Can Autopatcher be customized for Win98/ME patches


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I run a computer store and it would be VERY handy to have something like this for Win98/ME. Would it be possible for me to strip out all the XP patches and stick in 98/ME patches?

Cheers in advance!

Rich

neopwi First, Welcome! :) Second... yes, it would be possible, but you'd have to figure out how to make the patches run silently on a 98/ME install. Also, I'd have to see if we could disable the OS Check. As it is now, if it detects an OS other than XP, it won't run. I don't plan on making one for 9x based machines, so I can't tell you if it would really work all that well (I don't believe 98 supports QChain, so I don't know if you could actually apply all those updates, silently, and without rebooting).

Its possible, but you wont get anywhere near the potential of the program... AutoPatcher (from exe side which i can say for sure) uses a lot of NT kernel goodies... which may need to be changed to support win9x/me... but theoretically speaking, there is nothing stopping you from customizing it to be used on win9x/me

/Raptor

@FlishFun: Did you notice the neopwi text on the beginning your post? It appears when you quote someone here. Is it a bug?
Yeah, I noticed. Only happens when I quote without previewin'. I tried to edit my posts to remove it, but I must have missed a few. Oh well. lol
Are you planning for an AP for 98?
No. Won't be one. If anyone wants to attempt it, then go for it... but 9x-based Operating Systems are a WHOLE different beast from NT based ones. As I said before, the update process isn't the same.
It looks like you can. I'll let you know once I've worked my way through the list of Critical Updates that I downloaded.

The one thing I can't get installing silently with no reboot is DX9b.

Well let me know, cause I'm sorta curious... I assumed it couldn't be done.

I've basically got it all working. Still no DX9 and I've just noticed I've not included the .NET Framework. It's rough, but it seems to work. Gonna do a clean '98 install now and try it from there.

If anyone has any idea how to make DX9b install silently with no reboot in Win98, let me know!! :D

Here's the .bat.

@echo off
echo Installing Internet Explorer 6...
echo.
start /wait .\IE6\ie6setup /q:a /r:n
echo Installing Media Player 9...
echo.
start /wait .\MP9\mpsetup /q
echo Installing KB819639...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-ENU.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Q824145...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\q824145.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Q330994...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Q329414...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\q329414_mdacall_x86.exe /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q:a
echo Installing Q313829...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\q313829.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing msjavwu...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\msjavwu.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing js56men...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\js56men.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 823559USA8.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\823559USA8.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 811630USA8.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\811630USA8.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 329115_W98.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\329115_W98.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 323255_W98.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\323255_W98.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 323172_98.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\323172_98.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 273991.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\273991.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 259728.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\259728.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 256015.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\256015.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 245729US8.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\245729US8.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 238453US8.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\238453US8.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Q260067.EXE... (Shutdown Fix)
echo.
start /wait .\updates\Q260067.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Euro Update...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\euro.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing 273017.EXE...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\273017.EXE /Q:A /R:N
echo Installing Root Certificate Update...
echo.
start /wait .\updates\rootsupd.exe /Q:A /R:N
echo Complete.

I've basically got it all working. Still no DX9 and I've just noticed I've not included the .NET Framework. It's rough, but it seems to work. Gonna do a clean '98 install now and try it from there.

If anyone has any idea how to make DX9b install silently with no reboot in Win98, let me know!! :D

Nice! (Y) Keep me posted! :)

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