nlinecomputers Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 From the Security Pipeline comes a story about a guy that has made his own Service pack for Win98 SE. He has taken all the patches and rolled them up into a installer for his own service pack. Neat idea but I'd doubt I trust it simply because the source isn't Microsoft and with all the patches locked up in a single installer you can even check the certificates on them until you run his patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I agree. I only get patches to Windows from Microsoft...it's hard enough to feel safe with them directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 (edited) It's an interesting concept. But with the free MS update CD I'm not sure how useful it is.If you follow his recommended procedure I highly recommend that you should backup your system before installing the pack.you should be fine. :)Did you visit the author's home page? http://exuberant.ms11.net Interesting the number of updates to his Patch since it came out in Feb. You might want to wait for version 2.0. Edited May 2, 2004 by EdP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I agree. I only get patches to Windows from Microsoft...it's hard enough to feel safe with them directly. Well put, Fran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackR Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Well I am sucker for things like this so I tried it.The result?I had to reformat and reinstall my Win98se Highly Functional Carefully Crafted work of Art, conceived in the last 5 years. Why?The D*** thing does not have any option to upgrade or update. It a partial reset reinstall. Even the desktop with the Links disappears. You get a clean Desktop that makes to look like Win2000 Desktop after typical installation. Could be that for someone that need to reinstall Win98se from scratch it is a Good thing.However no real useful information is provided and I do not have the time to “â€â€Testâ€â€â€ the thing from scratch. No harm was really done (besides losing 45 minutes), since I had a ghost of the Installation prior to this Negative endeavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epp_b Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Hmmm...first thought that came to my mind was "Would you trust a Ford specialist to upgrade your Honda engine??" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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