How to Install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update Without Installing Internet Explorer

ID: Q243277

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update (W95y2k.exe) without installing Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

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NOTE: If you do not install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2, which is included in the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, you must separately evaluate Internet Explorer for year 2000 issues. For example:

Internet Explorer version 2.x and earlier has not been tested for year 2000 issues.

Internet Explorer 3.02 has updates available to address year 2000 issues.

Internet Explorer 4.x requires Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 or later to address year 2000 issues.

To install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update without installing Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2, use one of the following procedures:

Normal Installation

To install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update typically, double-click the W95y2k.exe file. If you are prompted to install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2, click Cancel, and then click OK.

NOTE: If Internet Explorer 1.x, 2.x, or 4.01 SP2 or later is detected on your computer, you are not prompted to install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2.

If Internet Explorer 3.0x through 4.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is detected on your computer, a dialog box that prompts you to install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 is displayed. If you click Cancel, you receive a message stating that Microsoft recommends that you install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2. When you click OK, the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update should be installed without installing Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2.

Quiet Installation

To install the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update using Quiet mode, type the appropriate command.

If you want to install the core Windows files only without any prompts and without restarting the computer, type the following command:

w95y2k.exe /Q /C:"y2ksetup /ii /ai /nr"

If you want to install the core Windows files only without any prompts and restart the computer, type the following command:

w95y2k.exe /Q /C:"y2ksetup /ii /ai /ar"

For additional information about the Windows 95 Year 2000 Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q225053 Microsoft Windows 95 Year 2000 Update Readme File

For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/

Additional query words: y2k unattended setup

Keywords : kbsetup win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto