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Re: Win 98 2nd edition update install failed - unable to re-install 1st edition or 2nd edition

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From: Colin Price
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:00

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In article <7t5rng$hhd$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>, GB
<gjb@3cross.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Denis McMahon <denis@pickaxe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:BGD1N5IX+uFInlFHfCN9IrbUQ9JV@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I recently hgot a W98 2nd edition update CD from Microsoft. It didn't
>complete
>> the installation properly, and now I have a machine that seems unstable at
>> times, eg I have to de-install and re-install DUN every few days.
>>
>> I have tried re-installing the original W98 but it sees the later version
>and
>> won't re-install. I have tried to re-install the update but it says it
>can't
>> find the first edition files required.
>
>Try deleting win98 SE from "Add & Remove Programs" in the Control Panel.

This won't work - it's asking Windows to remove itself. IS Windows 98 SE
listed in your Control Panel/Add remove Programs? It's certainly not
present here.

<snip rest of message>

demon.tech.pc added back again - not sure why you removed it from the
follow-ups. Lucky I spotted this, I don't read uk.comp.os.win95 very
often.

Regards,
-- 
Colin Price

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From: Colin Price <Colin@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Win 98 2nd edition update install failed - unable to re-install 1st edition or 2nd edition
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