Windows 98, 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME Updates, Patches + (Hot)Fixes

Windows 98, 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME
Updates, Patches + (Hot)Fixes
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This is the new home for the 1st post of this MSFN forum.

This page was updated July 24 2010

Current list of Windows 98 [a.k.a. 98 Gold, a.k.a. 98 FE (First Edition)], 98 SP1 (Service Pack 1), 98 SE (Second Edition) + ME (Millennium Edition) updates, patches, (hot)fixes, Service Packs (SP), enhancements + tools.
Windows 98/98 SE/ME support gone? NOT! See Windows 98 + ME *still* alive Campaign.

Unofficial [current = updated frequently]:
Official [obsolete = NOT updated anymore]:
Windows Update Catalog (WUC)
Windows Update (WU)

Legend:

Official Microsoft (hot)fix/patch/update = created by Microsoft.
Unofficial (hot)fix/patch/update = created courtesy of concerned volunteers.

MS Hotfix Request Form

FYI:

ALWAYS BACKUP FIRST. You do all this at your own risk!

7-24-2010 Update

IE982381, DE982381 + IT982381:
All languages: new update from Win2000 SP4 Q982381 (MS10-035). Replaced obsolete Q958215 (MS08-073). New AKB update from Win2000 SP4 Q980195 (MS10-034). Replaced obsolete Q960715:
• Unofficial Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Cumulative BROWSEUI.DLL, DANIM.DLL, DXTRANS.DLL, IEPEERS.DLL, INSENG.DLL, JSPROXY.DLL, MSHTML.DLL, PNGFILT.DLL, SHDOCLC.DLL, SHDOCVW.DLL, SHLWAPI.DLL, URL.DLL, URLMON.DLL + WININET.DLL Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
   • MS IE 6.0 SP1 Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [3.72 MB, English].
   • MS IE 6.0 SP1 Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [3.72 MB, German].
   • MS IE 6.0 SP1 Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [3.72 MB, Italian].
These Fixes install also:
MS IE 6.0 SP1 Automatic Component Activation (IE ACA) ActiveX Control MSHTML.DLL Fix (obsolete).
ActiveX Kill Bits (AKB) Security Vulnerability Fix.

IEAKB:
New update from Win2000 SP4 Q980195 (MS10-034). Replaced obsolete Q960715:
• Unofficial Internet Explorer 5.xx/6.xx 32-bit for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME ActiveX Kill Bits (AKB) Security Vulnerability Fix:
MS IE 5/6 AKB Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [66 KB, English].
Unofficial MS IE 6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Cumulative Security Vulnerabilities Fixes install ActiveX Kill Bits (AKB) Security Vulnerability Fix!

MDIE6CU:
New release: Win2000 SP4 Q982381 (MS10-035) + Q980195 (MS10-034) updates:
• Unofficial Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Component Update (MDIE6CU) 3.4 for Windows 98 SE installs all current MS IE 6.0 SP1 updates + security fixes:
   • MDIE6CU 3.4 [13.71 MB, English].
   • OLD MDIE6CU 2.9 [13.63 MB, German].
More info (German).
   • MDIE6CU 3.4 [13.75 MB, Russian].
More info (Russian).

98FESP2, 98FESP2L + 98SP2FR:
New 98 FE SP2 Full + Lite English. All others same:
• Unofficial Windows 98 Service Pack 2 (SP2) 2.5.7 upgrades Windows 98 Standard Edition [First Edition (FE)/retail/final/gamma/Gold/RTM/OEM/MSDN] to Windows 98 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and installs ALL previously released Hotfixes, Patches + Updates (free):
   • 98 SP2 2.5.7 Full [55.43 MB, English].
   • 98 SP2 2.5.7 Lite [30.13 MB, English].
   • OLD 98 SP2 2.3.0 [21.74 MB, French].

98SE2ME, 982MEFR + 982MEIT:
Updated English edition: added SHIMGVW.DLL + MSACM.DRV (from WDM capture driver). All others same:
• 98SE2ME: Unofficial Killer Replacements: ME -> 98 SE (free open source):
   • 98SE2ME July 31 2010 [4.24 MB, English].
   • 98SE2ME December 12 2007 [2.69 MB, French].
98SE2ME French.
   • 98SE2ME September 26 2007 [2.57 MB, Italian].
98SE2ME Italian.
98SE2ME info, downloads + screen shots.
98SE2ME Complete ReadMe Guide.
98SE2ME Updates.
98SE2ME MSFN forum.

TTFPAK:
Added newer versions of 32 TTFs from WinXP SP3 [date stamp 4-14-08]:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME 67 True Type Fonts (TTF) Pack:
TTFPAK [5.78 MB].

98DDK:
Replaced \98DDK\CABS\I386\*.* files with these DDK install files [fixed %1\bin\dvol.exe not found error], added 3 MS patches + new READ1ST!.TXT:
• Microsoft Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE Driver Developer Kit (DDK):
• Microsoft Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE Complete DDK 32-bit + Documentation, Debug, Debug98SE + Symbols files [46.43 MB, right-click to save!], also contains 3 patches: see \98DDK\READ1ST!.TXT before installing!
• Microsoft Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE DDK 32-bit without documentation, Debug, Debug98SE + Symbols files [25 MB].
Windows 2000, XP + 2003 DDK + WDK packages contain code for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME.

SESP30B4, SESP21A, SP30B2FR, SP30B1DE, SP21C3IT.EXE, SP30B4CZ.EXE, SP21BPL.EXE + SP203NL.EXE:
New Czech Edition 3.0 Beta 4. All others same:
• Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2 (SP2) installs ALL previously released Hotfixes, Patches + Updates (free):
   • 98 SE SP2 3.0 Beta 4 Test [21.06 MB, English].
More info.
   • 98 SE SP2 2.1a Stable [16.61 MB, English].
More info.
   • 98 SE SP2 3.0 Beta 4b Test [19.59 MB, French].
More info (French).
   • 98 SE SP2 3.0 Beta 4 Test [18.35 MB, German].
   • 98 SE SP2 2.1d Stable [16.48 MB, German].
More info (German).
   • 98 SE SP2 2.1c v3 Stable [21.21 MB, Italian].
More info (Italian).
   • 98 SE SP2 3.0 Beta 4 Test [20.99 MB, Czech].
More info (Czech).
   • 98 SE SP2 2.1b Stable [20.01 MB, Polish].
More info (Polish).
   • 98 SE SP2 2.0.3 Stable [15.49 MB, Dutch].
More info (Dutch).
   • 98 SE SP2 2.1d Stable [31.4 MB, Chinese (Taiwan)].
More info [Chinese (Taiwan)].

RP:
New release:
• Revolutions Pack (RP) 9.6.5 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME adds NTx only skinning/themes functions, installs UberSkin, extra dialog boxes, better icons etc:
RP [2.28 MB].
Requires these Updates already installed!
RP 9.x Icons [9 MB].
More info + links.

VIDE-CDD.SYS:
New version:
• VIDE-CDD.SYS v2.15 16-bit Acer Universal native DOS mode IDE/ATAPI CD/DVD driver for MS-DOS 7/8 + Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME (free):
   • VIDE-CDD.SYS 2.15, also here without documentation or support files [11 KB].
   • OLD VIDE-CDD.SYS 2.14 with documentation + support files [177 KB].
   • Both VIDE-CDD.SYS 2.15 + VIDE-CDD.SYS 2.14 with documentation + support files [344 KB].
See "CD-ROM DRIVERS 4 DOS" for details.

UIDE + XMGR + RDISK:
New versions out:
• UIDE, XMGR + RDISK native DOS Device Drivers 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, may or may not work with Windows 3.x/9x/ME:
   • UIDE.SYS PIO/U(ltra)ATA/U(ltra)DMA/S(erial)ATA Universal Unified Hard Disk, CD/DVD Driver + Disk/Sector Cache Driver allows up to 32 UATA/UDMA/SATA Hard Disks + PIO/UATA/UDMA/SATA CD/DVD Drives to run at full speed in native DOS;
   • XMGR.SYS Extended (XMS) DOS memory manager, maps + handles up to 4 GB of XMS RAM, abides by XMS 3.0 standard, compatible with EMM386.EXE, UMBPCI.SYS, DR-DOS etc;
   • RDISK.COM RAM Disk Driver creates a fake FAT16 disk drive in extended (XMS) memory (much faster than actual hard disks) using from 2 MB up to 2 GB of RAM:
Direct download [133 KB, free open source, unsupported].
Examples of CONFIG.SYS lines:
DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\XMGR.SYS /B /N128
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\UIDE.SYS /S5 /D:MYCDROM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\RDISK.COM /S100

5-27-2010 Update

Time Zone (TZ) DST:
New DST update from Q981793 WinXP Fix. Replaced obsolete DST update from Q979306 WinXP Fix:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME 2006-2012 May 2010 Cumulative Daylight Saving Time (DST) Time Zone Updates:
• Unofficial DST Update for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [120 KB, English].
• Unofficial DST Update for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [122 KB, Italian].
More info.
DST Update(s) for corresponding Operating System(s) MUST be installed by ALL Windows users REGARDLESS of geographical/Time Zone location!
ALL Unofficial Cumulative DST Updates above install ALL Time Zone Updates and also delete obsolete 2006 Australian (Melbourne Commonwealth Games) DST registry entries (if any).
Windows 98, 98 SP1 + 98 SE require ALL Year 2000 (Y2K) Updates + Q237493 TIMEDATE.CPL Fixes already installed!
ALL Windows OSes above require MSVCRT.DLL 6.1.9848.0 Fix! See their respective ReadMe guides for details!
DST Updates MSFN Forum.

UMBPCI:
New release:
• UMBPCI.SYS 3.81 16-bit DOS TSR is the best FREEware DOS upper memory driver, provides access to the Upper Memory Area (UMA) for loading devices/drivers/TSRs "high", using HIMEM.SYS or QXHIMEM.SYS or HIMEMX.EXE extended memory manager, on Intel, FIC VIA, SiS and ALI PCI/AGP chipsets, supports Intel Pentium/Pro/II/III/IV, AMD + Cyrix CPUs, MS-DOS 5/6/7/8, Windows 3.1x/9x/ME, FreeDOS, DR-DOS, Open DOS + Novell DOS, WITHOUT the need for an extended/expanded DOS memory manager (freeware):
• UMBPCI.SYS English page:
UMBPCI.SYS [31 KB, English].
• UMBPCI.SYS German page:
UMBPCI.SYS [24 KB, German].

RCU:
New root certificates updated April 12 2010:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5/6 Root Certificates Update (RCU) for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
RCU [329 KB].

5-14-2010 Update

SCR579X:
Reverted back to older JSCRIPT.DLL 5.7.0.16535 (from WinXP Q955360 Fix) due to WMP9 compatibility issues. Replaced newer (buggy) JSCRIPT.DLL 5.7.6002.22145 (from Win2000 Q975542 Fix):
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.7 include: VBScript (VBS) 5.6, JScript (JS) 5.7, Windows Script Components (WSC), Windows Script Host (WSH) 5.7 + Windows Script Runtime (WSR) 5.7:
Unofficial MSE 5.7 5.7.0.16535 + VBScript (VBS) 5.6 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [672 KB].
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 or newer already installed!
CAUTION:
In case of errors with Unofficial MSE 5.7 (re)install MSE 5.6 [672 KB].

4-25-2010 Update

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4-24-2010 Update

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4-23-2010 Update

SCR569X:
Updated VBSCRIPT.DLL 5.6.0.8838 (from Win2000 Q981350 Fix) + JSCRIPT.DLL 5.6.0.8837 (from Win2000 Q971961 Fix). Replaced old VBSCRIPT.DLL 5.6.0.8835 + JSCRIPT.DLL 5.6.0.8835 [from Win2000 SP4 MS08-022 (Q944338)]:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.6 include: VBScript (VBS) 5.6, JScript (JS) 5.6, Windows Script Components (WSC), Windows Script Host (WSH) 5.6 + Windows Script Runtime (WSR) 5.6:
Unofficial MSE 5.6 5.6.0.8838 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [672 KB].
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 or newer already installed!

USB20DRV (WinME) + USB20DRV (Win98 SE):
Added USBCCGP.SYS 5.1.2600.5512 (from WinXP SP3):
• Unofficial USB 2.0 WDM Drivers USBCCGP.SYS 5.1.2600.5512, USBEHCI.SYS 5.0.2195.6882, USBHUB20.SYS 4.90.3000.11, USBPORT.SYS 5.0.2195.5652, USBSTOR.SYS 5.0.2195.6773 + WDMSTUB.SYS 5.0.0.6 for Windows 98 SE/ME:
USB20DRV [257 KB].
Experimental: may or may not work!
Windows 98 SE users: MUST install Native USB Drivers (NUSB) BEFOREHAND!
How to restore original drivers (if any):
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> "Unofficial USB 2.0: Restore original drivers" -> Add/Remove button.

IEXPRESS:
Iexpress 6.0 SP1 Packs in all available languages (1 ZIP):
• Iexpress 6.0 SP1 Packs [4.58 MB] (ADVPACK.DLL 6.0.2800.1106, W95INF16.DLL 4.71.704.0, W95INF32.DLL 4.71.0016.0, IEXPRESS.EXE 6.0.2800.1106, MAKECAB.EXE 5.1.2600.1106 + WEXTRACT.EXE 6.0.2800.1168) for all available Windows 9x/ME/NT4 languages.
Also here as individual files.
More info.

MDDACU:
New release:
• Unofficial Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Update (MDDACU) 2.0 for Windows 98 SE installs all current MDAC, MS Jet + MSXML updates + security fixes:
• MDDACU.EXE [8.26 MB, English].
• MDDACURU.EXE [8.29 MB, Russian].
MDAC.

98MP10 + 98MP10FR:
Updated French release: DXMASF.DLL 6.4.7.1121, MSDXM.OCX 6.4.7.1129 + MPLAYER2.EXE 6.4.7.1121. All others same:
• 98MP10: Unofficial Windows Media Player 10.0 (WMP10) XP + XP SP3 WMP9 + XP SP1 IE 6.0 SP1 Killer Replacements for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
   • 98MP10 ReadMe Guide (English):
     98MP10 [7.91 MB, English].
   • 98MP10FR ReadMe Guide (French):
     98MP10FR [8.46 MB, French].
98MP10 MSFN forum.

2-17-2010 Update

98LIVECD:
New release:
• Unofficial Windows 98 SE Live CD (98LIVECD) creates bootable Win98 SE CD-ROM image (ISO) based on Mindows + BFI:
98LIVECD [26.14 MB, multilanguage, free].
Mirror.
Requires:
• Windows 98 SE Setup CD-ROM CAB files!
• KernelEx!
Build Floppy Image (BFI) tool (freeware).
Reference: Mindows (free).
WinBuilder works with Windows 98/ME.

ME SP2:
New release:
• Unofficial Windows ME Service Pack 2 (SP2) Alpha 2 installs ALL previously released Hotfixes, Patches + Updates (free):
ME SP2 [, English].
Requires MS IE 6.0 SP1 already installed!

MP9URP9X, MP9URPFR + ITMP9URP:
New French release. All others same:
• Unofficial Windows Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) Update Rollup Packs (URP) for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME install ALL previously released WMP9 Hotfixes, Patches + Updates:
   • WMP9URP December 2009 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [9.07 MB, English].
   • WMP9URP December 2009 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [9.1 MB, French].
   • OLD WMP9URP for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [8.57 MB, Italian].
Windows 98, 98 SP1, 98 SE + ME users: Do NOT install WMP9URP IF already installed 98MP10!
Windows 98 SE + ME require WMP9 [13.3 MB] already installed.
Windows 98 + 98 SP1 require Unofficial WMP9 [13.3 MB, English] already installed.
How to install WMP9 on Windows 98.

KernelEx:
New release:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Kernel Extensions (KernelEx) 4.5 Beta 2 allows to install + run NTx-only [WinNT4/2000/XP/2003] applications + games (free GPL, multilingual):
KernelEx 4.5 Beta 2 [212 KB].
KernelEx Release Notes.
KernelEx @ SF.net.
Requires Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU) UNICOWS.DLL 1.1.3790.0 [261 KB].
KernelEx 4.x versions are compatible with Revolutions Pack (RP) 9.x.

2-14-2010 Update

OLEUP + ITOLEUP:
New English release: replaced ASYCFILT.DLL, OLEAUT32.DLL, OLEPRO32.DLL + STDOLE2.TLB 2.40.4530/5.0.4530 from Win2000 Q917423 hotfix with 2.40.4520/5.0.4520 from Win2000 Q327177 hotfix (experimental, for compatibility reasons). All others same:
• Unofficial OLE Update 2.40.4530 + OLEAUT32.DLL 2.40.4520 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
• OLE Update [633 KB, English].
• OLE Update [604 KB, Italian].

BHDD31:
New French release. All others same:
• Big Hard Disk Drive (BHDD) 3.1 tools for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE: Fixed FORMAT.COM (also installed by FDSKFRMT.EXE), Fixed FDISK.EXE (also installed by FDSKFRMT.EXE), Disk Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE 4.90.3000, also installed by SCANFRAG.EXE) + Disk Scanner [SCANDSKW.EXE 4.90.3000 (Windows mode) + SCANDISK.EXE (native DOS mode), also installed by SCANFRAG.EXE] + Improved Hard Disk Driver ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2230 (Win98 SE only, also installed by ATADRV98.EXE):
• BHDD 3.1 [474 KB, English].
• BHDD 3.1 [477 KB, French].

Java:
New Java 5.0 (1.5.0) release. All others same:
• Sun Java Runtime Environment Standard Edition 32-bit includes: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) + Java Applets Plug-ins and Microsoft, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape + Opera 32-bit web browsers (multilingual):
   • Java Standard Edition (Java SE) 6.0 (a.k.a. 1.6.0) Update 7 (6u7) for Windows 98/98 SE/ME [15.2 MB]:
Direct download [15.13 MB, right-click to save!].
Install requires Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) 1.1 or newer (free).
BUG:
Java SE 6.0 (a.k.a. 1.6.0) Update 7 (6u7) is the LAST Update compatible with Windows 98/98 SE/ME, but you MUST ignore "Warning: This is not a supported Operating System!" error message!
FIX:
How to install Java SE 6.0 (a.k.a. 1.6.0) Update 7 (6u7) on Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
1. Run .MSI installer [15.13 MB, right-click to save!].
2. Or run .EXE installer [15.2 MB] -> stop at "Welcome to Java" screen -> open Windows Explorer or File Manager -> browse to %windir%\TEMP [default is C:\WINDOWS\TEMP = see your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT or C:\CONFIG.SYS SET TEMP line for exact location if different than default (Win9x/ME)] -> run .MSI installer!
   • Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 (a.k.a. 1.5.0) Update 22 [also here] for Windows 98 SE/ME:
Direct download [also here] [16.7 MB].
   • Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4.2.19 for Windows 98:
Direct download [15.1 MB]:
JavaRa Java Uninstaller (free GPL).

1-29-2010 Update

ATADRV98:
New release. Same ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2230 from Big Hard Disk Drive 3.1 (BHDD31.ZIP), but now installs as stand alone (+ uninstall):
• Unofficial Windows 98 SE 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) > 137 GB ATA(PI)/(E)IDE/(U)DMA Improved Hard Disk Driver ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2230:
ATADRV98.EXE [125 KB, English].
Install this Improved ESDI_506.PDR 4.10.2230 Driver on ALL PCs/portables!

1-26-2010 Update

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1-22-2010 Update

VBVM60:
New MSVBVM60.DLL 6.0.9815 from Q970157 Fix. Replaced obsolete MSVBVM60.DLL 6.0.9802 from WinXP SP3:
• Unofficial Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) SP6 32-bit Runtime Library MSVBVM60.DLL 6.0.9815 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME applications + games written in VB:
Direct download [697 KB].
More info.

1-16-2010 Update

Q972270:
New T2EMBED.DLL 5.00.2195.7348 from MS01-001 (Q972270) Win2000 Fix. Replaced obsolete T2EMBED.DLL 5.00.2195.7318 from MS09-029 (Q961371) Win2000 Fix:
Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Embedded Web Fonts T2EMBED.DLL 5.00.2195.7348 Security Vulnerability Fix:
Direct download [178 KB, English].
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 or newer already installed!
More info.

1-7-2010 Update

X360C:
Updated drivers, added more controller brands + models:
• Unofficial XBox 360 Controller WDM Driver for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
X360C.EXE [150 KB].
More info (Japanese):
XBox 360 Controller WDM Driver Install Guide.

Smart Card Base:
• Microsoft Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Smart Card Base Components Platform Software Developers Kit (SDK) Redistributable:
Direct download [1.05 MB].
How to install Smart Card Base Components Redist:
Run scinst.EXE -> run scard.exe -> change directory to \x86\Eng subfolder -> run SCBase.Exe.
Smart Card Base Components required by most Smart Card driver installations!
Smart Card Base Components ReadMe.

WRAPPER + FIXWRAP:
• WRAPPER.SYS v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows 3.1x/9x/ME [17 KB, no nag shareware] loads almost ANY program/TSR as DEVICE(HIGH) from CONFIG.SYS.
Useful for saving low DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Example (generic):
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOSTOOLS\WRAPPER.SYS C:\PROGRAMS\PROGRAM.EXE /program_params
BUG: WRAPPER.SYS may lock up your computer if using Windows 95/98/ME!
FIX: Get FIXWRAP.SYS for MS-DOS 7/8 + Windows 9x/ME:
FIXWRAP.SYS 1.0 [4 KB, free].
How to use FIXWRAP.SYS:
Add this as the first line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):
DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS ON
Then add this as the last line to your CONFIG.SYS file (example):
DEVICE=C:\DOSTOOLS\FIXWRAP.SYS OFF
Reboot for the changes to take effect.
FIXWRAP.SYS Technical details.
FIXWRAP.SYS MSFN Forum.

12-23-2009 Update

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12-22-2009 Update

IE331485:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0/6.0 SP1 32-bit for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Incorrect Suffix Append BROWSELC.DLL 6.00.2800.1146 Fix:
Direct download [157 KB, English].

Flash:
New Flash 9 releases. All others same:
• Adobe Flash Web Players + Plug-ins for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera + SeaMonkey web browsers:
   • Flash 9.0.260 32-bit Web Player + Plug-ins for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera + SeaMonkey 32-bit browsers [1.43 MB].
   • Flash 9.0.260 32-bit Web Player + Plug-ins for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + Microsoft 32-bit browsers [1.46 MB].
   • Flash 8.0.42.0 32-bit Web Player + Plug-ins for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + Firefox, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera + SeaMonkey 32-bit browsers [16.3 MB].
Flash 10/NEWer does NOT support Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME! LAST release compatible with these Windows 32-bit (Win32) OSes is Flash 9!
Flash all versions 32-bit Web Player + Plug-ins for all Windows 32-bit (Win32) OSes.
OLD Flash versions.

11-27-2009 Update

MSXML4:
New Q973688 MSXML4.DLL 4.20.9876.0 replaced obsolete MS08-069 (Q954430) MSXML4.DLL 4.20.9870.0 fix:
• Unofficial Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME XML HTTP MSXML Control v4.0 SP2 MSXML4.DLL 4.20.9876.0 Fix:
MSXML 4.0 SP2 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [5.78 MB, right-click to save!].
Requires Microsoft Installer (MSI) [1.62 MB, free]!
Requires MS IE 5/6 already installed!

11-23-2009 Update

userenv:
New release:
• userenv.dll 0.0.3 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME allows to install + run NTx-only [Windows 2000/XP/2003] programs/games:
userenv.dll [13 KB].
Must use together with KernelEx to be able to install + run certain NTx-only programs/games!

GDI Heap Extender:
New release:
• GDI Heap Extender Beta 2 for 98/98 SE/ME:
GDI Heap Extender [122 KB].
Installs on top of Revolutions Pack (RP) 9.x and replaces some of RP 9.x files with newer versions.

WPI:
New release:
• Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) 2.2 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
WPI [71 KB].
More info.
Requires MS IE 6.0 or 6.0 SP1 already installed!

Driverpacks + UBCD98:
Re-packed February 2008 UBCD98 edition to include updated Driverpacks:
• Driverpacks + Unattended Boot CD 98 (UBCD98) for Windows 98 SE:
Driverpacks [7 RAR parts, 95 MB each].
Links.

SB Drivers:
6 new SB setup CD-ROM ISOs [date stamp: 04-12-2009] uploaded (large files > 200 MB):
• Sound Blaster AWE/PCI/Live!/Audigy series Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + native MS-DOS 7/8 Audio Drivers, Patches + Tools.
More info.

11-13-2009 Update

VS6SP6U:
Updated to include newest *.OCX files (see complete list of files + builds when you install VS6SP6U.EXE) from VS6 SP6 Q957924 Update Rollup:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Visual C++ Foundation Class, C++ Runtime + ActiveX Controls Libraries (DLLs) ATL.DLL, MFC42.DLL, MSVCP60.DLL, COMCT332.OCX, COMCTL32.OCX, COMDLG32.OCX, MCI32.OCX, MSCOMCT2.OCX, MSCOMCTL.OCX, MSCOMM32.OCX, MSFLXGRD.OCX, MSINET.OCX, MSMASK32.OCX, MSWINSCK.OCX, PICCLP32.OCX, RICHTX32.OCX + TABCTL32.OCX Updates:
Direct download [1.9 MB].
More info.

Q253912, Q253912P + Q253912F:
Added actual English VXD, created separate Polish installer:
• Unofficial Windows 98 SE Out Of Memory Errors VCACHE.VXD 4.10.2223 Fix:
   • VCACHE.VXD Fix [118 KB, English].
   • VCACHE.VXD Fix [120 KB, Polish].
   • VCACHE.VXD Fix [122 KB, French].
More info.
CAUTION:
This VCACHE.VXD Fix is experimental!

IOSYS98:
Replaced CDFS.VXD with patched file (used RLoew's freeware > 2 GB DVD size patch). This complex fix replaces these separate fixes: Q304708, USBFDD98 + Q271277:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE CD/DISK/SCSI/SMART/VOL I/O Subsystem CDFS.VXD 4.90.3002 (patched for > 2 GB DVD size), CDTSD.VXD 4.90.3001, CDVSD.VXD 4.90.3004, DISKTSD.VXD 4.90.3001, DISKVSD.VXD 4.90.3002, SCSI1HLP.VXD 4.90.3001, SMARTVSD.VXD 4.90.3001 + VOLTRACK.VXD 4.90.3001 Drivers Fix v2:
Direct download [170 KB].
CDFS.VXD 4.90.3002 patched with RLoew's > 2 GB DVD size patch (freeware).
This Fix includes CDVSD.VXD 4.90.3004 (Q304708.EXE), DISKTSD.VXD 4.90.3001 (USBFDD98.EXE) + DISKVSD.VXD 4.90.3002 (Q271277.EXE) separate Fixes!
These files install also as part of 98SE2ME.

CDFSME:
• Unofficial Windows ME > 2 GB DVD size CDFS.VXD 4.90.3002 Fix [154 KB].
Older CDFS.VXD 4.90.3001 from Q274175 Fix patched to newer CDFS.VXD 4.90.3002 with RLoew's > 2 GB DVD size patch (freeware).

VC_R_9X, VC_R_7X, VC_R_71 + VC_R_70:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Visual C++ (VC++) Foundation Class 7.x ATLxx.DLL + MFC7xx.DLL Redistributables (multilanguage):
   • Visual C++ 2008 (VC2008) Redistributable for Windows 9x/ME [1.44 MB].
Requires KernelEx already installed!
   • VC++ 7.x Redistributable [1.72 MB].
   • VC++ 7.1 Redistributable [1.06 MB].
   • VC++ 7.0 Redistributable [1.03 MB].
More info.

Q961371:
Replaced older (buggy) Q908519 (MS06-002) fixes:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Embedded Web Fonts T2EMBED.DLL 5.00.2195.7318 Security Vulnerability Fix:
Direct download [178 KB].
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 or newer already installed!

GDIPLUS:
New version from WinXP SP3 fix:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Graphics Device Interface+ (GDI+) 32-bit Graphics/Video Acceleration Runtime Library GDIPLUS.DLL 5.1.3102.5581 Security Vulnerability Fix:
GDIPLUS.DLL [895 KB].
Just in case...
OLD GDIPLUS.DLL 5.1.3102.1360 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [1 MB].
Place old GDIPLUS.DLL in %windir%\SYSTEM .

Q950749:
Replaced obsolete Jet 4.0 Q925051.EXE hotfix:
• Unofficial Jet 4.0 SP8 Security Vulnerability Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
Direct download [2.61 MB].

MDGXHOST = HOSTS0, HOSTS127 + HOSTS:
Added more adware/spyware servers: now > 132,000 hosts:
• The HOSTS file can be used to block adware, spyware, malware, viruses, trojans, worms + popups in all your ftp/web browsers and internet/network tools by denying access to a list of internet domains/servers/web sites:
MDGx HOSTS [2.96 MB, self extracting Installer/Uninstaller executable].
HOSTS0.EXE, HOSTS127.EXE + HOSTS.ZIP are installed by MDGXHOST.EXE.

4-4-2009 Update

SCANFRAG:
Added MSCONFIG.CNT, MSCONFIG.HLP, WINFILE.CHM, WINFILE.CNT, WINFILE.HLP + DEFAULT.SFC:
• Microsoft Disk Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME), Hardware Diagnostic Tool (HWINFO.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME), System Configuration (MECONFIG.EXE 4.90.3001 from Windows ME Q272719 Hotfix), Disk Scanner (SCANDSKW.EXE 4.90.3000 + SCANDISK.EXE from Windows ME), Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE 4.90.3000 from Windows ME = modified to work with all Windows 95/98 releases), Registry Scanner (SCANREGW.EXE 4.10.1998 + SCANREG.EXE from Windows 98 SE), SCANREG.INI Editor [SREDIT.EXE from Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK)], MSDOS.SYS Editor [BOOTEDIT.EXE 1.0.0.1 from Windows 98 Resource Kit (RK)], System File Checker (SFC.EXE 4.10.2222 from Windows 98 SE) + File Manager (WINFILE.EXE 4.10.1999 16-bit from Windows 98 SE Q267375 Hotfix = modified with custom 256 colors bitmaps + icons) Tools for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE:
SCANFRAG.EXE [1.03 MB].
See "USE WINME DEFRAG + SCANDSKW WITH WIN95/98" + "SCANREGW, SCANREG + SCANREG.INI".

3-20-2009 Update

NUSBFEFX, NUSB98FE, NUSBFRFE + NUSBITFE:
Added NUSBFEFX QFECheck Fix for NUSB98FE 3.20 English:
• Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1 Native USB Drivers (NUSB98FE) 3.20 adds native USB + USB 2.0 support for most internal + external USB devices (free):
   • NUSB98FE 3.20 QFECheck Fix [63 KB, English].
   • NUSB98FE 3.20 [999 KB, English].
   • NUSB98FE 3.20 [999 KB, French].
   • OLD NUSB98FE 3.10 [768 KB, Italian].
NUSB in languages other than English.

2-25-2009 Update

Older updates will go here...