First they were supposed to 'can' the support of '98 this month or in February. I think I heard yesterday that's been extended to 2005. They first changed it to 2006, but backed that down to 2005. I could be wrong there though since I only caught the tail end of the story.
The way I understand it is you still should be able to get the updates from the update site until then (or whenever support stops). But, like I've stated many times, the best thing to do is sub to their newsletter regarding updates, then download ONLY what you are POSITIVE you need for your PC, and save them to a CD. At least you'll have current updates until 2005 (or whenever) which by then you'd hopefully be on XP. Or, if you must go to the update site, write down all the updates it says you need and do some searches on each to find out if they are really necessary and you can usually download them from the information pages. You can also click the "read more" links below each product update at the update site. Sometimes there they will have the extended info and download like, but sometimes they don't. -Clint Happy New Year to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To one and all, After all the recent write ups with regard to MS abandement of Win98SE, I now have to wonder if I will be able to get all the existing updates that have existed at least through this point in time with a new install I have to do. I need to install Win98Se as well as WinXP Pro on this new system, in a dual-boot configuration. Since I need to install Win98SE first, I now wonder about the whole issue of will MS do system updates that have existed to this point??? Anyone know of this as a potential issue to be dealt with???? Ralph ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
