Can you upgrade Win 98 to Win 98SE?

[Thebranded]

Hey Have a copy of 98 (not SE) can you install it and then download the SE upgrade? where can you get it?

thx

[glc]

There was never a downloadable SE upgrade - only Service Pack 1. The only way to upgrade 98 to 98SE is with a CD of 98SE which was never free.

[GaryRouth]

Full version SE disks run about $40 (USD) on eBay. It's a little harder to find the Win98-to-Win98se only upgrade CD (which shouldn't be priced much higher than $20).

If all the Windows Updates are installed, the original Windows 98 is pretty similiar in terms of stability to Windows 98 Second Edition. There are several under-the-hood changes in 98se, though, which you must upgrade to acquire. Among these are: better software and hardware compatibility (notably a little better support for USB devices, while not great), and an improved System File Checker utility (fixed a bug in the 1st version). There's also a built-in Internet Connection Sharing (which I don't recommend in these days of inexpensive, more-secure hardware firewalls built into routers).

. . . Gary

[If your hardware is up to it: XP Home Ed. goes on sale now & then for $40-$50 via rebates at places like BestBuy and Circuit City = more commonly it's about $80]

[Thebranded]

yeah i dont need to buy a copy, was just curious since i dont reacall 98 being out for very long before 98se came out.

thanks for the info