OT: downloading of a file

Thanks very much for the offer, but in this case of the NV8269.EXE, i was able to get it with a glitch-free download. Part of the secret was to not go to sleep but to watch and say no to timeout messages. In any event, it failed to work (error: no Nvidia chip found), but it did install the drivers before complaining again. Forcing use of the driver resulted in the lowest: 640x480 16 colors. I also tried a universal VESA driver (UNIVBE.DRV), and it made Win98SE nuts (load low or load high). Too bad, because AMIDIAG (DOS program running in pure DOS) indicated that VESA mode 103 (600x800 256 colors) was available and worked. So, for the while, i am back to square one with Win98Se complaining that SVGA is not the best driver - but i at least get 600x800 even tho limited to 16 colors. Am at a loss as to what fudge would give me tat 256 colors.

** So now i have drivers from NV8269 (Win98SE version of GeForce 8400GS), and UNIVBE (VBE Miniport by Anapa corp) along with all of the original Win drivers. So i can play around just by lying appropiately..

Played around some more with the VBE Miniport drivers by Anaa Corp (one of the universal VESA driver programs available), and found that their VBE Miniport SVGA driver does indeed allow me to get 26 colors at

800x600. !Much better than 16 colors which was like a kick in the head. Still... Would like to get the NV8264's GeForce 8400GS driver to work. Found out something that makes the installation of that rather puzzling. Remember that it immediately states no Nvidia chip found? Well, i found out that the motherboard uses the Nvidia GeForce 6100 chipset for on-board video (!!) - and since my PCIE video card is a Nvidia GeForce 8400GS, it would seem that it should be impossible to NOT find a Nvidia chip. So i posted the problem to ASUS (asked for a Win98SE sound driver also).