Hackernews posts about Windows 95

Windows 95 is a popular operating system released by Microsoft in 1995 that introduced significant improvements to the Windows series, including a user-friendly interface and support for multimedia features.

1. Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   304 points by mooreds 6 days ago | 192 comments
2. Windows 95 Running in the Browser (copy.sh)
   23 points by athousandsteps 18 days ago | 11 comments
3. A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   19 points by taspeotis 3 days ago | discuss
4. Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals (www.theregister.com)
   4 points by samizdis 4 days ago | discuss
5. Reverse-engineering and "running Windows 95" on a vape with a colour LCD screen (ripitapart.com)
   3 points by ForHackernews 24 days ago | discuss
6. Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   2 points by paulmooreparks 10 days ago | discuss
7. Windows 95 startup sound pitched over surrealist landscapes [video] (www.youtube.com)
   1 points by keepamovin 28 days ago | discuss
8. Why is the scroll bar in Windows 10/11 so narrow? Reducing Clutter is MS Opinion (login.microsoftonline.com)
   2 points by initramfs 3 days ago | 4 comments
9. Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux (github.com)
   358 points by acqbu over 1 year ago | 217 comments
10. Windows Update Restored: Fix Windows update on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP (windowsupdaterestored.com)
    306 points by gslin over 1 year ago | 175 comments
11. Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of SimCity, other games (arstechnica.com)
    303 points by fagnerbrack almost 2 years ago | 186 comments
12. DOS/4GW made Windows 95 game compatibility easier, but with higher stakes (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    253 points by zdw about 1 year ago | 96 comments
13. 111-1111111 is a valid Windows 95 key (2021) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    232 points by hexadec over 1 year ago | 264 comments
14. Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018) (socket3.wordpress.com)
    228 points by cpeterso almost 2 years ago | 173 comments
15. I Still Use Windows 95 (2008) (web.archive.org)
    184 points by zdw over 1 year ago | 308 comments
16. Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from Linux, no MSVC (hails.org)
    168 points by sohkamyung over 1 year ago | 105 comments
17. I ported thousands of apps to Windows 95 [video] (www.youtube.com)
    143 points by lonk 7 months ago | 25 comments
18. Windows 95 tips, tricks, and tweaks (2013) (windows95tips.com)
    135 points by ndsipa_pomu over 1 year ago | 24 comments
19. Show HN: React95 – A React components library recreating the look of Windows 95 (github.com)
    122 points by hatf0 over 1 year ago | 42 comments
20. The History of Windows 95 (www.abortretry.fail)
    113 points by alexzeitler about 1 year ago | 87 comments
21. Remake of the Windows 95 Solitaire game (github.com)
    106 points by ctippett 7 months ago | 55 comments
22. 111-1111111 is a valid Windows 95 key [video] (www.youtube.com)
    104 points by susam over 1 year ago | 1 comments
23. Screenshots from Windows 95 (guidebookgallery.org)
    94 points by xeonmc about 1 year ago | 84 comments
24. Delta City '95 – Complete pack of official updates for Microsoft Windows 95 (deltacity.stare.pro)
    92 points by Lammy 7 months ago | 30 comments
25. Reproducing the printer hack of Windows 95 (dpolakovic.space)
    89 points by dpola 7 months ago | 46 comments
26. Windows 95, 20 July 1992 build (betawiki.net)
    60 points by Use 4 months ago | 6 comments
27. Show HN: Rust9x 1.76-beta – Rust on Windows 95+ (seri.tools)
    53 points by seritools 11 months ago | 7 comments
28. The port of the Windows 95 Start Menu was not all it seemed (www.theregister.com)
    51 points by CppPro 2 months ago | 53 comments
29. Why did Windows 95 use blue screen error messages instead of hard error messages (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    30 points by Tomte 3 months ago | 10 comments
30. I ported apps to Windows 95 [video] (www.youtube.com)
    26 points by chii 8 months ago | 5 comments
31. Show HN: My personal website designed in the style of Windows 95 (kaibelmo.vercel.app)
    14 points by kai_belmo almost 2 years ago | 7 comments
32. Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95 (www.theregister.com)
    14 points by hggh 6 months ago | 2 comments
33. Microsoft Windows 95: Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry [video] (www.youtube.com)
    12 points by dxbydt about 1 year ago | 9 comments
34. Show HN: Windows 95 style modern CRUD app (github.com)
    11 points by firatcan almost 2 years ago | discuss
35. YouTuber use ChatGPT to Generating Windows 95 Keys (www.tomshardware.com)
    9 points by MasterYoda over 1 year ago | 21 comments
36. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer – Windows 95 Launch Dance [video] (www.youtube.com)
    9 points by vinnyglennon over 1 year ago | 7 comments
37. Backport of .NET 2.0 – 3.5 to Windows 95 (github.com)
    9 points by jandeboevrie 7 months ago | 2 comments
38. In Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, what is a "grabber"? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    9 points by wheybags 11 months ago | discuss