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Windows 98 update policy

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by peter.hougham

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I have used update to maintain a Windows 98 system.My machine has crashed,resulting in rebuild of Windows 98. Do I need to reload updates

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by kuhlio

If, when you say rebuild of Windows you mean you had to reinstall it, then yes, you will have to reload the updates as well.

by thechas

If you re-installed Windows, and did not replace any newer files, you won't need to re-install al updates.

If you did format, or select replace all newer files, then yes, you need to install updates.
To save yourself some time, start by updatingIE, Virtual Machine (JAVA) and installing the cumulative patch for the version of IE you decide to use.
Also, download and update the latest device drivers from the hardware mfgs.

Then, when you run Windows update, you will not have to download a lot of files.

Chas

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