Windows update not working on 98 clean install anymore?

[aaron7]

I've always run Windows update after a clean install of 98SE. Semi-recently it wouldn't work till you installed IE6 first which I have on a floppy. Did that but when I either click the shortcut for update or type windowsupdate.com it goes to the v4 version of the page and just clicks back and forth between the main update site and a .aspx one or something like that.

Nothing ever loads on the page; stays white.

Is there some update I can do manually so I can access this? Anyone else having this problem?

 

[Chuck(G)]

Hmmm, I've done the update just last week, but only after I applied the "Unofficial Windows98SE service pack". It worked fine.

 

[aaron7]

(googles Unofficial Windows98SE service pack)

You're awesome.

 

[Lutiana]

Hmmm, I've done the update just last week, but only after I applied the "Unofficial Windows98SE service pack". It worked fine.

I always install this immediately after I install Windows 98SE. It saves a ton of time.

 

[Unknown_K]

It works just fine IF you upgrade IE to version 6, Windows update doesn't work on any IE before 6.0 (98 came with IE 5.x or older).

 

[Chuck(G)]

It works just fine IF you upgrade IE to version 6, Windows update doesn't work on any IE before 6.0 (98 came with IE 5.x or older).

He said that he did that.

 

[DOS lives on!!]

Hmmm, I've never had this problem before. I've never tried that unofficial service pack either. Is it just all the previous updates in one big update?

 

[Unknown_K]

Well I have loaded Win98se on a bunch of laptops in the last year or so and installing IE6 (the small exe that grabs what files are needed from microsofts website)is all that was needed to get software update working.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe this should be it

 

[Chuck(G)]

Is that MSIE 6 or MSIE 6 SP1? I generally use SP1 when doing setup; I don't know if that makes a difference.

 

[DOS lives on!!]

For me, just installing any version of IE6 will make Windows Update work.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Hmmm, I've never had this problem before. I've never tried that unofficial service pack either. Is it just all the previous updates in one big update?

2.1a is a bunch of stuff.

Here's a nice comprehensive list of upgrades and service packs to various versions of Windows

 

[Unknown_K]

Is that MSIE 6 or MSIE 6 SP1? I generally use SP1 when doing setup; I don't know if that makes a difference.

Probably just the original, it will install the correct version for whatever OS you are using and then you have a few update/reboot cycles to deal with.