Installing Windows 98se updates.

[kraut]

Have a question that I do not recall seeing asked before and have been
wondering about.

I am running Windows 98se and have DLed most of the updates from MS in
case ever need them.

Question is if a person runs them does it make a difference what order
they are installed and if so how does one determine which ones to
install first??

If they install the newer ones then the older ones might the older one
mess up the newer one??

TIA

 

[PA Bear]

Yes, they will need to be installed in a certain order.

Yes, some updates replace (supersede) earlier updates.

The detection logic at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com will know which
updates are needed. If you'd rather install them manually, go to Windows
Update, select CUSTOM and scan, then write down the updates needed then bail
& install them manually.

IE6 SP1 must be installed to use Windows Update website.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


kraut wrote:
> Have a question that I do not recall seeing asked before and have been
> wondering about.
>
> I am running Windows 98se and have DLed most of the updates from MS in
> case ever need them.
>
> Question is if a person runs them does it make a difference what order
> they are installed and if so how does one determine which ones to
> install first??
>
> If they install the newer ones then the older ones might the older one
> mess up the newer one??
>
> TIA

 

[kraut]

Okay that brings me back to what I was trying to find out. If I
install them manually how do I know which updates to install first or
what order to install them in?


>Yes, they will need to be installed in a certain order.
>
>Yes, some updates replace (supersede) earlier updates.
>
>The detection logic at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com will know which
>updates are needed. If you'd rather install them manually, go to Windows
>Update, select CUSTOM and scan, then write down the updates needed then bail
>& install them manually.
>
>IE6 SP1 must be installed to use Windows Update website.
>--
>~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
>kraut wrote:
>> Have a question that I do not recall seeing asked before and have been
>> wondering about.
>>
>> I am running Windows 98se and have DLed most of the updates from MS in
>> case ever need them.
>>
>> Question is if a person runs them does it make a difference what order
>> they are installed and if so how does one determine which ones to
>> install first??
>>
>> If they install the newer ones then the older ones might the older one
>> mess up the newer one??
>>
>> TIA

 

[Lee]

On Jan 2, 7:25 am, kraut <NewsGroupsPle...@NewsGroupsPlease.org>
wrote:
> Have a question that I do not recall seeing asked before and have been
> wondering about.
>
> I am running Windows 98se and have DLed most of the updates from MS in
> case ever need them.
>
> Question is if a person runs them does it make a difference what order
> they are installed and if so how does one determine which ones to
> install first??
>
> If they install the newer ones then the older ones might the older one
> mess up the newer one??
>
> TIA

It really doesn't make a difference what order you apply them in since
they are ALL written so as to replace any older or lower versioned
files with new or higher versioned ones. Means are firmly in place to
prevent older and lower versioned files from being the "last man
standing", so forget that reoccuring Windows rumor that never was
based in anything like the truth. Older can not mess up newer.

Some updates do indeed supersede others, but the old ones are no
longer available and even if you do have them and apply them - so
what. See the above paragraph.

You can't go wrong - apply all that you have and use the WinUP site to
verify that they have been applied.

If it makes you sleep better at night you certainly can apply the
lower numbered ones first but even this is not necessary at all...

 

[kraut]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:20:32 -0800 (PST), Lee <melee5@my-deja.com>
wrote:

>> Have a question that I do not recall seeing asked before and have been
>> wondering about.
>>
>> I am running Windows 98se and have DLed most of the updates from MS in
>> case ever need them.
>>
>> Question is if a person runs them does it make a difference what order
>> they are installed and if so how does one determine which ones to
>> install first??
>>
>> If they install the newer ones then the older ones might the older one
>> mess up the newer one??
>>
>> TIA
>
>It really doesn't make a difference what order you apply them in since
>they are ALL written so as to replace any older or lower versioned
>files with new or higher versioned ones. Means are firmly in place to
>prevent older and lower versioned files from being the "last man
>standing", so forget that reoccuring Windows rumor that never was
>based in anything like the truth. Older can not mess up newer.
>
>Some updates do indeed supersede others, but the old ones are no
>longer available and even if you do have them and apply them - so
>what. See the above paragraph.
>
>You can't go wrong - apply all that you have and use the WinUP site to
>verify that they have been applied.
>
>If it makes you sleep better at night you certainly can apply the
>lower numbered ones first but even this is not necessary at all...

Thanks much for the reply.