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69-400: Home screens usually consist of a grid of application links or shortcuts that can often be arranged over multiple pages, and serve as the user's main method of accessing phone functions. Home screens also tend to include a dock along an edge of the screen, where application links can be stored and accessed from any page on the home screen. Most operating systems allow users to add folders to

138-406: A file in early graphical user interfaces , the user had to click on the representation of the actual file or executable in the location where the application or file was. The concept of disassociating the executable from the icon representing an instruction to perform a task associated with that file or executable so that they may be grouped by function or task rather than physical organisation in

207-494: A "folder link" or "shell link folder": a folder with the system attribute set, containing a hidden "desktop.ini" (folder customization) file which tells Explorer to look in that same folder for a "target.lnk" shortcut file pointing to another folder. When viewed in Explorer, the shell link folder then appears to have the contents of the target folder in it—that is, the customized folder becomes the effective shortcut. This technique

276-555: A consequence of DOS compatibility, Windows 95 has to keep internal DOS data structures synchronized with those of Windows 95. When starting a program, even a native 32-bit Windows program, MS-DOS momentarily executes to create a data structure known as the Program Segment Prefix . It is even possible for MS-DOS to run out of conventional memory while doing so, preventing the program from launching. Windows 3.x allocated fixed segments in conventional memory first. Since

345-775: A curled arrow overlay icon by default, and no filename extension . (The extension remains hidden in Windows Explorer even when "Hide extensions for known file types" is unchecked in File Type options, because it is controlled by the NeverShowExt option in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile in the Registry. The IsShortcut option causes the arrow to be displayed.) Shortcut files can be used to launch programs in minimized or maximized window states if

414-487: A detailed document for media reviewers describing the new system highlights. The preview versions expired in November 1995, after which the user would have to purchase their copy of the final version of Windows 95. 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. The Windows 95 architecture

483-670: A large quantity of point-of-sale material; many branches opened at midnight to sell the first copies of the product. Copies of The Times were available for free, and Microsoft paid for 1.5 million issues (twice the daily circulation at the time). In the United States, the Empire State Building in New York City was lit to match the colors of the Windows logo. In Canada, a 100 m (330 ft) banner

552-421: A mainly cooperatively multitasked 16-bit architecture to a 32-bit preemptive multitasking architecture, at least when running only 32-bit protected mode applications. Accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, Windows 95 introduced numerous functions and features that were featured in later Windows versions, and continue in modern variations to this day, such as the taskbar , notification area , and

621-493: A rumour spread by the band to increase their market value, and the company paid US$ 3 million. A 30-minute promotional video, labeled a "cyber sitcom," featuring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry , was also released to showcase the features of Windows 95. Microsoft's US$ 200 million advertising campaign featured stories of people waiting in line outside stores to get a copy. In the UK, the largest computer chain, PC World , received

690-504: A simple pointer to a target file or directory is implemented in the operating system as a symbolic link . When the target is a program, many graphical user interfaces support .desktop and .directory files. The format of these configuration files follows the 'desktop entry' specification by freedesktop.org , and besides the location of the program they can provide an icon , a tooltip and other details. Macintosh does not have extensions for shortcuts. A file type called "alias"

759-485: A small file containing a target URI or GUID to an object , or the name of a target program file that the shortcut represents. The shortcut might additionally specify parameters to be passed to the target program when it is run. Each shortcut can have its own icon. Shortcuts are very commonly placed on a desktop , in an application launcher panel such as the Microsoft Windows Start menu , or in

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828-471: A special name like Metro , Aqua or Material Design . Internally it was called "the new shell" and later simply "the shell". The subproject within Microsoft to develop the new shell was internally known as "Stimpy". In 1994, Microsoft designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project. The result was the six-second start-up music-sound of

897-587: A static icon . However, the increased relevance of the information can come at the cost of device battery life, bandwidth , and the ease of recognition afforded by static application icons. Although most home screens have a similar structure, not all are designed in common. Two notable examples of less-common home screens paradigms include Siri and WebOS . The former is Apple's natural language user interface , which performs functions similar to more traditional home screens such as opening applications, displaying relevant data, and managing phone settings. The latter

966-702: A user to fix problems relating to loading native, protected-mode drivers. OEM Service Releases of Windows 95 introduced support in Windows for several core new technologies that were not included in the original release of Windows 95. These include the Internet Explorer web browser, DriveSpace compression, OpenGL , DirectX , FAT32 file system support, UltraDMA mode for disk drives, Universal Serial Bus , IEEE 1394 (FireWire) , and Accelerated Graphics Port . Windows 95 introduced computer accessibility features like Sticky keys , FilterKeys , ToggleKeys , Mouse keys . Microsoft Active Accessibility API

1035-465: A volume control and the current time. The Start menu , invoked by clicking the "Start" button on the taskbar or by pressing the Windows key , was introduced as an additional means of launching applications or opening documents. While maintaining the program groups used by its predecessor Program Manager , it also displayed applications within cascading sub-menus. The previous File Manager program

1104-430: Is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems. The first operating system in the 9x family, it is the successor to Windows 3.1 , and was released to manufacturing on July 14, 1995, and generally to retail on August 24, 1995, almost three months after the release of Windows NT 3.51 . Windows 95 is the first version of Microsoft Windows to include

1173-589: Is an evolution of Windows for Workgroups ' 386 enhanced mode. Access requests to physical media are sent to Input/Output Supervisor , a component responsible for scheduling the requests. Each physical media has its device driver: access to the disk is performed by a port driver , while access to a SCSI device is handled by a miniport driver working atop the SCSI layer. Port and Miniport drivers perform I/O operations in 32-bit protected mode, bypassing MS-DOS and BIOS , significantly improving performance. In case there

1242-746: Is capable of using all 16-bit Windows 3.x drivers. Unlike Windows 3.x, DOS programs running in Windows 95 do not need DOS drivers for the mouse, CD-ROM and sound card; Windows drivers are used instead. HIMEM.SYS is still required to boot Windows 95. EMM386 and other memory managers, however, are only used by DOS programs. In addition, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT settings (aside from HIMEM.SYS) do not affect Windows programs. DOS games, which could not be executed on Windows 3.x, can run inside Windows 95 (games tended to lock up Windows 3.x or cause other problems). As with Windows 3.x, DOS programs that use EGA or VGA graphics modes run in windowed mode ( CGA and text mode programs can continue to run). On startup,

1311-575: Is locked out. In case the need arises to depend on disk utilities that do not recognize long file names, such as the MS-DOS 6.x's defrag utility, a program called LFNBACK for backup and restoration of long file names is provided on the CD-ROM, specifically in its \ADMIN\APPTOOLS\LFNBACK directory. Windows 95 followed Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with its lack of support for older, 16-bit x86 processors, thus requiring an Intel 80386 (or compatible). While

1380-568: Is necessary for the long file names feature introduced with Windows 95 through the use of the VFAT file system extension. It is available to both Windows programs and MS-DOS programs started from Windows (they have to be adapted slightly, since accessing long file names requires using larger pathname buffers and hence different system calls ). Competing DOS-compatible operating systems released before Windows 95 cannot see these names. Using older versions of DOS utilities to manipulate files means that

1449-518: Is no native Windows driver for a certain storage device, or if a device is forced to run in compatibility mode, the Real Mode Mapper can access it through MS-DOS. 32-bit Windows programs are assigned their memory segments, which can be adjusted to any desired size. Memory areas outside the segment cannot be accessed by a program. If a program crashes, nothing else is harmed. Before this, programs used fixed non-exclusive 64 KB segments. While

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1518-427: Is notable for its use of entirely dynamic application icons that mimic the current state of the application, similar to task managers on other mobile operating systems. Although most mobile operating systems include a default home screen, some devices also allow the user to replace the native home screen with a different application or third-party home screen, allowing for additional home screen paradigms. One of

1587-513: Is often no longer used for managing hard disks. DOS can be used for running old-style drivers for compatibility, but Microsoft discourages using them, as this prevents proper multitasking and impairs system stability. Control Panel allows a user to see which MS-DOS components are used by the system; optimal performance is achieved when they are bypassed. The Windows kernel uses MS-DOS style real-mode drivers in Safe Mode , which exists to allow

1656-539: Is possible to prevent the loading of the graphical user interface and boot the system into a real-mode MS-DOS environment. This was done by inserting command.com into the autoexec.bat file or changing the BootGUI variable in the MSDOS.SYS file to 0. This sparked debate amongst users and professionals regarding the extent to which Windows 95 is an operating system or merely a graphical shell running on top of MS-DOS. When

1725-465: Is used by Microsoft Windows for items like WebDAV folders. The advent of file system links in Windows Vista and up has made shell link folders less useful. There is another type of file that is similar to a .lnk file, but has the extension .cda . This is used to reference a track (song) on a CD (in standard CDDA / RedBook format). On Unix-like systems such as Linux and BSD ,

1794-517: The .NET Framework , versions 2.0 and 3.5 were unofficially backported for the operating system in 2024. Windows 95 originally shipped without Internet Explorer , and the default network installation did not include TCP/IP , the network protocol used on the Internet. At the release date of Windows 95, Internet Explorer 1.0 was available, but only in the Plus! add-on pack for Windows 95, which

1863-523: The Distributed Link Tracking service for tracking the targets of shortcuts, so that the shortcut may be silently updated if the target moves to another hard drive. Windows Installer , introduced in Windows 2000 , added another special type of shortcuts called "Advertised Shortcuts." File shortcuts in Windows can store a working directory path besides the target path. Environment variables can be used. A hotkey can be defined in

1932-551: The Windows Desktop Update . The CD version of the last release of Windows 95, OEM Service Release 2.5 (version 4.00.950C), includes Internet Explorer 4, and installs it after Windows 95's initial setup and first boot are complete. While only the 4.x series of the browser contained the option to install the Windows Desktop Update features, the subsequent 5.x version had the option hidden. Editing

2001-741: The "Start" button which summons the Start menu . It is considered to be one of the biggest and most important products in the personal computing industry. Three years after its introduction, Windows   95 was followed by Windows   98 . Nevertheless, Windows   95 remained the most popular operating system in 1998, despite the release of Windows   98. Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows   95 on December 31, 2000. Like Windows   NT   3.51 , Windows   95 received only one year of extended support, ending on December 31, 2001. The initial design and planning of Windows 95 can be traced back to around March 1992, just around

2070-502: The 64 KB size was a serious handicap in DOS and Windows 3.x, lack of guarantee of exclusiveness was the cause of stability issues because programs sometimes overwrote each other's segments. A crashing Windows 3.x program could knock out surrounding processes. The Win32 API is implemented by three modules, each consisting of a 16-bit and a 32-bit component: To end-users, MS-DOS appears as an underlying component of Windows 95. For example, it

2139-641: The CD-ROM version might have featured. Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 was also available on floppy disks. Windows 95 was superseded by Windows 98 , which also included the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 by default. It could still be directly upgraded by either Windows 2000 Professional or Windows Me . Office 2000 was the last version of Microsoft Office to be compatible with Windows 95. Similarly, Windows Media Player 7.0, released in June 2000, and DirectX 8.0a, released in February 2001, are

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2208-401: The MS-DOS component in Windows 95 responds to a pressed F8 key by temporarily pausing the default boot process and presenting the DOS boot options menu, allowing the user to continue starting Windows normally, start Windows in safe mode or exit to the DOS prompt. As in previous versions of MS-DOS , there is no 32-bit support and DOS drivers must be loaded for mice and other hardware. As

2277-476: The Modern Windows Feel (Taskbar, Start Menu.) 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 (GUI) and in its simplified " plug-and-play " features. There were also major changes made to the core components of the operating system, such as moving from

2346-505: The OS kernel is 32-bit, much code (especially for the user interface) remained 16-bit for performance reasons as well as development time constraints. The introduction of 32-bit file access in Windows for Workgroups 3.11 meant that 16-bit real mode MS-DOS is not used for managing the files while Windows is running, and the earlier introduction of the 32-bit disk access means that the PC BIOS

2415-505: The Windows 95 Preview Program. For US$ 19.95/£19.95, users would receive several 3.5-inch floppy disks that would be used to install Windows 95 either as an upgrade from Windows 3.1 or as a fresh installation. Participants were also given a free preview of The Microsoft Network (MSN) , the online service that Microsoft launched with Windows 95. During the preview period, Microsoft established various electronic distribution points for promotional and technical documentation on Chicago, including

2484-583: 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. When released for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, Internet Explorer 4 came with an optional Windows Desktop Update , which modified the shell to provide several additional updates to Windows Explorer, including a Quick Launch toolbar, and new features integrated with Internet Explorer, such as Active Desktop (which allowed Internet content to be displayed directly on

2553-514: The basis for the next version of Windows, code named "Chicago." Cairo would be Microsoft's next-generation operating system based on Windows NT, featuring a new user interface and an object-based file system, but it was not planned to be shipped before 1994. Cairo would never be shipped, however, although elements from the Cairo project eventually shipped in Windows NT 4.0 in late July 1996, without

2622-412: The desktop was re-purposed to hold shortcuts to applications, files and folders, reminiscent of Mac OS . In Windows 3.1 , the desktop was used to display icons of running applications. In Windows 95, the currently running applications were displayed as buttons on a taskbar across the bottom of the screen. The taskbar also contained a notification area used to display icons for background applications,

2691-570: The desktop). Some of the user interface elements introduced in Windows 95, such as the desktop, taskbar, Start menu and Windows Explorer file manager, remained fundamentally unchanged on future versions of Windows. Windows 95 included support for 255-character mixed-case long filenames and preemptively multitasked protected-mode 32-bit applications. 16-bit processes were still co-operatively multitasked. Windows 95 tried to automate device detection and configuration as much as possible, but could still fall back to manual settings if necessary. During

2760-412: The end of 1998, Windows 95 was the most used desktop OS with 57.4% of the marketshare, with its successor Windows 98 coming in second at 17.2%. Windows 95 also 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 . Several Windows 95 editions have been released. Only the original release

2829-425: The file cache size or the size of video memory can help. The theoretical maximum according to Microsoft is 2 GB. Most copies of Windows 95 were on CD-ROM , but a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch floppy version was also available for older machines. The retail floppy disk version of Windows 95 came on 13 DMF formatted floppy disks, while OSR2.1 doubled the floppy count to 26. Both versions exclude additional software that

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2898-507: The file structure was first described in the research paper "A Task Oriented Front End For The Windows Graphical User Interface", by Mike Roberts, published in 1991 by Kingston University and presented to both Microsoft and Xerox EuroPARC that same year under an academia/business technology sharing agreement. A simplified form of this research was incorporated into System 7 in 1991, and four years later into Windows 95 . Windows LNK .desktop files Windows 95 Windows 95

2967-455: The file system, through Explorer. Beginning with Windows 7 , some shortcuts also store Application User Model IDs (AppUserModelIDs). Instead of the target command line, AppUserModelIDs may directly be used to launch applications. Shortcuts with AppUserModelIDs are used by some desktop programs and all WinRT Modern/Universal Windows Platform apps for launching. Although Windows does not provide convenient tools to create it, Explorer supports

3036-512: The first examples of a home screen can be found on the PalmPilot , which debuted in 1997. Early home screens were often less customizable than current iterations. For example, early versions of iOS did not allow users to rearrange applications on the home screen or change the background image. Because home screens often serve as the main method for interacting with mobile operating systems, they tend to change slowly, if at all, across updates to

3105-568: The graphical user interface is started, the virtual machine manager takes over the filesystem-related and disk-related functionality. MS-DOS itself is demoted to a compatibility layer for 16-bit device drivers. This contrasts with earlier versions of Windows which rely on MS-DOS to perform file and disk access (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 could also largely bypass MS-DOS when 32-bit file access and 32-bit disk access were enabled). Keeping MS-DOS in memory allows Windows 95 to use DOS device drivers when suitable Windows drivers are unavailable. Windows 95

3174-511: The home screen in order to further organize application links. Some home screens may also include a panel where push notifications are displayed or select system settings can be accessed. In addition to applications links, many home screens are also capable of displaying ambient information, such as live tiles on Windows Phone or widgets on Android . Such tiles or widgets may link to applications, however they differ from traditional links in that they show current, dynamic information instead of

3243-656: The initial install process of Windows 95, it would attempt to automatically detect all devices installed in the system. Windows 95 also 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. Windows 95 also has built-in support for Advanced Power Management . 32-bit File Access

3312-605: The installer's configuration file located in a temporary folder would make the feature available in the installer. Alternatively, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 users could first install IE 4 with the desktop update before installing a newer version of Internet Explorer. The last version of Internet Explorer supported on Windows 95 is Internet Explorer 5.5 with SP2 , which was released on July 23, 2001. Windows 95 shipped with Microsoft's dial-up online service called The Microsoft Network (MSN) . Sales were projected as high as $ 720 million on release day. The marketing campaign for Windows 95

3381-567: The last versions of Windows Media Player and DirectX available for Windows 95, respectively. Updates for Windows 95 could be installed via the Windows Update website. The Windows Update website for Windows 95 and 98 was removed in 2011. An independent project named Windows Update Restored aims to restore the Windows Update websites for older versions of Windows, including Windows 95. While Windows 95 did not officially support

3450-408: The long names are not visible and are lost if files are moved or renamed and by the copy (but not the original) if the file is copied. During a Windows 95 automatic upgrade of an older Windows 3.1 system, DOS and third-party disk utilities which can destroy long file names are identified and made unavailable. When Windows 95 is started in DOS mode, e.g. for running DOS programs, low-level access to disks

3519-648: The main menu of a desktop environment . The functional equivalent in the Macintosh operating system is called an alias . Unix-like systems have symbolic links which point to a target file, and often support .desktop files which provide additional configuration details. File shortcuts (also known as shell links ) were introduced in Windows 95 . Microsoft Windows uses .lnk as the filename extension for shortcuts to local files, and .url for shortcuts to remote files, like web pages. Commonly referred to as "shortcuts" or "link files", both are displayed with

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3588-485: The names of aliases are no longer italicized, but the arrow badge remains. Additionally, an alias retains its dynamic reference to an object and does not have to be specified even when calling files on remote servers. In addition, symbolic links can be created within the Unix subsystem. The Safari browser has its own property list -based format, .webloc , for storing Internet URLs. To execute an application or render

3657-500: The object-based file system, which would later evolve into WinFS . Simultaneously with Windows 3.1's release, IBM started shipping OS/2 2.0 . Microsoft realized they required an updated version of Windows that could support 32-bit applications and preemptive multitasking, but could still run on low-end hardware (Windows NT did not). Initially, the "Chicago" team did not know how the product would be packaged. Initial thoughts were there might be two products, MS-DOS 7, which would just be

3726-435: The operating system. File shortcut In computing , a file shortcut is a handle in a user interface that allows the user to find a file or resource located in a different directory or folder from the place where the shortcut is located. Similarly, an Internet shortcut allows the user to open a page, file or resource located at a remote Internet location or Web site. Shortcuts are typically implemented as

3795-461: The program supports it. Microsoft Windows .lnk files operate as Windows Explorer extensions, rather than file system extensions. As a shell extension, .lnk files cannot be used in place of the file except in Windows Explorer, and have other uses in Windows Explorer in addition to use as a shortcut to a local file (or GUID). These files also begin with "L". Although shortcuts, when created, point to specific files or folders, they may break if

3864-481: The segments were allocated as fixed, Windows could not move them, which would prevent any more programs from launching. Microsoft partially removed support for File Control Blocks (an API hold-over of DOS 1.x and CP/M ) in Windows 95 OSR2 ( OEM Service Release 2). FCB functions can read FAT32 volumes, but not write to them. Windows 95 introduced a redesigned shell based around a desktop metaphor ; File shortcuts (also known as shell links) were introduced and

3933-626: The shortcut's properties for shortcuts that are located in the Start Menu folders, pinned to the Taskbar or the Desktop. In Windows 2000 onwards, file shortcuts can store comments which are displayed as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over the shortcut. Generally, the effect of double-clicking a shortcut is intended to be the same as double-clicking the application or document to which it refers, but Windows shortcuts contain separate properties for

4002-436: The target file and the "Start In" directory. If the latter parameter is not entered, attempting to use the shortcut for some programs may generate "missing DLL" errors not present when the application is accessed directly. File system links can also be created on Windows systems (Vista and up). They serve a similar function, although they are a feature of the file system . Windows shortcuts are files and work independently of

4071-456: The target is moved to another location. When a shortcut file that points to a nonexistent target is opened, Explorer will attempt to repair the shortcut. Windows 9x -based versions of Windows use a simple search algorithm to fix broken shortcuts. On Windows NT -based operating systems and the NTFS file system, the target object's unique identifier is stored in the shortcut file and Windows can use

4140-487: The time before the release of Windows 3.1 . At this time, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.1 were still in development. At this point, Microsoft's strategy was to have a next generation, high-end OS based on Windows NT, namely, Cairo , and a low-end, consumer-focused one as an evolution of Windows 3.1. The latter strategy was to develop a 32-bit underlying kernel and filesystem with 32-bit protected mode device drivers in Windows for Workgroups 3.11, to be used as

4209-491: The underlying OS, an evolution of the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 kernel, with a character mode OS on top, and a fully integrated graphical Windows OS. But soon into the project, the idea of MS-DOS 7 was abandoned and the decision was made to develop only an integrated graphical OS Windows "Chicago." Before Windows 95's official release, users in the United States and United Kingdom had an opportunity to participate in

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4278-508: Was a separate product. The Plus! pack did not reach as many retail consumers as the operating system itself (it was mainly advertised for its non-Internet-related add-ons such as themes and better disk compression) but was usually included in pre-installed ( OEM ) sales, and at the time of Windows 95's release, the web was being browsed mainly with a variety of early web browsers such as NCSA Mosaic and Netscape Navigator (promoted by products such as IBox ). Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1

4347-520: Was estimated at $ 1 billion and spanned the entire industry. The Windows 95 release included a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones ' 1981 single " Start Me Up " (a reference to the Start button). It was widely reported that Microsoft paid the Rolling Stones between US$ 8 and US$ 14 million for the use of the song in the Windows 95 advertising campaign. However, Microsoft said that this was just

4416-573: Was hung down the side of the CN Tower in Toronto . The release included a number of "Fun Stuff" items on the CD, including music videos of Edie Brickell 's "Good Times" and Weezer 's " Buddy Holly ," a trailer for the 1995 film Rob Roy and the computer game Hover! Sales were strong, with one million copies shipped worldwide in just four days. According to International Data Corporation , by

4485-451: Was introduced as an add-on for Windows 95. Official system requirements were an Intel 386 DX CPU of any speed, 4 MB of system RAM and 50–55 MB of hard disk space depending on features selected. These minimal claims were made in order to maximize the available market of Windows 3.1 migrations. This configuration would rely heavily on virtual memory and was only optimal for productive use on single-tasking dedicated workstations. It

4554-617: Was introduced in Macintosh System 7 ; it tracks information like inode number to handle moves. Aliases in System 7 through Mac OS 9 were distinguished from other files by using names in italics. In Mac OS 8.5 and later, another distinguishing mark was added: an "alias arrow" – a black arrow with a thin, white border  – similar to that used for shortcuts in Microsoft Windows. In Mac OS X ,

4623-408: Was possible to run Windows 95 on a 386 SX, but this led to even less acceptable performance due to its 16-bit external data bus. To achieve optimal performance, Microsoft recommended an i486 or compatible CPU with at least 8 MB of RAM. Windows 95 may fail to boot on computers with a processor faster than 2.1 GHz and more than approximately 480 MB of memory. In such a case, reducing

4692-521: Was replaced by Windows Explorer and the Explorer-based Control Panel and several other special folders were added such as My Computer, Dial-Up Networking, Recycle Bin, Network Neighborhood, My Documents, Recent documents, Fonts, Printers, and My Briefcase among others. AutoRun was introduced for CD drives. The user interface looked dramatically different from prior versions of Windows, but its design language did not have

4761-462: Was the first release of Windows to include Internet Explorer (version 2.0 ) with the OS. While there was no uninstaller, it could be deleted easily if desired. OEM Service Release 2 included Internet Explorer 3 . The installation of Internet Explorer 4 on Windows 95 (or the OSR2.5 version preinstalled on a computer) gave Windows 95 Active Desktop and browser integration into Windows Explorer, known as

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