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Excellent resources you've provided, much the same with your feedback. In my views, I believe there's some element of a backdoor In most software/distributions, hence I don't trust (example "BitLocker") anything native to a given OS.

I've been a heavy user of the Windows platform, long before the birth of some members on this board. The good old 16 Bit Windows 3.1 (by memory, back In the early 90s) were the days when Microsoft had some decency toward the end user. In fact, I still have the OS In a bootable ISO file. Have a guess at what the file's capacity Is?

Windows 3.1? What the hell is that?  

The file's capacity must be... ten to a thousand megabytes?

Now you're making me feel old. I also experienced Windows "1.0" In the 80s, but didn't have too much Involvement. Dedicatedly, my computing commenced In the early 90s, spanning over two and half decades to date.

Here's a visual on Windows 3.1.

Spoiler:

Your first guess Is just about spot on. Windows 3.1 Is 8.5 Mb. Compare that to Windows 10 (In the 64 Bit architecture) at around 4GB +/- 200-300Mb.

You have very vast amounts of computing experience! Two and a half decades? Holy smokes! I recognize some icons in Windows 3.1, which I think were in the Windows XP icons list or something similar (the most familiar icon being the object packager one). What kind of stuff can that media player handle?

[mothered]

Windows 3.1? What the hell is that?  

The file's capacity must be... ten to a thousand megabytes?

Now you're making me feel old. I also experienced Windows "1.0" In the 80s, but didn't have too much Involvement. Dedicatedly, my computing commenced In the early 90s, spanning over two and half decades to date.

Here's a visual on Windows 3.1.

Spoiler:

Your first guess Is just about spot on. Windows 3.1 Is 8.5 Mb. Compare that to Windows 10 (In the 64 Bit architecture) at around 4GB +/- 200-300Mb.

You have very vast amounts of computing experience! Two and a half decades? Holy smokes! I recognize some icons in Windows 3.1, which I think were in the Windows XP icons list or something similar (the most familiar icon being the object packager one). What kind of stuff can that media player handle?  

Aside from vacations (a few days here and there), I've been computing each and every day and yes, It Is exhaustive at times.

To be honest, I don't remember the exactness of what the media player Is capable of- too many years of absence with It's usage.

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Now you're making me feel old. I also experienced Windows "1.0" In the 80s, but didn't have too much Involvement. Dedicatedly, my computing commenced In the early 90s, spanning over two and half decades to date.

Here's a visual on Windows 3.1.

Spoiler:

Your first guess Is just about spot on. Windows 3.1 Is 8.5 Mb. Compare that to Windows 10 (In the 64 Bit architecture) at around 4GB +/- 200-300Mb.

You have very vast amounts of computing experience! Two and a half decades? Holy smokes! I recognize some icons in Windows 3.1, which I think were in the Windows XP icons list or something similar (the most familiar icon being the object packager one). What kind of stuff can that media player handle?  

Aside from vacations (a few days here and there), I've been computing each and every day and yes, It Is exhaustive at times.

To be honest, I don't remember the exactness of what the media player Is capable of- too many years of absence with It's usage.

Interesting. Would you find Windows 3.1 to be useful for anything in today's age?

[mothered]

You have very vast amounts of computing experience! Two and a half decades? Holy smokes! I recognize some icons in Windows 3.1, which I think were in the Windows XP icons list or something similar (the most familiar icon being the object packager one). What kind of stuff can that media player handle?  

Aside from vacations (a few days here and there), I've been computing each and every day and yes, It Is exhaustive at times.

To be honest, I don't remember the exactness of what the media player Is capable of- too many years of absence with It's usage.

Interesting. Would you find Windows 3.1 to be useful for anything in today's age?

Yes, using Notepad & MS Paint. But upon executing them, making yourself a cup of coffee and on your return they should be fully loaded.

On a serious note, probably zero. At the time of this post, I'm navigating on my external trying to locate the ISO of Windows 3.1. I can upload It and you can Install It on a VM.

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Aside from vacations (a few days here and there), I've been computing each and every day and yes, It Is exhaustive at times.

To be honest, I don't remember the exactness of what the media player Is capable of- too many years of absence with It's usage.

Interesting. Would you find Windows 3.1 to be useful for anything in today's age?

Yes, using Notepad & MS Paint. But upon executing them, making yourself a cup of coffee and on your return they should be fully loaded.

On a serious note, probably zero. At the time of this post, I'm navigating on my external trying to locate the ISO of Windows 3.1. I can upload It and you can Install It on a VM.

That would great of you! I've always wanted to try using older technology.

[mothered]

Interesting. Would you find Windows 3.1 to be useful for anything in today's age?

Yes, using Notepad & MS Paint. But upon executing them, making yourself a cup of coffee and on your return they should be fully loaded.

On a serious note, probably zero. At the time of this post, I'm navigating on my external trying to locate the ISO of Windows 3.1. I can upload It and you can Install It on a VM.

That would great of you! I've always wanted to try using older technology.  

I'll check my other drives.

Moving back on-topic with the thread's title.

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Yes, using Notepad & MS Paint. But upon executing them, making yourself a cup of coffee and on your return they should be fully loaded.

On a serious note, probably zero. At the time of this post, I'm navigating on my external trying to locate the ISO of Windows 3.1. I can upload It and you can Install It on a VM.

That would great of you! I've always wanted to try using older technology.  

I'll check my other drives.

Moving back on-topic with the thread's title.

Thank you. And, yes - back to Windows 10 being a pile of shit

[mothered]

That would great of you! I've always wanted to try using older technology.  

I'll check my other drives.

Moving back on-topic with the thread's title.

Thank you. And, yes - back to Windows 10 being a pile of shit

Along with It's privacy Issues, ever since they've removed the functionality of disabling Windows Updates via the Control Panel, my views on Microsoft changed.

I haven't performed an update In over a decade, and never will. I'm glad this thread has been generated. It's a pleasure reading those In support of disabling updates and the methods used In doing so.

[Vultra]

Does windows 7 still have automatic update or, is it the versions after 7 through till 10?

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I'll check my other drives.

Moving back on-topic with the thread's title.

Thank you. And, yes - back to Windows 10 being a pile of shit

Along with It's privacy Issues, ever since they've removed the functionality of disabling Windows Updates via the Control Panel, my views on Microsoft changed.

I haven't performed an update In over a decade, and never will. I'm glad this thread has been generated. It's a pleasure reading those In support of disabling updates and the methods used In doing so.

It really is a pleasure. Obviously, Microsoft removed the Windows Update setting to force updates onto the user, but I do not quite understand why that is.