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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, ...

Microsoft's Raymond Chen has revealed an unexpected use for the company's lawyers: securing permission from the cast of Happy Days so a Weezer music video could ship on the Windows 95 CD. The video in ...

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 ...

PC enthusiasts, including myself, have often tried to install Windows on Chromebooks — a project that sounds tempting on paper. After all, Windows offers greater flexibility and app support, while ...

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 ...

Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA). WUSA is a built-in ...

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. It’s enough to turn off the parts of my brain that would normally despise the look of a big, gray, plastic box and transform me into a drooling retro devotee ready to ...

Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots up an old computer so he can play around with Windows 95 again. Baca has made a hobby of assembling old PCs with new-in-box vintage parts, ...