How to Update From Microsoft.com

  1. Open your Internet Browser (IE or Netscape)
  2. If IE, at the Address: type http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/product.asp.
    3. If Netscape, at the Location: type http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/product.asp
  3. Now, you should be at the Year 2000 Product Guide. Scroll down to Search for Microsoft Products:
  4. At Select Products(s): Use the arrow keys to scroll down to find the software name.




  1. Windows 98 Second Edition

    The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view70998EN.htm


    1. Click on Windows 98 Second Edition
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Updated Information: Windows 98 Second Edition includes the year 2000 software updates that were identified during testing of the first edition Windows 98, up through May 1999.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  2. Windows 98:


    3. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32165EN.htm

    1. Click on Windows 98
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: Windows 98 Year 2000 Updates; Updated Microsoft Virtual Machine; Outlook Express 4.01 software update

      Windows 98 users: Please start the Windows Update service from the link on the Start menu. This will prompt you to install the appropriate year 2000 updates for your Windows 98 system. Or shortcut for a list of all Windows 98 Updates http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/corporate.asp

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen


  3. Windows 95:


    4. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32163EN.htm

    1. Click on Windows 95
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version
    6. Read the article


      7. Prerequisites: Windows 95 year 2000 Software; a list of all Windows 95 Updates http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/

    7. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  4. Windows 3.11


    5. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view70400EN.htm

    1. Click on Windows 3.11
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: There is an updated version of WINFILE.EXE. For more information see Knowledge Base article Q85557 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q85/5/57.asp This update does not address all of the issues listed in the Product Issues section. Windows 3.1 remains Compliant with minor issues with or without this update.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  5. Office 97


    6. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view15127EN.htm (professional)
    or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view67798EN.htm (standard)

    1. Click on Office 97 8.0 (professional, standard)
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: Office 97 Service Release (SR) 2 is required for Year 2000 compliance. SR-2 can be Download from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/sr2fact.htm. The changes in Office 97 that were made in SR-2, including year 2000 updates, are listed in http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q151/0/20.asp. All year 2000 issues reported as fixed in SR-2 exist in SR-1 and in the base Office 97 product.

      NOTE: The Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Patch requires that you first install SR-1. For more information about SR-1, please see the following Microsoft Web site: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr1fact.htm

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  6. Office 95


    7. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view15109EN.htm (professional) or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view67776EN.htm (standard)

    1. Click on Office 95 7.0 (professional, standard)
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: An Office 95 Year 2000 update is now available that corrects all known Year 2000 related issues in the applications used in Office 95. For more detailed information and to download this download please go to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/O95y2kfactsheet.htm

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  7. Office 4.xx


    8. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view10844EN.htm (professional) or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view67788EN.htm (standard)

    1. Click on Office 4.xx (professional, standard)
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Note: No Updates for this software

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  8. Word 97 8.0 – 32-bit Win


    9. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32351EN.htm
    1. Click on Word 97
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version
    6. Read the article


      7. Prerequisites: Download the Office 97 SR2 Patch from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/sr2fact.htm The changes in Office 97 that were made in SR 2, including Year 2000 updates, are listed in http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q151/0/20.asp All Year 2000 issues reported as fixed in SR2 exist in SR1 and in the base Office 97 product.

      NOTE: The Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Patch requires that you first install SR-1. For more information about SR-1, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
      http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr1fact.htm

    7. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  9. Word 95 7.xx – 32-bit Win


    10. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view23487EN.htm

    1. Click on Word 95
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: An Office 95 Year 2000 update is now available that corrects all known Year 2000 related issues in the applications used in Office 95. For more detailed information and to download this update please go to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/O95y2kfactsheet.htm

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  10. Word 6.xx – 16-bit Win


    11. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view9992EN.htm

    1. Click on Word 6.xx
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: All dates that are used in the Find File Advanced Search dialog time stamp tab are converted to 2-digit format by default. The year 00 is interpreted as the year 2000. All other years are assumed to be in the 20th century. This means that the default operational range of dates for Find File in Word 6.0x for Windows is 1901–2000. This date format can, however, be modified to use all 4 digits for the year. For details on this workaround and additional information on this issue please see http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q171/2/86.asp

      Recommendations: Because of the way that 2-digit shortcuts are handled in certain fields and functions of Word 6.0x, users should enter 4-digit years for their dates.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  11. Excel 97 8.0 – 32-bit Win


    12. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view23487EN.htm

    1. Click on Excel 97
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2) is required for Year 2000 compliance. SR-2 can be downloaded from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/sr2fact.htm The changes in Office 97 that were made in SR 2, including Y2K updates, are listed in http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q151/0/20.asp All Y2K issues reported as fixed in SR2 exist in SR1 and in the base Office 97 product. NOTE: The Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Patch requires that you first install SR-1. For more information about SR-1, please see the following Microsoft Web site:
      http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr1fact.htm

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen


  12. Excel 95 7.0


    13. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view68271EN.htm

    1. Click on Excel 95
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: An Office 95 Year 2000 update is now available that corrects all known Year 2000 related issues in the applications used in Office 95. For more detailed information and to download this update please go to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/O95y2kfactsheet.htm

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  13. Excel 5.0 – 16-bit Win


    14. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view68344EN.htm

    1. Click on Excel
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. No Updates

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen


  14. Outlook 98


    15. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view15180EN.htm

    1. Click on Outlook
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: The Microsoft Outlook Support for Lotus cc:Mail from the Outlook 98 ValuPack is Year 2000 compliant only with the update referenced in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q190629 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q190/6/29.asp

      Importing or exporting text files with dates formatted with two-digit years may result in some years being designated in the wrong century. For more information on these issues and to download the 098dtfix update please see Knowledge Base article Q193604 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q193/6/04.asp

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  15. Outlook 97


    16. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view15157EN.htm

    1. Click on Outlook 97
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: OUTLLIB.DLL version 8.04 for Outlook 8.0 - 8.03 users. This patch is available in Office 97 SR-2, which can be downloaded at http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/sr2fact.htm The changes in Office 97 that were made in SR 2, including Y2K updates, are listed in http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q151/0/20.asp All Y2K issues reported as fixed in SR2 exist in SR1 and in the base Office 97 product. The issues addressed by this update exist in all Office 97 releases, including SR 1 and the base release.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen


  16. Exchange 5.xx


    17. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view67939EN.htm

    1. Click on Exchange 5.xx
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & read the article


      6. Prerequisites: Exchange Client (16-bit) version 5.0 does not require a service pack for Year 2000 compliance.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  17. Schedule + 7.xx


    18. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view13687EN.htm (16-bit) or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view32535EN.htm (7.5 32-bit)

    1. Click on Schedule +
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & Read the article


      6. Prerequisites: Download the Schedule+ Year 2000 Software Update available at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q197/1/95.asp

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  18. MS-DOS 6.22


    19. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view6839EN.htm

    1. Click on MS-DOS
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & Read the article


      6. Recommendations to meet compliance: There are no patches available at this time. The commands described are infrequently used and easily worked around. This date issue does not constitute a significant threat to the stability and/or functionality of the product as a whole.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  19. MS-DOS 6.21


    20. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view6808EN.htm

    1. Click on MS-DOS
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & Read the article
      6. Recommendations: There are no patches available at this time and no plans to develop any patches. The commands that cause non-compliance are infrequently used and easily worked around.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  20. MS-DOS 6.2


    21. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view6765EN.htm

    1. Click on MS-DOS
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & Read the article


      6. Recommendations: There are no patches available at this time and no plans to develop any patches. The commands described are infrequently used and easily worked around.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen
  21. MS-DOS 6.0


    22. The web page for this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view6593EN.htm

    1. Click on MS-DOS
    2. Scroll up to Search for Microsoft Products: and click on Languages
    3. Select English
    4. Scroll down and click on Perform Search
    5. Select the correct version & Read the article


      6. Recommendations: There are no patches available at this time and no plans to develop any patches. The commands described are infrequently used and easily worked around.

    6. To return to the Year 2000 Product Guide, click on Return to Search Screen


    Veronica Ivy
    PC Support Analyst II
    vivy@lsumc.edu
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