Editing Windows 98 (section)

==Windows 98 Second Edition {{anchor|SE}}==

'''Windows 98 Second Edition''' (often shortened to '''Windows 98 SE''' and sometimes to '''Win98 SE''' or '''98 SE''')<ref name=SmartSE>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/smartcomputing-magazine-v10i9|title=Windows 98 Second Edition|last=Sems|first=Marty|magazine=[[Smart Computing]]|date=September 1999|access-date=October 8, 2019|volume=10|issue=9|page=14}}</ref> is an updated version of Windows 98 released on June 10, 1999, about eight months before the release of the business-oriented [[Windows 2000]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-05-06 |title=Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) Review |url=https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-server/windows-98-second-edition-se-review |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=ITPro Today: IT News, How-Tos, Trends, Case Studies, Career Tips, More |language=en |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406105819/https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-server/windows-98-second-edition-se-review |url-status=live }}</ref> It includes many bug fixes,<ref name=PCmagSE>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93nBwQ5XIAwC&pg=PA35|title=Windows 98 Second Edition|last=Mendelson|first=Edward|magazine=[[PC Magazine]]|date=May 25, 1999|access-date=October 8, 2019|volume=18|issue=10|page=35|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929062338/https://books.google.com/books?id=93nBwQ5XIAwC&pg=PA35|url-status=live}}</ref> improved WDM audio and modem support, improved USB support,<ref name=SmartSE/> added [[SSE2]] and [[3DNow!]] support, the replacement of Internet Explorer 4.0 with [[Internet Explorer 5|Internet Explorer 5.0]],<ref name=PCmagSE/> ''Web Folders'' ([[WebDAV]] namespace extension for Windows Explorer),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195851|title=Overview of Web Folders in Internet Explorer 5|publisher=Microsoft|work=microsoft.com|access-date=February 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105015555/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195851|archive-date=January 5, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and related shell updates. Also included is basic [[Open Host Controller Interface|OHCI]]-compliant [[FireWire]] [[DV (video format)|DV]] camcorder support (MSDV class driver) and SBP-2 support for mass storage class devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg454506#E3AAC|title=The IEEE 1394 Driver Stack|publisher=Microsoft|work=microsoft.com|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108214828/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg454506#E3AAC|archive-date=November 8, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wake-On-LAN]] reenables suspended networked computers due to network activity, and Internet Connection Sharing allows multiple networked client computers to share an Internet connection via a single host computer.<ref name=PCmagSE/>

Other features in the update include DirectX 6.1 which introduced major improvements to DirectSound and the introduction of DirectMusic,<ref name=PCmagSE/> improvements to [[Asynchronous Transfer Mode]] support ([[Internet Protocol|IP]]/ATM, [[Point-to-Point Protocol|PPP]]/ATM and [[Winsock|WinSock 2/ATM]] support), Windows Media Player 6.1 replacing the older Media Player 4.1,<ref name=SmartSE/> Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0,<ref name=SCv6i6p38>{{harvnb|Smart Computing, June|2000|p=38}}</ref> [[Microsoft Data Access Components|MDAC 2.1]] and WMI. A memory overflow issue was resolved in which earlier versions of Windows 98 would crash most systems if left running for 49.7 days (equal to 2<sup>32</sup> milliseconds); this bug was also present on its predecessor, Windows 95.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miles|first=Stephanie|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-222391.html|title=Windows may crash after 49.7 days|publisher=CNET|date=March 2, 1999|access-date=March 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615045104/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-222391.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Windows 98 SE could be obtained as retail upgrade and full version packages, as well as OEM and a Second Edition Updates Disc for existing Windows 98 users. USB audio device class support is present from Windows 98 SE onwards. Windows 98 Second Edition improved WDM support in general for all devices, and it introduced support for WDM for modems (and therefore USB modems and virtual [[COM (hardware interface)|COM]] ports). However, Microsoft driver support for both USB printers and [[USB mass-storage device class]] is not available for Windows 98.

===Removed features===
The [[Active Channel]]s Channel bar from the original release of Windows 98 is not installed upon first boot, however it is retained when upgrading from the original release of Windows 98 to Windows 98 Second Edition.

Windows 98 Second Edition did not ship with the [[WinG]] API or [[RealPlayer]] 4.0, unlike the original release of Windows 98, due to both of these having been superseded by DirectX and Windows Media Player, respectively. On the other hand, [[ActiveMovie]] still exists in Windows 98 Second Edition despite having been superseded by Windows Media Player.