TechSpot

Windows 95 had a secret restart trick most people never knew

Retro Computing: Windows 95 faced the challenging task of maintaining compatibility with 16-bit DOS software, 16-bit Windows 3.x programs, and newer 32-bit Win32 applications. Microsoft developers ...
TechSpot

Porting the Windows 95 interface to Windows NT was a complex back-and-forth process

Computing history: Raymond Chen is once again reminding us that back when Windows 95 ruled the software world, coding was a completely different beast. The Win9x user interface eventually made its way ...
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Windows 95 is now considered culturally significant

Windows 95 startup sound added to National Recording Registry Library of Congress recognizes cultural, historical significance of iconic sound Microsoft's Minecraft music also included in NRR's 2025 ...
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Microsoft's Windows 95 CD contained a lot of "fun" stuff, here's how0 0

We've talked about Windows 95 here on Neowin a lot in the past. This includes a trick to boot up the OS faster than usual, the exclusion of an instruction that was meant to save power in a PC, ...