Q200843: Unable to Install Windows 95/98 Year 2000 Updates

Article: Q200843
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 1,2,2.1,2.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup win98
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition 
- Microsoft Windows 98 
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1, 2, 2.1, 2.5 
- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (W95y2k.exe), the
Windows 98 Year 2000 Update (Y2k.exe or Y2kw98.exe), or the Windows 98 Year 2000
Update 2 (Y2kw98_2.exe), you may receive the following error message:

  This update is not designed for your version of Windows. Press OK to exit.

CAUSE
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This issue can occur for either of the following reasons:

- You try to install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (W95y2k.exe) on a computer
  running Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows NT. This update is
  designed for use only on Windows 95-based computers.

- You try to install the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update (Y2k.exe or Y2kw98.exe) or
  the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update 2 on a computer running Windows 95, Windows
  98 Second Edition, or Windows NT. These updates are designed for use only on
  Windows 98-based computers.

NOTE: Windows 98 Second Edition includes all of the Year 2000 fixes included in
both the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update and the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update 2.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information about the Windows 95 or Windows 98 Year 2000 Updates,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q167075 Availability of the Windows 98 Year 2000 Update

  Q225050 Availability of the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbsetup win98 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbWin98search kbWin98SEsearch kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98 kbWin98SE kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : :1,2,2.1,2.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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