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carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

univbee posted:

it was a huge pain more recently when computers would only ship with windows 8.0

- install first wave of updates
- install windows 8.1 via the store
- install 2nd wave of updates so you'd be updated to "Windows 8.1 Update"
- install next wave of updates

"install this update to enable the installation of future updates from microsoft"

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:04

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 03:05

pram: Jun 10, 2001

It just werks

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:10

Phoenixan: Jan 16, 2010; Just Keep Cool-idge

carry on then posted:

"install this update to enable the installation of future updates from microsoft"

updating the updater

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:39

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

my favorite windows 8 product placement is in arrow where they constantly show the windows 8 metro home screen briefly before switching to fake tv uis to do their actual elite crime fighting hackering

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:45

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

my understanding is that ms doesn't bundle updates because various cjs need to test if they break their lovely internal foxpro lob apps before deploying but you'd think for consumers they could

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:45

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

does windows 8.1 update still not even show up in the store if your updates aren't installed? that was pretty lol. instead of telling users why they can't install an update, just don't show it to them at all! that's way less confusing.

my desktop got to a point where one stupid update wouldn't install and no amount of janitoring could get it to install and I couldn't get 8.1 till I reinstalled 8 from scratch.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:48

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:

does windows 8.1 update still not even show up in the store if your updates aren't installed? that was pretty lol. instead of telling users why they can't install an update, just don't show it to them at all! that's way less confusing.

my desktop got to a point where one stupid update wouldn't install and no amount of janitoring could get it to install and I couldn't get 8.1 till I reinstalled 8 from scratch.

for 8.1 to show up in the store there are two specific updates required, i ended up keeping their installers on a usb key so i could upgrade computers to 8.1 as fast as possible

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:50

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

qirex posted:

my understanding is that ms doesn't bundle updates because various cjs need to test if they break their lovely internal foxpro lob apps before deploying but you'd think for consumers they could

another factor is to encourage people to upgrade (at least that's why they never released a Win 7 SP2)

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:53

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

computer parts posted:

another factor is to encourage people to upgrade (at least that's why they never released a Win 7 SP2)

idk, "run this updater once, reboot once" seems like an easier sell than "downloading patch 04 of 420"

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:55

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

don't forget that after you update to windows 8.1 you then need to update to windows 8.1 update 1 which is a completely different thing and should have been named win 8.2 or something

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:55

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

are they going to do windows 10 in the windows store?

if 8.1 being the only release to be done through the store would be a pretty ms thing to do.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 19:56

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:

are they going to do windows 10 in the windows store?

if 8.1 being the only release to be done through the store would be a pretty ms thing to do.

windows 7 users will be able to upgrade to 10 so they'll have to have something else in place

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:00

Lysidas: Jul 26, 2002; John Diefenbaker is a madman who thinks he's John Diefenbaker.; Pillbug

computer parts posted:

another factor is to encourage people to upgrade (at least that's why they never released a Win 7 SP2)

i still hold out hope that clients with $$$ who will be on win7 until the end of time will convince microsoft to do this, or at least a goddamn update rollup

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:04

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

qirex posted:

my understanding is that ms doesn't bundle updates because various cjs need to test if they break their lovely internal foxpro lob apps before deploying but you'd think for consumers they could

lol they used to have separate home and business operating systems but then windows me happened and lol

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:06

EMILY BLUNTS: Jan 1, 2005

carry on then posted:

lol they used to have separate home and business operating systems

i miss Windows 98 For Workgroups

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:08

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

qirex posted:

my understanding is that ms doesn't bundle updates because various cjs need to test if they break their lovely internal foxpro lob apps before deploying but you'd think for consumers they could

the ironing is that cjs will use tools microsoft provides to bundle updates themselves.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:08

HAIL eSATA-n: Apr 7, 2007

univbee posted:

windows 7 users will be able to upgrade to 10 so they'll have to have something else in place

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:08

duTrieux.: Oct 9, 2003

Lysidas posted:

i still hold out hope that clients with $$$ who will be on win7 until the end of time will convince microsoft to do this, or at least a goddamn update rollup

there was an update rollup towards the end, but iir it was only released through msdn as a thing for sysadmins

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:08

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

Lysidas posted:

i still hold out hope that clients with $$$ who will be on win7 until the end of time will convince microsoft to do this, or at least a goddamn update rollup

i think generally cilents who need it are probably rolling their own custom images and would just update those on their end

# ? Mar 2, 2015 20:18

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

Lysidas posted:

i still hold out hope that clients with $$$ who will be on win7 until the end of time will convince microsoft to do this, or at least a goddamn update rollup

they have said quite a few times that they are intentionally not doing more SP's or rollups to discourage people from staying on their old OS release until EOL

# ? Mar 2, 2015 21:43

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

quote:

A ninja cat riding a fire-breathing unicorn is exactly why Microsoft is cool again

Microsoft�s Windows team likes ninja cats and fire-breathing unicorns if this laptop sticker is anything to go by. I first heard about the existence of this laptop sticker shortly before the first Windows 10 event in September, and I�ve been trying to track it down ever since. The stickers magically appeared on Microsoft's campus, and Windows team members have snapped them up and some use them on their laptops.

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

# ? Mar 2, 2015 21:59

Just-In-Timeberlake: Aug 18, 2003

qirex posted:

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

i am nothing in this picture

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:00

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

I'm the awful die-cutting

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:01

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

qirex posted:

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

wow I need windows 10 inside me now

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:01

Elder Postsman: Aug 30, 2000; i used hot bot to search for "teens"

qirex posted:

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

wait the windows team uses macbooks???

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:02

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

qirex posted:

I'm the awful die-cutting

holy lol

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:06

Lightbulb Out: Apr 28, 2006; slack jawed yokel

qirex posted:

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

that sticker kinda looks like its on a macbook of some kind

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:08

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

Elder Postsman posted:

wait the windows team uses macbooks???

they wouldn't be able to retain employees if they made them use pc hardware

# ? Mar 2, 2015 22:30

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Lightbulb Out posted:

that sticker kinda looks like its on a macbook of some kind

that explains why the sticker itself has a massive drop shadow

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:17

Dubstep Jesus: Jun 27, 2012; by exmarx

univbee posted:

windows 7 users will be able to upgrade to 10 so they'll have to have something else in place

i hope they make windows 7 users go upgrade to windows 8 then windows 8.1 then windows 8.1 update 1 then they can finally install windows 10(after installing the update that makes that work)

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:26

pram: Jun 10, 2001

slogsdon posted:

i hope they make windows 7 users go upgrade to windows 8 then windows 8.1 then windows 8.1 update 1 then they can finally install windows 10(after installing the update that makes that work)

More like the "upgrade" will just wipe everything but your home dir

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:30

shadow puppet of a: Jan 10, 2007; NO TENGO SCORPIO

but to remain license-compliant the upgrade from 7 to 8 to 8.1 to 8.1 u1 is first run inside a virtual machine, which is then itself wiped once the process sets the flag for readyfor10 to 'true'

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:54

Phoenixan: Jan 16, 2010; Just Keep Cool-idge

qirex posted:

giving a shitload of money and access to the verge might be the only good investment microsoft has made in the last 10 years

yes that screams cool not tryhard oatmeal monkey cheese bullshit

nice new windows in old windows logo there

# ? Mar 3, 2015 01:05