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Cannot do windows update for Win98

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by felix 1 view

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I have a system with a clean build Win 98, when I go to the windows update, its telling me no updates avalable, but it's not even trying to look for anything....
Any help would be appreciated

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by ann777

Best that can be offered is the Win98 support Center @ MS. But because Win98 first edition is no longer supported, you'll have to manually download and patch/update.

//support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;w98

by thechas

How are you accessing Windows update?

The link on the start menu may no longer be valid.

Go to www.microsoft.com/windows
and click on the update link, then follow the prompts.

Also, check your IE settings.
You need to enable ActiveX, and install on demand.

You may even need to install IE 5.5 before the latest version of Windows update will work.

NOTE: I am advising W98 users to avoid IE6 at this time. I have seen several systems develop memory leaks with IE 6 installed.

Chas

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