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For example, despite multiple attempts at getting the hotch-botch of software to recognise the attached mouse, the humble ...
When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — ...
Microsoft tested Windows 95's compatibility by buying every PC program in the Egghead Software store, crashing its register with over a $10,000 purchase.
To test Windows 95, a Microsoft manager drove a small lorry to a software shop and bought every programme available there.
Microsoft engineer recalls how a $10,000 purchase for Windows 95 testing crashed a store's cash register — and how they fixed it.
Updates for Windows 95 stopped in 2001; Windows 98 and ME stopped getting new updates in 2006. The existence of a functioning update site doesn't change the age of the updates available.
Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously ...
Although Windows 95 was not much different in core functionality than its predecessor, Windows 3.1, the software was updated in a few notable ways. For one, Windows 95 was developed to integrate ...