Following the recent buzz surrounding Windows blue screen of death (BSOD), a Microsoft Windows veteran dev has talked in some detail about its origin going back to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1.
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Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it.
Dave Plummer, a Microsoft veteran, shared a story about porting the Format dialog from Windows 95 to Windows NT. What was intended as a temporary solution ended up lasting almost three decades.
Remember the open source Windows project called "ReactOS"? The dev team has published a new blog post outlining all the major developments that happened this year like improved UEFI boot support.
Tonight on Microsoft Weekly: Microsoft reports its finances and gets slapped with an antitrust investigation from the EU; Windows 11 receives new builds and features; and Edge has a new mascot.
It is probably not a bad guess to say that at least some Windows enthusiasts own some retro PC that still has Windows 95 or similar in it. If you wanted to update it, this website may help.
If you're interested in source code for old software, you're in for some good news. The source code for Windows NT 3.5, as well as the original Xbox gaming console, has leaked online.
In the 100th edition of Channel 9's Defrag Tools series, Chad Beeder and Andrew Richards take us on a video tour of the campus and talk about the history of Buildings 22 and 26 including the build lab
Microsoft is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the July 27th, 1993 launch of the Windows NT 32-bit operating system a day early with a new, if brief, blog post.
Check out Trivia Tuesday's awesome infographic pedigree of Microsoft operating systems, from MS-DOS and OS/2 all the way up to Windows 8, and everything in between. Yes, even Zune.
A new reports states that Dave Cutler, who lead the development of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, has a new position at Microsoft that has him working on the Xbox team.
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25+ images reveal a design that looks familiar
Acronis backup, cloning app gets Windows 11 24H2 BitLocker support; won't work on old CPUs
PowerToys 0.87 is out with a new utility for Windows 10 users and a lot of improvements
Samsung 85-Inch QLED 4K 120Hz QN85D with Dolby Atmos falls to lowest price
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