MS Support for Win98

Most have already seen that MS has issued a new cumulative patch for IE, KB832894. It is the first since the support for Win98 was "extended", so I was pleased to see that Windows Update offered it to me.
If you read the Security Bulletin MS04-004 you will see that Win98 is not mentioned among the OS's to which the patch applies. A little digging (I think it was the + next to Frequently Asked Questions), however, contains the following statement:
"Why is the update available for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)?
Security updates for these platforms would normally be available by request through assisted support channels, however since the issues repaired in this bulletin were reported publicly prior to this announcement http://support.microsoft.com/default...bLN%5d;LifeAn1 the Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 version of this patch will be supported on those operating systems for this release. See this announcement http://support.microsoft.com/default...bLN%5d;LifeAn1 and the Microsoft Support Lifecycle site http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=lifecycle for additional information on support options for these platforms."
Seems a bit ominous about the meaning of future "extended support" for Win98 and what will be offered on Windows Update.

Welshjim, Feb. updates are for W2K,XP but, there is no problems for 98 that is GOOD NEWS.
Take Care:)
--"If it's on fire it's a hardware problem."--:p

DELTREE--Not sure I understand. The update is for IE. Per what I quoted above, it does affect Win98/ME and is being made available to Win98/ME users. But the quote makes it sound like this is a special case and we (Win98/ME) will not get these updates through Windows Update in the future.

Welshjim, I have the notice from Microsoft,it talks about W2K,XP and 2000 server; they must be having the problems with IE. I hope we are talking about the same thing, the FEB. report?I went to Windows Update and there are no new updates for IE. I have the notice if you would like me to e-mail it to you,send me your e-mail address.
Take Care:)
--" If you torture the data enough, it will confess."--:p

DELTREE--Go here and click on Frequently Asked Questions.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/ms04-004.asp
The fix is for IE. It does not matter what version of Windows you use. MS seems to making the point, by listing OS's involved, that they really are no longer supporting Win98/ME except in special situations.
BTW--The latest email Microsoft Windows Security Bulletin Summary for February 2004, that I received today, says
"Title: Microsoft Windows Security Bulletin Summary for
February 2004
Issued: February 2, 2004
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/winfeb04.asp

- --------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary:
========
Included in this advisory is an update for newly discovered
vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.

This bulletin is rated Critical.


MS04-004 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(832894)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 6a
- Windows NT Server 4.0, Service Pack 6a
- Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition,
Service Pack 6
- Windows 2000, Service Pack 2
- Windows 2000, Service Pack 3, Service Pack 4
- Windows XP,
- Windows XP, Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Version 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition .....(lots more)"
Not sure what to say if you are not being offered the fix at Windows Update. Have you looked again? (Windows Update is sometimes a little slow.) Or just get it through the link for the version of IE that you run.

Welshjim, THANKS! I went to Windows update and it was there.I was there in the morning and it wasn't there.
Take Care:)
--" A song and a dance will not pay the rent."--

Hmmm.....
D/L the IE patch, and it would not run on my Win 98 system. Said I needed the Win XP update???

ski--WinXP update patch or IE6 SP1 update patch? The latter I can understand.
I see you do not even have XP on your PC. Did you click the correct update from all those offered in MS04-004? If you did not use Windows Update, it might be an easier route. When I used WU, the download and installation were all in one procedure.

Jim,

Found out what the problem was.
I tried to install the IE-6 patch, and not the IE 6 SP-1 patch since I had never previously d/l IE 6 SP-1.
But when my unobserving eyes re-read the FAQ section, I noticed that the only patch which will work with a Win 98 system is the one for IE 6 SP-1.
So I d/l IE 6 SP-1, and then the patch installed just fine.

BTW, thanks for the headsup.

ski--Thanks for posting back. Glad all is well!! ;)