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Windows 98 Patches & Updates Guide

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Windows 98 LogoWindows 98 currently retains active updates through the Windows Update Service. This information on this page is designed to be a reference for what updates are needed for the operating system. It is essentially the HPC:Factor recommended updates procedure for using your Handheld PC in conjunction with Windows 98 and Windows 98SE.

Support for Windows 98 was originally supposed to end in December 2003. In January 2004 Microsoft announced that it would extend the pay-per incident support for Windows 98 until June 2006. This means that while Windows 98 will be regarded as a defunct operating system, work for continuing support for other Microsoft technologies under Windows 98 will continue, as will corporate level patching. Whether or not any future patches will be released to the consumer is another matter.

We recommend that if possible you upgrade your computer to Windows 2000 or higher. However if you must use Windows 98, we recommend that you do not directly connect the system to the Internet and minimise any network shares that you setup on the computer. Do not serve any information to the Internet from your system, such as using Personal Web Server to host a web site.

Windows 98 First Edition Patches & Updates Guide

The following list of updates will provide you with the highest level of security available to Windows 98. The Approximate total download size of all the listed updates is 62MB.

Want to download all of these updates from us? If you would like to make a donation to help towards our running costs, we will provide you with a download link to the files. Find out more.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes a certain level of system components have already been updated. These are the prerequisites for the installation:

Critical Updates

Q168115 Legacy Credential Caching
Q245729 File Access URL Patch
Q256015 DOS Device in Path Name Patch
Q259728 IP Fragment Reassembly Update
Q273991 Share Level Password Update
Q313829 Windows Shell Could Lead to Code Running
Q323172 Flaw in Certificate Enrollment Control
Q323255 Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Code Execution
Q329115 Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing
Q811630 HTML Help Update to Limit Functionality When It Is Invoked in IE
Q814078 Flaw in Windows Script Engine May Allow Code to Run
Q816093 Java Virtual Machine Security Update
Q823559 Buffer Overrun in the HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution
Q873374 GDI+ Detection Tool
Q888113 Vulnerability in hyperlink object library code execution
Q891711 Cursor and Icon Handling Remote Code Execution
Q891781 DHTML editing ActiveX control code execution
Q896358 HTML Help code execution
Q904706 DirectShow remote code execution
Q908519 Web fonts remote code execution
Q911562 MDAC function could allow code execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution
Q918547 Graphics Rendering Engine Remote Code Execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution

Q892211 Update for Web Folders

Recommended Updates

Q216641 49.7 Days System Stall Update
2 to 4 digit Date Converter
Active Accessibility Update 1.2
Agent 2.0
Dial-Up Networking 1.4
Jet 4.0 SP8
Registration Information Wizard Update
Root Certificates Update
Windows Installer 2.0
MSXML 2.6 SP3
MSXML 3.0 SP7

Internet Explorer QFE's

Q319303 Internet Explorer Navigation Sound Update
Q870669 Disable ADODB.Stream object from Internet Explorer
Q887797 Cumulative Update for OLE
Q916281 Cumulative Patch June 15 2006
Q918439 ART Image Rendering Remote Code Execution

Windows Media Player 7.1 QFE's

Q320920 Windows Media Player Rollup
Q817787 Flaw in Windows Media Player Skins Code Execution

Additional Installation Items

Windows 98 Second Edition Patches & Updates Guide

The following list of updates will provide you with the highest level of security available to Windows 98. The Approximate total download size of all the listed updates is 58MB.

Want to download all of these updates from us? If you would like to make a donation to help towards our running costs, we will provide you with a download link to the files. Find out more.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes a certain level of system components have already been updated. These are the prerequisites for the installation:

Service Packs and SRPs

Microsoft Libraries Update 2.0

Critical Updates

Q238453 Spoofed Route Pointer IGMP Patch
Q245729 File Access URL Patch
Q256015 DOS Device in Path Name Patch
Q259728 IP Fragment Reassembly Update
Q273017 ScanDisk Runs Even Though Windows Shut Down Correctly
Q273991 Share Level Password Update
Q313829 Windows Shell Could Lead to Code Running
Q323172 Flaw in Certificate Enrollment Control
Q323255 Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Code Execution
Q329115 Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing
Q814078 Flaw in Windows Script Engine May Allow Code to Run
Q816093 Java Virtual Machine Security Update
Q823559 Buffer Overrun in the HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution
Q873374 GDI+ Detection Tool
Q888113 Vulnerability in hyperlink object library code execution
Q891711 Cursor and Icon Handling Remote Code Execution
Q891781 DHTML editing ActiveX control code execution
Q896358 HTML Help code execution
Q904706 DirectShow remote code execution
Q908519 Web fonts remote code execution
Q911562 MDAC function could allow code execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution
Q918547 Graphics Rendering Engine Remote Code Execution
Q917344 JScript Remote Code Execution

Q892211 Update for Web Folders

Recommended Updates

Q239887 Second Edition Shutdown Suppliment
Q242975 Second Edition 1394 Suppliment
Q243450 Large IDE Update
Q260067 Second Edition Mapped Drives Shutdown Update
2 to 4 digit Date Converter
Active Accessibility Update 1.2
Agent 2.0
Dial-Up Networking 1.4
Jet 4.0 SP8
Root Certificates Update
vCard Update for Office 2000 SR-1
Windows Installer 2.0
MSXML 2.6 SP3
MSXML 3.0 SP7

Internet Explorer QFE's

Q319303 Internet Explorer Navigation Sound Update
Q870669 Disable ADODB.Stream object from Internet Explorer
Q887797 Cumulative Update for OLE
Q916281 Cumulative Patch June 15 2006
Q918439 ART Image Rendering Remote Code Execution

Windows Media Player 9 QFE's

Q828026 Windows Media Player URL Script Command Update
Q917734 Windows Media Player Remote Code Execution

Additional Installation Items