Editing Windows 98 (section)

==Upgradeability==
Several components of Windows 98 can be updated to newer versions. These include:
* [[Internet Explorer 6|Internet Explorer 6 SP1]] and [[Outlook Express]] 6 SP1
* Windows Media Format Runtime and [[Windows Media Player 9 series|Windows Media Player 9 Series]]
* [[Windows Media Encoder]] 7.1 and Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility
* [[DirectX|DirectX 9.0c]] (the latest compatible runtime is from October 2007.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-my/download/details.aspx?id=34429|title=DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime|date=October 17, 2007|publisher=Microsoft Download Center|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617012504/http://www.microsoft.com/en-my/download/details.aspx?id=34429|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Windows Live Messenger|MSN Messenger 7.0]]
* Significant features from newer Microsoft operating systems can be installed on Windows 98. Chief among them are [[.NET Framework]] version 2.0, the [[Visual C++]] 2005 runtime, [[Windows Installer]] 2.0, the [[GDI+]] redistributable library, [[Remote Desktop Connection]] client 5.2 and the [[Text Services Framework]].
* Several other components such as [[MSXML]] 3.0 SP7, [[Microsoft Agent]] 2.0, NetMeeting 3.01, [[Microsoft Active Accessibility|MSAA 2.0]], [[ActiveSync]] 3.8, [[Windows Script Host|WSH]] 5.6, [[Microsoft Data Access Components]] 2.81 SP1, WMI 1.5 and [[Microsoft Speech API|Speech API]] 4.0.
* [[Office XP]] SP3<ref name="OfficeXPSystemRequirements">{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/office/evaluation/sysreqs.asp |title=System Requirements |date=May 30, 2001 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=Office Support |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021201084248/http://www.microsoft.com/office/evaluation/sysreqs.asp |archive-date=December 1, 2002 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Although Windows 98 does not fully support [[Unicode]], certain Unicode applications can run if the Microsoft Layer for Unicode is installed. {{citation needed|date=April 2025}}