As of this month, Microsoft will no longer provide support for Windows 98, as the company will now shift its focus onto more recent product support. Windows ME support ends early next year.

Windows 98, Microsoft's legacy operating system, became the mostly widely used OS during the 9x era for home users and gamers, mostly because of better features and support for the DirectX API for 3D games. Windows 98 was also the last stable operating system in the 9x family, as Windows ME, the last 9x OS, proved to be a major disaster. It was then that users upgrading shifted their attention to Windows 2000, then the new NT operating system for home users and business professionals. Many Windows users still prefer Windows 2000 over XP.

So, let's bid so long to updates for Windows 98, and we will see the OS fade into history over the next few years.