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by anonymars 14 days ago
No, "Microsoft Update" is what it was once called (see e.g. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/...)
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nobodyandproud 12 days ago
Umm, yeah…I was going to let this go but “Microsoft Update” is a later, more annoying though perhaps necessary turn of events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_pack

https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Windows_service_packs

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anonymars 12 days ago
What context are you responding to?

> It would be nice if microsoft had windows update for .net, visual c++, office, windows, edge ... just all their software in one updater...

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Cthulhu_ 14 days ago
Can't believe that at one point Windows could do updates through a browser interface.

I mean we've gone full circle and are now deploying browser interfaces as full blown applications to get around the bit where you give a browser system access, but still.

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