Obscure historical facts about Windows

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[Cybertooth]

Some of the following I knew, and others I did not: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-turns-50-facts-you-probably-didnt-know-about-windows

I suspect that even the most experienced Windows pros reading this may learn a thing or two!

 

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I wonder when MS began offering windows updates.  I never dealt with or even heard of windows updates until XP came around.

"War is the remedy our enemies have chosen. And I say let us give them all they want" ----- William T. Sherman

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Windows Updates were around already during the Windows 98 era. The difference from now is that you had to actively go looking for them (there was an item right in the Start menu for this purpose) and you could install them on your own schedule.

I never used Windows 95, so I don’t know if the monthly patches existed then.

 

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That view of Windows 1.0 looks a lot like something called DOS Shell.  I’m not sure when DOS Shell showed up as part of DOS, maybe version 4 or 5.

Being 20 something in the 70's was far more fun than being 70 something in the insane 20's

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