Nov 19, 2024 4 3 A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step Raymond Chen Getting access to the common controls that don't exist until Windows 95.
Nov 12, 2024 5 8 Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? Raymond Chen Simplifying the problem to an earlier problem.
Nov 5, 2024 6 3 What’s the difference between Display size and Screen size in the Windows 95 display control panel? Raymond Chen No meaningful difference, though others have created a difference.
Oct 29, 2024 0 1 Reverse-engineering what a “short” section is Raymond Chen The long and short of it all.
Oct 22, 2024 3 4 Did Windows 95 shrink the default font size of windowed MS-DOS apps? Raymond Chen The effect was that it shrunk, but only sometimes.
Sep 10, 2024 1 1 Does the Resource Compiler have a separate preprocessor or doesn’t it? Raymond Chen It did, but now it doesn't.
Sep 3, 2024 0 5 Why did Windows 95 use blue screen error messages instead of hard error messages? Raymond Chen You may not able to get there from here.
Aug 27, 2024 3 2 The Microsoft/IBM joint development was built on mutual respect, wait, is respect the right word? Raymond Chen Maybe it's some other word.
Aug 13, 2024 0 1 A look back at one of the (many) projects code-named Highlander Raymond Chen The showdown that almost repeated.
Jul 30, 2024 8 3 There is no mystery over who wrote the Blue Screen of Death, despite what some may want you to believe Raymond Chen No real contradictions in anybody's story.