Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update

The Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update (Corpupd.exe) is a follow-up to the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (W95y2k.exe). Note that the W95y2k.exe program must be installed before installing the Corpupd.exe program. The Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update performs the following actions:

• Removes "Windows 95 Year 2000 Update" from the list of installed programs in the Add/Remove Programs tool.
• Removes an extraneous copy of the Command.com file from the Windows\Command folder.
• Installs an updated Vdhcp.386 (version 4.10.1660) file needed for either the Dial-Up Networking Update (DUN1.3) or Windows Sockets 2.0.
• Installs the QfeCheck utility.
• Modifies the registry to permit detection by the QfeCheck utility.
• Places a file named Corpupd.txt in the Windows folder.

The following command-line switches are available for use with the Corporate Update:

• /Q
  
  No prompts, error messages, or file-extraction animation.
• /Q:1
  
  No prompts except file-extraction animation and error messages.
• /Q:A
  
  No prompts, no error messages, no checking for disk space, or administrative rights, possibly useful for push installations.
• /Q:U
  
  No initial prompt, does show file-extraction animation, and reboot dialog box (if required).

The Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Corporate Update places the following values in the following registry key to become visible to the QfeCheck tool:

For additional information about year 2000 (Y2K) issues with the DATE and DIR commands, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about the Vdhcp.386 file and Y2K issues, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about QfeCheck, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: