Windows 95 turns 31 years old. Here’s what made it a phenomenon

On 24 August 1995, Microsoft launched Windows 95. With Plug & Play, pre-emptive multitasking and the Rolling Stones.
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31 years on, Windows 95’s Start menu and taskbar remain the blueprint for modern computing

Windows 95 launched on August 24, 1995, making it 31 years old today. While going back through old photos, I was reminded of ...
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Celebrating 30 Years Of Windows 95 At VCF

It’s been 30 years since Windows 95 launched. [Ms-Dos5] and [Commodore Z] are celebrating with an epic exhibit at Vintage Computer Festival East 2025. They had no fewer than nine computers — all ...

Back to the Start: How Microsoft launched Windows 95 to the world

Malaysia, along with countries around the world, marked the launch of the highly-anticipated Windows 95 back in 1995.
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Windows 95, With Just A Floppy Drive

It’s something of a shock to be reminded that Microsoft’s Windows 95 is now 30 years old — but the PC operating system that brought 32-bit computing to the masses and left behind a graphical interface ...
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“It was fun,” Microsoft on why Windows 95 had music, cartoons, and games

Raymond Chen explains why the Windows 95 CD had a Weezer video, cartoons, and games, and why Windows 11 has lost that same ...