What new principles are used in windows 95

ответьте на вопросы по тексту 1) What is Windows 95?
2) What new principles are used in Windows 95?
3) What is a Recycle Bin feature?
4) What problems has Windows 95 solved?
5) Is it possible to run old DOS programs under Windows 95?
6) What is a «plug-n-play» capability?
7) What is a «shortcut» capability?
8) What is a «Find» feature?
9) Why many things work faster now with Windows 95?

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Windows 95 is a new operational system with an easy interface based on the expanding windows principle which uses icons to graphically represent files and their types.

Windows 95 makes the way you and your computer interact easy. Most everyday tasks are now easier to accomplish than ever before. For example, the second mouse button has become a powerful weapon. The old Windows 3. 0 Program Manager and File Manager have been replaced. The desktop tools that replace them are very like those found on a Macintosh. For example, there is a Recycle Bin that makes it easier to recover accidentally deleted files.

Your computer probably will crash less running Windows 95 than it did with Windows 3. 1 and 3. 0 or even DOS. Most memory related problems have been removed. Built-in networking features make it easy to reliably share files with co-workers across the room or across the world. And MS-DOS as we know it is so well hidden that you’ll rarely give it a thought. Yes, you can still run DOS programs and older Windows applications but most users will probably want to spend most of their time using Windows 95 applications instead.

Microsoft says that it is moving forward to the time when we’ll all think more about our data and less about the specific name-brand programs used to create them.

Window 95 plug-and-play capability makes it easy to upgrade your computer hardware. And portable computer users will like what Microsoft has done to make their lives calmer.

A new Windows shortcuts capability makes it easy to reach frequently used files and other necessities. A new Find feature helps you to locate and examine the contents of files in a flash
Most of this is accomplished without sacrificing performance. In fact, many things (like printing) usually happen faster now, due to 32-bit support and other Windows 95 advancements. .

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Windows 95 launch event

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In 1995, Microsoft released the first iteration of what would become the Windows 9x series of home operating systems, the aptly named Windows 95. Windows had already been a prominent player in the home computing scene for a good few years prior to this with its release of Windows 3.0 and its subsequent updates, but Windows 95 was when the brand really started to hit its stride, cementing itself as the definitive face of personal computers (or at least, non-Apple personal computers).

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Windows 95 introduced various features into the Windows paradigm, and while many of those features have either been pruned or overhauled in the nearly three decades since, some still endure into modern Windows versions. While they may not exist in exactly the same forms as they first arrived, it’s a fact that many of the Windows staples we take for granted these days can be traced back to that fateful release in the summer of ’95.

Start button

Shadowed man in front of Windows Start

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One of the most iconic features of the Windows design is the Start button, that little button on the bottom of your PC screen. While current iterations of the Start button only feature the Windows logo, in the olden days, starting with Windows 95, it was a large, steel-colored button with the word «Start» proudly emblazoned in bold black. Not only was the Start menu a convenient one-stop-shop for users, but it was also a great jumping-off point for newcomers to personal computing. Not sure where to start? Just start at the Start!

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The original Start menu was slightly more condensed than the current version, sorting files and functions into six categories. You had your programs list, quick access to your documents folder, your settings menu, a Find function for searching for files, a help menu for learning about your computer’s functions, and a Run function for the file path-minded who already knew what they were doing.

Taskbar

Windows 95 taskbar

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Older versions of Windows would leave all of your open programs and file windows floating around in space. If you lost track of something, you’d have to manually move or close your windows until you managed to track it down again. This was thankfully remedied in Windows 95 with the addition of the Taskbar, the gray bar at the bottom of the screen that housed both your Start button and your system clock.

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Whenever you opened a program or file in Windows 95, a rectangular Taskbar icon would appear, which you could click on to immediately call that window to the front. Later updates to Windows 95 also added a quick-launch sub-bar, which you could link programs to and quickly launch them. This quick-launch icon format has gone on to become the default setup for the Taskbar in current versions of Windows, integrating with the existing window format to help condense your running programs.

Plug and play

Laptop USB ports

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Before Windows 95, if you wanted to plug some kind of peripheral device into your home computer (besides a keyboard, which was often built into the system), you’d have to manually configure internal settings and even activate physical dip switches to properly accommodate whatever you were hooking up. It was unwieldy, to say the least, which is what makes the introduction of Plug and Play functionality in Windows 95 such a godsend.

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In Windows 95, and every Windows version since, you can simply plug a device right into an open port on your PC, and Windows will immediately detect it and configure it for your use, or at least attempt to. The feature wasn’t quite perfect when it was first introduced, as a lot of universal hardware and software standards hadn’t yet been established in the industry to facilitate quick connections. Still, the groundwork was laid, and nowadays, adding a new device to your system couldn’t be simpler.

Recycling Bin

Recycling bin icons

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In the 1980s, Apple was looking to race to the front of the visual user interface scene with distinctive icons and functions. One of those functions was its Trash folder, which would automatically wipe any deleted files when a computer was restarted. In ’88, Apple actually sued both Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for developing visual systems with icons that it deemed too similar. Microsoft won this case, but with one caveat: the design for its Trash function was too close to Apple’s, and needed to be changed. Thus, with the release of Windows 95, the Recycling Bin was born.

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Unlike the deletion functions on Mac or MS-DOS, the Recycling Bin acts more as a temporary folder, allowing users to double-check what they’ve deleted before they clear out the space. That’s been the mainstay format for the Recycling Bin in all Windows versions since, serving as a last line of defense for the absent-minded in preserving important, accidentally deleted files.

Long file names

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In both MS-DOS and the earliest versions of Windows, a file name could be a maximum of eight characters, plus a three-character file extension. If you were saving important documents, for example, you’d need to give everything heavily-abbreviated codenames in order to meet the file name limit. Thankfully, this changed with the release of Windows 95, which swapped out the existing file allocation table framework with the updated virtual file allocation table system.

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With this increase in file variability, your file names could be a whopping 255 characters long, plus a longer file extension. It may seem like a small feature, comparatively, but if it weren’t for this change, you wouldn’t be able to give your school and work files descriptive names, nor would you be able to use some of the file formats we take for granted like JPEG or HTML. Computing would be a lot more abstract without this humble tweak.

Windows
95
is a new operational
system with an easy interface based on the expanding windows
principle which uses icons to graphically represent files and their
types.

Windows
95 makes the way you and your computer interact easy. Most everyday
tasks are now easier to ac­complish than ever before. For
example, the second mouse button has become a powerful weapon. The
old Windows 3.0 Program Manager and File Manager have been replaced.
The desktop tools that replace them are very like those found on a
Macintosh. For example, there is a Recycle Bin that makes it easier
to recover acciden­tally deleted files.

Your
computer probably will crash less running Win­dows 95 than it
did with Windows 3.1 and 3.0 or even DOS. Most memory related
problems have been removed. Built-in networking features make it
easy to reliably share files with co-workers across the room or
across the world. And MS-DOS as we know it is so well hidden that
you’ll rarely give it a thought. Yes, you can still run DOS programs
and older Windows applications but most us­ers will probably
want to spend most of their time using Windows 95 applications
instead.

Microsoft
says that it is moving forward to the time when we’ll all think more
about our data and less about the specific name-brand programs used
to create them.

Window
95 plug-and-play capability makes it easy to upgrade your computer
hardware. And portable compu­ter users will like what Microsoft
has done to make their lives calmer.

A
new Windows shortcuts capability makes it easy to reach frequently
used files and other necessities. A new Find feature helps you to
locate and examine the contents of files in a flash.

Most
of this is accomplished without sacrificing per­formance. In
fact, many things (like printing) usually happen faster now, due to
32-bit support and other Win­dows 95 advancements.

Vocabulary:

to
interact

взаимодействовать

to
accomplish —
выполнять,
достигать

weapon
— оружие

to
replace
— замещать

Recycle
Bin
— корзина

to
crash
— ломаться,
давать
сбои

to
remove
— удалять

co-workers
— коллеги,
сослуживцы

rarely
— редко

to
plug
— подключать

frequently
— часто

support
— поддержка

necessity
— необходимость

flash
— вспышка,
зд.
in a flash
— моментально

to
give smth. a thought

подумать
о
чем-
либо

brandname

торговая марка

calm
— спокойный

shortcut
— кратчайший путь

to
sacrifice
— жертвовать

advancement
прогресс,
продвижение

General
understanding:

1)
What is Windows 95?

2)
What new principles are used in Windows 95?

3)
What is a Recycle Bin feature?

4)
What problems has Windows 95 solved?

5)
Is it possible to run old DOS programs under Win­dows 95?

6)
What is a «plug-n-play» capability?

7)
What is a «shortcut» capability?


What is a «Find» feature?

9)
Why many things work faster now with Windows
95?

Exercise
9.4.
Which of the
listed above statements are true/false. Specify your answer using
the text.

  1. An
    «icon» is graphical image that represents file and its type.

  2. Second
    button is not used in Windows 95 because most people use 1-button
    mouse.

3)
There are no similarities between Macintosh and Windows 95 desktop
tools.

4)
Windows 95 has some tools which help to commu­nicate with other
people through computer network.

5)
It’s no longer possible to use MS-DOS commands and run MS-DOS files.

6)
Microsoft corporation is oriented to produce as many programs as
needed to meet people needs and make them buy specific brand- name
products.

7)
New plug-n-play capability is for those who like to play computer
games 24 hours a day and seven days a week.


A new shortcut feature is used to cut long programs very short to
save disk space.

9)
New Find feature helps you to locate the contents of files.

10)
It must be mentioned that all new Windows fea­tures are possible
only because of the low level of per­formance and quality.

Exercise
9.5.
Find the
equivalents in the text:

1)
Ваш компьютер вероятно будет давать
меньше сбоев с Виндоуз 95, чем с более
ранними версиями и даже ДОС.

2)
Корпорация Майкрософт заявляет, что
она дела­ет все для того, чтобы
приблизить время, когда мы все будем
думать больше о наших данных, чем о
конкрет­ных «фирменных» программах,
которые используют­ся для создания
этих данных.

3)
Новая функция поиска позволяет обнаружить
местоположение и исследовать содержимое
файла в мгновение ока.

4)
Большинство этих функций достигнута
в ущерб производительности.

5)
ДОС, каким мы его знаем, так хорошо
запрятан, что вы редко думаете о его
использовании.

6)
В Виндоуз 95 существует инструмент
Корзина, который позволяет легко
восстанавливать случайно удаленные
файлы.

7)
Инструменты Рабочего Стола очень схож
с инструментами Макинтоша.


Вторая кнопка мыши стала мощным оружием.

Exercise
9.6.
What is:

1)
window

2)
icon

3)
recycle bin

4)
plug-and-play capability

5)
shortcut feature

Exercise
9.7.
Practice:

1)
Start Windows 95. Empty the Recycle Bin. See the free diskspace on
drives A and C. See the catalgue of disk C.

2)
Resize, maximize and minimize the window. Close the window. Move it,
holding the left button.

3)
Create a folder COMPUTER. Copy any 2 filesinto it. Rename the folder.
Delete two files into the Recycle Bin then recover them. Delete the
whole folder.

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Ответьте на вопросы по тексту
1) What is Windows 95?
2) What new principles are used in Windows 95?
3) What is a Recycle Bin feature?
4) What problems has Windows 95 solved?
5) Is it possible to run old DOS programs under Windows 95?
6) What is a «plug-n-play» capability?
7) What is a «shortcut» capability?
What is a «Find» feature?
9) Why many things work faster now with Windows 95?

Текст

Windows 95 is a new operational system with an easy interface based on the expanding windows principle which uses icons to graphically represent files and their types.

Windows 95 makes the way you and your computer interact easy. Most everyday tasks are now easier to accomplish than ever before. For example, the second mouse button has become a powerful weapon. The old Windows 3. 0 Program Manager and File Manager have been replaced. The desktop tools that replace them are very like those found on a Macintosh. For example, there is a Recycle Bin that makes it easier to recover accidentally deleted files.

Your computer probably will crash less running Windows 95 than it did with Windows 3. 1 and 3. 0 or even DOS. Most memory related problems have been removed. Built-in networking features make it easy to reliably share files with co-workers across the room or across the world. And MS-DOS as we know it is so well hidden that you’ll rarely give it a thought. Yes, you can still run DOS programs and older Windows applications but most users will probably want to spend most of their time using Windows 95 applications instead.

Microsoft says that it is moving forward to the time when we’ll all think more about our data and less about the specific name-brand programs used to create them.

Window 95 plug-and-play capability makes it easy to upgrade your computer hardware. And portable computer users will like what Microsoft has done to make their lives calmer.

A new Windows shortcuts capability makes it easy to reach frequently used files and other necessities. A new Find feature helps you to locate and examine the contents of files in a flash
Most of this is accomplished without sacrificing performance. In fact, many things (like printing) usually happen faster now, due to 32-bit support and other Windows 95 advancements. .

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Windows 95 is a new operational system with an easy interface based on the expanding windows principle which uses icons to graphically represent files and their types. Windows 95 makes the way you and your computer interact easy. Most everyday tasks are now easier to accomplish than ever before. For example, the second mouse button has become a powerful weapon. The old Windows 3.0 Program Manager and File Manager have been replaced. The desktop tools that replace them are very like those found on a Macintosh. For example, there is a Recycle Bin that makes it easier to recover accidentally deleted files.

Your computer probably will crash less running Windows 95 than it did with Windows 3.1 and 3.0 or even DOS. Most memory related problems have been removed. Built-in networking features make it easy to reliably share files with co-workers across the room or across the world. And MS-DOS as we know it is so well hidden that you’ll rarely give it a thought. Yes, you can still run DOS programs and older Windows applications but most users will probably want to spend most of their time using Windows 95 applications instead.

Microsoft says that it is moving forward to the time when we’ll all think more about our data and less about the specific name-brand programs used to create them.

Window 95 plug-and-play capability makes it easy to upgrade your computer hardware. And portable computer users will like what Microsoft has done to make their lives calmer.

A new Windows shortcuts capability makes it easy to reach frequently used files and other necessities. A new Find feature helps you to locate and examine the contents of files in a flash. Most of this is accomplished without sacrificing performance. In fact, many things (like printing) usually happen faster now, due to 32-bit support and other Windows 95 advancements.

3. Answer the questions to the text:

1) What is Windows 95?

2) What new principles are used in Windows 95?

3) What is a Recycle Bin feature?

4) What problems has Windows 95 solved?

5) Is it possible to run old DOS programs under Windows 95?

6) What is a «plug-n-play» capability?

7) What is a «shortcut» capability?

What is a «Find» feature?

9) Why many things work faster now with Windows 95?

4. Which of the listed above statements are true or false? Specify your answer using the text:

1) An «icon» is graphical image that represents file and its type.

2) Second button is not used in Windows 95 because most people use 1-button mouse.

3) There are no similarities between Macintosh and Windows 95 desktop tools.

4) Windows 95 has some tools which help to communicate with other people through computer network.

5) It’s no longer possible to use MS-DOS commands and run MS-DOS files.

6) Microsoft Corporation is oriented to produce as many programs as needed to meet people needs and make them buy specific brand-name products.

7) New plug-n-play capability is for those who like to play computer games 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

A new shortcut feature is used to cut long programs very short to save disk space.

9) New Find feature helps you to locate the contents of files.

10) It must be mentioned that all new Windows features are possible only because of the low level of performance and quality.

5. Say: What is:

1) window

2) icon

3) recycle bin

4) plug-n-play capability

5) shortcut feature

6. Discuss the following problems:

1) What are the poor features of Windows 95?

2) Computer society thinks that Intel Company, the most powerful CPU producer, has an agreement with Microsoft Corporation that the latter will develop more and more sophisticated, large and demanding software to force users to buy new processors and upgrade their computers.

Do you think this might be true? How does this suggestion correlate with the new Windows 2000 and Microsoft Office 2000? Do you think that Bill Gates’ monopoly on Windows operating systems is very dangerous for the competition and price-making process?

3) Ask anyone in the group if Windows 98 is better than Windows 2000? Why and why not?


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25 лет назад состоялась премьера операционной системы Windows 95, многие решения из которой стали стандартными для всех последующих ОС от Microsoft.

По меркам человека 25 лет — это практически ничто, но с позиции компьютерного софта четверть века — срок огромный, за который абсолютное большинство решений успевает устареть и сменить несколько версий. Не является исключением и операционная система (ОС) для персональных компьютеров, но Windows 95 — особый случай.


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Премьера новой операционной системы Microsoft состоялась 24 августа 1995 года и в этом году Windows 95 исполняется 25 лет. С тех пор вышел десяток систем от американского разработчика, но одной из самых знаковых ОС стала именно Windows 95. Всё дело в том, что на этой операционной системе впервые были представлены ряд решений, которые впоследствии стали стандартными.

Рабочий стол

Привычный всем рабочий стол компьютера, на котором мы храним ярлыки приложений и некоторые файлы, впервые появился именно на Windows 95. До этой операционной системы подобного решения в «Окнах» не было (а конкуренты на рынке не были особо успешны), поскольку семейство операционных систем Windows 3.x представляло из себя фактически надстройку над MS-DOS, поэтому о рабочем столе в привычном и понятном для нас смысле речи не шло.


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Меню «Пуск»

Решение с размещённой в левом нижнем углу рабочего стола кнопкой «Пуск» также дебютировало на Windows 95. Это стартовая точка для доступа к установленным на компьютере программам, настройкам системы и документам. С каждым следующим поколением операционных систем Microsoft конфигурация и дизайн меню «Пуск» менялись, но этот элемент оставался конецептуально неизменным. В Windows 8 меню «Пуск» заменили на экран «Пуск», но в Windows 10 его вернули в привычный вид.

Панель задач

Вместе с рабочим столом и меню «Пуск» в Windows 95 появилось то, о чём многие даже не задумываются. Речь о панели задач, которая располагается вдоль нижней границы экрана и включает в себя пресловутую кнопку с разноцветным флагом на ней, панель быстрого запуска, иконки приложений, область уведомлений. Этот набор менялся в различных версиях операционных систем, но впервые панель задач появилась именно 25 лет назад.


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Длинные имена файлов

То, о чём многие даже не задумываются, также стало одним из прорывов Windows 95. До этого ограничение на длину названий файлов описывалось как 8.3 (8 символов для непосредственно имени файла и 3 символа для расширения), а с выходом новой операционной системы этот лимит был снят, что существенно повысило удобство работы с документами на компьютере.


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Подключение Plug and Play

До Windows 95 подключение к компьютеру каждого нового устройства сопровождалось рядом обязательных манипуляций — нужно было вручную устанавливать драйвера и проводить все необходимые действия, чтобы система увидела устройство и смогла с ним взаимодействовать. С новой операционной системой вся эта достаточно сложная для простого пользователя составляющая стала историей. Несмотря на то, что в Windows 95 функция Plug and Play работала не всегда корректно, в последующих релизах ОС от Microsoft эта проблема была практически полностью устранена.

Профили пользователей

До Windows 95 компьютер был устройством, грубо говоря, общим, но с выходом новой операционной системы несколько пользователей получили возможность создания собственного профиля на одном устройстве. Это позволило каждому члену семьи или сотруднику иметь «свой» компьютер с нужными им приложениями, файлами и ссылками. Сейчас это стало стандартом.


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USB

Привычный для всех интерфейс для подключения устройств, который к 2020 году разросся до нескольких вариантов, получил поддержку на персональных компьютерах в 1996 году. Возможность подключения с помощью USB была реализована в патче к Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, а теперь этот разъём и его версии стали неотъемлемой частью нашей жизни.


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«Проводник»

Файловый менеджер «Проводник» позволил отказаться от раздельных приложений для взаимодействия с файлами и приложениями, что серьёзно упростило жизнь пользователей. Новый «Проводник» стал более удобной альтернативой существовавшим до того диспетчерам программ и диспетчерам файлов Windows 3.x.

Internet Explorer

В наши дни существует множество интернет-браузеров и каждый волен сам выбирать, каким пользоваться, но 25 лет назад синонимом слова «браузер» был Internet Explorer. Решение, которое просуществовало до Windows 10, уступив место Microsoft Edge, впервые появилось в пакете Microsoft Plus! для Windows 95.

«Корзина»

Элемент интерфейса для удаления и временного хранения удалённых файлов в операционных системах Microsoft дебютировал именно на Windows 95. Несмотря на то, что первыми «Корзину» использовала Apple в своей Mac OS и предшествовавших ей операционных системах, для большинства пользователей «Корзина» ассоциируется именно с Windows.


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Перечисленными 10-ю функциями и возможностями, которые впервые появились на Windows 95 и остаются в пользовании и по сей день, наследие той операционной системы не ограничивается. Несмотря на то, что 31 декабря 2001 года Microsoft официально прекратил поддержку Windows 95, дело её в том или ином виде живёт и спустя 25 лет после премьеры.

«OSR2» redirects here. For the gene, see OSR2 (gene).

«Windows 4.0» redirects here and is not to be confused with Windows NT 4.0.

Windows 95

Version of the Windows 9x operating system

Windows 95 desktop, showing its icons, Start button, taskbar and welcome screen

Developer Microsoft
Source model Closed source
Released to
manufacturing
July 14, 1995; 29 years ago
General
availability
August 24, 1995; 29 years ago[1]
Latest release OEM Service Release 2.5 (4.0.950 C) / November 26, 1997; 27 years ago[2]
Platforms IA-32
Kernel type Monolithic
License Proprietary commercial software
Preceded by Windows 3.1 (1992)
Succeeded by Windows 98 (1998)
Official website Windows 95 at the Wayback Machine (archived January 20, 1998)
Support status
Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2000[3]
Extended support ended on December 31, 2001[3]

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft and the first of its Windows 9x family of operating systems, released to manufacturing on July 14, 1995, and generally to retail on August 24, 1995. Windows 95 merged Microsoft’s formerly separate MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows products into a single product and featured significant improvements over its predecessor, most notably in the graphical user interface (GUI) and in its simplified «plug-and-play» features. There were also major changes made to the core components of the operating system, such as moving from a mainly cooperatively multitasked 16-bit architecture of its predecessor Windows 3.1 to a 32-bit preemptive multitasking architecture.[a]

Windows 95 introduced numerous functions and features that were featured in later Windows versions, and continue in modern variations to this day, such as the taskbar, the notification area, file shortcuts on the desktop, plug and play driver integration, removal of the requirement to have a separate copy of MS-DOS, the ability to full screen application windows, native internet integration, raising the maximum letters a file can have from eight to 255, the Windows Explorer, and the «Start» button which summons the Start menu.[1][4] Accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign[1] that generated much prerelease hype,[5] it was a major success[6] and is considered to be one of the biggest and most important products in the personal computing industry.[7][8] Three years after its introduction, Windows 95 was followed by Windows 98. Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 95 on December 31, 2000. Like Windows NT 3.51, which was released shortly before, Windows 95 received only one year of extended support, ending on December 31, 2001, the same day as classic versions such as Windows 3.x.

The initial design and planning of Windows 95 can be traced back to around March 1992,[9][10][11] just around the time before the release of Windows 3.1. At this time, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.1 were still in development. At this point, Microsoft’s strategy was to have a next generation, high-end OS based on Windows NT, namely, Cairo, and a low-end, consumer-focused one as an evolution of Windows 3.1. The latter strategy was to develop a 32-bit underlying kernel and filesystem with 32-bit protected mode device drivers in Windows for Workgroups 3.11, to be used as the basis for the next version of Windows, code named «Chicago.» Cairo would be Microsoft’s next-generation operating system based on Windows NT, featuring a new user interface and an object-based file system, but it was not planned to be shipped before 1994. Cairo would never be shipped, however, although elements from the Cairo project eventually shipped in Windows NT 4.0 in late July 1996, without the object-based file system, which would later evolve into WinFS.

Simultaneously with Windows 3.1’s release, IBM started shipping OS/2 2.0. Microsoft realized they required an updated version of Windows that could support 32-bit applications and preemptive multitasking, but could still run on low-end hardware (Windows NT did not). Initially, the «Chicago» team did not know how the product would be packaged. Initial thoughts were there might be two products, MS-DOS 7, which would just be the underlying OS, an evolution of the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 kernel, with a character mode OS on top, and a fully integrated graphical Windows OS. But soon into the project, the idea of MS-DOS 7 was abandoned and the decision was made to develop only an integrated graphical OS Windows «Chicago.»

Before Windows 95’s official release, users in the United States and United Kingdom had an opportunity to participate in the Windows 95 Preview Program.[12] For US$19.95/£19.95, users would receive several 3.5-inch floppy disks that would be used to install Windows 95 either as an upgrade from Windows 3.1 or as a fresh installation. Participants were also given a free preview of The Microsoft Network (MSN), the online service that Microsoft launched with Windows 95. During the preview period, Microsoft established various electronic distribution points for promotional and technical documentation on Chicago,[13] including a detailed document for media reviewers describing the new system highlights.[13][14] The preview versions expired in November 1995, after which the user would have to purchase their copy of the final version of Windows 95.

Architectural diagram

Windows 95 was designed to be maximally compatible with existing MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs and device drivers while offering a more stable and better performing system.[15][16] The development team purchased a copy of every PC software at a local Egghead Software and tested them on the operating system.[17] The Windows 95 architecture is an evolution of Windows for Workgroups’ 386 enhanced mode.

Configuration Manager (CONFIGMG)
Responsible for implementing Plug and Play functionality; monitoring hardware configuration changes; detecting devices using bus enumerators; and allocating I/O ports, IRQs, DMA channels and memory in a conflict-free fashion.[18]
Installable File System Manager (Input/Output Subsystem)
Coordinates access to supported file systems. Windows 95 initially shipped with support for FAT12, FAT16, the VFAT extension, ISO 9660 (CDFS), Joliet and network redirectors, with later releases supporting FAT32.[19]

Access requests to physical media are sent to Input/Output Supervisor, a component responsible for scheduling the requests. Each physical media has its device driver: access to the disk is performed by a port driver, while access to a SCSI device is handled by a miniport driver working atop the SCSI layer. Port and Miniport drivers perform I/O operations in 32-bit protected mode, bypassing MS-DOS and BIOS, significantly improving performance. In case there is no native Windows driver for a certain storage device, or if a device is forced to run in compatibility mode, the Real Mode Mapper can access it through MS-DOS.[20]

32-bit Windows programs are assigned protected memory segments, which can be adjusted to any desired size, and memory areas outside the segment cannot be accessed by a program, that limited harm to other programs and the system when a program crashed. Before this, programs used fixed non-exclusive 64 KB segments. While the 64 KB size was a serious handicap in DOS and Windows 3.x, lack of guarantee of exclusiveness was the cause of stability issues because programs sometimes overwrote each other’s segments, a crashing Windows 3.x program could knock out surrounding processes.[citation needed] Unfortunately for compatibility reasons some parts of the 32-bit Windows program memory was non-exclusive and shared among the whole system (most famously the first 1MiB of the address space),[21] this meant that in Windows 95 a crash which incorrectly modified this shared memory could still cause harm to other programs or the system (full memory protection only came to consumer Windows systems with the launch of Windows XP).

The Win32 API is implemented by three modules, each consisting of a 16-bit and a 32-bit component:

Kernel
Provides high-level access to memory and process management, and access to the file system. Consists of KRNL386.EXE, KERNEL32.DLL, and VWIN32.VXD.
User
Responsible for managing and drawing the various user interface components, such as windows, menus and buttons. Consists of USER.EXE and USER32.DLL.
Graphics Device Interface (GDI)
Responsible for drawing graphics in a device-independent way. Consists of GDI.EXE and GDI32.DLL.

Dependence on MS-DOS

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command.com running in a Windows console on Windows 95 (MS-DOS Prompt)

To end-users, MS-DOS appears as an underlying component of Windows 95. For example, it is possible to prevent the loading of the graphical user interface and boot the system into a real-mode MS-DOS environment. This was done by inserting command.com into the autoexec.bat file or changing the BootGUI variable in the MSDOS.SYS file to 0. This sparked debate amongst users and professionals regarding the extent to which Windows 95 is an operating system or merely a graphical shell running on top of MS-DOS.[20][23]

When the graphical user interface is started, the virtual machine manager takes over the filesystem-related and disk-related functionality. MS-DOS itself is demoted to a compatibility layer for 16-bit device drivers.[20] This contrasts with earlier versions of Windows which rely on MS-DOS to perform file and disk access (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 could also largely bypass MS-DOS when 32-bit file access and 32-bit disk access were enabled). Keeping MS-DOS in memory allows Windows 95 to use DOS device drivers when suitable Windows drivers are unavailable. Windows 95 is capable of using all 16-bit Windows 3.x drivers.

Unlike Windows 3.x, DOS programs running in Windows 95 do not need DOS drivers for the mouse, CD-ROM and sound card; Windows drivers are used instead. HIMEM.SYS is still required to boot Windows 95. EMM386 and other memory managers, however, are only used by DOS programs. In addition, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT settings (aside from HIMEM.SYS) do not affect Windows programs. DOS games, which could not be executed on Windows 3.x, can run inside Windows 95 (games tended to lock up Windows 3.x or cause other problems). As with Windows 3.x, DOS programs that use EGA or VGA graphics modes run in windowed mode (CGA and text mode programs can continue to run).[20]

On startup, the MS-DOS component in Windows 95 responds to a pressed F8 key by temporarily pausing the default boot process and presenting the DOS boot options menu, allowing the user to continue starting Windows normally, start Windows in safe mode or exit to the DOS prompt.[22] As in previous versions of MS-DOS, there is no 32-bit support and DOS drivers must be loaded for mice and other hardware.

As a consequence of DOS compatibility, Windows 95 has to keep internal DOS data structures synchronized with those of Windows 95. When starting a program, even a native 32-bit Windows program, MS-DOS momentarily executes to create a data structure known as the Program Segment Prefix. It is even possible for MS-DOS to run out of conventional memory while doing so, preventing the program from launching.[22] Windows 3.x allocated fixed segments in conventional memory first. Since the segments were allocated as fixed, Windows could not move them, which would prevent any more programs from launching.

Microsoft partially removed support for File Control Blocks (an API hold-over of DOS 1.x and CP/M) in Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM Service Release 2). FCB functions can read FAT32 volumes, but not write to them.

With merging Windows together with MS-DOS, Microsoft had effectively locked-in users who may have been using a different non-Microsoft DOS, like PC DOS and DR DOS, who could previously make use of Windows 3.x without requiring Microsoft’s MS-DOS. Caldera demostrated that Windows 95 could in fact run on top of its DR DOS operating system, and argued that Microsoft was being anti-competitive, which would prove useful in a later court case between Caldera and Microsoft.[24][25]

Windows 95 introduced a redesigned shell based around a desktop metaphor; File shortcuts (also known as shell links) were introduced [26] and the windows were re-purposed to hold shortcuts to applications, files and folders, reminiscent of Mac OS. In part because of this, the abilty to enter full screen mode was added to most that are functionally robust enough.

In Windows 3.1, the desktop was used to display icons of running applications. In Windows 95, the currently running applications were displayed as buttons on a taskbar across the bottom of the screen.[27] The taskbar also contained a notification area used to display icons for background applications, a volume control and the current time.[28]

The Start menu, invoked by clicking the «Start» button on the taskbar or by pressing the Windows key, was introduced as an additional means of launching applications or opening documents. While maintaining the program groups used by its predecessor Program Manager, it also displayed applications within cascading sub-menus.[29]

The previous File Manager program was replaced by Windows Explorer and the Explorer-based Control Panel and several other special folders were added such as My Computer, Dial-Up Networking, Recycle Bin, Network Neighborhood, My Documents, Recent documents, Fonts, Printers, and My Briefcase among others. AutoRun was introduced for CD drives.

The user interface looked dramatically different from prior versions of Windows, empathizing more detail; however, its design language did not have a special name like Metro in Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10, Platinum in Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9, Aero in Windows Vista onward, Aqua in macOS, and Material Design in most Google products since 2014. Internally it was called «the new shell» and later simply «the shell».[30] The subproject within Microsoft to develop the new shell was internally known as «Stimpy».[31]

Startup sound for Windows 95, composed by Brian Eno

In 1994, Microsoft designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project.[32] The result was the six-second start-up music-sound of the Windows 95 operating system, The Microsoft Sound and it was first released as a startup sound in May 1995 on Windows 95 May Test Release build 468.[33] The previous «tada» startup sound from Windows 3.1 became the shutdown sound for Windows 95. In 2025, the Microsoft Sound was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being «culturally, historically or aesthetically significant».[34]

When released for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Internet Explorer 4 came with an optional Windows Desktop Update, which modified the shell to provide several additional updates to Windows Explorer, including a Quick Launch toolbar, and new features integrated with Internet Explorer, such as Active Desktop (which allowed Internet content to be displayed directly on the desktop).

Some of the user interface elements introduced in Windows 95, such as the desktop, taskbar, Start menu and Windows Explorer file manager, remained fundamentally unchanged on future versions of Windows.

Technical improvements

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Windows 95 included support for 255-character mixed-case long filenames[35] and preemptively multitasked protected-mode 32-bit applications. 16-bit processes were still co-operatively multitasked.

Windows 95 tried to automate device detection and configuration as much as possible, but could still fall back to manual settings if necessary. During the initial install process of Windows 95, it would attempt to automatically detect all devices installed in the system.

Windows 95 also introduced the Device Manager to indicate which devices were working optimally with correct drivers and configuration and to allow the user to override automatic Plug and Play-based driver installation with manual options or give a choice of several semi-automatic configurations to try to free up resources for devices that still needed manual configuration.

Windows 95 also has built-in support for Advanced Power Management.

32-bit File Access is necessary for the long file names feature introduced with Windows 95 through the use of the VFAT file system extension. It is available to both Windows programs and MS-DOS programs started from Windows (they have to be adapted slightly, since accessing long file names requires using larger pathname buffers and hence different system calls). Competing DOS-compatible operating systems released before Windows 95 cannot see these names. Using older versions of DOS utilities to manipulate files means that the long names are not visible and are lost if files are moved or renamed and by the copy (but not the original) if the file is copied. During a Windows 95 automatic upgrade of an older Windows 3.1 system, DOS and third-party disk utilities which can destroy long file names are identified and made unavailable. When Windows 95 is started in DOS mode, e.g. for running DOS programs, low-level access to disks is locked out. In case the need arises to depend on disk utilities that do not recognize long file names, such as the MS-DOS 6.x’s defrag utility, a program called LFNBACK for backup and restoration of long file names is provided on the CD-ROM, specifically in its \ADMIN\APPTOOLS\LFNBACK directory. [citation needed]

Windows 95 followed Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with its lack of support for older, 16-bit x86 processors, thus requiring an Intel 80386 (or compatible). While the OS kernel is 32-bit, much code (especially for the user interface) remained 16-bit for performance reasons as well as development time constraints.

The introduction of 32-bit file access in Windows for Workgroups 3.11 meant that 16-bit real mode MS-DOS is not used for managing the files while Windows is running, and the earlier introduction of the 32-bit disk access means that the PC BIOS is often no longer used for managing hard disks. DOS can be used for running old-style drivers for compatibility, but Microsoft discourages using them, as this prevents proper multitasking and impairs system stability. Control Panel allows a user to see which MS-DOS components are used by the system; optimal performance is achieved when they are bypassed. The Windows kernel uses MS-DOS style real-mode drivers in Safe Mode, which exists to allow a user to fix problems relating to loading native, protected-mode drivers.

Core improvements in OEM Service Releases

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OEM Service Releases of Windows 95 introduced support in Windows for several core new technologies that were not included in the original release of Windows 95. These include the Internet Explorer web browser, DriveSpace compression, OpenGL, DirectX, FAT32 file system support, UltraDMA mode for disk drives, Universal Serial Bus, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), and Accelerated Graphics Port.

Accessibility features

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Windows 95 introduced computer accessibility features like Sticky keys, FilterKeys, ToggleKeys, Mouse keys. Microsoft Active Accessibility API was introduced as an add-on for Windows 95.

System requirements

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Official system requirements were an Intel 386DX CPU of any speed, 4 MB of system RAM and 50–55 MB of hard disk space depending on features selected. These minimal claims were made in order to maximize the available market of Windows 3.1 migrations. This configuration would rely heavily on virtual memory and was only optimal for productive use on single-tasking dedicated workstations.[36] It was possible to run Windows 95 on a 386 SX, but this led to even less acceptable performance due to its 16-bit external data bus. To achieve optimal performance, Microsoft recommended an i486 or compatible CPU with at least 8 MB of RAM.[37]

Windows 95 may fail to boot on computers with a processor faster than 2.1 GHz and more than approximately 480 MB of memory.[38][39][40] In such a case, reducing the file cache size or the size of video memory can help.[38] The theoretical maximum according to Microsoft is 2 GB.[41]

Most copies of Windows 95 were on CD-ROM, but a 3+12-inch floppy version was also available for older machines. The retail floppy disk version of Windows 95 came on 13 DMF formatted floppy disks, while OSR2.1 doubled the floppy count to 26. Both versions exclude additional software that the CD-ROM version might have featured. Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 was also available on floppy disks.

Windows 95 was superseded by Windows 98, which also included the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 by default. It could still be directly upgraded by either Windows 2000 Professional[42] or Windows Me. Office 2000 was the last version of Microsoft Office to be compatible with Windows 95. Similarly, Windows Media Player 7.0, released in June 2000, and DirectX 8.0a, released in February 2001, are the last versions of Windows Media Player and DirectX available for Windows 95, respectively.

Updates for Windows 95 could be installed via the Windows Update website. The Windows Update website for Windows 95 and 98 was removed in 2011.[43] An independent project named Windows Update Restored aims to restore the Windows Update websites for older versions of Windows, including Windows 95.[44][43]

While Windows 95 did not officially support the .NET Framework, versions 2.0 and 3.5 were unofficially backported for the operating system in 2024.[45][46]

Windows 95 originally shipped without Internet Explorer, and the default network installation did not include TCP/IP, the network protocol used on the Internet. At the release date of Windows 95, Internet Explorer 1.0 was available,[47] but only in the Plus! add-on pack for Windows 95, which was a separate product. The Plus! pack did not reach as many retail consumers as the operating system itself (it was mainly advertised for its non-Internet-related add-ons such as themes and better disk compression) but was usually included in pre-installed (OEM) sales, and at the time of Windows 95’s release, the web was being browsed mainly with a variety of early web browsers such as NCSA Mosaic and Netscape Navigator (promoted by products such as IBox).

Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1 was the first release of Windows to include Internet Explorer (version 2.0) with the OS. While there was no uninstaller, it could be deleted easily if desired. OEM Service Release 2 included Internet Explorer 3. The installation of Internet Explorer 4 on Windows 95 (or the OSR2.5 version preinstalled on a computer) gave Windows 95 Active Desktop and browser integration into Windows Explorer, known as the Windows Desktop Update. The CD version of the last release of Windows 95, OEM Service Release 2.5 (version 4.00.950C), includes Internet Explorer 4, and installs it after Windows 95’s initial setup and first boot are complete.

While only the 4.x series of the browser contained the option to install the Windows Desktop Update features, the subsequent 5.x version had the option hidden. Editing the installer’s configuration file located in a temporary folder would make the feature available in the installer. Alternatively, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 users could first install IE 4 with the desktop update before installing a newer version of Internet Explorer. The last version of Internet Explorer supported on Windows 95 is Internet Explorer 5.5 with SP2, which was released on July 23, 2001. Windows 95 shipped with Microsoft’s dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network (MSN).

Sales were projected as high as $720 million on release day. The marketing campaign for Windows 95 was estimated at $1 billion and spanned the entire industry.[48] The Windows 95 release included a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones’ 1981 single «Start Me Up» (a reference to the Start button).[49] It was widely reported that Microsoft paid the Rolling Stones between US$8 and US$14 million for the use of the song in the Windows 95 advertising campaign. However, Microsoft said that this was just a rumour spread by the band to increase their market value, and the company paid US$3 million.[50] A 30-minute promotional video, labeled a «cyber sitcom,» featuring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, was also released to showcase the features of Windows 95.[51] Microsoft’s US$200 million advertising campaign featured stories of people waiting in line outside stores to get a copy.[52]

In the UK, the largest computer chain, PC World, received a large quantity of point-of-sale material; many branches opened at midnight to sell the first copies of the product. Copies of The Times were available for free, and Microsoft paid for 1.5 million issues (twice the daily circulation at the time).[53]

In the United States, the Empire State Building in New York City was lit to match the colors of the Windows logo.[1] In Canada, a 100 m (330 ft) banner was hung down the side of the CN Tower in Toronto.[54]

The release included a number of «Fun Stuff» items on the CD, including music videos of Edie Brickell’s «Good Times»[55] and Weezer’s «Buddy Holly,» a trailer for the 1995 film Rob Roy and the computer game Hover![56]

Sales were strong, with one million copies shipped worldwide in just four days.[57] According to International Data Corporation, by the end of 1998, Windows 95 was the most used desktop OS with 57.4% of the marketshare, with its successor Windows 98 coming in second at 17.2%. Windows 95 also still sold more non-OEM copies to large customers in the month of May 1999, which analysts attributed to large companies opting to wait for the release of Windows 2000.[58]

«OSR2» redirects here. For the gene, see OSR2 (gene).

Several Windows 95 editions have been released. Only the original release was sold as a shrink-wrapped product; later editions were provided only to computer OEMs for installation on new PCs. For this reason, these editions are known as OEM Service Releases (OSR).

Together with the introduction of Windows 95, Microsoft released the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 pack, which contained several optional components for high-end multimedia PCs, including Internet Explorer, DriveSpace and additional themes.

The first service pack was made available half a year after the original release and fixed several small bugs.[59]

The second service pack mainly introduced support for new hardware, most notably support for hard drives larger than 2 GB in the form of the FAT32 file system.[60] This release was never made available to end-users directly and was only sold through OEMs (OSR2) with the purchase of a new PC.

A full third service pack was never released, but two smaller revisions to the second were released in the form of a USB Supplement (OSR2.1) and the Windows Desktop Update (OSR2.5).[61] Both were made available as updated disc images shipped by OEMs, and the Windows Desktop Update was also released with the standalone Internet Explorer 4.0 release. OSR2.5 was notable for featuring several changes to the Windows Explorer, integrating it with Internet Explorer 4.0—this version of Internet Explorer looks very similar to the one featured in Windows 98.

Release Code name Release date CD-Code[62][63][64] Version Software components Hardware support
System properties[b] System files[c] Timestamp MS-DOS Internet Explorer[d] DriveSpace OpenGL DirectX[e] FAT32 Infrared[65] UDMA[66] IRQ steering[67] USB IEEE 1394 AGP MMX[68] P6[69][70][71]
Windows 95 (retail and OEM) Chicago August 24, 1995 0795 4.00.950 4.00.950 1995-07-11 09:50:00 7.0 1.0 OEM only 2 No No No No No No No Bugs Bugs
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Frosting 4.40.310 1995-07-14 04:40:00 1.0 3
Service Pack 1 February 14, 1996[72] 4.00.950a 4.00.951[f] 1995-12-31 09:50:00 2.0[73] 2 Yes
OEM Service Release 1 0196 1995-12-29 09:51:00
OEM Service Release 2 August 30, 1996 0796 4.00.950 B 4.00.1111 1996-08-24 11:11:11 7.1 3.0 3 1.1 2.0a Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes*[g]
OEM Service Release 2.1 Detroit August 27, 1997[76] 0197 (US) / 0397 4.03.1212[h]
4.03.1214[i]

4.03.1216 (unofficial, with the updated USB supplement)[j]

1997-04-10 12:14:00 Yes Yes
OEM Service Release 2.5 November 26, 1997 1297 4.00.950 C 4.03.1216[j] 1997-11-26 12:16:00 4.00 5.0 Yes
  1. ^ At least when running only 32-bit protected mode applications
  2. ^ The version string displayed in the «System properties» tab. Right-click on «My Computer» and choose «Properties».
  3. ^ The version of updated system files. Note that most system files which have not been updated often retain their old version number. Version numbers are not consistently used: some system files may have older or newer build numbers or use a version numbering scheme separate from regular system files.
  4. ^ Upgradable to 5.5
  5. ^ Upgradable to 8.0a
  6. ^ Some components have higher build numbers up to 955.
  7. ^ With the Memory Management fix (VMM2XUPD.EXE) applied (official),[74] or with the updated USB supplement (4.03.1216) (unofficial for OSR2/2.1).[75]
  8. ^ Original release of the USB Supplement to OSR2.
  9. ^ Updated version of the USB Supplement to OSR2.
  10. ^ a b The Microsoft Knowledge Base reports 4.03.1214. This USB Supplement to OSR2 (included with OSR2.5 only, named usbupd2.exe) contains an updated VMM.VXD with support for the Pentium Pro and Pentium II. This file has version 4.03.1216 and has a timestamp of September 23, 1997 09:51:18.

On December 31, 2001, Microsoft ended its support for Windows 95, making it an «obsolete» product per the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.[77]

Many features have since become key components of the Microsoft Windows series, such as the Start menu and the taskbar, originated in Windows 95. Neil MacDonald, a Gartner analyst, said that Windows 95 «was a quantum leap in difference in technological capability and stability.» Ina Fried of CNET said that «by the time Windows 95 was finally ushered off the market in 2001, it had become a fixture on computer desktops around the world.»[53]

The basic design of Windows 95, with its combination of a desktop that can be used as a storage location, a pop-out application menu, and a taskbar showing running applications, a clock and a system tray, was strongly influential on future user interfaces for desktop operating systems. The core UI concepts of Windows 95 have persisted up to the present day in both Windows itself as well as on other operating systems like Linux, with the default behaviour of desktop environments like KDE and XFCE replicating it in many aspects.[78]

Even though support for Windows 95 has ended, the software has occasionally remained in use on legacy systems for various purposes. In addition, some video game enthusiasts choose to use Windows 95 for their legacy system to play old DOS games, although some other versions of Windows such as Windows 98 can also be used for this purpose.

In April 2025, The Microsoft Sound was selected to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being «culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant».[79]

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