Actual updates for Windows 95/98/ME in 2025?

[archIvarIus3k]

So... since internet has lots of different updates lists (and some of them now became obsolete), which updates or their packs better to install on Windows 9x in 2025?

 

[SweetLow]

For pure Windows 98SE Rus & Eng I maintain collection of raw QFE and some other updates with descriptions.

And look at the BolenB sets for integration into distribution media.

18 hours ago, archIvarIus3k said:

in 2025

But it primarily depends on your hardware, of course.

[archIvarIus3k]

24 minutes ago, SweetLow said:

For pure Windows 98SE Rus & Eng I maintain collection of raw QFE and some other updates with descriptions.

And look at the BolenB sets for integration into distribution media.

But it primarily depends on your hardware, of course.

It will be used inside VM (VMware), no real hardware (both old and modern).

[SweetLow]

AFAIK on VMs the only thing you really need on modern hardware is TLB ivalidation patch for 98/ME plus speed patch for 95/98.

All in one place - https://github.com/JHRobotics/patcher9x

Literally nothing to talk.

 

[archIvarIus3k]

Yeah, patcher9x is must-have for VM. On the other hand, i guess it won't harm to install official MS updates with bug-fixes (security holes for 9x not so actual) and maybe some unofficial stuff with same purpose.

 

Upd. Founded one interesting thing, some update cd with official updates only (https://archive.org/details/w98se-upd-r1). I guess this thing is also worth to be checked.

 

Upd2. Speaking about BolenB sets for integration. I founded thread on old-games, but it has sets only for russian release, are they presented somewhere for english too?

Edited January 7 by archIvarIus3k

[SweetLow]

23 hours ago, archIvarIus3k said:

I guess this thing is also worth to be checked.

Check and try to find something not included in my collection   

23 hours ago, archIvarIus3k said:

but it has sets only for russian release, are they presented somewhere for english too?

Probably no. But you can ask him here or on old-games or on ru-board, of course.

23 hours ago, archIvarIus3k said:

maybe some unofficial stuff with same purpose

Unofficial stuff has one unsolvable problem - it depends too hard on taste of maker of the pack (and third party software he/she is trying to run on his/her hardware). As good example touched above - the valuable third party updates for real modern hardware are not needed at all after you narrowed your request to using inside VM.

Edited January 8 by SweetLow