Microsoft has frequently used this kind of reminder to encourage upgrades.

  • @[email protected]
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    63 months ago

    Im guessing if your pc isn’t good enough to fully run the program it would be slow as shit or something, and people would have a bad impression of it.

    So, you know, lets plaster ads for it all your computer instead. That’ll make a great impression!

    • HubertManne
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      43 months ago

      it straight out won’t install and/or work but does not properly keep track so tries again and again and rolls back again and again.

    • @Sylvartas
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      23 months ago

      That didn’t stop them from making their God awful searchIndexer default to scanning all the disks way too regularly back then, including C:, even if it was the slowest laptop HDD on earth