It's not quite working as it should yet, but I'm looking forward to when they get there". I did used to look at Windows Update and think to myself "wow, they are trying to be helpful, they are trying to make this even easier. It shines through on so many different things they offer now, like Windows Update in that screenshot above, which used to be somewhat clunky but it was never dreaded. Maybe Microsoft always was this way, but it seems to some people like me that while they were competitive, which is one thing and that's not a problem, but when they crossed over into being anti-competitive they just became bullies. Steven Vaughan-Nichols has a good write up about the Netscape situation: Microsoft stopped being fun to use like they used to be. As a full time Linux user now, there's probably always going to be a part of me (but back then) that misses those old 95/98 days, and even 2000, which was the last MS operating system I cared to use. I don't know about what everybody else thinks, but it seems to me like the browser wars is really where Microsoft went off the rails. Microsoft was there to help, Windows was there to add ease, and nothing(or very little) got in anybody's way. Playing games was fun, browsing the internet was fun, seeing those old websites with the weird and funky html banners, it was all fun. I liked the extension packs and stuff that had extra sounds, and I also liked the power packs that would offer more tweak settings. Often times with W95/98 it was the little things. Seeing screenshots like these brings back fond memories. We agree and would like to steer PC users to more secure modern OSes like Windows 10 and 11 (and the latest versions of Linux) for your browsing, connected tasks, gaming, and productivity. Windows Update Restored is both a welcome and interesting project, but it isn't officially recommended by the team for maintaining the use of older versions of Windows. Windows Me and Windows 2000 are also not yet covered by the update service, but the video mentions a "near future" launch target for support for these OSes. No timescale has been given for these pages appearing, so you will have to wait and see or check on the project's MSFN Forum posts. Windows Update pages which work their similar updating magic on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and support for Windows Vista or Newer are still being prepared. For clarity, we reiterate that Windows 95, NT 4.0, and Windows 98 (and SE) are updatable at the v3. address. In the above table, you can see the web addresses you need to point Internet Explorer at, in the respective OSes, to access the cloned Windows Update pages.
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