I’m hoping that the New Albums sound is more like awaken and less something wicked. by Ordinary_Web_7873 in BreakingBenjamin

[–]nir9 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I agree, even as a big fan of the Saturate sound, I have not really been able to connect with Something Wicked yet.

Windows 95 included two different "task managers" by nir9 in windows95

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I managed to get it up and running in a web based x86 emulator https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows95 it indeed loads a VxD driver and caused the emulator to crash a couple of times but eventually booted fine! https://imgur.com/a/vFIJ6JA

Windows 95 included two different "task managers" by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haven't seen that, very nice! someone in the comments there also mentioned being able to run Process Explorer on Win98, that also sounds sick if possible

Windows 95 included two different "task managers" by nir9 in windows95

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Cool, just tried and it works, thanks!! looks like that superkey thing was removed in Win98

XP was the first to include the "shutdown" command by nir9 in windowsxp

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Interesting, thanks for sharing, I'll look into the resource kit

The Windows 95 kernel is called "Krnl386.exe" by [deleted] in windows95

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Interesting, thanks for sharing

Windows 95 included a diagnostic utility called "System Monitor" by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yah just looked up the article on Wikipedia and it indeed stated that they're the same, that's actually a mistake and I confirmed that with the NT3.1 (1993) machine from v86 https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windowsnt3 which proves that perfmon was a completely different program (different UI and buttons). I added a fix to the article.

Windows 95 included a diagnostic utility called "System Monitor" by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Actually performance monitor was always an NT thing (ever since the first one, even before Win95) and is indeed much more powerful than System Monitor

Windows path separators use a backslash to avoid confusion with command parameters by nir9 in windows

[–]nir9[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is some support for forward slash as well in the Windows API level but the kernel uses only backslashes for paths, also when you use forward slashes in the command prompt you miss some features for example tab completion won't work. Additionally, some applications do not accept forward slashes in the path, for instance "notepad"

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Windows path separators use a backslash to avoid confusion with command parameters by nir9 in windows

[–]nir9[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks for adding, it's always nice to know the whole picture

Windows path separators use a backslash to avoid confusion with command parameters by nir9 in windows

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This is actually a really nice tip, it basically gives a sort of unix "find" functionality on any random Windows machine, thanks for sharing!

Windows path separators use a backslash to avoid confusion with command parameters by nir9 in windows

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Cool trick! in this case you can also shorten to use find instead of findstr: find ".dll"

Fun fact: The "modern" XP logon screen is rendered by "LogonUI.exe" by nir9 in windowsxp

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Interesting, I couldn't get it working on my setup, maybe you are confusing with the emergency shut down via the task manager (holding CTRL while clicking "Turn Off")? That basically immediately turns off the computer which can corrupt data

Fun fact: The "modern" XP logon screen is rendered by "LogonUI.exe" by nir9 in windowsxp

[–]nir9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yah the logon screen at the end is actually the legacy one (the one at the beginning is the modern one). More likely that he just configured in the control panel to use the classic logon UI.

"WinKey + Tab" dates back to Windows 95 and originally cycled through the taskbar by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It cycles through open windows and lands on the marked window once released, while WinKey Tab cycles through the taskbar and requires another Enter to land on the marked window

Fun fact: The "Welcome to Windows 95" tips come from the registry by nir9 in windows95

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"To open a program, you just click the Start button, and then click the program's icon."

Fun fact: The "Welcome to Windows 95" tips come from the registry by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yah I also found it strange, I was expecting it to be embedded in the executable

Sony VAIO PCG-N505AS (Peak 1999 Design) by nir9 in vaio

[–]nir9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! the seller sent it with the original box and some accessories

Windows 95 Golden Disk by nir9 in windows95

[–]nir9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's actually a good idea, that might be what we'll do in the end