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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about releasing a CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S., DirectX, and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

I will soon have to reinstall Win98 and WinMe on two machines that cannot be
upgraded to WinXP (reinstallation is needed because I'll need to reformat the
hard disks). Since security patches (until now) are not on the original
disks, and since Windows 98 and Me are no longer supported, where will we be
able to find the updates ? I see that "Windows update" still works today
(July 12, 2006) for Win98. Will Windows update remain active (even if no new
patches are released) for some time for Win 98 and Win Me ? If not, will an
archive site be available with cumulative patches ?

"Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY" wrote:

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about releasing a CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S., DirectX, and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

Updates are still available at Windows Updates - but you may need to install
IE6 first.... you can download that (or use an AOL disk for the purpose! -
they do have uses apart from coasters! g)....look here
http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in message
...
I will soon have to reinstall Win98 and WinMe on two machines that cannot
be
upgraded to WinXP (reinstallation is needed because I'll need to reformat
the
hard disks). Since security patches (until now) are not on the original
disks, and since Windows 98 and Me are no longer supported, where will we
be
able to find the updates ? I see that "Windows update" still works today
(July 12, 2006) for Win98. Will Windows update remain active (even if no
new
patches are released) for some time for Win 98 and Win Me ? If not, will
an
archive site be available with cumulative patches ?

"Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY" wrote:

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large
installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about releasing a
CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S., DirectX,
and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that
would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

----------------
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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

Thank you very much. This will indeed be very useful sicne IE6 will not be
on the original disks. By the way, and even though this is off topic, may I
ask you an advice about IE. I have one computer (Win XP) on which IE is no
longer able to access Internet (and always opens the page "The page cannot be
displayed". This is NOT a general Internet access problem because *all*
other programs do have a normal access to Internet (FireFox, Eudora, Windows
Update, etc...; I checked that ping, tracert, telnet etc... work fine and
find what they need to find). The problem must be in IE. I ran various
antispyware and antimalware but to no avail. I made also an "sfc /scannow"
but did not find anything wrong. I was thinking about re-installing IE. Any
other suggestion ?
Sorry if this is off topic. All I can offer you is a good Belgian beer
whenever you come over or I do see you where you live, but if you like it...

Paul (Belgium)

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Updates are still available at Windows Updates - but you may need to install
IE6 first.... you can download that (or use an AOL disk for the purpose! -
they do have uses apart from coasters! g)....look here
http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in message
...
I will soon have to reinstall Win98 and WinMe on two machines that cannot
be
upgraded to WinXP (reinstallation is needed because I'll need to reformat
the
hard disks). Since security patches (until now) are not on the original
disks, and since Windows 98 and Me are no longer supported, where will we
be
able to find the updates ? I see that "Windows update" still works today
(July 12, 2006) for Win98. Will Windows update remain active (even if no
new
patches are released) for some time for Win 98 and Win Me ? If not, will
an
archive site be available with cumulative patches ?

"Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY" wrote:

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large
installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about releasing a
CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S., DirectX,
and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that
would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

----------------
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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

No problem -
Try this on the XP machine (assuming it's SP2) -

Start|Run
type
NETSH WINSOCK RESET
then click OK - and reboot
try IE then, and see if it helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much. This will indeed be very useful sicne IE6 will not
be
on the original disks. By the way, and even though this is off topic, may
I
ask you an advice about IE. I have one computer (Win XP) on which IE is
no
longer able to access Internet (and always opens the page "The page cannot
be
displayed". This is NOT a general Internet access problem because *all*
other programs do have a normal access to Internet (FireFox, Eudora,
Windows
Update, etc...; I checked that ping, tracert, telnet etc... work fine and
find what they need to find). The problem must be in IE. I ran various
antispyware and antimalware but to no avail. I made also an "sfc
/scannow"
but did not find anything wrong. I was thinking about re-installing IE.
Any
other suggestion ?
Sorry if this is off topic. All I can offer you is a good Belgian beer
whenever you come over or I do see you where you live, but if you like
it...

Paul (Belgium)

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Updates are still available at Windows Updates - but you may need to
install
IE6 first.... you can download that (or use an AOL disk for the
purpose! -
they do have uses apart from coasters! g)....look here
http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in
message
...
I will soon have to reinstall Win98 and WinMe on two machines that
cannot
be
upgraded to WinXP (reinstallation is needed because I'll need to
reformat
the
hard disks). Since security patches (until now) are not on the
original
disks, and since Windows 98 and Me are no longer supported, where will
we
be
able to find the updates ? I see that "Windows update" still works
today
(July 12, 2006) for Win98. Will Windows update remain active (even if
no
new
patches are released) for some time for Win 98 and Win Me ? If not,
will
an
archive site be available with cumulative patches ?

"Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY" wrote:

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large
installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about
releasing a
CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S.,
DirectX,
and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs
who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that
would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
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Request: Win98 End of Life Update CD in ISO format?

Thank you very much for your fast reply. I'll try this in a few days (the
machine is not mine but my son's ...) and keep you posted on the results.
Kind regards
Paul

"Noel Paton" wrote:

No problem -
Try this on the XP machine (assuming it's SP2) -

Start|Run
type
NETSH WINSOCK RESET
then click OK - and reboot
try IE then, and see if it helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much. This will indeed be very useful sicne IE6 will not
be
on the original disks. By the way, and even though this is off topic, may
I
ask you an advice about IE. I have one computer (Win XP) on which IE is
no
longer able to access Internet (and always opens the page "The page cannot
be
displayed". This is NOT a general Internet access problem because *all*
other programs do have a normal access to Internet (FireFox, Eudora,
Windows
Update, etc...; I checked that ping, tracert, telnet etc... work fine and
find what they need to find). The problem must be in IE. I ran various
antispyware and antimalware but to no avail. I made also an "sfc
/scannow"
but did not find anything wrong. I was thinking about re-installing IE.
Any
other suggestion ?
Sorry if this is off topic. All I can offer you is a good Belgian beer
whenever you come over or I do see you where you live, but if you like
it...

Paul (Belgium)

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Updates are still available at Windows Updates - but you may need to
install
IE6 first.... you can download that (or use an AOL disk for the
purpose! -
they do have uses apart from coasters! g)....look here
http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Paul (Bornival)" wrote in
message
...
I will soon have to reinstall Win98 and WinMe on two machines that
cannot
be
upgraded to WinXP (reinstallation is needed because I'll need to
reformat
the
hard disks). Since security patches (until now) are not on the
original
disks, and since Windows 98 and Me are no longer supported, where will
we
be
able to find the updates ? I see that "Windows update" still works
today
(July 12, 2006) for Win98. Will Windows update remain active (even if
no
new
patches are released) for some time for Win 98 and Win Me ? If not,
will
an
archive site be available with cumulative patches ?

"Norman Funk - PC Housecall of Central KY" wrote:

Now that Win98 is no longer supported by MS but still has a large
installed
base of machines that cannot upgrade to a newer OS, how about
releasing a
CD
to update the existing installations to the final level of O.S.,
DirectX,
and
security patches in a downloadable ISO format for end users and techs
who
need to work on these "unsupported" systems.

If you released something similar to the 2004 security update CD that
would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norman Funk

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
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