Windows 95 OSR 1

Windows 95 offered, at long last, a well designed document-oriented desktop shell that worked much like the 1984 Macintosh Finder. It also included a new way of finding installed applications through a "Start" menu. And it included the same networking abilities as Windows for Workgroups.

It integrated the ability to run 32-bit applications similar to Windows NT or Windows 3.1 with Win32s. It no longer ran on a separate DOS product. But Windows 95 was not a pure "32-bit" OS: It was still based around the framework of Windows 3.x, 2.x and 1.x. It still ran on top of DOS, but bundled its own special "Windows 95" DOS (AKA MS-DOS 7). It could even still make use of DOS drivers. The 95 architecture was continued with Windows 98.

Most 95 CDs are NOT BOOTABLE. If a download does not include a boot floppy, please see Microsoft Windows Boot Disks

If the listed serials below do not work for a specific release, please see the Serials thread

You may also override the install type (no serial needed) by creating a file name MSBATCH.INF with the lines "[Setup]", and then "ProductType=1", placing that in the Win95 setup folder, and then running setup.

VMWare and VirtualBox are problematic with Windows 95. If you use those, you may need to disable various acceleration features first, and/or install the Windows 95 CPU speed fixes. Windows 95 has many issues on faster machines or VMs, requiring a number of patches in order to operate. Consider emulators like x86Box or PCem instead.

Other Windows Versions:
| 1.0 | 2.x | 3.x | NT 3.x | 95 | NT 4.0 | 98 | 2000 | ME | All |



Release notes

Windows 95 OSR 1, ("A" version) was a minor update of various core files. It was available as a downloadable update and as a full OEM CD.

Product type
OS
Release date
Fri Dec 29 1995
End of life date
Sat Dec 29 2001
Minimum CPU
386
Minimum RAM
4MB
Minimum free disk space
50MB
User interface
GUI
Platform
Windows
Download count
727 (17 for release)
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Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Windows 95 OSR1 (3.5-1.44mb) OSR1 English 24.87MB 3
Windows 95 OSR1 (OEM) (ISO) OSR1 (OEM) English 329.81MB 10
Windows 95 OSR1 (Retail Upgrade) (NEEDS REDUMP) OSR1 (Retail Upgrade) Upgrade English 355.3MB 0
Windows 95 OSR1 [Dutch] (OEM) (3.5-DMF) OSR1 (OEM) Dutch 23.47MB 0
Windows 95 OSR1 [Dutch] (OEM) (ISO) OSR1 (OEM) Dutch 262.33MB 0
Windows 95 OSR1 [German] (ISO) OSR1 German 267.47MB 1
Windows 95 OSR1 [Japanese] (OEM) (ISO) OSR1 (OEM) Japanese 219.69MB 1
Windows 95 OSR1 [Norwegian] (OEM) (ISO) OSR1 (OEM) Norwegian 211.62MB 0
Windows 95 OSR1 and Microsoft Plus (OEM) (ISO) OSR1 (OEM) English 339.39MB 2

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