Microsoft KB Archive/197408

WINUP-How To Install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update

PSS ID Number: Q197408 Article last modified on 06-25-1999

WINDOWS:4.0,5

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Windows Update, used with:  == Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 5 for Windows 98 ==  

= BEFORE INSTALLATION =

Before you install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update, it is recommended that you disable any anti-virus software that is running because the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update updates your system files.

NOTE: If you choose not to disable this software, please accept the changes made to the Boot Sector, IO.sys or any other system file when prompted by the anti-virus software during installation of the update or after restarting your machine.

= HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL =


 * 1) Go to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32165EN.htm.
 * 2) Click “To get the Year 2000 Update on CD, please click here”.

= AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE WINDOWS 98 YEAR 2000 UPDATE =

Please make a new Emergency Startup Disk by following the steps below. This will reflect the changes that were made.


 * 1) Insert original startup disk.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
 * 3) Type “Sys a:” (without the quotation marks).
 * 4) You will receive a message when the process is complete.

= IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL STARTUP DISK =

Please use the following method to make an Emergency Startup Disk:


 * 1) Insert blank disk.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
 * 3) Type “cd” (without the quotation marks) and then press ENTER.
 * 4) Type “bootdisk” (without the quotation marks) and then press ENTER to create an updated startup disk.
 * 5) Your system is now updated and Year 2000 compliant.

= HOW TO UNINSTALL =

Uninstallation of this component is not available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If you have tried all of the above steps, and still have questions, you may submit a question through Web Response by following the steps below:


 * 1) Connect to the Windows Update site at: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
 * 2) Click Support Information
 * 3) Click Submit Windows Update Support Request
 * 4) Follow the instructions provided to submit your question.

Additional query words: WINUP y2k

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