM versions of MS-DOS, the file is named MSDOS ...

  8. Timeline of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Windows CE 2.0; 1998 DR-WebSpyder 2.0; Junos; Novell NetWare 5; RT-11 5.7 (Last stable release, October 1998) Solaris 7 (first 64-bit Solaris release – names from this point drop "2.", otherwise would've been Solaris 2.7) Windows 98; 1999 Amiga OS 3.5 (unofficial) AROS (Boot for the first time in Stand Alone version)

  9. HIMEM.SYS - Wikipedia

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    In Windows 3.1 and Windows 9x, there is also a command-line loadable version of HIMEM.SYS called XMSMMGR.EXE. It can load extended memory services after the system boots into the command prompt. It can load extended memory services after the system boots into the command prompt.