Microsoft gets nostalgic for the 25th anniversary of Windows 95

Microsoft celebrated Windows 95’s 25th anniversary on Monday with a short video. The 38-second clip shows how far the operating system has come since its launch on August 24, 1995.

You can see the original gray Start menu button with the transition from the Microsoft flag to the four panels we recognize today. The video takes you through the evolution of iconic Microsoft features like the taskbar, Solitaire (has anyone beat the clock?) And To paint (oh, the masterpieces we created).

To celebrate the anniversary of Windows 95, you can also check out a two-part episode of this month’s Windows Insider podcast. Podcast host Jason Howard interviews two engineers who worked on Windows 95 – and still work at Microsoft – senior software engineers Raymond Chen and Chris Guzak.

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