can't get windows update

thecreator wrote:

Hi 98 Guy,

I gave up on Windows 98 SE, not because of the Updates, but
because of the Graphics Drivers. Installing the proper Graphics
Driver for my motherboard, messes up the display on the monitor.

A "messed up display" on your monitor sound like you're trying to
describe a situation where the horizontal sync rate that the video
card is generating is not compatible with your (CRT?) monitor,
resulting in an incoherent (but still visible) raster image. To
solve that situation, you need to change your refresh rate to
something your monitor can handle. Perhaps your monitor is not
correctly installed. You should at least get a working display when
you adjust your resolution down to 640 x 480.

An alternate explanation is that you have a PCI-E video card, or a
really new motherboard (less than 3 years old) and the integrated
graphics adapter does not have win-98 drivers. You should at least be
able to install a secondary video card in an AGP or PCI slot and use
that when you run win-98.

However, the simpliest way to upgrade / update Windows Update,
is to ...

The topic of windows-updates not working correctly for windows-98 is
some-what old, and originated because many systems that once worked
fine accessing the WU web site began to not work properly for some
reason, which many have speculated was caused by some code changes by
Microsoft on their update site, perhaps related to making the site
compatible with Vista.

In any case, there is more to it than simply using IE6. Many win-98
systems have been using IE6 for years, and the WU problem happens even
when you are using IE6.