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| 18761 | 2001-09-13 21:59:00 | I am running a laptop with win98 on it - TeakUI reports it as being 'possibly 98SE'. I have Win98SE CD and am considering re-installing win98. The version running at present has had a number of patches etc done on it. It is stable and running just fine. If I install 98SE will it over-write the patches or will it do the usual date check and give me the option of retaining files.? Is there any real advantage? Any comments or suggestions appreciated. |
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| 18762 | 2001-09-13 23:50:00 | if its not broke don't fix it;-) reinstalling windows will overwrite some patches. go to windows update and MANUALLY select the updates as instructed on the updates page. |
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| 18763 | 2001-09-14 15:13:00 | Windows is no good at 'overwriting' anything. Trying to re-install over an existing installation is a waste of time, because if it sees something that it thinks is current, it will simply leave it as it is and give you no indication as to what has been overwritten and what hasn't. If your machine is running OK, leave it! I am running 98SE and I only install one patch and that is the 98 Shutdown patch. Apart from that I have absolutely no problems with 98SE. If you really must reinstall Windows, delete the existing Windows first and do a clean install of 98SE. |
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