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[quote=guenter]
Hola, the oldest still used versions here are Windows 98 and Windows ME.

I had hoped that one of the Win98/ME users will answer.

This is the development part of the forum, dedicated to problems of the newest K-Meleon versions, I guess the Win98/ME users will not look here often.
Your chance to get enough attention and answers is bigger in General K-Meleon Forum. If You want I can move it there.

Java for Win 9x has reached the end of it live time. [url=http://java.com/de/download/faq/java_5_eol.xml?locale=de&host=java.com]Is not supported by Oracle/sun anymore. You are redirected.[/url] But can reach [url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html]the download links for older Java versions for legacy/older Windows versions.[/url]

Alternatively You can search & download the full/promotion download of Netscape 7.1 (about 30mb) that comes with an old Java engine & that is preconfigured for Mozilla browsers.

Flash is another but smaller problem. IMHO You can use the plugin versions intended for Windows 98 which are offered on the [url=http://kmext.sourceforge.net/mplug.htm]K-Meleon Extension Central[/url].
Its a win32 application after all.

For many pages You have to set the UserAgentString to Firefox. Then they work.
Done in Tools menu.

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Now the bad news.

Modern compilers do not support Win 9X - and modern programs are often compiled with compilers that need Penium or even newer CPUs. So You will not always get updated programs where modern features are present and old security bugs are fixed.

Even system update programs like kernelX might not be available for Windows 95.

Last not least. Even if You get all going You will find that Your system is very slow loading and rendering modern rich content pages.

You will need good patience and knowledge.

Look for old programs like win 95 light/lite. When win95 and its hardware was not fast enough anymore ppl tried to make Win95 lighter. [url=http://win95.winware.org/]Some of the pages with Windows 95 tips and tricks are still around. I just found a German/English[/url] one but there should be also some Spanish ones.

Greetings from De to Cl

guenter[/quote]

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