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Release notes

Windows 98 Second Edition is an update to the original Windows 98 that includes improved modem and sound/audio card support through the Windows Driver Model, improved USB support, Wake on LAN support, FireWire DV camcorder support, and SBP-2 Mass Storage device support. Internet Explorer was also upgraded to and Internet Connection Sharing made its debut. DirectX was also included with DirectSound improvements. Windows Media Player was also shipped replacing the old classic Windows 3.x/95 "Media Player" that originated with the Windows MMC Extensions.

Windows 98 Second Edition can be updated with the Microsoft .NET framework version , 1,1 and The Visual C++ runtime is the last to carry Windows 98 support. The last version of Internet Explorer that can be installed on 98 SE is Other available upgradeable components include DirectX c, Windows Installer , GDI+ redistributable, Remote Desktop Connection (XP ), and Text Services Framework. The last version of Microsoft Office capable of running on Windows 98 is Office XP.

Installation instructions

Hardware requirements can be bypassed in the setup with the undocumented /nm setup switch. This will allow systems as old as the with 8MB of RAM to run Windows 98 (although this will be far from optimal)

Important: Only the OEM Full version is bootable.

Wanted: Floppy version