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On the FAT32 file system, Windows 98 has a performance feature called MapCache that can run applications from the disk cache itself if the code pages of executable files are aligned/mapped on 4K boundaries, instead of copying them to virtual memory. This results in more memory being available to run applications, and lesser usage of the swap file.
Windows 95; 950 IA-32: Windows NT 4.0: Shell Update Release (Tukwila) August 24, 1996 NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation; 1381 IA-32, Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC: June 30, 2004 Windows 98: Memphis [b] June 25, 1998 4.10 Windows 98; 1998 IA-32: July 11, 2006 Windows 98 Second Edition — June 10, 1999 Windows 98 Second Edition; 2222A Windows 2000 ...
The introduction of 32-bit file access in Windows for Workgroups 3.11 meant that 16-bit real mode MS-DOS is not used for managing the files while Windows is running, and the earlier introduction of the 32-bit disk access means that the PC BIOS is often no longer used for managing hard disks.
The Windows Update website continued to be available for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me after their end of support date; however, during 2011, Microsoft retired the Windows Update v4 website and removed the updates for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me from its servers. [19] [20]
Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked state lawmakers Monday for an additional $25 million in funding to cover the cost of legal battles he expects to have with President-elect Donald ...
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Windows 98: MS-DOS 7.1 Monolithic kernel x86, hybrid 16/32-bit No No Yes Yes Yes Windows Update: Win16, Win32 DOS, DLL, VxD, WDM (partial), direct-access Yes 5.2 9.0c (Oct 2006) (optional) Windows 98 Second Edition: MS-DOS 7.1 Monolithic kernel x86, hybrid 16/32-bit No No Yes Yes Yes Windows Update: Win16, Win32 DOS, DLL, VxD, WDM (partial ...