Still, Windows 95 stands out, he says, because of how easy it made computing for everyone. Many of its foundational concepts, such as the Start menu and taskbar, are still core parts of Windows today.

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Microsoft plans to kill off WordPad in a future Windows release, eliminating a rich text editor it has provided since Windows 95.

Windows 95, the operating system update that changed the way millions of people interacted with their computers, was released 20 years ago today.

Check out our final edition of Microsoft Weekly for 2022, covering a quieter period with some nostalgia, an interesting UI change for Notepad, and some updates to first- and third-party Windows apps.

Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again Retro-computing fans can download the final updates released for '90s-era OSes.

Stardock recently added a Windows Classic theme to WindowBlinds 11, allowing you to bring the old school look of Windows 95 to your modern PC.

To test Windows 95, a Microsoft manager drove a small lorry to a software shop and bought every programme available there. But in doing so, he overstretched the shop's cash register.