WINUP-How To Install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update
  
PSS ID Number: Q197408
Article last modified on 06-25-1999
 
WINDOWS:4.0,5
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows Update, used with:
    - Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 5 for Windows 98 
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BEFORE INSTALLATION
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Before you install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update, it is recommended that you
disable any anti-virus software that is running because the Windows 98 Year 2000
Update updates your system files.
 
NOTE: If you choose not to disable this software, please accept the changes made
to the Boot Sector, IO.sys or any other system file when prompted by the
anti-virus software during installation of the update or after restarting your
machine.
 
HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL
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1. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32165EN.htm.
 
2. Click "To get the Year 2000 Update on CD, please click here".
 
AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE WINDOWS 98 YEAR 2000 UPDATE
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Please make a new Emergency Startup Disk by following the steps below. This will
reflect the changes that were made.
 
1. Insert original startup disk.
 
2. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
 
3. Type "Sys a:" (without the quotation marks).
 
4. You will receive a message when the process is complete.
 
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL STARTUP DISK
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Please use the following method to make an Emergency Startup Disk:
 
1. Insert blank disk.
 
2. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
 
3. Type "cd\windows\command" (without the quotation marks) and then press ENTER.
 
4. Type "bootdisk" (without the quotation marks) and then press ENTER to create
   an updated startup disk.
 
5. Your system is now updated and Year 2000 compliant.
 
HOW TO UNINSTALL
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Uninstallation of this component is not available.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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If you have tried all of the above steps, and still have questions, you may
submit a question through Web Response by following the steps below:
 
1. Connect to the Windows Update site at: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
 
2. Click Support Information
 
3. Click Submit Windows Update Support Request
 
4. Follow the instructions provided to submit your question.
 
Additional query words: WINUP y2k
 
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Keywords          : kbwindowsupdate 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5
Platform          : WINDOWS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.