Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.
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19 Facts About Windows 95
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Windows 95 merged Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows products, and featured significant improvements over its predecessor, most notably in the graphical user interface and in its simplified "plug-and-play" features.
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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.
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The Windows 95 architecture is an evolution of Windows for Workgroups' 386 enhanced mode.
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Windows 95 introduced a redesigned shell based around a desktop metaphor; File shortcuts were introduced and the desktop was re-purposed to hold shortcuts to applications, files and folders, reminiscent of Mac OS.
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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.
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Windows 95 included support for 255-character mixed-case long filenames and preemptively multitasked protected-mode 32-bit applications.
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Windows 95 tried to automate device detection and configuration as much as possible, but could still fall back to manual settings if necessary.
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Windows 95 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.
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The Windows 95 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.
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OEM Service Releases of Windows 95 introduced support in Windows for several core new technologies which were not included in the original release of Windows 95.
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Windows 95 introduced computer accessibility features like Sticky keys, FilterKeys, ToggleKeys, Mouse keys.
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Windows 95 was superseded by Windows 98, which included the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 by default.
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Windows 95 shipped with Microsoft's dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network.
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Windows 95 release included a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones' 1981 single "Start Me Up".
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Windows 95 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.
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Neil MacDonald, a Gartner analyst, said that Windows 95 "was a quantum leap in difference in technological capability and stability.
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Windows 95 was implemented into a web-based DOSBox emulator around early 2016.
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