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- Microsoft Windows 98
- Year 2000 Update README File
- June 1999
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- YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE
-
-
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999
-
- This document provides complementary information to supplement the
- Microsoft Windows 98 documentation.
-
- The Windows 98 Year 2000 Update provides Windows 98 updates to resolve
- known year 2000 issues with the Windows 98 operating system.
-
- For current year 2000 information regarding Microsoft products, visit
- the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/year2000 or call
- 1-888-MSFT-Y2K or contact your local Microsoft subsidiary.
- Such information is generally available to all Microsoft customers for
- the sole purpose of assisting the planning for the transition to the
- year 2000. This document contains the information currently available
- concerning the date-handling behavior of Microsoft's products and is
- subject to change, at any time, without notice. We therefore recommend
- that you continue to check the information on the Microsoft Year 2000
- Web site regularly for any such changes.
-
- NOTE: For the best readability, maximize the Notepad window.
-
- To print this file, open it in Notepad or another word processing
- program, and then click Print on the File menu.
-
-
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- CONTENTS
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- I. Installation Notes
-
- II. Release Notes
-
- III. What Are the Year 2000 Issues in Windows 98?
-
- IV. Additional Issues
-
- V. Microsoft Technical Support
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-
- I. Installation Notes
- ---------------------
-
- A. System Requirements
- You need 20 MB free disk space to install the Windows 98
- Year 2000 Update.
-
- B. Downloading and Extracting the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update
- If you download the update from the Web site, be sure to read the
- release notes completely before you extract and install the
- Windows 98 Year 2000 Update.
-
- After you download the Update, a compressed executable file called
- Q234680.exe appears on your hard drive. This executable file contains
- the files you need to update your system for the year 2000.
-
- >>> To extract the file and install the year 2000 updates:
- 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
- 2. In the Run dialog box, click Browse.
- 3. Locate the Q23460.exe file on your hard drive.
- 4. Click Open, and then click OK.
- 5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
-
- This Year 2000 Update is for Windows 98 Gold and is a supplement to IE401.SP2.
- This Update is not intended for use on and will not install on computers running
- Windows 95, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.
- For international versions of Windows 98, download and install the
- appropriate language version for your location.
-
- C. Before You Install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update
- Because the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update updates your system files
- and requires you to restart your computer during installation, you
- should save and close all open documents and close all programs
- before installing the Update.
-
- D. Useful Switches
- There are several installation options available to advanced users
- when installing the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update. You can view these
- options at any time by clicking Start, clicking Run, typing
- q234680.exe /? and then clicking OK.
-
- To use the optional installation parameters below, type
- q234680.exe <option>
-
- /Q - Quiet mode (skips all user prompts) - Useful for silent
- installations in batch setups.
- /T: <full path> - Specifies a temporary working folder.
- /C - Extract files only to the folder when used also with /T -
- Allows an administrator to download files into a specified
- location.
- /C: <cmd> - Override install command defined by author - Not used
- for this update.
-
- II. Release Notes
- -----------------
-
- If You Reinstall Windows 98
- If you have to reinstall the Windows 98 operating system, you will
- lose the benefits of the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update installation.
- Any time you have to reinstall Windows 98, run the Windows 98 Year
- 2000 Update installation again.
-
- III. Year 2000 Issues addressed in this release.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The issues listed below are resolved in this release.
-
- 1. MSOERT.DLL - Supplement to IE401.SP2 which fixes a a four digit
- date dependency within Outlook Express
-
-
- V. Product Support Services
- --------------------------------------
-
- Refer to the SUPPORT.TXT file located in the Windows directory for available
- support options.
-
- THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU FOR THE
- SOLE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE PLANNING FOR THE TRANSITION TO
- THE YEAR 2000. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY
- AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOR OF MICROSOFT'S PRODUCTS IN THE NEXT
- CENTURY AND IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE THEREFORE
- RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CHECK THE INFORMATION LOCATED AT
- http://microsoft.com/year2000 REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES.
-
- ALL COMMUNICATIONS OR CONVEYANCES OF INFORMATION TO YOU CONCERNING
- MICROSOFT AND THE YEAR 2000, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIS
- DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE INFORMATION REGARDING
- YEAR 2000 TESTING, ASSESSMENTS, READINESS, TIME TABLES, OBJECTIVES,
- OR OTHER (COLLECTIVELY THE ôMICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENTö), ARE
- PROVIDED AS A ôYEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSUREö (AS DEFINED BY THE
- YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT) AND CAN BE FOUND
- AT MICROSOFTÆS YEAR 2000 WEBSITE LOCATED AT http://microsoft.com/year2000/
- (THE ôY2K WEBSITEö). EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS PROVIDED
- PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF, THE TERMS OF THE Y2K WEBSITE, AND THE
- YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE
- OF ASSISTING THE PLANNING FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE YEAR 2000. EACH
- MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
- AND IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MICROSOFT THEREFORE
- RECOMMENDS THAT YOU CHECK THE Y2K WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES
- TO ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT. EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000
- STATEMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. CONSEQUENTLY,
- MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
- THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- MOREOVER, MICROSOFT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
- THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IN
- TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR
- WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY MICROSOFT OR ITS AUTHORIZED
- REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY DECREASE THE SCOPE
- OF THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS
- BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER REGARDING ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000
- STATEMENT INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF
- BUSINESS PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT OR ITS
- SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME
- STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
- CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT
- APPLY TO YOU. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000
- STATEMENT IS FOUND AT THE Y2K WEBSITE AND IS INTENDED TO BE READ IN
- CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INFORMATION LOCATED AT THE Y2K WEBSITE, INCLUDING
- BUT NOT LIMITED TO MICROSOFTÆS YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE STATEMENT, THE
- DESCRIPTION OF THE CATEGORIES OF COMPLIANCE INTO WHICH MICROSOFT HAS
- CLASSIFIED ITS PRODUCTS IN ITS YEAR 2000 PRODUCT GUIDE, AND THE MICROSOFT
- YEAR 2000 TEST CRITERIA.
-
- ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENTS MADE TO YOU IN THE COURSE OF PROVIDING
- YEAR 2000 RELATED UPDATES, YEAR 2000 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, OR REMEDIATION
- SERVICES (IF ANY) ARE SUBJECT TO THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS
- DISCLOSURE ACT (112 STAT. 2386). IN CASE OF A DISPUTE, THIS ACT MAY
- REDUCE YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF ANY SUCH STATEMENTS, UNLESS
- OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY YOUR CONTRACT OR TARIFF.
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