Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 ...

Writing The Old New Thing blog, he said Windows 95 setup was designed to upgrade systems from three possible starting points – MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 itself. This necessity dictated ...

Starting in the 1990s, Windows NT ushered in a new architecture that has been carried forward more or less intact ever since. Current client version of Windows. Windows is a 64-bit OS and runs ...

Windows 3.1 ran 16-bit Windows and DOS applications but was unable to run subsequent 32-bit Windows programs written for Windows 95 and beyond. Windows 3.11 added peer-to-peer networking and was ...

Back in the days when a 20MB hard drive was a big deal and MS-DOS 3.1 ruled over every plain beige PC-clone cobbled together by enthusiasts like myself, it was great fun to “set up” someone ...