Availability of the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update

Microsoft has released the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update.

The Windows 98 Year 2000 Update provides Windows 98 replacement files to correct known year 2000 and date rollover issues with the Windows 98 operating system. The update is installed by selecting it from the Windows Update Web site or by obtaining and running the self-extracting and installing Y2kw98.exe program on CD-ROM.

The following areas of Windows 98 are updated when you install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update:

• Date/Time Picker
• Microsoft Wallet applet
• Phone Dialer applet
• Time and Date applet
• Document Properties
• Boot Strap (Io.sys)
• DHCP Virtual Driver
• Microsoft Data Access
• Microsoft Virtual Machine
• Microsoft Foundation Class Library
• DOS Xcopy

The Windows 98 Year 2000 Update is available from the Windows Update Web site:

It appears in the Critical Updates section and users of the Windows Critical Update Notification utility will be prompted to install this package.