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WIN98SE Install Procedure ------------------------------ Last Updated: 21:22 20/12/04
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Pre-install preparations and checks.
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Before you begin you need to make various checks to ensure that you have made all your
preparations. Use the procedure below to satisfy yourself that you have made the
necessary checks and preparations.
fdisk and format procedure for Windows 98
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Use WIN98SE STARTUP DISK set up your required disk partitions using the FDISK utility.
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Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in your floppy drive and boot / power up.
Define disk partitions using fdisk
restart to make new fdisk parameters effective
Format the partitions created
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Have not got a STARTUP DISK? No problem use your Windows 98SE CD.
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First check that the first boot device in your system BIOS is set to the CD-ROM Drive.
Boot up with your Windows 98SE CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. You will be presented with
a "Microsoft Windows 98 CD-ROM Startup Menu" with the following 2 options:
1. Boot from Hard disk
2. Boot from CD-ROM
Select option 2 (Boot from CD-ROM)
You will be presented with a new menu of options as follows:
1. Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM
2. Start computer with CD-ROM support
3. Start computer without CD-ROM support
Select option 1 (Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM)
Your CD-ROM driver will now be installed as the program runs. Once the CD-ROM driver
has been installed you will be presented with a blue screen titled
"Microsoft Windows 98 Setup"
At this point you can either continue or pree F3 to exit.
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If you still need to fdisk and format then you should select F3 to exit. You may need
to press F3 once more to get to the MS-DOS prompt. You can follow the fdisk and format
procedure described above if you want to prepare the hard drive ready to install
Windows 98SE.
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Assuming you have already prepared your drive ready to install Windows 98SE then
press Enter to continue.
You will now see a blue information screen telling you that Setup is preparing to
install Windows and that Setup will now perform checks on your system.
Press Enter to continue
You will now see a blue information screen telling you that Microsoft ScanDisk is
running. Wait for it to finish. It should not detect any errors on your drives.
Once it finishes select the exit option to continue.
The rest of the procedure is the same as with setup initiated from a boot up via
a Start Up disk.
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Install Windows 98 Second Edition
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Copy win98 directory from windows 98 CDROM onto hard disk not to the C: drive though.
For quicker install and permanent presence of the same for when drivers are required.
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xcopy p:\win98 d:\win98 /v /s /e (you need xcopy.* on your startup disk)
(~10-15 minutes approx)
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Windows 98 Setup Menus shown on left of screen as follows:
1. Preparing to run Windows 98 Setup
2. Collecting information about your computer
3. Copying Windows 98 files to your computer
4. Restarting your computer
5. Setting up hardware and finalizing settings
The following procedure is executed by Windows 98 setup in order to set up Windows 98
on your computer using the above 5 basic sections:-
BEFORE STARTING
Switch On All your peripherals (printer, scanner, modem etc) to ensure that they are
all detected and correctly configured in as part of the install.
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Start windows 98 setup program
d:\win98\setup
Please wait while Setup initialises
Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system.
To continue, press Enter. To quit Setup, press Esc.
Black screen with following messages:
Please wait while Setup initialises
Scanning system registry...
Copying files needed for Windows Setup...
Microsoft ScanDisk
ScanDisk is now checking the following areas of drive x:
Followed later by:
ScanDisk checked the following hard drives:
Two options: viewlog or exit
Use cursor keys to select exit
Windows 98 setup (Welcome to Windows 98 Setup)
Setup has commenced.
You should now be able to use the mouse to select your options.
You can also use the TAB key to change or select your options
followed by the "Enter" key.
click continue
Windows 98 setup
Preparing to run Windows 98 setup now highlighted on the left.
Setup is preparing the Windows 98 setup wizard
no action required here
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Select directory
Collecting information about your computer now highlighted on the left.
Select directory C:\Windows (default)
click next to accept Windows directory
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Preparing directory
Please wait while setup prepares your windows directory
and verifies that your computer has enough disk space
to install Windows 98
no action required here
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Setup options
click next to accept typical (default)
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Windows components
* install the most common components (Recommended)
o Show me the list of components so I can choose
click next to accept and continue with default values
OR
click Show me and make the following changes:
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Select components
Uncheck Accessibility (Unless required for people with disability)
Check Desktop Themes (If you want themes)
Uncheck Online Services (If you do NOT want to use the built-in ISPs)
click next to continue after making above changes.
If a Network card has been detected then the following will appear.
Identification
Computer Name - Select a name for your PC (15 Characters Maximum)
Workgroup - Select a name for your workgroup (15 Characters Maximum)
Computer Description - Provide a description for your PC - It can also be changed later.
click next to continue
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Establishing your location
Select your location as appropriate
click next to continue
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Startup disk
click next
Insert disk
click OK to continue - After inserting disk
OR
click cancel to skip creating a startup disk
Windows 98 Start up disk
Remove disk and then click OK to continue Setup
click OK to continue
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Start Copying Files
click next to continue
Windows 98 setup
Copying Windows 98 files to your computer now highlighted on the left.
Please sit back and relax while Windows 98 installs on your computer.
Sit back and relax now (or make a cuppa - duration about 15 to 20 minutes)
After some time (~15 minutes)
Windows 98 setup
Restarting your computer now highlighted on the left.
Setup is now ready to restart your computer. Remove
all disks from floppy disk drives and click OK to restart.
Click OK to restart
countdown timer bar then the restart will occur
Getting ready to run Windows for the first time
Please wait while setup updates your configuration files
this may take a few minutes
Completed updating your files, Windows 98 continuing to load
Windows 98 setup Wizard - User Information window
Name: Type in your Name
Company: Type in your Company or None
type in details then click next
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Licence Agreement window
click I accept the agreement then
click next
Windows 98 setup - Windows Product Key
Enter your serial number
click next
Windows 98 setup Wizard - Start wizard
Windows 98 saved all information
Click Finish to continue starting Windows 98
Windows 98 setup - Setting up hardware
Setting up hardware and finalizing settings now highlighted on the left.
Windows 98 is now initialising its driver database...
Windows 98 is now setting up your hardware and any plug
and play devices you may have...
Windows 98 setup - Hardware detection
Windows is now detecting non plug and play hardware
in your computer...
Windows 98 setup - Setting up hardware
Windows 98 is now setting up your hardware and any plug
and play devices you may have...
Setup needs to restart your computer in order to continue
Your computer will automatically restart in 15 seconds.
restart will occur
Windows 98 setup - Setting up hardware (continued)
Windows 98 is now setting up your hardware and any plug
and play devices you may have...
Windows 98 setup - Time Zone
Windows is now setting up the following items:
Time Zone
Control Panel
Programs on the start menu
Windows Help
MS-DOS program settings
Tuning up applications start
System Configuration
Time Zone - Date/Time properties
Set as required and apply settings
Click Apply
Click OK to continue
Windows 98 setup - Updating system settings continued
Windows is now setting up the following items:
Time Zone
Control Panel
Programs on the start menu
Windows Help
MS-DOS program settings
Tuning up applications start
System Configuration
Windows 98 setup - System Configuration - Updating System Settings continued
Eventually after a few minutes:
Setup needs to restart your computer in order to continue
Your computer will automatically restart in 15 seconds.
restart will occur
Enter Network Password (only if you have a network card in your PC)
User Name (whatever user name you had specified earlier)
Password (you can either specify one or press enter if you do not want to use this control)
Welcome to Windows 98 setup
Uncheck the tick box which says "Show this screen each time Windows 98 starts and
Click Close
Install Finished - Hard disk space used = 230 MB (~30 minutes total).
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Windows Loaded - Now make Post Install changes as follows:
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Update Display Driver and DirectX (if applicable)
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You graphics card may be newer than Windows 98 in which case it is unlikely to have
drivers for it. Windows install will have used standard VGA driver.
The other possibility is that though windows 98 does have a driver for your card, you
have a more recent update.
In either case you have to install / Update this driver.
Some advanced graphics card have DirectX as a pre-requisite in which case you will
have to install the latest applicable version of DirectX.
Install DirectX if required (Restart will occur)
Install / Update graphics card driver if required (A restart may be required)
Change Graphic Screen resolution to your preferred value.
Change Colours setting to your preferred value (Restart will be required).
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Tweak Settings for most efficient running
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Label all hard drives - Ensure that all your hard drives are labelled.
Control Panel, System, Performance :-
File System, CD-ROM
Quad speed or higher (defaults to this - check and change if necessary)
File System, Hard Disk
Network server (from Desktop)
restart will occur
Ensure That DMA is enabled against all hard drives, CD-RW and DVD-ROM.
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Install Motherboard drivers and utilities as required
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Your motherboard may have on-board hardware which needs their drivers which will be on
the motherboard CD.
You will need to install these.
Modern motherboards have chipsets which need drivers.
The chipset manufacturers (intel/sis/via etc) release updates for these.
For example Intel have the Intel INF Update and the Intel Application Accelerator.
You will need to install / update these.
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Install or Update Peripheral drivers as required
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Printers, scanners, modems and such external kit need to either have their drivers
installed or updated.
Do those now if there are any.
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Usefull quick Tweaks (optional)
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Make Control Panel applets available directly from the Start menu as follows:
First, right-click on the Start button and choose Open.
Then, right-click on the background area in the Start menu
folder and choose New/Folder.
Rename this new folder with this string:
Quick Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Create Shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\Notepad.exe
and move the resulting shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\SendTo
Now you can right click and send to notepad files that do not automatically
open in notepad. (Example *.inf, *.log, *.bat *.ini etc)
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Install Useful Utilities
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Some utilities are almost a pre-requisite - Examples are:
1. compression tools such as winzip
2. PDF file readers such as Acrobat Reader
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Windows Load complete - Finished Loading and Tweaking Windows
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From time to time as needs arose Microsoft has issued fixes to problems
found in Windows 98 SE.
These updates can be downloaded from Windows Update.
See my procedure on how to get Windows Update to your local hard drive.
How to get updates for your OS from Windows Update to your local hard drive
Alternatively you can visit the Microsoft Security Bulletin Service and find out
what Microsoft has issued for Windows 98 SE and get the updates through that
mechanism.
What follows is my own record of what I believe is required as fixes for
Windows 98 SE. When I apply these then visit Windows Update I get a clean
status (i.e. no critical updates required).
My record also includes IE5 updates as IE5.0 was integral to Windows 98 SE.
In this list updates not specific to Windows 98 SE or not shown on the
Microsoft Security Bulletin Service have been underscored with ********.
I have also indicated (Restart) wherever applying the update requires a restart.
NOTE - Microsoft has recently revamped the Microsoft Security Bulletin Service
and it looks more useful than before.
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Apply Windows 98 SE Updates (Oldest update first)
NOTE This includes the following additional updates:
Updates identified as Critical or Recommended by Windows
Update though not identified in the security bulletins
Updates to Internet Explorer 5.00
The updates are in chronological order
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August 1998 - MS98-010 : Information on the Back Orifice Program
Information only - No patch reqd
April 1999 - MS99-011 : DHTML Edit Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
April 1999 - MS99-012 : MSHTML Update Available for Internet Explorer
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
May 1999 - MS99-018 : Malformed Favorites Icon Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
MS99-018 - page no longer exists
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
August 1999 - MS99-031 : Virtual Machine Sandbox Vulnerability
Same update file as MS00-081
August 1999 - MS99-031 : Virtual Machine Sandbox Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Same update file as MS00-081
August 1999 - MS99-032 : scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
September 1999 - MS99-034 : Fragmented IGMP Packet Vulnerability
(Restart)
September 1999 - MS99-033 : Malformed Telnet Argument Vulnerability
September 1999 - MS99-037 : ImportExportFavorites Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
September 1999 - MS99-040 : Download Behavior Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
October 1999 - MS99-042 : IFRAME ExecCommand Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
October 1999 - MS99-043 : Javascript Redirect Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
MS99-043 - page no longer exists
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
October 1999 - MS99-045 : Virtual Machine Verifier Vulnerability
Same update file as MS00-081
October 1999 - MS99-045 : Virtual Machine Verifier Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Same update file as MS00-081
November 1999 - MS99-048 : Active Setup Control Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
November 1999 - MS99-049 : Patch Available for "File Access URL" Vulny
(Restart) ******** CRITICAL UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
November 1999 - msxx-nnn : Win98se Shutdown Supplement
(Restart) ******** RECOMMENDED UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
November 1999 - MS99-051 : IE Task Scheduler Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
MS99-051 - page no longer exists
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
December 1999 - MS99-054 : WPAD Spoofing Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
MS99-054 - page no longer exists
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
December 1999 - MS99-050 : Server-side Page Reference Redirect Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
MS99-050 - page no longer exists
Do NOT bother - If updating to IE55SP2 or higher
December 1999 - msxx-nnn : Win98se 1394 storage supplement
(Restart) ******** RECOMMENDED UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
December 1999 - msxx-nnn : Win98se Large IDE update (for HDDs > 32 GB)
(Restart) ******** RECOMMENDED UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
January 2000 - MS00-005 : Malformed RTF Control Word Vulnerability
(Restart)
February 2000 - MS00-011 : VM File Reading Vulnerability
Same update file as MS00-081
March 2000 - MS00-017 : DOS Device in Path Name Vulnerability
(Restart)
May 2000 - MS00-029 : IP Fragment Reassembly Vulnerability
(Restart)
May 2000 - msxx-nnn : Mapped Drives Shutdown Update
******** Windows Stops Responding During Shutdown
with Mapped Drives (Q260067)
**** RECOMMENDED UPDATE (Identified later)
June 2000 - MS00-037 : HTML Help File Code Execution Vulnerability
******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update
July~ 2000 - msxx-nnn : High Encryption Pack for Internet Explorer 5.00
(Restart) ******** Internet Explorer 5.00 Update (not on bulletin)
August 2000 - MS00-054 : Malformed IPX Ping Packet Vulnerability
(Restart)
August 2000 - MS00-059 : Java VM Applet Vulnerability
Same update file as MS00-081
October 2000 - MS00-072 : Share Level Password Vulnerability
(Restart)
October 2000 - MSxx-nnn : Windows share level password update
******** RECOMMENDED UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
Covered by MS00-072
October 2000 - MS00-073 : Malformed IPX NMPI Packet Vulnerability
(Restart)
October 2000 - MS00-074 : WebTV for Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability
(Restart)
October 2000 - MS00-075 : Microsoft VM ActiveX Component Vulnerability
Same update file as MS00-081
October 2000 - MS00-079 : HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
(Restart) Only applicable if hyperterminal is
installed. Check add/remove programs.
October 2000 - MS00-081 : New Variant of VM File Reading Vulnerability
(Restart) NOT LISTED ANYMORE ON THE REVAMPED BULLETIN SITE
Probably superseeded by MS02-069
November 2000 - MS00-091 : Incomplete TCP/IP Packet Vulnerability
Requires a work around as discussed in
Q199346 which suggest that you disable
File and Printer Sharing (over TCP/IP)
for Additional Security
March 2001 - MS01-017 : Erroneous VeriSign-Issued Digital
Certificates Pose Spoofing Hazard
March 2001 - MS01-019 : Passwords for Compressed Folders are Recoverable
Required if the Microsoft® Plus! 98 package is installed
April 2001 - MS01-022 : WebDAV Service Provider Can Allow Scripts
to Levy Requests as User
Not required - Unlikely scenario
June 2001 - msxx-nnn : Win98se Windows IDE Hard Drive Cache Package
(Restart) ******** CRITICAL UPDATE by WINDOWS UPDATE
November 2001 - MS01-054 : Invalid Universal Plug and Play Request
Can Disrupt System Operation
Only required if you have installed the Windows XP
Internet Connection Sharing client on Windows 98SE
December 2001 - MS01-059 : Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and
Play Can Lead to System Compromise
Only required if you have installed the Windows XP
Internet Connection Sharing client on Windows 98SE
February 2002 - MS02-006 : Unchecked Buffer in SNMP Service Could
(Restart) Enable Arbitrary Code to be Run
Patches for this platform are under development
and will be available shortly.
March 2002 - MS02-013 : 04 March 2002 Cumulative VM Update
(Restart)
March 2002 - MS02-014 : Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Could
(Restart) Lead to Code Execution
August 2002 - MS02-048 : Flaw in Certificate Enrollment Control
(Restart) Could Allow Deletion of Digital
Certificates (Q323172)
September 2002 - MS02-050 : Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable
Identity Spoofing (Q329115)
Required later for IE55SP2.
September 2002 - MS02-053 : Buffer Overrun in SmartHTML Interpreter
Could Allow Code Execution (Q324096)
Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
for all platforms
NOT for my Win98SE System
October 2002 - MS02-054 : Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression
Functions Could Lead to Code Execution
(Q329048)
Not for My Win98SE System
October 2002 - MS02-055 : Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility
(Restart) Could Enable Code Execution (Q323255)
November 2002 - MS02-065 : Buffer Overrun in Microsoft Data Access
(Restart) Components Could Lead to Code Execution
(Q329414)
December 2002 - MS02-069 : Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System
Compromise (810030)
ONLY AVAILABLE VIA WINDOWS UPDATE
February 2003 - MS03-004 : Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer
(Restart) ******** (810847) - Has a Win98se component.
Originally posted: February 5, 2003
Updated: February 19, 2003
**** WINDOWS UPDATE (Identified later)
March 2003 - MS03-008 : Flaw in Windows Script Engine could allow
code execution (814078)
April 2003 - MS03-011 : Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System
Compromise (816093)
ONLY AVAILABLE VIA WINDOWS UPDATE
**** WINDOWS UPDATE (Identified later)
July 2003 - MS03-023 : Buffer Overrun In HTML Converter Could
Allow Code Execution (823559)
July 2003 - MS03-030 : Unchecked Buffer in DirectX Could Enable
System Compromise (819696)
April 2004 - MS04-014 : Vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database
Engine Could Allow Code Execution (837001)
April 2004 - MS04-013 : Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (837009)
June 2004 - MS04-016 : Vulnerability in DirectPlay Could Allow
Denial of Service (839643)
July 2004 - MS04-023 : Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow
Code Execution (840315)
October 2004 - MS04-032 : Security Update for Microsoft Windows (840987)
October 2004 - MS04-031 : Vulnerability in NetDDE Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (841533)
December 2004 - MS04-040 : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (889293)
December 2004 - MS04-041 : Vulnerability in WordPad Could Allow Code
Execution (885836)
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Windows 98SE, Windows Update (Critical & Recommended) and IE500
installation and updates completed
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