He sat at the old reception PC and opened the —because in 2014, major Windows updates still came through the Store, not Windows Update. He searched for “Windows 8.1 Update.”
“Here’s why this is useful,” Leo explained as the download began. “Three big changes this April 2014 update gave us:”
– “Those new-style ‘Metro’ apps now appear on the taskbar, so you can switch between them and old programs easily.” windows 8 evolution 2014 download
The 800MB download took about 45 minutes on the museum’s slow DSL. Leo then restarted each machine.
In the spring of 2014, the old Greenwood Museum was struggling. Their computer system—a mix of Windows XP and Vista machines—was failing. Worse, their interactive touchscreen kiosk for visitors, built on a Windows 8 prototype, kept crashing. He sat at the old reception PC and
Mrs. Pellegrino frowned. “Another update? Last time we updated, everyone got confused about the Start screen.”
The museum director, Mrs. Pellegrino, had a problem. She had a budget for software upgrades but not for new computers. Her tech-savvy nephew, Leo, a college student home for break, offered to help. Leo then restarted each machine
“The problem,” Leo explained, tapping the frozen kiosk, “is that Windows 8 evolved. You’re still on the original 2012 version. What you need is the —released in April 2014.”