Editing Windows 98 (section)

====Miscellaneous improvements====
* [[Telephony Application Programming Interface|Telephony API]] (TAPI) 2.1
* [[Distributed Component Object Model|DCOM]] version 1.2
* Ability to list fonts by similarity determined using [[PANOSE]] information.
* Tools to automate setup, such as Batch 98 and INFInst.exe, support error-checking, gathering information automatically to create an [[INF file]] directly from a machine's registry, customizing IE4, shell and desktop settings and adding custom drivers.
* Several other [[Resource Kit]] tools are included on the Windows 98 CD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247024/en-us|title=Tools Included with the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit|work=Microsoft Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915025631/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/247024/tools-included-with-the-microsoft-windows-98-resource-kit|archive-date=September 15, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Windows 98 has new system event sounds for ''Low Battery Alarm'' and ''Critical Battery Alarm''.
* Windows 98 also introduced new and updated system sounds. The new startup sound for Windows 98 was composed by Microsoft sound engineer Ken Kato, who considered it to be a "tough act to follow".<ref name="SpeakHertz">{{cite web|url=http://speakhertz.com/6706/interview-343-industries-audio-manager-ken-kato|title=Interview: 343 Industries Audio Manager – Ken Kato|date=February 19, 2014|website=SpeakHertz|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417135108/http://speakhertz.com/6706/interview-343-industries-audio-manager-ken-kato|archive-date=April 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Windows 98 shipped with [[Flash Player]] and [[Shockwave Player]] preinstalled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Macromedia+Shockwave(TM)+and+Flash(TM)+Players+Incorporated+Into...-a020957947|title=Macromedia Shockwave(TM) and Flash(TM) Players Incorporated Into Windows 98|work=Free Online Library|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520225041/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Macromedia+Shockwave(TM)+and+Flash(TM)+Players+Incorporated+Into...-a020957947|archive-date=May 20, 2017|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>