Last Versions of Software for Windows 98SE

[halohalo]

Virus and Spyware Scanners:

LAST - FREE - BitDefender Antivirus v10 Free Edition --- http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--...ee-Edition.html

LAST - $$$$ - BitDefender Antivirus v10 --- http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view/Produ...l#Antivirus-v10

[dlsayremn]

I hate to be the bearer of sad news.

You need to mark Avira Antivir Personal v. 7.06.00268 LAST for 98SE.

The new version Avira Antivir v. 8.1.0.331 released August, 2008, has only 2000/XP/Vista as OS's

DLSayremn

[Multibooter]

The list contains Foxit Reader v2.2 as Win98SE compatible, that's why I installed it, even if v2.3 had already been released. Their website states: "Foxit Reader supports Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista" http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php - Win98 was left out. What was also strange is that they had both v2.2 & v2.3 for download.

Wikipedia states:

"Foxit Reader v1.3 is the latest version which runs on Windows 95 and NT 4.0, v2.0 the latest for Windows 98... According to the developers a further version will support Windows 98 again." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxit The Wikipedia article was last modified on Sep.13, 2008, so the authors of it must have known v2.1-v2.3

BUT: I am a new user of Foxit Reader, I recently installed v2.2 under Win98, everything seems fine - are there some hidden incompatibilites which I have not yet come across? Are there any problems with the add-ons for versions after v2.0?

Edited September 16, 2008 by Multibooter

[FishBowl]

No idea about add-ons.

Except of that, Foxit Reader 2.2 works fine on Win98SE.

Foxit Reader 2.3 has some memory related issues, leading to scrolling failure and freezing on a lot of documents.

That's what also other people reported any why I downgraded to 2.2

[halohalo]

Firefox 2.0.0.17 available for download:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

[thydreamwalker]

Opera 9.52...."can't wait to see 9.6!!!"-lookin' great on SE98!!!

[RetroOS]

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Chipset Drivers

ONGD - FREE - VIA Hyperion Pro (5.13A) without Windows 9x VIAStor IDE driver --- http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageI...&CatID=1110

LAST - FREE - VIA Hyperion Pro 5.11A with Windows 9x VIAStor IDE driver --- http://drivers.viaarena.com/via_hyperionpr...0131140503).zip

* Install VIA Hyperion Pro 5.11A followed by 5.13A to get IDE driver and also latest other drivers/infs.

...

A good sign from VIA regarding Windows 9x is that they have now put the Windows 9x VIAStor IDE driver back into their latest Hyperion Pro 5.20A.

This now means that 5.20A contains all the VIA chipset drivers in one package again and there is no need to install 5.11A first.

I'm a happy camper.

So...

ONGD - FREE - VIA Hyperion Pro (5.20A with 9x VIAStor IDE driver) --- http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageI...&CatID=1110

I would therefore think that it also contains all VIA 9x SATA drivers as well... (I don't have SATA so I cannot confirm)

[halohalo]

Windows Components

The link of Microsoft Font properties extension 2.1 should be:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/f...fcbf/ttfext.exe

[bristols]

Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 is the last version available for 98/98 SE/ME. Flash Player 10 (e.g. version 10.0.12.36) requires Windows 2000 or higher:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewConten...1&sliceId=2

Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 for Internet Explorer (direct download link):

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashpl...player_9_ax.exe

Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 for Mozilla, Opera, Non-IE, etc (direct download link):

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashpl...sh_player_9.exe

[Multibooter]

Kaspersky Lab to discontinue technical support for version 6.0 home user products

http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=207575667

Database update for version 6.0.2.621 (MP2) is still available after October 1, but the license key for 7.0 and 2009 is not backward compatible with 6.0.

Thanks for the info. I am still using the really old KAV v4.5 under Win98, the key is valid until 2010, I had no problems with a signature update today. In the info they did not mention v4.5, they only mentioned non-supported versions 6 after Oct.1, let's see whether v4.5 will still get signature updates after Oct.1

It's Oct.15 now, old KAV v4.5 still updates its virus signatures Ok. Did any user of other builds of v6.0 experience difficulties in getting virus updates? Or were they automatically updated to v6.0.2.621?

[Multibooter]

PowerQuest PartitionMagic 8.01

The last version of PartitionMagic which runs under Win98 and which I can recommend is the one by PowerQuest; I prefer to stay away from Symantec. The last version by PowerQuest was v8.02 [25-Apr-03], but v8.01 build 1274 [14-Mar-03] is preferrable, no difference detected except for the introduction of the PowerQuest activation key. This supposition that only the PowerQuest activation key is the difference between v8.01 and v8.02 is in line with the statement from Symantec: "If you have version 8.01, there is no need to upgrade to 8.02. Version 8.02 was made obsolete by the acquisition of PowerQuest by Symantec" http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/power...62?OpenDocument I have not found a version history of PartitionMagic..

There is a bug fix ENPM801_H1.ZIP which has been removed from http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/power...62?OpenDocument with which you can update to v8.01 build 1312 of 28-Aug-03

The bug fix file is currently only available elsewhere with 2 sources, who knows for how long.

The patches for the French and German versions of PartitionMagic 8.01, however, have not been removed from the Symantec site:

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/francais/pr.../FRPM801_H1.ZIP

ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/deutsch/pro.../DEPM801_H1.ZIP

PartitionMagic v8.01 is the best tool for converting WinXP partitions from NTFS to FAT32, so that you can access WinXP stuff under Win98. WinXP SP2 runs fine from the converted partition. Cleanup after the conversion is recommended (MS Error-Checking under WinXP gives no err msg; but under Win98 err msgs [long filename errors; NDD only: Invalid Disk Table in Boot Record] may be cleaned up ok with MS ScanDisk & Norton Disk Doctor under Win98)

Edited October 21, 2008 by Multibooter

[Multibooter]

hi galahs,

Congratulations, your list is going to be a classic one, probably still of interest in 5 years or more. Here a suggestion: how about adding the release date of the last version?

Here another addition to your list:

Sisoft Sandra Professional ANSI 2004.SP2b (Win32 x86) v2004.10.9.133 [12-Aug-2004], was $$$, but apparently not for sale anymore.

[Multibooter]

Here another last version for Win98:

TextPad v4.73 [17-Jun-04], Shareware, still for sale, download location of US version: http://download.textpad.com/download/v47/txpeng473.exe

General download page for US and localized versions, both v4.73 and v5.2.0 (not for Win9x): http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html

Mature software, v5 is their Vista version, my preferred Notepad replacement.

[aqcww]

Foxit PDF Reader 2.3 can run well under 98.

add it.

[ivanbuto]

Hi all,

has anoyone had success installing the latest version of Java Runtime Environment (6.0 update 7) on Windows 98? Versions up until 6.0 U5 worked fine, but the latest versions report that a DLL is missing and the installation process cannot continue. I suspect that it is only a problem with the installer and that Java itself should still work on Win98. Should we notify someone over at Java to fix the installer?

Also, is it now definite that Ad-aware definition files will no longer work on Windows 98?