Windows 98

This is a page dedicated to Windows 98.

Emulation
Virtual Machines seems to have poor support for Windows 98.

VirtualBox does not offer drivers for it,being stuck at 16-bit mode,VMWare offers support for 98,offering a older version of its guest additions. VMWare´s implementation may still be poor enough unlike emulators.

It is better to use an emulator like 86Box instead, which provides a better hardware fit because you can use real drivers instead of unreliable guest additions.

If you cannot find real drivers. You can try VBEMP 9x drivers.

Hardware
Windows 98 needs ide instead of sata. Converters to use sd cards or compact flash are readily available. IDE must also be selected when emulating as well. Vogons.org and Phil’s Computer Lab have many Video card and Sound card drivers available.

Kernelex
Microsoft took down their unicode layer (unicows.dll) download from their website meaning kernelex won’t work out of the box anymore. You will have to install it manually by putting it in C:\Windows\System.

Youtube support
With Firefox 45 or 48 installed with a suitably configured kernelex Youtube works on some videos.

Windows 95/ME
As part of Windows 9x much of the same information also applies to these versions but most of the Windows 9x community uses Windows 98 Second Edition.

Internet access is limited in Windows 95. Retrozilla can work for some sites and you may have success with an SSL translating Proxy or a services like Browservice. Frogfind.com is a search engine optimized for old computers that can be used in old browsers.