Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#1

Post by kristianp » Sat, May 16, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC

Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
legacyupdate.net

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#2

Post by tuwtuwtuwtuw » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

Friends don't let friends use sites like this.

The page consists of ~50% ads, interleaved with the actual content. Most of the links I see are to Audi, some site selling slippers, some "Action RPG game", heating blankets and 20 other random things.

Even if I exclude ads, I see links pointing at executables on this site, for example:

https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1...

Do you want to tell your friend to navigate that page, find the correct link, download it and run it?

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#3

Post by riddlemethat » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #2

Friends don't let friends use sites like this. The page consists of ~50% ads, interleaved with the actual content. Most of the links I see are to Audi, some site selling slippers, some "Action RPG game", heating blankets and 20 other random things. Even if I exclude ads, I see links pointing at executables on this site, for example: https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1... Do you want to tell y…

Or Windows 8.x in general

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#4

Post by lousken » Sun, May 17, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

riddlemethat wrote: post #3

tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #2

Friends don't let friends use sites like this. The page consists of ~50% ads, interleaved with the actual content. Most of the links I see are to Audi, some site selling slippers, some "Action RPG game", heating blankets and 20 other random things. Even if I exclude ads, I see links pointing at executables on this site, for example: https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1... Do you want to tell y…

Or Windows 8.x in general

It was the snappiest windows ever though

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#5

Post by everfree » Sun, May 17, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

What am I looking at? It's a link to a Windows update from 2016?

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#6

Post by joshuaissac » Sun, May 17, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC

tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #2

Friends don't let friends use sites like this. The page consists of ~50% ads, interleaved with the actual content. Most of the links I see are to Audi, some site selling slippers, some "Action RPG game", heating blankets and 20 other random things. Even if I exclude ads, I see links pointing at executables on this site, for example: https://content.legacyupdate.net/legacyupdate/LegacyUpdate-1... Do you want to tell y…

> Friends don't let friends use sites like this.

Why not? The download link on the site points to to Microsoft's official website.

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#7

Post by PenguinRevolver » Sun, May 17, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

everfree wrote: post #5

What am I looking at? It's a link to a Windows update from 2016?

Beats me: https://support.microsoft.com/en/kb/3132080

Re: Legacy Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems

#8

Post by wao0uuno » Sun, May 17, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC

lousken wrote: post #4

riddlemethat wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or Windows 8.x in general

It was the snappiest windows ever though

I loved windows 8.1. It was fast, lightweight, looked clean and modern. That weird start menu wasn't really a problem for me. Too bad it got dropped by hardware manufacturers like a hot potato as soon as the objectively inferior Windows 10 came out. But maybe that's good because it made me switch to Linux full time and I couldn't be happier with it.