Questions tagged [windows-95]
The Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, its OSR re-releases and bundled MS-DOS 7.x.
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Was the MS-DOS window in Windows 95 an emulator like current DOSBox?
Windows 1.x, 2.x and 3.x required a DOS to be loaded before running them. Later Windows 9.x and ME had similar (?) way of working, but DOS was included with them, 32-bit multitasking and other stuff ...
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Can you write to the GDT on Windows 95 from protected mode? Why, and how?
Can you write to the GDT (Global Descriptor Table) on Windows 95 from protected mode? Why, and how?
In some old notes of mine, I have:
"In Windows 95 the descriptor tables are accessible from ...
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How did the AOL software provide internet access to other applications running on Windows 95/98?
During the late 1990s, I (and countless others) accessed the internet by running software provided by America Online (mailed to my house on free CD-ROMs) and using a dial-up modem to access their ...
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Windows 95 Protection bootup error? [closed]
I'm installing Windows 95 (OSR2.5) on a semi-modern PC.
The PC has ran Windows 3.1 and even a version of 2, but I just can't seem to get 95 to work.
after installing it, then fixing a memory error, I ...
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"Quit all programs, and then restart your computer" in the Windows 95 "Illegal operation" dialog
Back in the Windows 95/98 days, the "illegal operation" dialog was (from here):
but sometimes, in that dialog, it would say "Quit all programs, and then restart your computer" (...
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Windows 95 install help
I have installed Windows 98 on a pc made for windows 7. (it runs) although without audio because its probably not compatible with windows 98. but I would like to install Windows 95.
It's not the CPU ...
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Why did Windows 9x allow ring-3 software to change IDT?
I was researching how old Windows 9x viruses, such as Win95.CIH, got ring 0 access, and it's shown that one of the approaches was to get the Interrupt Descriptor Table, hook the interrupt handler and ...
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Does the kernel of Windows 95/98/ME have a name?
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Why was the DOS kernel discarded?
I was told that DOS is not a kernel. It runs on CPUs that don't even have kernel mode. So how can it be a kernel? So I think this is right.
Now if ...
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What is a Windows 95 "start" (not setup) CD?
I have this CD here and it does not seem to be a normal setup CD because I cannot boot from it.
Also the text on the CD says "Go to Start > run and then enter d:startimw"
As you can see ...
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How did the Windows 95 'Add New Hardware Wizard' work?
I remember when Windows 95 came out and the 'Add New Hardware Wizard' seemed almost magical! It was able to detect a large amount of hardware on the COM ports and automatically install drivers. It was ...
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Why does Windows 95 not install so well from a Windows XP boot floppy? [closed]
EDIT: And this is why you shouldn't rely purely on memory for these sort of things. After some fiddling with my XP and Win95 disks, I remembered that the problems I was having were more likely related ...
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Managing and deleting users in Windows 95 prior to Internet Explorer 4
Q176059 says that the Users control panel applet, which provides "a simplified way of creating, managing, and deleting user profiles", was only introduced in the update that installs ...
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How were you supposed to recover a forgotten Microsoft "Protect It!" key, or uninstall it altogether?
Microsoft Plus! 95 for Kids included a parental control program called Protect It!, which had you set a key (i.e., a password) to control who could reconfigure it. The help file says "If you ...
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Identify this spaceship fruit collection game starring a levitating fish
Okay this might be a long shot, but I've been looking for this game for over 7 years now and I'm starting to question my sanity. I played this game somewhere between 1998-2003 but it might be a tad ...
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How did installers locate the Program Files directory on Windows 95?
Program Files is typically C:\Program Files; however it is not always; famously on German installs it was C:\Programme, the installation drive was not guaranteed to be C, and other things would make ...
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