Comments on: Revisiting Windows 98

By: Everything in threes « Motho ke motho ka botho

Everything in threes « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:15:08 +0000

[...] split the installation on that machine before I sent it out the door. If you recall, it relied on Windows 98 as a “legal” operating system, but I did little other than set up the screen resolution [...]

By: It’s official: I don’t do Windows « Motho ke motho ka botho

It’s official: I don’t do Windows « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:57:08 +0000

[...] the last time I used Windows to any degree beyond setting my router software or setting up a sparse dual-boot system was … almost four years ago, and the playing field has changed considerably since [...]

By: mulenmar

mulenmar — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:57:54 +0000

Actually, I was just getting ready to re-test them myself, and document it. If you’re going to do that with First Edition, I’ll do Second Edition instead. If you have any trouble with FE and the unofficial updates, though, let me know and I’ll see if I can do anything to replicate it and/or help.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:36:43 +0000

You did mention those, and I completely forgot. Thanks again. I’ll take a look and see what’s there. I have a feeling the new owner will most likely overwrite anything I put on there, but it will be interesting to learn. Cheers!

By: mulenmar

mulenmar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:45:16 +0000

I think I’ve mentioned it before, but there are service packs, including the official Microsoft Windows 98 Service Pack 1, at http://www.mdgx.com. Look through the scrolling section at the left, click on “Essentials”, then scroll down the main page until you either see the “WINDOWS 98 SERVICE PACK 1 (SP1) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES” link or the section “Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (SP1)”.

Most, if not all, of the updates MDGx has found/been given are listed there, and the updates for other versions are there as well.

In the section above it are links to the “Windows 98 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Unofficial Fixes.” I always used these, back before I started using Linux. I wholeheartedly recommend the Unofficial USB driver package, and mostly recommend the SP2 (I’ve had minor problems, mainly related to not installing SP1 first and combining it with 98lite, methinks). If you want to check out whether they’re kosher, see http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=44732 . It’s been under development for about four years; last time I used it was over a year ago so it’s probably more stable now.

**goes off to test new version on unsuspecting computer**

By: noob

noob — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:41:02 +0000

This website (in german) shows some screenshots of the unofficial win98 servicepack

http://www.nandlstadt.com/win98sp.htm

There is also an installation howto

http://www.nandlstadt.com/install.htm

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:35:34 +0000

Yep, I was going to suggest niski’s link as well. Also, if you like a challenge, you could go to the MS Win98 support page and download all updates one-by-one by hand…

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1139?sid=92

By: niski

niski — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:03:02 +0000

There was something like this:

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

it included more than hundred MS updates, support for usb thumb drives (ported from win2000, I guess), and many more things – still you’ll have to search for and download apps such as Internet Explorer, WMP, etc. separately.