![]() ![]() It was a revolutionary update for Windows, and also the first concerted effort by Microsoft to listen to consumers. Many of the paradigms introduced with Windows 95 remain in use today. Microsoft focused on improving the usability of Windows with technologies such as Plug-and-Play, long file names (VFAT), the Start Menu, an updated Desktop, Internet Explorer, Mail, built-in networking, and virtual device drivers. It improved upon 16-bit Windows by introducing a hybrid 16/32-bit kernel and eliminating the need for an existing installation of MS-DOS, making it a standalone operating system (running alongside MS-DOS). ![]() It would be replaced by Windows 98, and Microsoft ended support for Windows 95 on 31 December 2001. It is the first major release in the Windows 9x operating system line, and was designed to be the successor of Windows 3.1. Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) is a consumer version of Microsoft Windows released by Microsoft in 1995.
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