Getting connected
Connecting your VM to the internet for browsing the web.
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Tap your VM
Go to your VMs config
Go to "Network"
Make sure "Enabled" is on
Make sure "Emulated Network Card" is set to "rtl8139" If it is not, tap "Emulated Network card" and find "rtl8139"
Save your settings
Make sure your installation ISO is still attached to the VM. If not, attach it again by tapping CD/DVD and Browse.
Start the Virtual Machine
Click "My Computer"
Click the C: drive
Right click and make a new folder called "drivers"
Open that folder
Make another folder called "network"
Go back to "My Computer"
Right click the Windows 98 install disk and click "Explore"
Copy the "win98" folder
Go back to your "drivers" folder
Paste the folder
Now we need to get the network drivers.
Open UTM back up
Tap the CD icon
Tap "Removable Drive"
Tap "Browse"
Find the ISO you downloaded and tap it
Tap "Done"
Open the newly inserted drive. It should be called "Isoimage"
Copy its contents
Go back to your "C:/drivers/network" folder
Paste the files
Right-click "My Computer" on the Desktop
Click "Properties"
Go to the "Device Manager" tab
Look for "Plug and Play BIOS"
Double-click it
Go to the "Driver" tab
Click "Update Driver..."
Click "Next"
Tick off "Display a list of all the drivers..."
Click "Next"
Tick off "Show all hardware"
Scroll down to "PCI bus" on the right side and click it
Click "Next"
Click "Yes"
Click "Next"
Click "Finish"
It will tell you to restart. Click "Yes"
When you have restarted, it will start installing a lot of different drivers. Read this entire section before proceeding.
Click "Next"
Click "Next" on the (Recommended) one
"Floppy disk drives", "CD-ROM drive" and "Microsoft Windows Update" should all be off. "Specify a location" should be the only one on
Type "C:\drivers\" and click "Next"
It will search for a driver, and then tell you if it found anything.
Click "Next"
Wait for the driver to install
Click "Finish"
Click "Next" until you can "Specify a location"
Type "C:\drivers\network\"
Click "Next"
"Next" again
Internet Explorer is very outdated and does not work with most pages. Therefore, we will be installing the latest release of Firefox that supports Windows 98.
You can of course install any other browser of your choice, but here i will show how to install Firefox.
Tap the CD icon
Tap "Browse"
Find and tap the downloaded ISO
Double click "My Computer"
Double click the CD Drive (firefox)
Double click the Firefox Installer
Install Firefox like a normal program
When it's done, it should appear on your desktop
Open it, and try a website like google.com
You can now browse the web on almost all sites. Remember, this browser and OS is very old, and therefore will not work on all sites.