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'''Windows 98 build 2222A''' is an updated version of [[Windows 98]], released on May 5, 1999. Many issues with the first version of the operating system were addressed, including the ''49.7 day limit'', and Y2K-incompliance.


Windows 98 Second Edition was released on May 5, 1999. Succeeding Windows 98, it patched up many critical flaws in the first version of Windows 98, build 4.1.1998. Those updates include the Y2K update and the "52-day limit" update.
New features include DirectX 6.1, Internet Connection Sharing, [[Internet Explorer 5]], NetMeeting 3.0, and Windows Media Player 6.2.


This version of Windows can be found as an upgrade or full install by either floppy or CD.  
==System Requirements==
Minimum system requirements are a 486DX2/66 MHz processor and 16 MB of RAM.  


It required at least 16 MB of RAM.
It is not designed<ref>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304943</ref> to operate with more than 1.5 GB of RAM, however with a patch it can be operated with up to 4GB RAM.


You cannot run more than 512 MB of RAM on a machine running Windows 98 Second Edition, yet there are ways to hack around it.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Win98-Demo.PNG|Demo
</gallery>


==Update==
== References ==
Using one of the Windows Update CD's provided by Microsoft, from Windows 98 First Edition or Second Edition, the build identifies itself as 2222B.
<references></references>

Latest revision as of 08:00, 6 November 2023

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Win98-Desk.PNG
4.10.2222A
Kernel version 4.10
CPU architecture x86 (16-bit)
Edition N/A
BIOS date 24th April 1999
TCB [1]

Windows 98 build 2222A is an updated version of Windows 98, released on May 5, 1999. Many issues with the first version of the operating system were addressed, including the 49.7 day limit, and Y2K-incompliance.

New features include DirectX 6.1, Internet Connection Sharing, Internet Explorer 5, NetMeeting 3.0, and Windows Media Player 6.2.

System Requirements

Minimum system requirements are a 486DX2/66 MHz processor and 16 MB of RAM.

It is not designed[1] to operate with more than 1.5 GB of RAM, however with a patch it can be operated with up to 4GB RAM.

Gallery

References