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The following is basically a reformulation / refinement of a post I made

to multiple win-98 newsgroups back on May 15 / 2014. I’ve added much

more background information regarding where these files originated from.

At the time, I posted this as:

Subject: Major new development in Windows 98 RAM memory capability

patch has been discovered!

What I will leave out in this post, but will include in a future post

for those that ask, are automated patch files developed by others as a

result of analysis of this German patch. I haven’t tested these patch

files myself, but they should allow any Windows 98 system (regardless of

language or country version) to have their existing VMM32.VXD file

patched so that the 4 critical bytes are changed, allowing use of up to

4 gb of system ram.

Yes. Only 4 bytes of code are changed from Micro$oft’s original code,

allowing win-98 systems to not crash when run on systems with more than

1.5 gb of installed ram. Even more significant than not crashing is

that win-98 will use at least 3 gb (if not 4?) when 4 gb of ram is

installed.

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Back in 2008, some hacking was done in Germany on a third-party

Windows-98 memory patch to remove elements of copy-protection or

proprietary installation and convert the files into fully portable,

fully distributable working versions.

In Early 2014, some mention of these hacked files was made on certain

english-language web-forums, and the link from which these files could

be downloaded was discovered. The files in question are replacements

for VMM32.vxd and VMM.vxd. They allow Windows 98 to boot and run on

systems with up to 4 gb of installed RAM, and (I believe) make use of up

to 3 gb of RAM.

I myself have been running a win-98se system (With KernelEx) with 2 gb

of ram since May 2014 with little or no problems, and my system reports

2046 MB RAM under system properties. The only side-effect of using

these files as-is, is that when you get blue-screen errors, the text of

the errors is written in German — not english.

Here is a link to these VMM32.vxd and VMM.vxd files that allow Windows

98 to use all available ram on any motherboard you have, up to 4 gb:

http://www.freora.de/index.php?option=com_docman&task=license_result&gid=3&bid=3&Itemid=52

Scroll down to the last item, which is:

4 GB Hauptspeicher f�r WIN 98SE (mit vmm98sed.zip) hot!

But don’t click on it. Instead, click on the small little «Download»

button right beside the «Details» button.

What you will download is Vmm98sed.zip (about 1mb in size). When you

unpack it, you will find a reproduction of the Windows directory tree

that helps tell you where to put these files.

Inside WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ you will find VMM32.VXD and you will copy that

file to your own WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, over-writing the existing

file which you should first rename to VMM32.vxd.old.

You will also see a subdirectory called VMM32 which contains VMM.VXD

(which you should copy to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32\ directory, and

there will be no pre-existing file with that name.

There is some indicatation that a file called ENABLE.VXD should also be

placed in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32\ directory. That file is not

normally found on win-9x systems, but it is on the win-98 CD. (see

below for a link to obtain enable.vxd directly).

The two files VMM32.VXD and VMM.VXD seem to have been in circulation

since January 2010 because they were submitted to virustotal.com on that

date for malware analysis. That was the first and only time they have

been seen by Virustotal until I submitted them (in May / 2014). The

scan 4 years ago was negative, and so was my scan, so they are clean as

far as 53 Anti-virus programs are concerned.

For your convienence, I have uploaded these files to Filepost:

http://filepost.com/files/b5md5c36/win98_Ram-Patch.rar/

When downloading from filepost, select the «slow» or Free option, wait

for the count-down, disregard (close) any other windows that pop-up,

answer the captcha, and download the above file when offered.

The file is password protected. The password is «a» (no quotes).

Inside that file you will find:

Vmm98sed.zip

Bs_ram9x.zip

Vcache.zip

Bs_ram9x_V102.zip

ENABLE.VXD

So regarding Bs_ram9x_V102:

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Setup of Win98SE with more than 1GB of Ram — new version (Bs_ram9x_V102)

In this version V1.02 can man between 128 MB and 4000 MB parameterized.

Thus, Benutzungsg��en > 1GB are possible and in conjunction with the

VMM32.VXD VMM.VXD slight reductions possible

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Here is series of translations from German to English, written by the

hacker who created these files back in 2008:

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Post subject: Win98SE with lots of RAM / from 512 MB to 4 GB

Post Posted : Mon August 25, 2008 , 12:18

Location: Leipzig

Summary of problems with a lot of RAM (physical memory ) with Win98SE

Problem : RAM > 512 MB

DOS — applications refuse to work (due to insufficient memory)

Microsoft Remedy: entry MaxFileCache = xxxxxx in [vcache] in system.ini

(xxxx < = 524288)

Effect : Helps stable

Problem : RAM > = 1GB

No more boats (even due to insufficient memory)

Microsoft Remedy: entry MaxPhysPage = xxxxxx in [386Enh] in system.ini

(xxxxxx = must be ertestet / For each PC, otherwise

/ solutions between 512 MB — 1 GB)

Effect : helps to boot but very unstable. After some program calls Blue

Screens / from physically existing 1.5 GB RAM -> no starting from Dos

applications (16-bit programs) despite the entry MaxFileCache.

Patch Overview :

1 vmm98sed.zip — enables the use of memory above 1GB

(MaxPhysPage omitted)

2 vcache.zip — dynamic adjustment of Festplattencachgr��e

(MaxFileCache omitted)

3 bs_ram9x.zip — limits the Ram as MaxPhysPage However, the system

remains stable here. Helps Neuinstallatien and setups

are rewriting the vmm32.vxd.

vmm98sed.zip

For Win98SE there is a trick to use the German version also available

with up to 4 GB of memory. (other versions engl. etc. no test and no

warranty). To this end, only two files are needed. The two files are

located and path in the vmm98sed.zip. The Vmm32.vxd as file already

exists and is vmm.vxd not yet exist as a file. In both files, only a few

bytes of code compared to the original Microsoft have been changed. It

is assured that the patch works great and does not contain any malicious

code , as well as the available physical RAM is used as the main memory.

How to solve?

1) Download Vmm98sed.zip

2) the two files as they are packed in the zip in the directory to

extract to C.

3) You should be system.ini under [386Enh] to select «MaxPhysPage =

xxxxx» he who must of course be still disabled.

4) Reboot -> thats it

And who is still an entry in the survey can be found here leaves after

installation in the forum under «Win9x -> Software — > Rat & Tat — >

Tips & Tricks» : D thank you.

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Do so could result in the following error message — not bad, so please

read!

Special Info for vmm32.vxd:

In this vmm32.vxd all the VXD’s are in it, which are then loaded at

startup in the memory, individually up to what is in the folder

(C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32) are present. This Vmm32 has been modified for

the Ramnutzung. The source was a Vmm32 «German installation without

Accessibility» This is missing in this vmm32.vxd the «enable.vxd» which

is responsible for Accessibility (input help = eyesight and hearing

impaired). If one has in his Windows installation in the setup so with

ticked appears after overwrite the old vmm32.vxd at every boot the

following message: (image). If this error occurs, you should uninstall

the input help and he’s gone.

Info :

The VMM32.VXD file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM is already there ->

overwrite only .

The VMM.VXD file in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32 does not exist -> (It

was from the VMM32.VXD generated)

I recommend when using the Vmm32sed: (tested as the best constellation

with 2GB of physical RAM)

Entry in the autoexec.bat: «C:\XMS\BS_RAM9X.EXE /max=1900 /r» -> Basic

see description bs_ram9x

Virtual Memory: «Minimum = Maximum = 2047» and on an extra drive

ConservativeSwapfileUsage = 0

Windows stores here very well indeed and only if the free RAM 200 MB

below / at ConservativeSwapfileUsage = 1 outsourcing comes too late and

a message «not enough memory» without major outsourcing »

bs_ram9x.zip

When you reinstall or a later setup Win98SE with the «vmm32.vxd» is

rewritten, the «vmm98sed.zip» does not help . This happens, for example,

if you see «Control Panel -> Windows Setup — > Software» by ticking adds

a new feature of a field. So it is good if you have the bs_ram9x.exe

provided with a rem in his autoexec.bat ready. In addition, the

vmm98sed.zip not for other languages and also for other Win9x versions

(95/ 98 / ME) is suitable.

NEW! : Also improves properties of the revised VMM su

From 1 GB Ram it can and more than 1 GB of Ram it is guaranteed to be a

boot problem. The following error message:

Insufficient memory to initialize Windows. Quit one or more

memory-resident programs, remove unnecessary Utilities from your

CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and restart your computer.

If a «VMM32.VXD» created, you can overwrite the file so afterwards.

Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the memory when reinstalling

physically to 512 MB. This may already be problems if you only have a 1

GB bar or even a 2 GB bar.

To get around this problem simply calls before the setup on the

BS_RAM9X.EXE and the memory is automatically reduced. If you want to be

sure and the whole still want to have message visually, you call it like

so: «BS_RAM9X.EXE /max=500 /ra»

For more detailed explanations in the bs_ram9x.txt which is in the zip

with. Before the second boot process, you can then select

«C:max=/path-of-Bs_ram9xExe \BS_RAM9X.EXE /500 ra» autoexec.bat enter in

the. If the setup is complete and you have copied the two new VMM to the

appropriate paths, one prescribes the entry in the autoexec.bat, just a

rem in front and to use from the moment its completely installed RAM.

When RAM > 768 MB and full Rambenutzung by the VMM it comes to problems

with the Office Assistant and the TTS engine (text -to-speech ) remains

silent. Substituting the BS_RAM9X.exe still a by Ram reduced by about

100 MB, everything is functional again. With 2 GB of RAM, this would be

the final entry: «C:\path-of-Bs_ram9xExe\BS_RAM9X.EXE /max=1900 /r»

vcache.zip

If you have more than 512MB physical RAM, one such entry or with smaller

values in the system.ini must make in Win98.

[vcache]

MaxFileCache = 523264

The reason is as follows:

Vcache reserved when Windows starts up as much memory addresses in the

system arena called to fully utilize his maximum cache of up to 800MB as

needed (3-4 GB).

A DOS program (16-bit application) even the MS DOS command prompt that

is running in the so-called viertuellen machine mode of the CPU. It then

gets assigned its own memory area of the system area. Is the Ram already

reserved for the vcache it comes to the well-known message. «Out of

memory … »

A customized VCACHE.VXD (Win98SE German version) eliminates the need to

rumexerimentieren with any numerical values to the entry «MaxFileCache».

The VCACHE.VXD file belongs to folder C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32 and is not

yet available. If they put it there it will be used at the start of Win

and nonexistent loaded into memory in the vmm32.vxd (internal)

How to solve?

1) Download Vcache.zip

2) as it is packed in the zip in the directory Extract the file

Vcache.vxd.

3) entry MaxFileCache = xxxxxx in [vcache] in disable system.ini.

— Detailed additional information — only for programmers to know the

hex —

I got me to vcache looked at times more closely in assembler after many

tests (with different cache sizes). The vcache.vxd always works in MB

The value of the one is entering into Maxfilechache in MB converted

524288 results 0x0200 [in hex]) or 512 MB. The original value in the

file is 0x0320 (800MB) is available starting with the low-order part

(Intel Typical) Various modified sizes have a second effect to the value

0x0200 (512MB) it does not happen so properly with the drive down in the

file offset 0x5D25 located the one in use cache memory. The cache

utilization must in fact be reduced when new Progs need storage and

available RAM is scarce. From 0x1FF it adapts nicely to dynamic, the

more memory you request the smaller the cache. This is especially

important for 16bit applications otherwise the above message comes. The

value MaxFileCache = 523264 results in the 0x01FF. Somehow seems to

generate tion problem, the next bit.

——— End detailed additional info ——————

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At least that is justifiable with the Sytemmonitor so. But he has also

some (I hope only textual) problems.

Lamp222 Best regards and good luck

Last as re-marked by lamp222 on Mon August 25, 2008

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Fr 5. Dez 2008

Post subject: Vcache.zip — VCACHE Fix attempt by Xeno86

Hello, a brief comment on this downloadable here Vcache.zip for Windows

98Se, as I have myself busy and I noticed this file here by random

search:

In the «Vcache.vxd » file is a part of Unofficial Windows 98 SE Out of

Memory Errors Q253912 VCACHE.VXD 4.10.2223 Fix VCACHE Fix attempt by

Xeno86 msfn.org/board/VCACHE-fix-attempt-t105373.html

There, downloadable under the «Q253912.exe», file size: Vcache.vxd

37.163 kB.

If you delete the row from the publisher:

VCACHE Virtual Device (Version 4.0)

VCACHE_DDB ? � ? � ? 0 � ? � ? VS_VERSION_INFO 4 � ? Ith ? �? �? ? ? ?

String File Info l ? 041504E2 ( ? Company Name Microsoft Corporation @

FileDescription Urz � dzenie wirtualne VCACHE ( wersja 4.0) File

Version 4.10.2223 ? InternalName VCACHE < (Legal Copyright Copyright (C)

Microsoft Corp . 1988-1999 $ OriginalFileName VCACHE.VXD , » Product

Name System operacyjny Microsoft ( R) Windows ( R) Product version

4.10.2222 $ VarFileInfo ? translation � ? ?

follows exactly the presented Vcache.vxd with 36.606 kB. (Will

disassemble needs estimated not explicitly mentioned). It would be very

welcome if the author would call lamp222 the author at least, if he had

blotted it out of the original. The user should also note and learn on

what he gets involved with this measure (for details ,see above

website).

Sincerely yours

Fanthomas

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Post subject : Re : Vcache.zip — VCACHE Fix attempt by Xeno86

Post Posted : Fri December 5, 2008, 17:12

Location: Leipzig

Hello Guest, What you write is sadly mistaken. I got me the file from

your link downloaded and it is exactly as I thought. Also in this

Vcache.vxd the original value 0x20 0x03 by Microsoft on file offset

0x5D25 is still available see:

Description section VCACHE.ZIP and then -> additional detailed

information — only for programmers familiar with the Hex

Can you like to check for yourself! My solution is somewhat simpler (4

bytes changed in the Result / just a huge effort to find and test it)

Incidentally, I have at Creopard (nandlstadt.com) which offer the Xeno86

vcache with, my VCACHE also offered , even sent there

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Excerpt from the changelog of Windows 98 SE SP Version 3.0 BETA 3:

3.0 Beta 1

…

! Added: Xeno86 ‘s VCACHE.VXD fix

….

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I had in fact tested this vcache and found that he even removes the

error but less cache for disposal represents. I was told I should make

it but purely on msfn.org. But I do not feel like me still with English

. rumzuplagen . Machine language (assembler) from hex code nice enough

for me

beautiful second Advend

lamp222

PS. Next time read this info. Have just in this case (since there were

only 4 bytes) described exactly what I was facing the Microsoft have

changed with original file offset.

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The famous ram patch by rloew is now available to the public through permission of his son! Rloew has been known for his fantastic advancements onto Windows 9x that could not be imagined to be possible! His ram patch is probably the best known of his many achievements. With this, Windows 9x systems can utilize up to about 4gb of ram. Install and enjoy!

Features:
-Use up to 4gb of ram on Windows 95, 98, and ME
-Enhanced system stability >512MB ram
-Simple installation
-Compatible with any Windows 9x PC

Requirements:
Windows 95/98/ME

Instructions:
1) Unzip files
2) Open PATCHMEM.EXE
3) Reboot Windows
4) Enjoy

Components:
PATCHMEM.ZIP

Notes:
-If using a physical computer, be sure your motherboard natively supports the amount of ram you desire. The patch is ineffective if the bios cannot see all the ram.
-Windows 9x’s user memory space is limited to 2GB due to being hard-coded.

Screenshots: