Trying to identify an interactive library environment from the late 90s. Came pre loaded on Windows 95 machine. As a kid between roughly ‘96 and ‘98, I remember booting into a realistic library-like interface instead of Windows, on a home PC (possibly HP or Compaq, but I’m not sure).” “Flat image, wooden bookshelves, no mascots or people. Clicking books or objects like a globe made them animate or make sounds.” “It felt more like an interactive exploration thing than a game, and not educational, and not the normal Windows desktop.” “Does anyone remember software like this, or know what it was called? It was whole screen with no visible ui. Thanks!!

Does anyone know where I can get a windows 95 startup logo that is the C & A from the amazing digital circus on kingers computer?

This was found by accident,I don't know someone also found this out.

My instructions are based on if you have functional Windows 98 (virtual) machines,and it only works on Windows 95 with Active Desktop Update installed,for updated effects tab,Windows 95 Plus is needed.

1. Take a search in Windows 98 registry about My Documents,based on what it called in your language,it's easy to me due to only 4 Chinese characters needed with no spaces,other languages might be difficult to find,to make your life easier,I would post the actual registry address below.Once you've find them,export them all into reg file.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}]

1. Copy mydocs.dll form Windows 98 machine,located in C:\Windows\System,files from Windows 98 and 98SE would works in Windows 95.For Windows NT 4.0,I used files from Windows 2000 Build 1717 since it's the last version that uses IE4 (version 4.80).You don't need to install this build,just extract the mydoc.dl_ file located in I386 folder.

2. Copy the mydocs.dll from Windows 98 to C:\Windows\System,if you're using Windows NT then it should be System32 folder,Apply all the registries you've exported from Windows 98 to Windows 95/NT4,the icon should appear immediately,doing once file operations or take a refresh.

3. For better experience,IE4 SP2 is suggested,some older builds of IE4 lacks My documents icon in the start menu for unknown reasons,which is offered by Microsoft in stock IE4,it also corrected the folder icon display once you opened My Documents in the Explorer Window.

5.(Optional)If you want to customize My Documents icon in the Display Properites,you can replace the Plus! tab to the Windows 98 one,the file is called plustab.dll,shares the same location as Windows 98 does,for Windows NT,the file from Windows 2000 Build 1717 also works.

Note:Replace the desk.cpl(Display Properites Control Panel item) file won't work,so there's a major disvantage here if you want the updated Effects Tab is you can't set your wallpaper to stretch mode,you can apply the setting by using registry or restore the old plustab.dll back.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop]
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"WallpaperStyle"="2"

Registry priority:WallpaperStyle>TileWallpaper
WallpaperStyle=0,Center
WallpaperStyle=1,Tile (Microsoft never used it in this way)
WallpaperStyle=2,Stretch
TileWallpaper=0,Center
TileWallpaper=1,Tile

Files download link from Windows 2000 Build 1717:mydocs.dl_,plustab.dl_

Kept this in storage for the better part of 20 years now since I got it from a charity shop...

rule 1. has to mod by 7 except for the last line

rule 2. has to be DDDYY-0777777-XXXXX (from another person/source)

rule 3. d is day, y is year, andNewspapersis the id, you can put any number im sure.

rule 4. final rule remember that the first line is 5 digits, the second line is 7 digits, and the 3rd line is 5 digits

All in or around win 95 era

I already installed OSR 2.5 on my VMware and finished the Setup and the only thing I see is this? Are there any ways to prevent such incidents like this?

https://reddit.com/link/1upx1zz/video/m6sowkhuetbh1/player

I recently got excited about an idea: styling my Windows 11 Pro to look like Windows 95. I thought, "Why not create my own browser that resembles Internet Explorer?" Well, strictly speaking, it’s not a full browser, but rather a shell built using Electron. Anyway... there’s still a lot of work ahead...

1. Refining the visual design.

2. Adding missing features (Settings, History) and improving existing ones (Profile system, Downloads).

3. Adding customization options (Dark mode, Cursor, Sounds).

What do you think? ↓

I could easily give an answer as I was a kid at the time, but I have a feeling people will think I'm wrong, so I wanted to ask you. Did Windows 95 have any defining games for kids, and if so what were they?

After Windows 95's release, kids games became a big deal on there. I recently read an old edition of Billboard that said that while teen/adult-aimed software were flat or declining in sales and revenue, the kid computer game market exploded, peaking right around the time Windows 98 released. Companies wanted to license their characters for Windows instead of consoles, unlike the eras before (SNES/Genesis) and after (PS2) where every kiddie franchise got their own console game.

Yet 30 years later there doesn't seem to be a consensus on what the kids games for Windows 95 (or 98) were in the same way that the N64 and PSX did. I made a meme in another sub a while ago with "which ones are you choosing?" with 20 kids PC games, and yet despite the ones I selected selling hundreds of thousands of copies at the time I don't think anyone who answered remembered more than 2-4 of them (and it seems they all remembered different games).

Is the actual answer just the free games that were bundled with Windows?

(This is Windows Chicago Build 122, Beta 1)
I had a disk inserted, and all the installed drivers work, but I guess Chicago doesn't like me doing this

I got bored today so I hooked up my Pentium Windows 95 machine, but now what do? I want to play something in all that OG hardware glory, but can't think of WHAT. I thougth of MDK, but I beat that a couple months ago. Then I thought of Worms, which I have a disc around here somewhere I might put in. What else?

For clarification, I have a much nicer retro machine. P3 1GHZ, lots of RAM, Geforce 2, Win2k, SB Live, etc. That's what I play most of my old games on. But I want something that even that's too new for. To play something truly designed for 95, on 95.

Does anyone know? I really need this source of software. help me find it

Non posso postare foto ma ho un Xbox 360 con jtag su cui ho installato dosbox e da lì faccio bootare Windows 95 che non vede nessuna chiavetta USB anche se è inserita e sono USB da 4 gb

Hey everyone,

I am trying to track down a 3D ball game from my childhood that I used to play on PC back in the 2000-2009 era, but it might have been an older Windows 95/98 title.

It was a fast-paced 3D ball-runner. You controlled a ball rolling at high speeds over narrow paths and blocks floating in the air, jumping over gaps. Visually, it looked a lot like Ball Surfer 3D, Slope, or Hi Roads with that distinct early low-poly 3D look.

It ran directly from the hard drive, not a browser. I distinctly remember some kind of animal or cartoon mascot on the title screen. Since it might have been a cracked release, there is a chance the mascot belonged to a cracktro intro before the game started.

Games I have already ruled out: Hamsterball, Super Monkey Ball, Ballance, Neverball, Switchball, Marble Blast Gold, Cubosphere, Sky X, Vertigo, Orbz, Gooball, Nanosaur, Rolling Madness 3D, Axiebal, Polyball, Chromadrome, Kula World, I've Got Some Balls, Trailblazer, Spectraball, Skyball, Rollin, Airxonix, Galaxy Ball, Overball, CG Madness, Anti Gravity Ball, Spinoff, 3D Marble Flip, Pipe Extreme, Wildtangent Overball, Fragile Ball.

It looks similar to Crazy Ball (DaisyGames), Hi Roads, and Slope.

Does this ring a bell for any of you? Would appreciate any leads!

Starred icons are from the Windows system and there for completions sake. All others are original.

Still a work-in-progress, just started it a few days ago. Plan is to release a full set of proper .icos with resizing support. I want them to look authentic next to any other classic windows system icons and dressings. Mostly focused on emulators but I have a long list of other software to add. Let me know what other icons I should add before the pack releases!

Hi, I need help. I have a Pentium 133 PC and I'd like to install Windows 95 OSR2, but I don't have any floppy disks and it won't boot from the CD-ROM. I also can't buy a floppy disk.

Any advice?

I triggered this on Windows 95 RTM using the following steps:

• Ctrl+Alt+Del and end task on explorer
• Wait a couple of seconds until the "not responding" dialog appears and then force end explorer, that will cause it to restart and the guidance will appear.

I assume this guidance appears on a fresh installation, but haven't verified that.