Foolestroupe -

I don't find any cumulative updates for Win98SE, but it appears that the last available Critical Update to your Internet Explorer should include all prior critical updates. Quite a few of the "Windows" patches were actually IE fixes, so getting an up to date IE may get a lot of goodness for you.

In general, patches - especially Critical Security patches - are cumulative and the last one issued should include all prior ones, so an update may not be as tedious as you'd expect if you can get the most recent one.

The exception to the fixes being cumulative are mostly "hot fixes" that aren't meant to be generally applied by everyone, and the problems that the hot fixes are released for generally are fixed in the later general patches.

Issues after you install updates to Internet Explorer or Windows (KB 325192) came up in a search for "Win98 only" KB articles. It lists (and links) a bunch of articles for specific problems, and includes some stuff that's probably not applicable to you, but a quick look at some of the "connectivity" issues might trigger some places to look for your problem. For most of them the title gives enough of a clue to eliminate ones that obviously don't apply.

I don't see anything that's obviously a fix for you, but eliminating the crap that isn't helpful is part of the job description.


People with WinXP who've updated to SP2 and didn't order the SP2 CD need to take a lesson from your predicament and RIGHT NOW:

Download the SP2 installation file and save it somewhere (a 265 MB download, but check for the appropriate place to suit your version and use.)

or MUCH BETTER:

Order the Free SP2 update CD (available last time I checked) and file it with their WinXP Installation disk(s).

John