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by karini4

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I am on Windows 98, just reinstalled and I can't get windows update to work. When I select "scan for updates" it just says 0% Complete and stays there. No error messages. Tried it with and without zone alarm and antivirus. Any suggestions?

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by thechas

Start by updating to IE 5.5.
You can get it from the browser archive at www.evolt.org

You may need to use Microsoft's download page, and manually install DUN (Dial up networking) 1.4 and 128 bit security encryption.

I manually download and save as many updates as I can. That way, I simply install them in release date order when I set up a new PC.

Chas

by rcom

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Manually download and install the Windows Update controls:
Create a folder on your desktop to temporarily store the controls.
Visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites to download the Windows Update controls file:

For Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/cab/x86/ansi/iuctl.cabp

Save the Iuctl.cab file to the folder that you created on your desktop.Right-click the Iuctl.cab file, and then click Extract to.
Point to the folder that you created on your desktop, and then click Extract.
Open the folder on your desktop, right-click the Iuctl.inf file, and then click Install.
Delete the folder that you created on your desktop.

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