Yeah, totally agree—it’s like chasing ghosts with these updates. What cracks me up is when some old installer flat-out refuses to work unless a super obscure update is present, and good luck if the official link is dead (which happens a lot now). I’ve actually had to dig stuff up from ancient forums or weird third-party sites, which always feels like a gamble. Makes you appreciate how much smoother, but also more locked-down, Windows updating has become these days.
