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News Burst: It's not a bug fix - Microsoft

It's official, the much maligned Windows 98 operating system will get its first service pack on 18 August. The company continues to deny the ‘multimedia update' - as it will be named - is really a bug fix, claiming it has many multimedia enhancements.
Written by Richard Barry, Contributor

It's official, the much maligned Windows 98 operating system will get its first service pack on 18 August. The company continues to deny the ‘multimedia update' - as it will be named - is really a bug fix, claiming it has many multimedia enhancements.

Windows 98 has been widely criticised for less-than-simple installation with many customers claiming the product wrecks computers that worked well with Windows 95.

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