Critical Updates?

[john]

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:35:02 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Dual boot with 98SE on one hard drive in Fat32
>and XP PRO. SP 2 in NTFS on another hard drive
>
>"John" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:43:10 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >The way things are going, you're going to have a hard time maintaining
>> >*XP* until LH comes out, <eg>!
>>
>> Holy smoke!!!! I just paid $ 150 to buy an 98 to XP upgrade.
>> Wasted money?
>> Matter of fact, I still normally use 98 - XP is there only in case I want to
>> install a program which won't run on 98.
>>
>> Oh, well . . . . . guess I'm a luddite. . . .(-:
>>
>> John <><

Actually, I alrewdy have that, Dan - thanks to Gary Terhune.
He (and Patti McLeod) held me by the hand while I worked my way through it.

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
(A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).

 

[john]

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:38:02 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Dan, Bill, and who else will stay with 98SE until at least 30 June 2006?
>
>
I will, if I can help it.


John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
(A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).

 

[Dan]

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So at least Dan, Bill and John --- a good trio --- <grin>

"John" wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:38:02 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Dan, Bill, and who else will stay with 98SE until at least 30 June 2006?
> >
> >
> I will, if I can help it.
>
>
> John <><
>
> A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
> with an other monkey's monkey.
> (A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).
>

 

[Dan]

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Thanks for letting me know John. I would not know a lot of the information I
know now without MVP's like Gary, Glen, Chris, et. all. (Also, others such as
Hugh Candlin and even PCR <wink, he knows what I mean>

"John" wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:35:02 -0700, Dan <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Dual boot with 98SE on one hard drive in Fat32
> >and XP PRO. SP 2 in NTFS on another hard drive
> >
> >"John" wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:43:10 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >The way things are going, you're going to have a hard time maintaining
> >> >*XP* until LH comes out, <eg>!
> >>
> >> Holy smoke!!!! I just paid $ 150 to buy an 98 to XP upgrade.
> >> Wasted money?
> >> Matter of fact, I still normally use 98 - XP is there only in case I want to
> >> install a program which won't run on 98.
> >>
> >> Oh, well . . . . . guess I'm a luddite. . . .(-:
> >>
> >> John <><
>
> Actually, I alrewdy have that, Dan - thanks to Gary Terhune.
> He (and Patti McLeod) held me by the hand while I worked my way through it.
>
> John <><
>
> A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
> with an other monkey's monkey.
> (A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

Don't run these updates as they may well screw you machine up.
if it does restart in save mode and remove the kb891711 startup prog.

"John" <nospam@nospam.ca> wrote in message
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> In the news today it was announced that all Windows OS's, back to W98,
need
> critical security updates installed.
> Going to the Microsoft site, I don't see any updates for W98 - they all
seem to
> be for XP, ME, 2000 etc.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> John <><
>
> A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
> with an other monkey's monkey.
> (A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).