I know there is a lot of hate for Windows Me, but:
1. It is more customizable than Windows 11
2. It contains less adware than Windows 11
3. It contains less spyware than Windows 11
4. When it failed to crash, it did what its user wanted, not what the CEO of Microsoft wanted.
5. It has an old version of unable to access the modern internet (this is a feature)
#windows #windows11 #windowsme #windows9x

PSA: If you have a system with Windows 95/98 and it has the Windows Update folder (C:\Program Files or A:\Program Files on the PC-98), ESPECIALLY if it is not in the English language, please back these up as the Windows Update Restored project is seeking these (share them to MSFN or the DIscord)

This PC-98 I got from YAJ had catalog files for IE5.5 + Windows 95 for WU V3 that are going to be added soon to allow updates to work again.

https://windowsupdaterestored.com/

#retrocomputing #windows98 #windows95 #windows9x

#Prey 1998 of #TalonBrave story from the #3DRealms #ApogeeSoftware of the #90s, in the video on the #PackardBell Club 30. #Portals #tech #3DFX_Voodoo. #DirectX7 #RetroGaming #Windows98 #Windows9x

The .NET team will soon rebrand `main` to be version 10.0.0. What's the over/under on people finding "version starts with 1" bugs? #Windows9x

For legal reasons I'm totally not ripping a DVD copy of 1995 Pride an Prejudice right now. But if I was, hearing the DVD drive spin would be giving me nostalgia of early PC gaming right now:

Windows 98 or ME, drive is spinning, running an install wizard with that blue gradient background and white serif text at the top, watching those segmented progress bars slowly creep along.

Is this normal????

Earlier I decided to shoehorn an ISO file to ffmpeg.

https://youtu.be/aDIW5ZOP8FM

How's that for a Windows 95 setup:
Shuttle 386SX
Intel 386SX at 16MHz
4MB
IBM EGA
Microsoft Serial Mouse
No network & sound cards
2 COM. 1 LPT
Dual controller IDE
62MB HDD
1 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive

Things that you don't often see: Windows 98 on 1080p on 86Box.

It is possible. But slow depending on specs.

I really love late-90s productivity software aesthetics and usability. This is a screenshot of XFCE on Debian, using themes and tweaks from the Chicago95 package - "a rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux." Here's how it's done: https://jlsksr.de/docs/linux-chicago-style/

So here I am, once again showing off my #Windows9x inspired #KDEPlasma desktop, since I made it a bit more accurate.

(Note: My goal is not to make it PERFECT, because that way lies insanity.)

I am currently feeling nostalgic. Can you tell? #Windows9x #Desktop #KDE #KDEPlasma #ArchLinux #IAmUsingArchBTW

it’s 2023, we deserve a better #windows9x / #windows2000 theme #windows

very important PSA

An iso of 1996 Windows/Mac CD-ROM game "Bible Sleuth - The Case Of The Purloined Pendant" is now on the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/bible-sleuth
#Windows9x #Windows3x #NotDOS #Macromedia #Edutainment #Christian #SoftwarePreservation #InternetArchive