Windows Update web site no longer functing for win98?

**98 Guy** · February 23, 2007

Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.

This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only.

To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.

-----------

Is it no longer possible to get updates for win-98 from MS when setting up new systems?

**prx984** · February 23, 2007

Just use the unofficial service pack. It has all the updates for 98FE/SE and then some.

**Atmosphere XG** · February 24, 2007

Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only.
To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.
-----------
Is it no longer possible to get updates for win-98 from MS when setting up new systems?

Yeah.

Microsoft has abandoned Windows 98 for good and, I'm pretty sure other companies will follow suite (If they haven't already).

I guess all those programs I saved on CDR were well worth the hours upon hours of downloading using America Online.

Edited February 24, 2007 by Atmosphere XG

**georg** · February 24, 2007

Win98 support is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/corporate.asp

PIII550E/98SE/512RAM/40G;80G/MX400/CD-RW/DVD/3.5;5.25

Cel366/98FE/256RAM/3G/intATI/CD/3.5

486DX133/95/20RAM/425M/S3/CD/3.5;5.25

**Rick Chauvin** · February 24, 2007

This morning when someone else mentioned it I had went to WU to check what might be up, but when I went to the WU site got right in and did the few steps needed to get the Windows Update Catalog basket to show up, etc, and then I could download whatever I wanted, and for W98SE shows these things available for me to add to basket if I wanted to download them now and install later:

~~~~~~~~~~~copy/paste~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Critical Updates and Service Packs (78)

Additional Windows Downloads (1)

Internet and Multimedia Updates (1)

Multi-Language Features (73)

Recommended Updates (15)

Windows Tools (1)

Advanced Security Updates (0)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I normally never let it scan my machine to have them tell me what I need though if that's the way you mean, and I didn't try it earlier today either. I always prefer to use the download basket and pick what I need, which isn't anything new from them anymore that's for sure since they dropped us and don't give anything new anyway.

Rick

**whatever420** · February 24, 2007

Is it no longer possible to get updates for win-98 from MS when setting up new systems?

Have you tried using the "direct" URL to Windows Update for 98...?

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

That link works for me...

For non-english... try:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/worldwide.asp

and then pick your language...

HTH...

**xtrm** · February 26, 2007

Does somebody have all Win98SE updates for download somewhere? I mean just 98SE, not 98 first edition, and not any IE updates either.

Edited February 26, 2007 by xtrm

**herbalist** · February 26, 2007

Have you tried using the "direct" URL to Windows Update for 98...?
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
That link works for me...

This link didn't work the other day, but is working now. Just checked it with 98 first edition, no problems.

Rick

**glocK_94** · February 26, 2007

Does somebody have all Win98SE updates for download somewhere? I mean just 98SE, not 98 first edition, and not any IE updates either.

Maybe you'll wanna check here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=84886

**xtrm** · February 27, 2007

Yeah right, I remember this one. But what is about the updates that microsoft tells you are only "if you encounter this specific problem"? Do you install them anyway or not?

**jasinwa** · February 27, 2007

I have been getting the "Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.

This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only.

To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/. "

screen every time!

**Philco** · February 27, 2007

Hi - now O.K.! Why???

(All day-long only stupid page with "This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only. To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/. ")

**soporific** · February 28, 2007

Just use the unofficial service pack. It has all the updates for 98FE/SE and then some.

Really? All the updates? dam*, why did I go to the trouble of developing Auto-Patcher for Windows 98 SE? Stupid me ... If only i'd known !!

Yeah right, I remember this one. But what is about the updates that microsoft tells you are only "if you encounter this specific problem"? Do you install them anyway or not?

Virtually every update Microsoft has ever released has that phrase somewhere in the kb article --- its got more to do with protecting their hide than being technically correct. There shouldn't be any problem installing these but then again you probably won't notice any difference after doing so. I have installed all the hotfixes in AP many many times and never encountered a problem due to this (that I could tell).

Edited February 28, 2007 by soporific

**MDGx** · February 28, 2007

I've just tried all these URLs:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/worldwide.asp [and tried a few languages]

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/

Unfortunately they all default to this URL:

http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/...ankspage=2&

which says something like this:

Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only.
To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit www.microsoft.com/mac/.

So it's safe to assume M$ ditched all Windows 98, 98 SE + ME users from their windows updates site.

I'm not surprised, I was waiting for this to happen some day.

Conclusion...

Microsoft discontinued Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME support for automatic Windows Updates (WU):

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

and manual Windows Updates Catalog (WUC):

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/

Therefore all we have now are these resources:

- Official [obsolete = not updated anymore]:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/corporate.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/

http://support.microsoft.com/w98/