Microsoft Information and Software


I've tried to make a fairly complete listing of links to Microsoft relating to Windows95.
As they are regularly making changes, if you find additions or corrections, please let me know.

Information

Internet Related

Microsoft's Main Page

Windows Page
Windows98 Page
Windows 95 Page
NT 4 Workstation Page
NT 4 Server Page
Windows2000 Professional
Windows2000 Server

Y2K Readiness

Microsoft Knowledge Base
Microsoft Support Online
Microsoft's CE for Handheld PC's
Microsoft News

Microsoft Home Online

TechNet Reference Desk
Support File Downloads

Internet Explorer Page
Internet Workshop
Site Builder
Internet Services Network
Windows Script Technologies

Visual Basic Controls
Windows Media Technologies
Visual InterDev

Interactive Developer Magazine
Visual Java++

Miscellaneous Software

Patches

Free Downloads
Windows95 Downloads

Windows98 Downloads
WindowsCE Downloads

Office Downloads

Service Packs

Games

Business Software

Team Manager

Themes Patch - Fixes problems with Themes displaying JPG background images with Office97 installed


Additional Software from Microsoft

Application Version Date Size

Description

DirectX 6.12/3/996842 K The latest set of drivers designed to enhance games that support DirectX
More Information - DirectX Home Page
IE 5
Download Page
56/13/9818 M Microsoft's new browser. Developer's Preview Release
5.0 DP1 128-bit enhanced security version (US/Canada only - 218 KB)
More Information - IE5 Home Page
Win98 DUN Upgrade 4.08/20/98318 K This is a security upgrade for the Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking client.
128-bit enhanced security version (US/Canada only - 328 KB)
More Information - Microsoft Home Page
Microsoft DUN Upgrade 1.38/19/982300 K This upgrade provides additional features for the Dial-Up Networking ("DUN") support that was first delivered in Windows 95. It includes all of the features of the first upgrade, widely known as the ISDN Accelerator Pack for Windows 95 including support for internal ISDN adapters, multilink support for the two ISDN channels, and connection-time scripting to automate non-standard login connections. In addition to the features of the first upgrade, this upgrade also delivers PPTP client capability for Windows 95.
128-bit enhanced security version (US/Canada only - 1424 KB)
Outlook98
(511 K for Setup)
Official Release 3/24/9813,757 K Latest version of Microsoft's E-Mail program
More Information - Outlook98 Page
Microsoft Media Player 5.27/13/984182 K Windows Media Player has all the features found in each of the other multimedia players, plus a whole lot more. And it upgrades the existing Windows Media Player and Microsoft ActiveMovie support to provide convenient access to new Windows Media content and supports most local and streamed multimedia file types including WAV, AVI, QuickTime, and RealAudio 4.0 and RealVideo 4.0.
More Information - Media Player Home Page
Outlook Express
Download Page
5.0 Beta 1 7/7/9818 M New e-mail program from Microsoft. Packaged with IE 5.
Security Patch - Download Page
More Information - Outlook Express Home Page
Microsoft IntelliPoint 2.2d 7/30/981258 K More Information - Intellepoint Update Page
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 4.0112/2/97Depends
on
Options
Microsoft's new web browser and shell
Service Pack 1 - (5/21/98 - 423 K)
Security Patch - (946 K)
IE4 Addons
IE4 PowerToys - 1/20/98 - (234 K)
Windows 3.x Version - 7188 K
Mac Version
128-bit Enhanced Security Version - 3897 K
More Information and sample pages - Internet Explorer 4.0 Page
Winsock2 Update 2.23/11/98963 K Critical Upgrade for Dial-Up Internet Users
More Information - Microsoft Windows Sockets 2 Update Page
RegClean 4.1a 12/31/97771 K Microsoft's RegClean analyzes Windows Registry keys stored in a common location in the Windows Registry. It finds keys that contain erroneous values, and after recording those entries in the
Undo.Reg file, it removes them from the Windows Registry.
Microsoft's VRML Viewer 2.010/6/971121 K Descriiption - VRML add-on for Internet Explorer
More Information - VRML Home Page
NetMeeting 2.111/6/972146 K Microsoft's new conferencing software. Allows multiple people to "chat", access a white board, talk and even take over another computer over the internet.
More Information and sample pages - Net Meeting Home Page
Microsoft Mail and News
Download page
1.0 (4.70.1162)5/21/971176 K A good Mail and News Reader program from Microsoft. Integrates with Internet Explorer 3.0.
More Information - Microsoft Mail and News
Font Properties Extension 2.13/19/96332 K If you right click on a font file in Windows 95 its basic properties are displayed. This new extension adds several new property tabs to the properties dialog box. These include information relating to font origination and copyright, the type sizes to which hinting and smoothing are applied, and the code pages supported by extended character sets.
More Information - True Type Properties
Font Smoother for Windows95 -8/96174 K Font smoothing is one of several system enhancements originally included in the Plus! pack for Windows 95. Now you can make full use of the benefits of this technology, making text easier to read and more pleasant to look at, without having to purchase the Plus! Pack.
More Information - Microsoft Font Smoother
Power Toy Home Page -10/28/98282 K New version of the original. Now has the official version of Tweak (a shell enhancer), QuckRes 2.1 (does not expire), and more