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Windows 95 let installers trash its files then fixed the mess behind their backs (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Windows 95: Fixes itself when you aren't watching Windows 11: Fucks itself up when you aren't watching

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Oh, every windows has fucked itself up silently. 95 was famous for needing a reboot at every mouse movement and a reinstall regularly.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Defragging monthly, fixing registry values and hoping windows 98 would fix things this time was all I remember about Win95.

    But windows 98 came out about 3 months after I built my own first PC. It was still full of problems, but I eventually ended up ok NT/2000 and things got better. Then I quit windows for good when apple went to Intel.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Even Windows 98SE gave me a long habit (only somewhat receded after moving to Linux) to, as much as possible, not even move the cursor without a clear purpose. Every event could be the last before everything hanging. Probably not as often as with 95 or plain 98, but.

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