Chicago 347

Author: Kugee

Windows 95 build 347, the final beta release. As is likely the case with earlier builds, the setup program runs ScanDisk by default.

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By now, most of the setup program has taken its desired form.

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The Microsoft Network is just a telephone.

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Wheaties, breakfast of champions.

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I overlooked an entry for my S3 Trio64 card here.

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Plug and Play monitors can now be used with Windows 95.

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The circles used in these side banners look like they come from IE4's design.

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Windows 95 tour plane seen here.

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This splash is almost the same as the final, but with a different font.

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347_first_splash.avi (MP4)

Build 347's network logon allows domain logon by default.

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I never got around to trying to make the network card work with most of these builds.

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Time zones are highlighted on the world map. This feature was withdrawn from 95B and later due to controversy over disputed territories. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030822-00/?p=42823/

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Why isn’t my time zone highlighted on the world map?

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LOGOW.SYS

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New splash screen with left arrows homing in towards the Windows flag on the bottom left corner.

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347_splash.avi (MP4)

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The Welcome window is pretty much exactly like the final version, although the tips stored in the registry could possibly be different.

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Windows 95 registers only 31.4MB out of the 32MB of EDO RAM I have in my computer.

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These wallpapers were left behind from previous builds, as I've been installing builds on top of existing builds as I went along in the stream.

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Attempting to install my video driver again...

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640x400? I doubt my video card can do that in Windows, but the driver ends up failing to install.

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I'd probably have been better off if I just did clean installs and used an earlier motherboard.

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All of the Windows 95 betas and the retail release do not come with OpenGL, but with some DLL files handy, it does work in this build.

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The sound card worked in this build for whatever reason.

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DOS programs work correctly in build 347, but that may have more to do with the video driver being used.

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Onward to build 468!

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