Microsoft also posted a Y2K update for Windows 98 operating systems. It fixes problems relating to leap days, Microsoft Wallet, date rollovers when booting up at the turn of the century and issues relating to regional settings. Microsoft assures its customers that these issues would not risk data. Four ways to get new version of Win98. Microsoft has been working on a new version of Windows 98.
Sources say the company is close to releasing it, in four different forms.
There will be an upgrade from Windows 3.1 and 95. And, Microsoft will sell a Step Up version for users of Windows 98 Version 1. The three above products will include extras such as Internet Explorer 5, a full complement of patches, bug fixes and the like, plus enhancements to the operating system. Also, Service Release will be available for free from Microsoft's Web site, which upgrades the operating system's basic features to the new version. Russia ends Y2K agreement with United States.