erpdude8 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Check out this July 7 Bink.nu article titled "Why I Still Use Windows 95"http://bink.nu/news/why-i-still-use-windows-95.aspxlooks like there are a few others out there still using Win95 OSR2 in today's world Edited July 20, 2008 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberformer Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 And notice well, that after presenting his intelligent post---how he is attacked in the posts which follow, by the id*** lemmings--infected by the herd-mentality virus!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Hey, that's Andrew T.'s weblog post, reposted on Bink for some reason.EDIT: Just read all the comments. Amazing how people can be so closed-minded. Edited July 20, 2008 by BenoitRen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togermano Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hey, that's Andrew T.'s weblog post, reposted on Bink for some reason.EDIT: Just read all the comments. Amazing how people can be so closed-minded.I Have windows 95 but i dunno what rev it is unless i install it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sysdll Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Hey, that's Andrew T.'s weblog post, reposted on Bink for some reason.EDIT: Just read all the comments. Amazing how people can be so closed-minded.So to sum up all the comments; “If you don’t spend $10,000 a year on new computers all your techie friends will laugh at you.” ….wow.When I get the time I’m going to dig through all my old computer parts and build a Windows 95 machine. I miss using some of the lean software I still have for shopping and music mastering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multibooter Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) Don't feel alone, Win95 users! I know of *many* individuals that still use Windows 95 *daily*... Windows 95 is NOT dead...Are there any applications/utilities which run under Win95 but not under Win98SE?I am using Win98SE/WinXP/DOS 6.22 via System Commander. Assuming I could find the hardware drivers, would there be any benefit in installing also Win95 as another opsys?Does Win95 OSR2 already come with the proto-root kit which secretly stores browsing histories in the cloaked (=not visible & access denied) Index.dat files? http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Product...=index.datsuite Edited July 27, 2008 by Multibooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Unless you like busy work I wouldn't see the point of adding 95 to that mix. 98 is really just an updated version of 95, but with the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 (or 5 with 98SE) included and the usual ton of bug fixes. Perhaps some minor changes in what additional software came with it too.If you've got 98SE then you've got the finest 9x system Microsoft built. It's compatible with all the Windows 3.1 (well, most) and certainly all the Windows 95 based software. It's even a better MS-DOS than 6.22 was so you really don't need that, but then you already have it so enjoy.I think folks like 95 because they find Explorer without the installation of the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 to be speedier and less buggy. Simple, sometimes, is better.If you're gonna have that thing connected to the internet, make sure you use something like the Unofficial Auto-Patcher for Windows 98SE or at least the Unofficial Service Pack so you have fixed versions and updated security bug and hole fixes, and if not using Auto-Patcher then get Maximus-Decim's Internet Explorer updater installed so IE 6 SP1's security holes are patched. You can be infected without ever opening Internet Explorer, no matter which browser you use, because it's integrated into Windows Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multibooter Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If you've got 98SE then you've got the finest 9x system Microsoft built. It's compatible with all the Windows 3.1 (well, most) and certainly all the Windows 95 based software. It's even a better MS-DOS than 6.22 was so you really don't need that, but then you already have it so enjoy.Nice to hear. By the way, old Windows 3.x (based on DOS 6) still has some value today, it is a private little Enigma machine, if you know the Farsi/Arabic alphabet: in the early 90's the code of Win 3.x was extensively hacked and 4-5 functioning versions were created with non-standard code pages. If under these non-standard versions of Win 3.x you save files with Farsi file/directory names, operating systems with a differing code page just get file error messages when trying to access these files/directories. A floppy with such files looks pretty much like a bad floppy, and to access these directories/files you need an opsys with the corresponding non-standard code page.I think folks like 95 because they find Explorer without the installation of the Windows Desktop Update and Internet Explorer 4 to be speedier and less buggy. Simple, sometimes, is better.The Windows Explorer under Win98 is definitely weak. Under Win98 Beyond Compare can be used as a semi-replacement of Windows Explorer. Copying, moving and deleting files with Beyond Compare does not cause one-minute-system freezes http://www.msfn.org/board/98-FE-98-SP1-98-...fix-t84451.html Copying files under XP is about 2 times faster than under Win98.So if the Windows 95 Explorer is the major benefit of having Win95, the combination of Beyond Compare under Win98 and Explorer under WinXP may make Win95 superfluous.If you're gonna have that thing connected to the internet, make sure you use something like the Unofficial Auto-Patcher for Windows 98SE or at least the Unofficial Service Pack so you have fixed versions and updated security bug and hole fixes, and if not using Auto-Patcher then get Maximus-Decim's Internet Explorer updater installed so IE 6 SP1's security holes are patched. You can be infected without ever opening Internet Explorer, no matter which browser you use, because it's integrated into Windows Explorer.Thanks, but under Win98 I prefer to have security holes rather than MS updates after Setpember 2001, and under WinXP I have not set up an internet access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordMMX Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Yep, I'm user of Windows 95 too and I love this OS. It's even working from USB Mass Storage Device / USB Key . It's simple, fast, easy and undestroyable > with fixes. And I'm happy that I'm not the last one who still uses it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sysdll Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Are there any applications/utilities which run under Win95 but not under Win98SE?I still use these apps that do not work very well with 98se. They are ok with 98 if I patch few files from 95 into it. Digital Editor Plus, Cakewalk Pro 3.0 Samplitude Master 3.21, Micrographics Picture Publisher 4.0 (faster than any version of Photoshop), Aldus Photostyler (best digital airbrush ever made) These are all simple fast tools that get the job done when I’m in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multibooter Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Are there any applications/utilities which run under Win95 but not under Win98SE?I still use these apps that do not work very well with 98se... Digital Editor Plus, Cakewalk Pro 3.0 Samplitude Master 3.21, Micrographics Picture Publisher 4.0 (faster than any version of Photoshop), Aldus Photostyler (best digital airbrush ever made)Are these Win 3.x applications? It is a good idea to create a list of good Win95 applications which don't run well under Win98.BTW, my single most-used and most-important software is a Win 3.x application: InfoSelect 3. It is a free-form personal information manager & contains my personal notes, computer installation & usage notes, diary, contacts, whatever one would write down on paper - of the last 18 years. I upgraded in 1995 from the DOS-version to v3. It works under Win95, 98, XP without installation, all personal notes in a single set of files & updatable/accessible at the tip of my fingers under various opsys, ideal for a multibooter.I would give Infoselect 3 my personal rating "most useful software ever written" - even if it cannot be found anywhere anymore, not on eMule, nowhere. Other top software might have been forgotten & buried like Infoselect 3 - I appreciate comments like "Aldus Photostyler (best digital airbrush ever made)". I am a multibooter because I like to be able to continue using my old software, just as I like to be able to read old books. When M$ fanfares a new opsys, M$ basically says: "Now you can throw away all your old books" - not with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannie Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 When M$ fanfares a new opsys, M$ basically says: "Now you can throw away all your old books" - not with me.Happy to read it! I could not reach to say so much in so few words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doingwhaticantostopvista Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) Greetings MSFN members,I'm a long time lurker, but this thread has made me want to go back to Windows 95 to honor its 13th birthday! Why? Windows 95 comes from a much more simple time. No DRM (that I know of). A better interface. And that good ole dosage of the mid 90s. At this time I'm using a heavily tweaked Windows 2000 Pro (which, all the software installed, as far as I know, can be run on 95, alternatives can be found, or can be tweaked to run on 95). So, why not I ask?Of course 95 aint the most stable OS around, but of all my time I used it (primary OS till 1999, then used here and there till I decided to reinstall it), I've seen only about 10 BSoDs. While, my NT boxes have (since 2003), have gone blue 4 times. If only Billy, I mean Balmer, would just re-release this as Windows 7 (with the NT kernel of course), or hell, add the good stuff from 2K, XP, and Vista into NT 4, call it Windows 7 and release it to make "Windows 7" the best version of Windows, but ehh....EDIT: The Windows 95 installation failed, plus several critical components do not have Windows 95 drivers, only WDM drivers that don't list 98/SE/ME as compatible OS'es. Guess I'll be sticking with 2000 for the forseeable future. Edited August 10, 2008 by doingwhaticantostopvista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannie Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 ... the best version of Windows...I agree, but they don't care your needs, only theirs. Remember the old proverb: "The best for the hound is the worst for the hare". Greetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doingwhaticantostopvista Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 ... the best version of Windows...I agree, but they don't care your needs, only theirs. Remember the old proverb: "The best for the hound is the worst for the hare". Greetings.Meh... if everyone switches to a non-Microsoft os, then they'd care. Hopefully that "cancer" Ballmer rambles on about (even though I prefer FreeBSD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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