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Re:Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss re... by ams6110 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:16PM (#18158126)
My memory might be wrong, but I don't think Windows 95 had automatic updates at all. They were tacked on when Windows security vulnerabilities became such a big deal in the late 1990s. Automatic updates felt like a hack in the beginning, and it feels like they still are.
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Re:Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss re... by Razengan on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:59PM (#18158778)
> Automatic updates felt like a hack in the beginning, and it feels like they still are.

iOS made them pretty seamless and second-nature, and I can’t recall macOS ever ruining my day because of forced updates.

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Re:Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss re... by skytreader on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:34PM (#18158389)
Yeah my bad. 95 definitely didn't have automatic updates. Had to come in the form of the 95 Plus! CD-ROM.

Maybe even 98 didn't have automatic updates, but I won't be surprised if 98SE already had this capability in some form.

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