Kathleen Maguire 11/5/2007 Digital Restoration Computer Timeline Microsoft Systems 1995 – 2007. Windows 95 Dates of use

Released June 30^th 1999. Microsoft ceased supporting the platform on July 11, 2006 in accordance with their Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.

Windows 98 SE retained the basics of the Windows 98 system but attempted to address the more troublesome bugs while also improving the systems internet and networking functions.

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  Featured Internet Explorer 5.0, a significantly faster browser than its predecessor. Explorer 5.0 featured "Auto complete," the now standard feature that automatically fills-in drop boxes on forms and stores a drop down list of previously used websites. The new browser also included direct support for email accounts on hotmail, a company owned by Microsoft.¹⁸
  
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  Improved networking capacity that allowed multiple PC's to share a single internet connection. ¹⁹
  
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  Marketed with the Window 98 Service Pack 1, which included bugs fixes, program updates, and year 2000 updates.²⁰
  
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  Included a "Device Bay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networking, Wake of LAN and Windows Driver Model modems."²¹
  

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  Although an improvement when compared to Win98, it was questionable whether the systems updates were significant enough to drive a consumer to purchase Win98 SE.