723.9 Mb update for Win 8.1

kwikbreaks

50Twuncle wrote: »

although I don't remember any updates on those early versions (connected to the internet)

There's a very good reason for that...

Windows 1.0 predates the internet. Even the first usable version (3.0) predated it. So you weren't connected to the internet. You may have had a dialup modem to connect to bulletin boards etc.

There was no windows update service until the launch of Windows 95.

I_have_spoken

d/l over night and installed on my HP Envy X2, took 10 mins to install, no problems I can see. Don't have any 3rd party anti-virus or Start Menu tools installed though.

50Twuncle

I_have_spoken wrote: »

d/l over night and installed on my HP Envy X2, took 10 mins to install, no problems I can see. Don't have any 3rd party anti-virus or Start Menu tools installed though.

Same here on my Asus X75V (i5/8Gb) laptop - hasn't affected it in any way - as far as I can tell...

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

There's a very good reason for that...

Windows 1.0 predates the internet. Even the first usable version (3.0) predated it. So you weren't connected to the internet. You may have had a dialup modem to connect to bulletin boards etc.

There was no windows update service until the launch of Windows 95.

I don't remember any Win 95 updates - as such, at least not, regular (monthly) updates - I know there was a SP1 (with FAT32) but were there updates as well ?

kwikbreaks

According to Wikipedia the Windows Update website was launched alongside Win 95 but automatic upates didn't come til later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Update

From memory back in the MS-DOS DR-DOS and the other variants there were no updates just full new releases.

I remember getting a miniature Windows PC (95 iirc) that came with 17 floppies as the operating system. It's only a few years back that I flogged it on eBay minus floppies as they had been lost.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

According to Wikipedia the Windows Update website was launched alongside Win 95 but automatic upates didn't come til later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Update

From memory back in the MS-DOS DR-DOS and the other variants there were no updates just full new releases.

I remember getting a miniature Windows PC (95 iirc) that came with 17 floppies as the operating system. It's only a few years back that I flogged it on eBay minus floppies as they had been lost.

I had SP1 win 95 -which came on considerably more than 17 floppies - I think about 25 !!

kwikbreaks

I'm pretty much sure mine was 17. The machine was a Libretto 50CT. I've had a quick search around (which was how I found the name which I'd forgotten) but can't find any reference to the number of floppies to back that up.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

I'm pretty much sure mine was 17. The machine was a Libretto 50CT. I've had a quick search around (which was how I found the name which I'd forgotten) but can't find any reference to the number of floppies to back that up.

I also had win 98.upgrade on floppies - 35 !!

Kernel_Sanders

kwikbreaks wrote: »

So you weren't connected to the internet. You may have had a dialup modem to connect to bulletin boards etc.

So what is that, if not an (early) experience of the Internet?

50Twuncle wrote: »

Who else remembers when a
whole OS (DOS 6) came on 3
floppy disks ?
(ie Total of approx 4.5Mb)

That's odd, that amount would easily fit on a single floppy.
(esuhl pointed you in the right direction, so I'm just giving you a nudge )

enfield_freddy

Microsoft played about with the 1,44 meg floppy so that you could not copy it , I think from memory it was something like 1,66 meg , however even in those early days links were sent from bulletin boards etc of programmes that would format your floppys to 1,66 meg


anyone with a win 95 cd handy , they could verify this they are listed as CAB files


PS: my Microsoft anti virus (MAD) on my 6,3 discs has never been updated , should I write to Bill?