gargoyle60 wrote in
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My old PC (which cannot be upgraded beyond Windows 98 due to its limited
specs) has Windows 98 and I want to clear down the entire disk and
reinstall Windows 98.

However, when I try to perform a Windows 98 Update the Microsoft website
says it is no longer available or cannot respond (I can't remember the
exact message, I'm on another machine at the moment).

The last time I did a complete reinstall of Windows 98 was in 2009 and
Windows Update worked okay then. I thought that it was still possible to
perform a Windows Update to apply all the cumulative historical Windows
98 patches - has this facility now been retired?



It's long gone, but if you try on Google you will likely find collections of
W9X and also WXP patches and fixes and updates of all possible types. Grab
them all. People are headed toward tablets to the point where desktop
machines may become rare and expensive. If you want support for an old
machine, get it and save it, you might soon be dependent on your own stores.