On August 24, 2025, tech enthusiasts commemorated three decades since Windows 95's debut—ushering in the now-ubiquitous Start menu. Yet, dissatisfaction looms over Windows 11, as users grapple with ...

Microsoft is giving Windows 10 a fresh coat of paint. But it’s not just getting a touch-up — Microsoft is doing all the fine details, getting under the switch plates and sanding the molding. Windows ...

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Microsoft has done something awesome for the Windows nostalgic. Oct. 2, 2013 — -- The year was 1995. If you weren't busy watching the OJ Simpson trial or "Seinfeld," you might have been listening ...

Exactly 25 years ago, Microsoft launched the revolutionary Windows 95 operating system. Though I am just a youngster, I still remember using Windows 95 to play Oregon Trail, draw in MS Paint, and surf ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that Windows 95 ...

The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers. Fast ...

That may make it interpret it differently. Also you can try to install DOS 6.22 before installing Windows and I think it used to allow you to choose in the startup menu whether you wanted to go into ...

It's almost the end of the year, which means the news cycle is slowing down for the holidays. But before many companies close their doors for a break, a handful of major stories broke this week. From ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

Many of us refuse to acknowledge that 1995 was almost thirty years ago. It just seems impossible. The mid-nineties was a very special time, a time marked by the release of the original PlayStation ...