Exploring Windows 95 (A followup to my previous post)
In my last post, I installed Windows 95 in a VM and posted screenshots along the way. Now I'm going to post some shots of Win95 in action :D - Here goes:
Seemed like a good place to start.
It's kind of sad how Paint.exe hasn't really changed at all since 1995.
The phone dialer app. I suppose you would use this to call people if you had a modem installed.
DriveSpace. Look at my awesome new 1.5 GB drive!!
I made it pretty!
Time for bye-bye's.
Well, this turned out lamer then I planned. I shall add more shots later. See ya later, folks!
Installing Windows 95: With Screenshots
Ah, a trip down memory lane. I've decided to install Windows 95 in a virtual machine. I've documented the installation process via screenshot. And here we go!
I don't have a floppy drive, so I had to torrent the floppy images (That's okay, right? I own a valid license and have the set of disks here in my drawer), then I made a bootdisk image via bootdisk.com.
I booted from the bootdisk image in VMWare Fusion, then replaced it with the first Windows 95 setup disk and ran setup.exe. Oops, looks like I need to format the virtual drive first, oops.
There we go! Now we install...
The first stage. Look familiar?
About two seconds later. I was asked for Disk 2, so I swapped images.
Do people actually read that?
Checkin' some stuff.
Looks like we can install some bundled shit. Lets!
More stuff to install...
And we're off! Loldongs, long file names.
It's been asking me to change disks about once every three seconds. Annoying much?
Looks like we're done.
Maybe not... Some stuff to fill out.
We're starting over? Is this some kind of joke?
You have got to be kidding me...
It jumps from "Disk 2" to "Disk 7".
Woot.
I don't remember making a user account...
Looks like I can just put whatever I want as a username and password, and it makes the account for me.
And that's it! 
Look out for my "Exploring Windows 95" post later!
CA out.
UPDATE: A follow-up post contains screenshots of Windows 95 in action. Link.
Features Removed From Win7
Windows Seven is quite an OS, lots of fixes and improvements. That said, some stuff was removed. You can read this Wikipedia article for a complete list of removed features, but I will go over what I deem significant. The first thing being the Classic Start Menu. Come on Microsoft, some of us find the redesigned menu to be a tad cumbersome, myself included. Contrary to what Microsoft says, I find the older menu better for finding what I want in as little time as possible. Everything is there right in front of you, instead of being splurged all over the place.
Another thing that will really annoy me is Auto Arrange (and Align to Grid) cannot be disabled. What a FUCKING PILE. Sometimes when I have a whole bunch of files in front of me, I like to shove them in different physical places in the window (easy on a 30" monitor). CSS files in one corner, PHP files in another, etc. This is really gonna suck.
Next up. Windows Calendar, and a game called InkBall are both gone (Fuck! Inkball was awesome!). What is the point of this? Is needlessly removing applications really necessary? Damn.A hell of a lot of other software was also removed (Mail, Movie Maker, etc), but those can be downloaded from MS's site. DreamScene is also MIA.
Not that anyone actually gives a shit about Windows Media Player, but it should probably be noted that jukebox mode is no more. They should just get rid of Windows Media Player entirely, nobody who isn't a massive idiot uses that thing anyway.
Now for minor things that aren't really rant-worthy, but still fucked:
- Taskbar is always on top and cannot be changed
- The number of combined taskbar windows is not calculated and shown next to the combined buttons.
- The Network Setup Wizard and the Wireless Network Setup Wizard are no more.
- ClearType cannot be turned off
- Say bye-bye to the Aurora, Windows Energy and Windows Logo screensavers
The improvements in W7 most likely outweigh theses feature removals, but some of them may be dealbreakers for you, so I just wanted to point them all out.
1990s Windows Nostalgia
Words cannot describe the feelings invoked when I decided to look these up.
- This clip played the first time you logged on to a fresh Windows 95 install (YouTube Link)
- This clip played the first time you logged on to a fresh Windows 98 install (YouTube Link)
- This one's from Windows 2000, it's quick, but may still invoke something. (YouTube Link)
Here's a video that has all the startup and shutdown sounds of early Windows versions. (And NT 5.0 beta)
Sometimes, I like to think back. Some things about older Windows versions were just better. For example, the sounds. The startup sound for Win98 was cool, it was "loud" and made you think "oh this is gonna be good!"
Now, let's look at Vista's sound. "Clink-CLINK!" - What in the hell is that supposed to mean. It just makes you think you've purchased a box of glass.
I think the loud, digital, long sounds Microsoft had back in the day are a hell of a lot better than the current Vista or XP ones. I haven't heard the Seven ones just yet, but they're probably just glass shit.
Anyone remember Utopia?
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