to install .NET 4.8 on Win8.0 and their .net 4.8 updates, look in this thread from another forum and here too (need to be a member there to view links)
that is not the case as Mozilla recently decided to extend Win7/8.x support and the upcoming Firefox ESR 115 release WILL support those versions until late 2024.
not necessarily true for 8.1 w/out the bypass tool
it's not like with newer server 2012 rtm updates on win8.0; not quite the same as newer server 2012 r2 updates on win8.1
what has worked with win8.0 doesn't quite work the same with win8.1, Jody
yup. fails with "we couldn't complete the updates undoing changes" error message part way.
conducting my own tests with the Feb. 2023 & Mar. 2023 w8.1 embedded / server 2012 r2 updates, they fail to install
on normal win8.1 editions including win8.1 core/home edition, thus agreeing with Jaguarek62's assessment.
that's why that bypass tool is needed to fully install Feb. 2023 & newer updates for "client" Win8.1 edition OSes
(bypass not needed for win8.1 embedded industry edition yet as that one gets support until July 2023)
I know because I use a win8.1 core/home os on my father's old 2013 Toshiba satellite c55a laptop on a
backup hard drive