For example, despite multiple attempts at getting the hotch-botch of software to recognise the attached mouse, the humble ...

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.

The switch from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 was a big step for Microsoft and their software developers. Accordingly, Microsoft ...

When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — ...

Windows 95 was a hack triggered by the failure of Windows NT 3.1 to come close enough to beating OS/2. So after a number of technical presentations of NT 3.1 Microsoft started the Chicago project.

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking contractors to modernize its decades-old computer systems within four years.

Microsoft engineer recalls how a $10,000 purchase for Windows 95 testing crashed a store's cash register — and how they fixed it.

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 ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT was successfully tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95. Although it refused at first, a revised prompt was able to trick the AI without the chatbot realizing.

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, ...

Writing The Old New Thing blog, he said Windows 95 setup was designed to upgrade systems from three possible starting points – MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 itself.

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 ...