Microsoft KB Archive/229862

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Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update

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Q229862

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.5

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update (Corpupd.exe) is a follow-up to the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (W95y2k.exe). Note that the W95y2k.exe program must be installed before installing the Corpupd.exe program. The Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update performs the following actions:


 * Removes "Windows 95 Year 2000 Update" from the list of installed programs in the Add/Remove Programs tool.
 * Removes an extraneous copy of the Command.com file from the Windows\Command folder.
 * Installs an updated Vdhcp.386 (version 4.10.1660) file needed for either the Dial-Up Networking Update (DUN1.3) or Windows Sockets 2.0.
 * Installs the QfeCheck utility.
 * Modifies the registry to permit detection by the QfeCheck utility.
 * Places a file named Corpupd.txt in the Windows folder.

You can download the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update from the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/windows95"

MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/product.asp" The following command-line switches are available for use with the Corporate Update:


 * /Q

No prompts, error messages, or file-extraction animation.
 * /Q:1

No prompts except file-extraction animation and error messages.
 * /Q:A

No prompts, no error messages, no checking for disk space, or administrative rights, possibly useful for push installations.
 * /Q:U

No initial prompt, does show file-extraction animation, and reboot dialog box (if required).

The Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update places the following values in the following registry key to become visible to the QfeCheck tool:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\ Updates\Y2K.W95

Value name: Default

Value type: REG_SZ

Value data: Windows 95 Year 2000 Update