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Finally, a feature that makes my Windows 11 Pro license worth it

Windows 11 Pro has always had a built-in hypervisor. I just didn't know about it — and it's better than VirtualBox in almost ...
theregister

Windows 95 let installers trash its files then fixed the mess behind their backs

Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared another nugget of Windows lore – what Windows 95 did when installers stomped on its system files. The problem traces back to the days of 16-bit Windows, when ...
Neowin

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, ...
PC Gamer

The shift key trick to quickly restart Windows 95 wasn't a placebo, it was a neat little system to avoid a full PC reboot

Windows Task Manager's creator says it used to be 50 times smaller because 'in that time and place, small was fast and fast mattered' Gaming Industry Today I learned that Excel incorrectly assumes ...
TweakTown

eXoWin9x lets you play over 650 Windows 95 and Windows 98 games from a single 262GB launcher

TL;DR: eXoWin9x Vol. 1 offers a 263GB collection of 662 fully emulated classic Windows 95-98 games, including DOOM II, Diablo, and SimCity 2000. Featuring easy setup, multiplayer support, and ...
CNX Software

Windows 95 made to run on ESP32-S3 hardware with Tiny386 x86 PC emulator

He Chunhui (hchunhui) has developed the Tiny386 x86 PC emulator in C (C99) and managed to run Windows 3.1/3.2 and Windows 95 on an ESP32-S3 devkit with a 3.5-inch display. We had already seen Linux ...
BGR

Yes, You Can Run Windows 95 In Your Browser, And It's Glorious

Released on August 24, 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was one of the most anticipated software launches at the time. It was a huge change over the previous release Windows 3.1, adding a bunch of new ...
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Microsoft veteran engineer explains why Windows 95's setup used a mini Windows 3.1 — dodging technical and UX issues

On August 24, 2025, tech enthusiasts commemorated three decades since Windows 95's debut—ushering in the now-ubiquitous Start menu. Yet, dissatisfaction looms over Windows 11, as users grapple with ...
TechSpot

Windows 95 developers didn't have enough time to give the OS its own setup program

Retro Potato: Raymond Chen is once again sharing an intriguing behind-the-scenes story about the making of Windows 95. It turns out that building the setup process for the consumer-oriented operating ...
OS X Daily

Windows 95 is 30 Years Old

Windows 95 was made widely available to the general public 30 years ago this week, on August 24, 1995. 30 years! It might not seem too thrilling today, but Windows 95 was a pretty big deal back in the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1995, Microsoft Debuted Windows 95, Complete With Music Composed by Brian Eno

How about a hefty dose of nostalgia? On this day in 1995, 30 years ago today, Microsoft released the operating system known as Windows 95. The company had released operating systems and various ...