Hi all,

I'm still using Win 98 SE and IE 5.5sp2 and i've asked my self if it's possible to apply the recent IE fix for WinME and Ie5.5 on my system somehow.

Are these fixes included in gape's Sp2.02 ? Or are there only the fixes for the combination of 98SE and IE 6 as on the windows update?

Or does 98SE2ME give me the opportunity to install ME fixes ?

As a newbie to this board it is a bit hard to me to find out what the compilation that are presented here are doing. A short summary (just a few lines) for each tool would be quite helpful, not only here for me, but maybe in a pinned and closed threat.

thanks
sirwuffi

Hi jones23, and welcome to MSFN forums.

IE 5.5 SP2 fixes for ME can be installed on 98SE only if using IE 5.5 SP2, *not* if using IE 6.0 or 6.0 SP1.
All IE 5.x/6.x fixes are here:
http://www.mdgx.com/ietoy.htm
All u need to do is extract the files by running [in this example all files will be extracted into C:\TEMP]:

KBxxxxxx.EXE /C /Q /T:C:\TEMP

or by opening respective EXE into PowerArchiver, WinZip or similar tool that supports MS CAB files:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#ZIP

Then u need to copy the DLL + OCX files to %windir%\system [usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM] only from native MS-DOS mode.
Either reboot to native MS-DOS:
http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htm#MEN
or exit Windows to native MS-DOS:
http://www.mdgx.com/last3.htm#DOS2DOS
and replace the files u extracted.
Then load Windows by running WIN or reboot.
But make sure u also run the INF file to also apply the Registry settings [if any].
In most cases u can also install IE 5.5 SP2 fixes after file extraction [see above] by running the INF file [example using C:\TEMP above = entire command must be on 1 line] like this:

RUNDLL32 %windir%\SYSTEM\ADVPACK.DLL,LaunchINFSection C:\TEMP\KBxxxxxx.INF,DefaultInstall

As far as I know Gape's SP 2.0.2 does not include IE, WMP, DX, MDAC, Jet, XML etc fixes.
Please see Gape's SP install guide forum for details:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=38193
and Gape's SP 2.0.2 forum:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=52189
After becoming familiar with Gape's SP, please post your questions [if any] in these 2 forums above.

98SE2ME [the only 1 I have created + maintain], installs only few ME system patches that are compatible with 98SE.
98SE2ME does not include any 98SE updates, nor IE, WMP, DX, MDAC etc, only installs ~ 700 ME system files from your WinME setup CD [English].
Please read READ1ST.TXT for complete details:
http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/READ1ST.TXT
This is the 98SE2ME forum:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349
if u need to learn more or/and if u have any 98SE2ME related questions.

Hope this helps.

Besides the MDGx way, another possibility is to patch the fix to install on W98 too.

Open the fix in hex editor, look for text "The version of Windows you have installed does not match the update you are trying to install.", it is very close to the end of the file. 64 bytes before this text you will find the following bytes (in hex)

04 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

this means that OS version 4.90.0 and above is required. (decimal number 90 is 5A in hex)

Then you can change 90 to 10 because Windows 98 is version 4.10.1998 and SE is version 4.10.2222. Hex representation of 10 is 0A.

04 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

Then the fix should be able to install on Windows 98.

In summary, it means just to change 5A -> 0A on one place.

I've tried this procedure with previous fix IE5.5sp2-KB883939-WindowsME-x86-ENU.exe and it worked fine, I suppose it will be OK for the newest one too.

Petr

You're only half right MDGx. If you want to install the latest IE 5.5 SP2 patch under 98/98se, 2000 or NT4, you have to extract the files manually to that TEMP folder and then run ieupdate.exe Qnnnnnn, where Qnnnnnn is the hotfix no. matching the corresponding MS article number of the patch.

Running the "RUNDLL32 %windir%\SYSTEM\ADVPACK.DLL,LaunchINFSection C:\TEMP\KBxxxxxx.INF,DefaultInstall" with newly released IE patches will NOT WORK AT ALL!!! IT WILL DO NOTHING!! That's because the .INF file inside an IE patch in the DefaultInstall section says "Setupapi", NOT "Advpack".
AND if you view an .INF file from most recent IE patches made from mid-2003 to now it begins like this:

[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"

instead of:

[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

Also, copying the updated IE files manually in native DOS mode and overwriting them is a very bad idea, especially if you want to restore the older files at a later time if the updated files cause problems.

ex. let's say you want to install the KB883939 IE 5.5 SP2 patch under Win98. normally the patch refuses to install under any version of Windows besides ME. In order to get it to install properly (my way), you extract the files from that patch to a TEMP folder, and then you run the command "ieupdate.exe Q883939" from the Run dialog box. If the IE files are stored in C:\TEMP I type in the Run box "C:\TEMP\IEUPDATE.EXE Q883939", wait for several seconds and the patch will start updating the IE files. You will have to restart the computer as the patch will not ask you to restart the computer.

How did I know about running ieupdate.exe Qnnnnnn? Run ieupdate.exe without specifying anything.