Software Update: Windows 98SE Unofficial SP 2.0.1

gape of Exuberant Software Released a bugfix release of the unofficial Service Pack for the English version of Windows 98 Second Edition on the MSFN forum. The 15.5MB download consists of a collection of critical patches available for download from Windows Update plus some third party programs and tweaks. These are only updates for the operating system itself, updates such as Internet Explorer 6, DirectX 9, and the Windows Media Player will still need to be installed separately. The changelog for this release looks like this:

what’s new:

• Added one update [Q870669] and one hotfix [Q295629 (Replaces Q258010 and Q274334)]†
• Added ATL.DLL [from VCREDIST]†
• Updated ROOTSUPD.EXE [to 7.0]†
• Updated HTML32.CNV [to Office XP SP3]†
• Updated INFEX.EXE from 0.1 to 0.2. [The new version supports to change checkboxes’ default states.]
• Changed “MaxFileCache=524288” to “MaxFileCache=393216” in SPUPDATE.INF.
• Changed copy method of HARDWARE.HLP to SPUPDATE.INF.
• Changed copy method of Visual C++ [VCREDIST] and OLE Automation [OLEUPD] files in SPUPDATE.INF to avoid any version inconsistency.
• Added “SmartReboot=N” into the all INFs for preventing unexpected reboot messages.
• Corrected typo on DELINFS.INF.
• Fixed TweakUI uninstallation bug.
• Fixed 98lite Sleek Notepad uninstallation bug.