Returning to the present and Windows 10, the spiritual if not codebase descendant of Windows 95, has a Start menu and a task ... found on my laptop running an up-to-date Linux Mint.

RetroBar is a free application that replaces the Windows 11 taskbar with the one from Windows XP, 2000, or Vista.

As Microsoft turns 50, let's delve into the evolution of Windows and how the operating system has matured over the years.

See Windows XP. Windows 2000 ... now-common Start menu and Taskbar. It was also the first time the computer booted directly into Windows, rather than being loaded after booting up in DOS.