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1990s Windows Update is back!

Internet Explorer 5 or higher required πŸ˜„

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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But why though. I understand some folks might have a need to run an old OS, but why are you even thinking about attaching them to the internet?

[–] cowpowered@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure. But as this is retrocomputing, I think "because we can" is often a good enough reason for people to make old things work again :)

Because it’s fun and sometimes just has to be done πŸ˜‚

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because manually downloading and installing the updates might require too much manual intervention, I guess.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

And this would, I assume, save you the trouble of figuring out which updates you need.