Unofficial Windows98SE Patch

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 2, 2004 @03:08AM from the who-do-ya-trust dept.

usrid0 writes "A service pack for Windows 98 Second Edition has been released. Big deal, right? It is if it doesn't come from Microsoft. "

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Re:Don't install this on non-english MS Windows by jsse · 2004-05-02 03:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

this isn't news

But that doesn't stop slashdot from posting it.

News for nerds isn't news; stuff that matters doesn't matter.
Amusing by stfubye · 2004-05-02 03:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This patch seems useless. It updates only the OS and none of the software that comes with it? I know the solution to all windows user's update problems: #yum update
Re:Don't install this on non-english MS Windows by BandwidthHog · 2004-05-02 03:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If the editor[s] reviewing submissions aren't reading both the submission and the article in quick succession, then rejecting the less good combination and/or accepting the more better combination of the two, then, umm...?

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Re:News just in.... by AsianWildAss · 2004-05-02 04:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Bill sux Bill sux Bill sux
Re:"Windows 98" - *98* - 1998! - GET A LIFE by tiger99 · 2004-05-02 06:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't confuse the words "deprecated" and "depreciated". You seem to be using the wrong one in your sig, although both might apply to things being discussed here.
Re:Link and Download Mirrors by Mr.+Darl+McBride · 2004-05-02 07:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Actually, that was my own system, not anti-slash. And I only had hello in there for about 5 minutes -- it was a perfectly valid mirror after that. I just sat and watched moderators bat it up and down non-stop for over 12 hours after. It was glorious. :)