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.

This week's Microsoft news recap is here with plenty of Build 2025 announcements, more Xbox games for PlayStation 5, new Windows 11 preview builds, remastered Windows 95 wallpapers, and more.

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

When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — this hack is very much about the Sony PlayStation 2, the best ...

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.

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.

Hardware Jamming Windows 95 onto a PS2, goes about as well as you might expect, but the Sisyphean struggle is still compelling viewing News By Nick Evanson published June 30, 2025 ...

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.

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

Software windows emulation Someone wrote a Javascript app that accurately emulates Windows 95 on almost any platform And yes. It can run Doom, but not Crysis By Cal Jeffrey October 20, 2022 at 2: ...