Gord's low-nonsense, somewhat pro-Microsoft,

Windows 95 (tm) FAQ

for these newsgroups:

comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc

comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95

comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95

comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95

comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95

FAQ Maintainer: Gordon Fecyk [gordonf@intouch.bc.ca]

Last Updated: 02 MAR 1997

Main updates include OEM Service Release 2 (4.00.950B) information and (possibly) PowerToys answers.

Address (URL): http://www.orca.bc.ca/win95/

Table of Contents: Right here

Disclaimers: Right Here

Downloadable copies:

HTML format (132 KB ZIP file with long filenames)
Win16 .HLP Format (450 KB ZIP file with extra DLLs, courtesy of William Hartley)

FAQ Mirrors:

http://www.faqlib.com/
http://espero.net.kiae.su/95/default.html (Moscow!)
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/windows/win95/faq/
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/cgi-bin/faqwais
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/by_group.index.html
And several other FAQ mirror sites that keep copies of rtfm.mit.edu's documents

I will appreciate E-MAIL for all comments. A planned glossary is missing, as are other edits that my web server provider (The InterNet Store) wants to do.

These web pages are NCSA Mosaic optimized for maximum compatibility with all graphical browsers. It looks OK with LYNX too. Even though I used Internet Assistant for MS-Word, I tried not to use any unusual HTML extensions. If you're an HTML god and you see something blatantly wrong, please E-MAIL me. At least Internet Assistant doesn't screw up pages like Netscape Gold's editor does.

I may have not covered all copyrights and trademarks, but check out the Administrivia page for trademark owners before you sic your lawyers on me. Let me know if I missed something.

Additional Pages: These pages don't make it into the Usenet distribution because they are VERY opinionated, (At least, very opinionated compared to the main FAQ) but if you're shoppng for add-ons, apps, hardware, or just want the dirt on stuff, you'll want to view them. These are my halls of fame/shame, and general mud-slinging zones.

Logo Winners Page: My own personal choices for commercial products that I think deserve the Designed for Windows 95 logo, regardless of whether they have it or not.
Logo Lamers Page:Commercial products that bear the Designed for Win95 logo, but I don't think they deserve it, and some other lame products and people from the .win95 newsgroups.
Shareware Logo Page: Freely distributable and Shareware (and all derivatives) that I think deserve the Designed for Win95 logo more than the Logo Lamers do, based on Microsoft's own logo requirements
"Liars" Page: See if a product that claimed to be "Win95 compatible" really is (I'll throw a lot of OEM packs in here as I find them) Of course this can contain some individuals... :-)

I also need entries for my Top Ten Lists. Browse the pages; each has its own Top Ten list of mistakes, mis-conceptions, desires, and annoyances. The entries are only off the top of my head; I'd appreciate your favorite mistake/mis-conception/etc so I can order them based on reality.

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