Critical updates help

lak82lak82
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
Hi there! I have windows 98, SE, and I just went to the microsoft website, thinking I should see if I needed any critical updates. The site came up with 19 news ones, mostly a lot of security things. My question is, should I go ahead and accept all 19 of these, or are there some that I shouldn't take, or shouldn't bother with. If you want, I can copy and paste all of them in here, but I figured that would be a little much. And by the way, seeing as how some updates are from as far back as 1999, is there something wrong here? Lol... thanks for the help.

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  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Probably not wrong if you reloaded 98 and did not run WindowsUpdate after that. The files on your 98 CD are dated in 1998 unless this is actually 98 SE which came out in 99 and has some files from 99 on it and many dated 1998. When you reload 98 from CD, you get to re-WindowsUpdate, from oldest to newest, again, starting with the file dates on the CD. The original CD and installer on it knows nothing about updates since it was made, to say it real simple.

    I've seen very few 98 update patches that were not rereleased with fixes or fixed in later files.

    Two things that might matter a LOT, though (especially in boxes of the 98 SE genre or OLDER as to age), are these:

    DirectX 9.0 and Windows Media Player that needs this DirectX. IF the video card does not support at least DirectX 8.0-8.1 in drivers for card and on card, I would not install DriectX 9.0 or any media player needing it. Other than that, I've had minimal issues with 98 SE updates. AND have seen some rereleased with old dating still on them.
  • lak82lak82
    edited October 2004
    ok, thanks. I will be installing the updates then.
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