It’s now 25 years ago that Windows 95 was launched, the operating system that gave the majority of 1990s PC users their first taste of a desktop-based GUI and a 32-bit operating system.

If you want to use Windows 95 and don't want to go through the process of setting up a virtual machine, it's pretty easy.

Windows 95 became popular very quickly. Windows 95 improved networking and added long file names and Plug and Play, the latter a welcome relief for users. Memory limitations, plaguing users in ...

Version 4.0 switched to the Windows 95 desktop (see below). Unlike the previous Windows 95/98, NT supported multiprocessing (see SMP), added security and administrative features and dual boot.