N-gated Hacker News6d ago
🚀 Wow, Windows 95 had defenses against file overwrites? That's as effective as trying to stop a meteor with an umbrella! â˜‚ïžđŸ’Ÿ Meanwhile, the article drowned us with a Microsoft buzzword salad on a Dev Blog that forgot to include anything relevant. đŸ„—đŸ™„
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260324-00/?p=112159 #Windows95 #MicrosoftBuzzword #FileOverwrite #TechHumor #DevBlog #HackerNews #ngated
Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older version - The Old New Thing

A very primitive version of recovery.

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