Be aware!..better download your last and final Windows updates for your Windows 98, 98SE, and Millenium operating system in the next month because..
-> Windows 98, 98SE, and Me Support ends on July 11, 2006. Final customer notification about the end of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition Extended Support Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) ends on July 11, 2006. Microsoft will end public and technical support by this date. This also includes security updates. Microsoft is providing final notifications to customers to end the extended security update support for these products. Microsoft is ending support for these products because they are outdated and these older operating systems can expose customers to security risks. We recommend that customers who are still running Windows 98 or Windows Me upgrade to a newer, more secure Microsoft operating system, such as Windows XP, as soon as possible. Key dates: Paid incident support and critical security updates for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me will end on July 11, 2006. No other security updates will follow after this date. Online self-help support will be available at the Microsoft Support Web site until at least July 11, 2007. The Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition Extended Support end date was moved from January 16, 2004 to June 30, 2006. In January 2006, Microsoft announced an adjustment to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle expiration dates, moving the Extended Support end date for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me to July 11, 2006. No-charge incident support and extended hotfix support for Windows Me ended on December 31, 2003, and for Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition ended on June 30, 2003. Microsoft announced Product Support Lifecycle Policy as early as October 15, 2002.
You can open the following page and view all of the updates for any version of Windows. * This is a make selections and download only to a folder on your hard drive page. You have to install each one you download separately after you download the updates you select. -> catalog page <--- click there Once opened, click the link on that page named Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems Scroll the list window and click on either Windows 98 and 98SE or click on the item underneath it for Windows Millenium, then click the search button. This will make a list of all the possible updates by group. suggestions to download - by group - Critical Updates and Service Packs (download musts...download and install these) - Internet and Multimedia Updates (Internet Explorer and related updates) - Additional Windows Downloads (a few addon Windows 98 Games like solitare) suggestions to avoid...do not even download these following updates - Recommended Updates (generally not ones you should download and install) - Multi-Language Features (updates for Windows versions other than English) - Windows Tools (just the Windows 2000 Evaluation Upgrade Utility) - Advanced Security Updates (probably no updates for this)
