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Microsoft Windows Update for Windows 98 and ME

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by winston belisle

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Up until recently, I could go to the windows update area and check to see if there were any updates for my browser ver. 6. Now I still use good ole Windows 98 and ME for my OS. I've tried using Windows XP home edition and Professional and I don't like them, so I switched back to Win98 and ME. Now, when I go to the update section on my browser MS states I'm using a MAC computer with a foreign OS! Now what gives MS? What do you think of this?

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by jamesrl

Those products are no longer supported in any way shape or form by Microsoft. ME is 7 years old, 98 is 9 year old.

James

by rknrlkid

There is an unofficial "SP2" for Windows 98 that is a compilation of the major upgrades and security fixes. I use it at home with my Windows 98 machine.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Unofficial-Windows-SE-Service-Pack.shtml

Also, if using IE 6 SP1, there are 6 major updates/fixes you will need. I am not sure if you can still get them. Contact me and I can try to send them to you.

Otherwise - after installing all the updates and IE 6 SP1, install Firefox or Sea Monkey, and never use IE again. I am not kidding about that. There is something that happened when IE7 came out, and IE 6 does not render pages correctly. Its almost as if MS crippled the browser. I stopped using IE 6, and the problems went away.

by winston belisle

The other day I recieved an Update email from MS and on their links area they had this link to do the updates:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6341827

All the updates for Windows 98 and ME are still here, even though they don't do the updates online with their automatic update system.

Just letting you guys know... by the way, I don't do sharing of files...

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