2010/08/16

What Is Windows 95?

Windows 95 is a graphical user interface-based operating system designed for workstations at home or business. It was released in 1995 by Microsoft to be intended to integrate Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products.

Windows 95 represents a significant advance over its precursor, Windows 3.1, most visibly in the graphical user interface (GUI). Following are some of the new features that Windows 95 is a widely-installed product in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows operating system for personal computers not.

Plug and Play: Allow hardware devices to be automatically installed into the computer with the proper software. Do not require jumpers to be played with jumpers to be played with.

32 Bit: 32-Bit operating system allows the computer to run faster and more efficiently.

Registry: Combine the power of multiple configuration files into two files, allowing the system configurations to be located easier.

Memory: Windows 95 has an improved memory handling processes compared to Windows 3.11

Right mouse click: Allow you new access and text manipulation by utilizing both buttons instead of one.

CD-Player: Enhanced CD-Player with improved usability and AutoPlay feature.

Although Windows 95 can run older Windows and DOS applications, it has essentially removed DOS as the underlying platform. This has meant removal of many of the old DOS limitations, such as 640K of main memory and 8-character filenames.

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