From a list of 2,600 nominations submitted by the public, the Library of Congress has selected 25 songs, albums and sounds ...

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...

Want to install Windows 95 on a modern computer? Well, then this post will help you. Microsoft Windows 95 is a major nostalgia for those born in the 90’s. The 95 was our first encounter with a ...

It’s been 30 years since Windows 95 launched. [Ms-Dos5] and [Commodore Z] are celebrating with an epic exhibit at Vintage Computer Festival East 2025. They had no fewer than nine computers ...

Windows 95 introduced many features still used today, like the Start menu and plug-and-play compatibility. The operating ...

So does the Library of Congress. This week, the Windows 95 chime joined Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and the soundtrack to Minecraft in earning a place in the National Recording Registry.

It’s now 25 years ago that Windows 95 was launched, the operating system that gave the majority of 1990s PC users their first taste of a desktop-based GUI and a 32-bit operating system.

The user interface in Windows 95 and carried forth in subsequent Windows versions until Windows 8. The Windows 95 interface introduced the Start menu and Taskbar. See Windows 95 and Windows.

So does the Library of Congress. This week, the Windows 95 chime joined Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and the soundtrack to Minecraft in earning a place in the National Recording Registry.