I recently had a major crash of my Windows 98SE. I tried to resurrect it, but only succeeded in causing it to shut down immediately upon boot.

Luckily, I'd already obtained a legal copy of Windows 98 and had made the preparations for installing it. I booted the computer using a Windows 98SE boot floppy disk and successfully installed Windows 98 into a new folder.

Initially, the version in System Properties read correctly as 4.10.1098. However, while searching for the first service pack, I landed on the Windows Update site. Somehow, it recognized my computer registration number and reset the System Properties to 4.10.2222 (which I no longer have). Now, I'm afraid that service packs won't work as they will think I have a version that I don't.

Can I reset this back to 4.10.1098 (i.e. Windows 98 First Edition)?

Thanks for the help!

successfully installed Windows 98 into a new folder.

But you still have an old C:\Windows folder full of 98SE files (?)... which probably causes your probem. Maybe you could try to move that folder away to see if it changes anything.

-I never heard of an MS service pack for Win98. There are "unofficial Win98SE" service packs but I guess they won't help you.

-fyi, this is the "XP" forum, but surely a Mod will move this thread to the Win9x part.

Moving to the correct forum, this doesn't belong in Windows XP.

Are you sure the copy you installed wasn't Second Edition?

Also, the correct version number for First Edition is actually 4.10.1998 not 4.10.1098