KT7AGuy wrote:I always just run the Unofficial SP 2.1a along with whatever version of DirectX I need. Never had any problems with that.
I also use the USB mass storage updated drivers too, nusb33e.exe. These are a truly a blessing when using flash drives and other external storage.
I don't use my Win98SE boxes for anything except old games. It's not like I need to worry about these systems getting a virus or some other malware.
I've tried the Unofficial Windows 98SE Service Pack 3.x (as mentioned earlier in this post) but, during installation (even with just ticking core updates), I received an installation error that it cannot find the required installation files. I then had to manually point to where the files were extracted. This was on a clean installation of Windows 98SE, following the instructions on the website. However, after installation, I didn't seem to experience any problems.
As some users have mentioned, "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" and I feel that the above service pack includes certain components and features that one doesn't require for playing games or even running software from that era.
I've decided to fall back on the Unofficial SP 2.1a as I feel that it gives you all the Microsoft updates that you require (and nothing more). I've never had any problems with this service pack. The only extra feature that I installed were the USB stack drivers that comes with the Unofficial Windows 98SE Service Pack 3.x package (I just extracted and installed this separately) but the USB mass storage updated drivers can also be installed (I sometimes forget that Windows 98SE will have problems reading USB mass storage devices that are not formatted with FAT32).
I then also installed IE 6.0 SP1 and DirectX 9.0c.
To enable me to choose between MS-DOS and Windows, I just created a start up menu by editing my autoexexc.bat & config.sys files (a once off editing of MSDOS.sys is also required).
More than that you don't need for Windows 98SE.