Calendar: "This GUI doesn't have this feature" -- yes it does. Double click the clock.
Clock: The old clock application is still part of Windows 95, but it's also in the corner.
Address book: Depends on the version of Windows 95. Ones that came with IE3 or IE4 have an address book.
CD player: maybe the floppy version lacked it? But Windows 95 definitely has a CD player.
Browser: CD versions of Windows 95 came with Internet Explorer; depending on the version of 95, it could be IE2, IE3, or IE4.
Desktop themes: Part of the Plus add-on. Most versions don't include it (some did, especially OEMs). Could probably count the Appearance tab of the display properties too.
Logout screen: Windows 95 has it, but you'll have to connect it to a Netware or NT domain to show it.
Good start, but those are the glaring omissions I spotted.
Double clicking opens the date & time preferences (which already has a screenshot), not a calendar program. 9x did not ship with a clock or calendar program unless you upgraded from 3.x. The article mentions the clock in the taskbar explicitly. And unlike 98, 95 doesn't have a separate logout screen; it is always just another entry in the regular shutdown screen.
The only glaring omission I see is the CD player, but I'd hardly call it glaring considering it is a non-default component, and many countries did not even get a CD version of 95 in the first place (or only OEM).
It was in an upgraded version of Windows 95. Not the original:
> CD Player was included in Windows 98, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 (as Deluxe CD Player). The program was also made available as part of an upgrade for Windows 95.
That wiki is wrong. (First off, NT 3.51 came out four months before 95, it'd make no sense as an argument that the CD player was too new for 95, yet included in NT 3.51)
The Windows 95 release-to-manufacture disc, files dated 1995-07-11, the /WIN95/WIN95_14.CAB file:
$ cabextract -s -l -F cdp\* win95_14.cab
Viewing cabinet: win95_14.cab
File size | Date Time | Name
-----------+---------------------+-------------
643 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.cnt
88064 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.exe
20579 | 11.07.1995 09:50:00 | cdplayer.hlp
All done, no errors.
Windows 95 shipped with the CD Player from its very first release. It wasn't added in as an update. Day 1.
Note that I _never_ saw 95 as a CD in retail. I actually took a trip to the US when it was released to search for it, since I got confirmation from my local MS that it was not in EU. Several people do ensure me that there was a retail CD version, but I have never seen it in person myself. I have seen plenty of OEM discs, though.
Can I ask how you installed 95 on a VM. I've been trying for a few days but the installer errors out because of `VGA.DRV`. Dunno if it's a problem with my particular iso, but I'm using VM Ware Fusion
The minimal install of 95 is ridiculously small. 3.x practically fits in 10MiB of disk space.; they could not just multiply it by 10x and call it a day.
Before 95 came out I was selling the beta versions on CD like crazy. Blank CDs were like $20/ea back then.
But I started an online project to create a database of all the world's CDs by having everyone email me their cdplayer.ini file which contained all the track listings they had typed in.
This project lasted but a few weeks before I realized why it no longer worked properly. dot ini files are limited to 64K on Windows 95 lol
Well I checked my Windows 95 VM, even opening a command prompt and typing "date"; changing the date view in that panel does change the date instantly. I never knew this was the behavior.
He describes changing the behavior in Windows 2000 being "reluctant"; I would say it was the proper and expected design from the onset. Windows 95 does not have instant-change settings anywhere else, it's always safeguarded behind OK and Apply buttons. Changing the date immediately on changing the view is inconsistent with the rest of the operating system's GUI design.
Calendar: "This GUI doesn't have this feature" -- yes it does. Double click the clock.
Clock: The old clock application is still part of Windows 95, but it's also in the corner.
Address book: Depends on the version of Windows 95. Ones that came with IE3 or IE4 have an address book.
CD player: maybe the floppy version lacked it? But Windows 95 definitely has a CD player.
Browser: CD versions of Windows 95 came with Internet Explorer; depending on the version of 95, it could be IE2, IE3, or IE4.
Desktop themes: Part of the Plus add-on. Most versions don't include it (some did, especially OEMs). Could probably count the Appearance tab of the display properties too.
Logout screen: Windows 95 has it, but you'll have to connect it to a Netware or NT domain to show it.
Good start, but those are the glaring omissions I spotted.