I usually stick to the Gaming forum, SB and Lounge, but I'm having problems now that I need help with. If I had bothered to research the process before actually DOING it, I would have been fine, but I ...

Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains how Windows 95 used file names and paths to detect installer programs and protect ...

I've been fighting with my IBM thinkpad 355CS which I am trying to install windows 95 on. Since I'm the only person in the world with a 355Cs its a 486 SX (no math copro) 20 megs RAM, 160 meg HD and a ...

Retro Potato: Longtime Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recently responded to an intriguing retro-tech question posed by a game developer on X. The developer inquired about the three distinct ...

Retro Potato: Raymond Chen is once again sharing an intriguing behind-the-scenes story about the making of Windows 95. It turns out that building the setup process for the consumer-oriented operating ...

Released on August 24, 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was one of the most anticipated software launches at the time. It was a huge change over the previous release Windows 3.1, adding a bunch of new ...