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`The Windows 95 Bible
`Fred Davis
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`Windows 95. You have to be.a hermit not to
`have heard about tt. Its release was backed by
`a quarter-billion dollar marketing blitzkrieg, but
`Windows 95 didn’t remain just the focus of
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`the epicenter of a media quake, with shock
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`critical communications medium of all—office gossip. Microsoft cleverly
`picked August—a slow month at the office—to roll out Windows 95, and
`during that time it seemedas if everyone wastalking about the new operat-
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`The Launch Party
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`Massive media exposure and manipulative marketing maneuvers trans-
`formedthe release ofWindows95 from a mundaneoperating system upgrade
`into a cultural event of the first magnitude. My head spun as I attended the
`Windows95 launch event at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus on
`August 24, 1995. Carnival tents and a Ferris wheel were set up to welcome the
`Windowselite, and security seemed assured with scoresof Seattle police sur-
`rounding the perimeters. The gala event was hosted by Jay Leno of “Tonight
`Show”fame. Not coincidentally, Microsoft and NBC announceda deal related
`to the Microsoft Network that same day. Leno flaunted the tie-in with a joke
`aboutBill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, saying,“NBC.. . it means Now Bill
`Compatible.” Most of Leno’s jokes played onthe fact that Gates—who shared
`the stage with the comedian—is a nerd. Leno rodeoff toward the horizon in
`a midget car shapedlike a Microsoft Mouse,
`Then Gates took center stage and invited the two Brads whohelpedbuild
`Windows 95—BradSilverberg and Brad Chase—tojoin him onstage. As a
`giant Windows95 Start button rose above them,the lights dimmed, and Gates
`popped a $12 million token into a virtual jukebox. (Microsoft paid that
`amountto gain rights to “Start Me Up” bythe Rolling Stones,the first time
`the rock group had permitted commercial use of one of their songs.) The
`speakers blared, and Gates jumped andgyratedto the music in an attempt to
`disprove Leno’s portrayal of him.
`Then the stage split open. The backdrop was pulled up like a curtain to
`reveal oudoorbleachers packed with the Windows 95 product development
`team, all dressed in rainbow-colored crew shirts bearing the Windows 95
`logo. Like that of their suddenly rhythmic chairman, the wholesomefaces of
`Microsoft were charged with excitementas they swayed to the music. Weatten-
`dees were then ushered through the opening in thestage into the sunshine
`outside, with the music blaring and the dancingBill guiding us throughlike
`MosesleadingtheIsraelites through the Red Sea into the promised land,
`All the hooplaleft little time to think about Windows95itself. Even at the
`press conference, no one seemedto care about the operating system; most of
`the questions centered around problemsthe Justice Department was having
`with the Microsoft Network, which was finally permitted to be part of the
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` 1/ Introducing Windows 95
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`Windows 95 package. But Windows95 isn’t about marketing or aboutJay
`Leno or the Rolling Stones or even the Microsoft Network.It's about a new
`version ofWindows, the most popularand prominentoperating system in all
`of computerdom. And the changes that Microsoft has madeto this important
`piece of software dramatically change the way you work with your computer.
`That’s whatthis book is about.
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`What This Book Is About
`According to the hype surrounding the launch of Windows 95, some 500
`books have been written on the topic. I’m glad you chosethis one. Hundreds
`of those books were available simultaneously with the launch; becauseit takes
`several months to produce a book,that meansthose books were not based on
`the final product. I’ve tried to describe the real world of Windows 95, and
`that’s why I waitedto finish the book until Windows 95 was alsofinished.I’ve
`used the final productandinstalled it on several different machines. AndI
`like to tell it like it is, so you can count on meto give youthestraight scoop
`and soundadvice, based on hard experience with the real product.
`Whenyoustrip awayall the hyperbole, you have an operating system that's
`evolutionary, not revolutionary. Mostpeoplewill still be doing pretty much
`the same things with Windows95 that they were doing with Windows3.1.
`Yes, it will bealittle easier andalittle prettier, but it won't change your life,
`and it won’t turn your PC into a Mac. A PC is a PC is a PC—despite the much-
`touted Plug and Play feature—so you might have to confrontthe technical
`complexities of your hardware setup sometimein the near future. Don't get
`me wrong.I think Windows95 is a big improvement over Windows3.1. It's
`just important to keep everything in perspective.
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`What's New in Windows 95
`Windows95raises computing on a PC to a higher threshold in three impor-
`tant areas: features, performance,andease of use. To start with, Windows 95
`introduces a substantially new graphical user interface, or GUI(Figure 1.1).
`Windows95 also improvesthe performance of your operating system in areas
`such as graphics, multitasking, memory management, and hardware device
`drivers. And Windows 95 adds new features such as built-in networking and
`“auto-play” technology for CD-ROMs;thelatter enables a music CDto begin
`playingall byitself and a software CD-ROMtostart upall by itself when you
`popthedisc into the drive. All the improvements to Windowsalso enrich the
`entire environment for building application programs.
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`ability to use almost all the existing software applications written for Win-
`dows 3.1 and DOS. The tens of thousandsof applications created for those
`older operating systems run the gamut from spreadsheets and word proces-
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`Why Bother to Read This Book?
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`The megabucks Microsoft set aside to blitz the media with Windows95 has
`paid off handsomely. I’m assuming that you, too, have been swept upin the
`wave of Windows 95 enthusiasm. But even if you’re someone without the
`faith, someone who's had Windows95foisted on you by your boss, whyjust
`tolerate it when you canactually put it to work for you? Either way, without
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`1/Introducing Windows 95
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`a detailed understanding of the software and hardware resources that the
`environmentoffers, and without a commandoftheutilities that enable you
`to control and customizeit, you aren’t able to take full advantage ofWindows.
`Andaswith any software product, it’s the extras—thetips,the tricks,thelittle
`insights—that give you the incomparable pleasure that comes with truly
`understanding and mastering your environment.
`Ifyou stop youreffortsafterinstalling theWindows 95 environment along
`with an application or two, you're bound to miss out on some important
`advances in personal computing, advances that can help increase your pro-
`ductivity and creativity and even enhance your enjoyment of computing.
`With Windows95 you can make your personal computer more personal. You
`can customize yourscreen byselecting or designingicons, changingthe colors
`of menus and buttons, and splashing the desktop with any pattern, from
`fleur-de-lis to flying toasters. Windowsbrings individuality to the forefront,
`so every system can reflect the personality and preferences of its user
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`Mastering the Windows 95Environment
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`Underlyingthe capabilities andflexibility of Windows95 is a vast array of
`features and options. This bookis designed to help youlearn the innersecrets
`of Windows 95 so you can optimize your system and your software. Those
`secrets will help you harnessall the power that Windows95 offers. Imagine
`that you've driven homethecarofthe future. This book showsyouall the new
`controls and how best to use them to rev up your engine.
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`Windows95 is a graphical user interface with a long evolutionary history.
`Windowsbelongsto a larger family of interfacesthat are all derived from the
`same source: Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox PARC). During the
`1960s and 1970s, PARC was home to seminal work by computerscientists
`such as Doug Englebart (inventor of the mouse), Alan Kay (now an Apple
`Fellow), and John Warnock (chairman ofAdobe Systems). Products emanat-
`ing from ideas developed at Xerox PARCrevolutionized the computer indus-
`try. They include Xerox’s own Star Workstation (a commercialfailure), Apple
`Computer's failed Lisa and its highly successful Macintosh (whichcatalyzed
`an industry-wide move to GUIs), and the UNIX interfaces, including Open-
`Look from Sun Microsystems, Open Software Foundation’s Motif, NeXT’s
`NextStep, and IBM’s OS/2 Presentation Manager and Workplace Shell.
`Of course, Windows 95is also a memberofits own species: Windows. As
`such, Windows 95 represents the latest step in the evolution of Windows.
`Inaugurating a long-standing policy of preannouncing software, Microsoft
`first announced Windows1,0 in 1983 butdidn’t ship it for two years, until
`1985. Thus Windows wasreleased a year after Apple launched the Macintosh,
`which came with thefirst successful operating system based on a graphical
`user interface. By the late 1980s, Windowsreacheda new evolutionaryplateau
`that included versions2.0, 2.1, and 2,2 and Windows 386, In 1990thefirst
`commercially successful version of Windows—3.0—appeared, ultimately
`selling about 7 million copies.
`Windows3.0 introduced many of the features and concepts that remain
`today in Windows 95. Windows3.1 represented a relatively minor step for-
`ward in the technical evolution of Windows; its GUI was almost identical to
`that of Windows 3.0. However, it was a huge success in the marketplace,its
`installed base soaring to include over 50 million users by the time Windows
`95 was launchedin August 1995, Although Windows95is often seen as anew
`product,it’s almost as long-lived as the Macintosh operating system.
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`The Windowsinterface is based loosely on a software design specification
`called the SAA CUA, for System Application Architecture Common User
`Access, developed several years ago by IBM. When IBM first outlined SAA
`CUA,the intent was to make all user interfaces look similar, especially OS/2
`Presentation Manager and Windows.Indeed, Windows2.x (thatis,all the ver-
`sions of Windows 2) and Presentation Manager 1.x shared a similar appear-
`ance. However, in 1991 IBM and Microsoft severed their long-standingjoint
`developmentefforts, the very efforts that hadlead to the creation of DOS and
`the PC standard. Theresult was the end of the look-alike quality of OS/2 and
`Windows, with Microsoft taking its portion of the OS/2 code and renaming
`it Windows NT.
`Because Microsoft designed muchofthe original OS/2 operating system,
`Windowsand OS/2 have manysimilarities. Microsoft could take the portion
`of the OS/2 code it owned and reworkit so that it became even more similar
`to Windows. With both hindsight and foresight, Microsoft decided to have
`NT support both native Windows NT applications (32-bit applications
`specifically designed for Windows NT) and existing 16-bit Windows 3.1
`applications. Windows95is a step closer to the full 32-bit world of Windows
`NT; the two operating systems use manyof the sameinternal programming
`codes, called application programming interfaces (APIs). This means that
`Windows NT can also run applications designed for Windows 95, and
`because Windows95 programsare based on the 32-bit API, they run faster
`on Windows NT than do Windows 3.1 programs.
`WindowsNToffers several advantages over Windows95.It’s a full, 32-bit
`operating system, whereas Windows 95 is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit system,
`which impairs its overall performance and limits its capabilities, Further-
`more, Windows 95can run only on a single Intel processor, whereas Windows
`NT can run on more than one processor and on non-Intel processors. The
`ability to run on more than one processor meansthat you can build a pow-
`erful desktop and server system by using two or more processors simultane-
`ously. Because Windows NT was designed to be “portable,”it is relatively easy
`for Microsoft to port the code from the Intel processorto other types of CPUs.
`So far Microsoft has ported Windows NT to the PowerPC chip, the MIPS
`4000-series chip, and the DEC Alpha chip. The PowerPC, MIPS, and Alpha
`chipsare all state-of-the-art RISC processors, which are capable of providing
`performance levels greater than the current Intel offerings. The combination
`of multiprocessing and the ability to run on different types of processors
`makes Windows NTsuitable for a broad range of powerful applications, such
`as engineering workstations, servers, and even supercomputers.
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`Windows 95 is more thanaface-lift of Windows3.1; Microsoft put a whole
`new face on the operating system, Windows3.1 is actually two-faced; to work
`withit you have to interact with both the Program Managerandthe File Man-
`ager. To use a program, you have to run Program Manager, whosecolorful
`icons are just aliases—that is, you cannot manipulate them to control the
`program files they represent. Instead the icons act as buttons that give you
`access to the actual files. Thus, if you delete an icon, you don't delete the file
`it represents. To work with your actualfiles in Windows3.1—say, to clean up
`a directory or copyafile to a floppy disk—you have tofire up the File Man-
`ager,a file-browsing utility so weak that powerusers often resort to using the
`DOS commandlineinstead.
`Windows 95 scraps the Windows3.1 interface altogether and presents a
`look that is more reminiscent of the Macintosh or even of IBM’s OS/2. The
`design of almost every interface component has changed, from dialog boxes
`to menus to icons. Not only have the look and feel changed, but so has the
`way you operate your computer. Gone are the Program Manager and File
`Manager Siamese twins, Instead Windows95 gives birth to interface triplets:
`My Computer, the Taskbar, and the Windows Explorer. Unlike the twins, the
`triplets are independent: each onegives you a unique and stand-alone wayto
`manipulate the look and functions of your computer.
`My Computer, as its name suggests, presents the warmest, fuzziest way to
`view your system (Figure 1.3). My Computer bears an uncanny resemblance
`to the Macintosh interface, which should be no surprise to Macintoshafi-
`cionados, who know that the Macintoshoffers the most intuitive of any com-
`puter interface. Macintosh users will feel right at home with My Computer.
`It is organized into a system offile folders that represent directories. Inside
`those folders are icons, which represent programs, data, and otherfiles.
`There’s even a trash can, although on the advice of Microsoft’s legal depart-
`ment, it’s called the Recycle Bin. Like the Macintosh, My Computer enables
`you to double-click on a drive’s icon to view the contents of that drive and
`double-click on a folder to open up that folder, Even if you are not a Macin-
`tosh user, if you have not used Windows before, My Computeris the easiest
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`1/ Introducing Windows 95
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`Speakingofstarting, a great big button labeled Startsits at the bottom left-
`hand corner of yourscreen.It’s the lead item of the Taskbar,as well as the
`Windowstie-in to that rocking Rolling Stones song, “Start Me Up” (Figure
`1.4). An animated message pops up when youinstall Windows, pointing to
`the Start button and inviting you toclick onit to start. Despite all this atten-
`tion, the Start button isn’treally for beginners(asI said earlier, My Computer
`is the real starting place). The Start button provides a handy way for Windows
`powerusers to get things going. When you push on that puppy, you access a
`cascading array of menusthat can resemble a maze, depending on how many
`files and folders you've created. Like a trained rat, though, your mouse hand
`can quickly learn its way through the maze, and the Start button could
`become yourfavorite starting place.
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`The Explorer could be described as the Windows 3.1 File Manager on
`steroids (Figure 1.5). If you're a 3.1 user, this might be a goodplace for you to
`start, because it will look somewhat familiar. At least you'll spot icons. The
`alias icons in the Windows3.1 File Manager were tiny and notvery informa-
`tive. The Windows 95 Explorer dishes up a more powerful system of manag-
`ing files, letting you choose from a variety of icon sizes and displaying the
`actual iconsfor applications and manydatafiles.It only takes a glance to iden-
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`The differences between Windows95 and Windows3.1 are more than skin
`deep. In addition to gaining cute icons and a more advanced interface,
`Windows has undergone major surgery. The guts of the operating system
`have been reconstructed, resulting in more features and better performance.
`But there’s a catch: to benefit from its greater strength, you have to feed
`Windows 95’s enormousappetite.
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` 1/Introducing Windows 95
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`Given the way it consumes system resources, Windows 95 trulyis a gener-
`ation ahead. Microsoft claims on the box that Windows 95 runs on a 386
`processor, but I consider that morefiction than fact. Running Windows 95
`even stresses out a 486 processor unlessit has lots (32 bits) of RAM. Mostseri-
`ous users will find a fast 486 or a Pentium the realistic minimum. Windows
`3.1 runs so-so with 4 megabytes of RAM;it really starts cooking when the
`RAM is pumped up to 8 megabytes. Windows95 runs so-so on 8 megabytes
`and starts to simmer with 16. If you use graphics, Computer Aided Design
`(CAD), or animation programs, you maynotfind thesizzle until you've fed
`the beast a whopping 32 megabytes.
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`What's in the Box
`Windows95 is a retail software product, sold either on its own or bundled
`with a computer system, Windows 95 comesin the following four versions:
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`=+ A floppy-diskversion called the “full version, which means you don’t need
`to have an earlier version of Windowsalready running on your system to
`install Windows 95. This version includes a boot disk and 13 installation
`disks, for a total of 14 floppy disks.
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`=+ A floppy-disk upgrade version that requires you to have installed Windows
`3.0 or 3.1 on your computeralready. This version ships on 13 disks.
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`=+ A CD-ROMfull version that does not require you to have an earlier ver-
`sion ofWindowsalreadyinstalled. The CD-ROM version neatly eliminates
`the hassle of feeding a fistful of floppy disks into the computer during
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`=+ A CD-ROM upgradeversion that requires you to have installed Windows
`3.0 or 3.1.
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`Theversionis identified on the box when the productis sold at retail. The
`term “full version” is confusing but merely meansit’s the version for people
`whohave neverinstalled earlier incarnations ofWindows;in other wordsit’s
`not an upgrade version. The CD-ROM versions(either full or upgrade) are
`actually more complete than either ofthe floppy-disk versions. Microsoft uses
`the extra space available on the CD-ROM to add information, such as the
`Windows 95 Resource Kit (an excellent technical reference) and even some
`visual treats, such as full-motion videoclips.
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`The prices of the full and upgrade versions differ significantly. The
`upgrade version carries a street price of $80 to $90, whether you purchaseit
`on CD-ROMorfloppy disk. Thefull version can cost $200 or more because
`you aren't given the price break for alreadybeing a Windows owner. Obviously,
`the CD-ROM upgradeversion is the best value, because you get the extra
`goodies at the low price. Don’t overzealously wipe out your old Windows
`installation in anticipation of Windows 95, because the upgrade version
`checks for existing Windows components before it installs Windows95.
`Most computer manufacturers will preinstall Windows 95 on the hard
`disk of a system as part of a so-called bundle. The same doesn't hold for
`dealers, however; if they include bundled software, it may not have been pre-
`installed. Because of its popularity and value, Windows 95 is frequently
`bundled with other products, such as mice, multimedia upgrade kits, and
`software programs. Whether you buy straight from the computer makeror
`from a dealer, your copy of Windows 95 should containaset ofinstallation
`disks or a CD-ROM andaslim user guide, Introducing Microsoft Windows95.
`Many computer makers place their labels on Windows when they bundle
`it with their systems.In those cases the manuals and software are usually iden-
`tical to what Microsoft has produced, despite the change on the cover. How-
`ever, sometimes the software has been modified. This can affect how your
`system operates, particularly if the setup program has been altered.
`For the remainderofthis book,I refer to the installation software, whether
`on floppy disks or on CD-ROM,as the Windowsinstallation disks. Keep those
`disks handy even after you've installed Windows. As I point out later in the
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`When Microsoft’s product developers met to plan Windows95, they filled a
`white board with all sorts of great ideas. However, many of the ideas were
`erased whenit became apparentthat they were notfeasible. And even the final
`list of features didn’t makeit into the Windows 95 retail box. Hadall those
`grand features been incorporated into Windows95,it would not run on a 386
`system, Because the Microsoft marketing department viewed the millions of
`386 computer users—many of whom are using Windows 3.1—as a poten-
`tially profitable market, they convinced the techies to yank out a few things
`and make a lean, mean Windows 95 that would still run on a 386.
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`That’s what the programmersdid. Theleftover features that would require
`a 486 or larger processor were pulled out of Windows 95 and packaged into
`Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, which retails for $49.95. But as I have men-
`tioned, even though the Windows 95 box claims the program runs on a 386,
`Lam skeptical about whether Microsoft really met that goal. (The bottom line:
`If you’ve got a 386, considersticking with Windows3.1.)
`Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 contains a mixed assortment of goodies,
`including the following:
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`5+ System Agent. A software scheduling utility.
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`=+ DriveSpace 3. An advanced data-compressionutility.
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`=+ 3D Pinball. Yet another reason for your boss to yell at you.
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`=+ Desktop Themes. A collection of wallpaper,icons, and other designs that
`can spiff up your Windows 95 desktop.
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`=+ Visual Enhancements. Utilities that don’t work on anything less than a
`486, including a program that smoothsfonts and anotherthat enables you
`to drag a full window (notjust its outline).
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`The Microsoft Plus! package also contains a collection of Internet-related
`utilities called the Internet Jumpstart Kit. The kit contains three programs:
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`=+ The Internet Setup Wizard. An automated script that helps you set up
`Windows 95 to connect to the Internet through any Internet service
`provider (including, of course, Microsoft Network).
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`=+ Internet Extensions. Software extensions to Windows95 that, through the
`magic of OLE, provide better integration between Windows 95 and the
`Internet.
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`=+ The Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s World Wide Web browser, based on
`NCSA Mosaic.
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`Most of those components meld seamlessly into your Windows environ-
`ment, providing desktop delights such as designer backgrounds and more
`sophisticated sounds. The Internet components can be downloaded from
`microsoft.com free of charge, so don’t purchase Microsoft Plus!if they are all
`you want. Also, I recommend Netscape Navigatoras a better World Wide Web
`browser than Microsoft's Internet Explorer,at least at the time ofthis writing,
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`The name Windows95 implies that there might be a Windows96. Microsoft
`officials are still debating whether another version will be out in 1996, but
`given the sluggish pace of operating system development, I predict that
`Microsoft will probably sit out a year. Ultimately, however, Microsoft does
`plan to achieve an annual upgrade cycle, which I’m sure makes their spread-
`sheets light up with dollarsigns.
`By the time Windows97 or 98 becomesa reality, you may decideit’s time
`to take an altogether different route—WindowsNT.Im fact, if you're a power
`user, you mayfind that Windows95is just a small stepping-stone on your way
`to WindowsNT,whichis undergoing more rapid upgrades than Windows 95,
`Windows NTalready sports an interface that is almost identical to Windows
`95’s. And as I mentioned earlier, Windows NTis a true 32-bit, multitasking
`operating system that can take your computing platform to a higherlevel.
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`The folks on the Windows 95 product development team are pretty darn
`proud of themselves. To show off and give themselves a virtual pat on the
`back, they embedded an elaborate Easter egg inside Windows95.Easter eggs
`are secret software routines that are usually activated by a series of keyboard
`entries or menuselections. To demonstrate that Windows95 is more sophis-
`ticated than older versions of Windows, the Microsoft team concocted a
`sophisticated wayto activate its Easter egg. Here’s how to doit:
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`5+ Move the mouse to a blank space on your desktop andclick on the right
`mouse button.
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`=+ Select New Folder and namethe new folder “and now, the moment you've
`all been waitingfor.” (Don’t type in the quotation marksortheperiod.)
`=+ Pointto the folder, click the right mouse button onit, select Rename, and
`this time nameit “we proudlypresent for your viewing pleasure.” (Again,
`don’t type in the quotation marks or the period.)
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`=+ After renaming the folder, click the right mouse button on it again and
`renameit one moretime, to “The Microsoft Windows95 Product Team!”
`(Don’t type in the quotation marks; do type in the exclamation point.)
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`=+ Open the folder, making sure your speakers are turned on, and you'll see
`(and hear) the lengthy multimedia Easter egg crediting the entire Windows
`95 team.
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`Windows 95 introduces three new tools for
`navigating and operating Windows and Windows
`applications: the Taskbar, My Computer, ana
`the Explorer. These three tools replace the
`Program Managerand the File Manager found
`in previous versions of Windows.
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