Richy Freeway Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I run a computer store and it would be VERY handy to have something like this for Win98/ME. Would it be possible for me to strip out all the XP patches and stick in 98/ME patches? Cheers in advance! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 18, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2003 I run a computer store and it would be VERY handy to have something like this for Win98/ME. Would it be possible for me to strip out all the XP patches and stick in 98/ME patches?Cheers in advance! Rich neopwi First, Welcome! :) Second... yes, it would be possible, but you'd have to figure out how to make the patches run silently on a 98/ME install. Also, I'd have to see if we could disable the OS Check. As it is now, if it detects an OS other than XP, it won't run. I don't plan on making one for 9x based machines, so I can't tell you if it would really work all that well (I don't believe 98 supports QChain, so I don't know if you could actually apply all those updates, silently, and without rebooting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 18, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2003 Its possible, but you wont get anywhere near the potential of the program... AutoPatcher (from exe side which i can say for sure) uses a lot of NT kernel goodies... which may need to be changed to support win9x/me... but theoretically speaking, there is nothing stopping you from customizing it to be used on win9x/me /Raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art3x Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Just outta curiousity, why not just upgrade the machines you sell/fix or whatever to xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 18, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2003 @artex: because maybe the guys who own the pcs dont wanna upgrade to xp :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art3x Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Their loss I suppose :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 18, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2003 true, but you cant force someone to upgrade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art3x Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 lol, I know I was just being curious is all :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy Freeway Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 Hmmm ok interesting. I'll start hacking about with some batchfiles first, when I get the time, to prove the concept. Cheers for your responses and top work Flish! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyBeef Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Does Microsoft still support Win98 on Windowsupdate? @FlishFun: Did you notice the neopwi text on the beginning your post? It appears when you quote someone here. Is it a bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 win98 is still supported in winupdate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 @FlishFun: Did you notice the neopwi text on the beginning your post? It appears when you quote someone here. Is it a bug? Yeah, I noticed. Only happens when I quote without previewin'. I tried to edit my posts to remove it, but I must have missed a few. Oh well. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 quick, report to forum bugs :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyBeef Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I thought MS disconnected Win98 from Windowsupdate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 I thought MS disconnected Win98 from Windowsupdate. Windows 95, yes. But I think 98 has about a year or less left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyBeef Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Are you planning for an AP for 98? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 Are you planning for an AP for 98? No. Won't be one. If anyone wants to attempt it, then go for it... but 9x-based Operating Systems are a WHOLE different beast from NT based ones. As I said before, the update process isn't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyBeef Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Then I need to get the updates/hotfixes for backup for my 98 pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 yep, you will have to find the 'administrative' vesions of the patches on windows update, download them, and then start building a database... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 Although, correct me if I'm wrong... there's no way to install them all silently and at the same time... is there? I'm pretty sure 9x based systems can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy Freeway Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 It looks like you can. I'll let you know once I've worked my way through the list of Critical Updates that I downloaded. The one thing I can't get installing silently with no reboot is DX9b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 It looks like you can. I'll let you know once I've worked my way through the list of Critical Updates that I downloaded.The one thing I can't get installing silently with no reboot is DX9b. Well let me know, cause I'm sorta curious... I assumed it couldn't be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy Freeway Posted November 19, 2003 Author Share Posted November 19, 2003 I've basically got it all working. Still no DX9 and I've just noticed I've not included the .NET Framework. It's rough, but it seems to work. Gonna do a clean '98 install now and try it from there. If anyone has any idea how to make DX9b install silently with no reboot in Win98, let me know!! :D Here's the .bat. @echo off echo Installing Internet Explorer 6... echo. start /wait .\IE6\ie6setup /q:a /r:n echo Installing Media Player 9... echo. start /wait .\MP9\mpsetup /q echo Installing KB819639... echo. start /wait .\updates\WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-ENU.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Q824145... echo. start /wait .\updates\q824145.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Q330994... echo. start /wait .\updates\q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Q329414... echo. start /wait .\updates\q329414_mdacall_x86.exe /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q:a echo Installing Q313829... echo. start /wait .\updates\q313829.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing msjavwu... echo. start /wait .\updates\msjavwu.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing js56men... echo. start /wait .\updates\js56men.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 823559USA8.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\823559USA8.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 811630USA8.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\811630USA8.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 329115_W98.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\329115_W98.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 323255_W98.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\323255_W98.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 323172_98.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\323172_98.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 273991.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\273991.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 259728.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\259728.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 256015.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\256015.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 245729US8.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\245729US8.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 238453US8.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\238453US8.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Q260067.EXE... (Shutdown Fix) echo. start /wait .\updates\Q260067.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Euro Update... echo. start /wait .\updates\euro.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing 273017.EXE... echo. start /wait .\updates\273017.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing Root Certificate Update... echo. start /wait .\updates\rootsupd.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlishFun Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 I've basically got it all working. Still no DX9 and I've just noticed I've not included the .NET Framework. It's rough, but it seems to work. Gonna do a clean '98 install now and try it from there.If anyone has any idea how to make DX9b install silently with no reboot in Win98, let me know!! :D Nice! (Y) Keep me posted! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted November 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 19, 2003 why is everything in just one batch file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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