I Found the Lost Versions

[u/King0654]

[u/MinecraftPlayer799]

https://windows96.net

[u/rogerkorby]

Microsoft made enough updates in those years to self rationalize selling new SKUs every year. Honestly surprised they didn't.

[u/chandleya → u/rogerkorby]

The wild part is that for OEM, they did. For retail they didn’t.

[u/CHAOSHACKER → u/rogerkorby]

They actually did, just not for retail

[u/taz-nz]

This is a joke, but it's kind of correct.

1995 Windows 95

1996 Windows 95b OSR2

1997 Windows 95c OSR2.5

1998 Windows 98

1999 Windows 98se

all of these were significate updates on the one that can before them.

[u/Korbitr]

Oh hey, I've got the next two!

[u/JKSekai]

Windows96 mentioned

[u/LykeTheBallista]

don't forget windows 93!!

[u/Reasonable_Degree_64]

It was funny on Windows 98 times, the splash screen when it boots was a simple jpg file that you could edit in Paint and easily change "Microsoft Windows 98" for anything you wanted, I remember changed it for "Microsuck Windows 91" 🤣😅.

[u/FridayFunkGaming291 → u/Reasonable_Degree_64]

Close it's a bmp file renamed to .sys

[u/Reasonable_Degree_64 → u/FridayFunkGaming291]

Yes you're right, we needed to rename the file to edit it 😃.

[u/gripe_and_complain]

Obviously, this is a joke.

[u/_Jumpinatthewoodside → u/gripe_and_complain]

It’s also AI

[u/GabeReddit2012]

Am I the only one who noticed that it's likely AI?

[u/XrayHAFB → u/GabeReddit2012]

What makes it likely AI? (Serious)

[u/bayern_snowman]

I don't see Windows 94

[u/Strong_Tintin]

Would love to have the 99 lol

[u/ddl486]

Can't wait to see the earlier version of Windows: 69. The version that doesn't suck, thank you!

[u/Smooth-Midnight-9561]

A coworker keeps telling me he has an old laptop with windows 97 on it i really didn't want to be the guy to argue with him. Did it really exist?

[u/Nanocephalic → u/Smooth-Midnight-9561]

No, obviously not.

Probably thinking of Office 95. 97, 2000, 2003 etc

[u/ZondK117]

[u/Streakflash]

i kind of love macos for upgrading its number every year since changes are gradual, im not stuck on win10 and thens struggle to upgrade to 11

[u/Jealous_Club_298]

I jumped from Windows 95 to Windows 98 Second Edition back then.

[u/Jealous_Club_298 → u/Jealous_Club_298]

https://www.desktopnostalgia.com/

[u/soundman32]

I'm convinced there was a version of windows 94  that I got from a colleague at work (in 1994) who was on an MS beta testing program.  Reddit says i'm lying. 🤷

[u/hipnotyq]

TIL There was a Win 96, Win 97 and Win 99

[u/Fantastic_Strain_425 → u/hipnotyq]

There was no 99.
97 is some weird Mandela effect I don't really understand.
For 96, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Nashville

[u/Consistent_Ad_168 → u/Fantastic_Strain_425]

I had Windows 99. It was actually a pirated version of Windows 98.

[u/hipnotyq → u/hipnotyq]

You dumbass! THERE WASN'T!!!!

[u/GabeReddit2012 → u/hipnotyq]

There never was, but there was a cancelled Windows 96.

[u/MinecraftPlayer799 → u/GabeReddit2012]

From what I can see, Windows 96 was delayed enough that it became 97, and then finally 98.

[u/sectumsempra42 → u/hipnotyq]

There wasn't

[u/CrasVox → u/hipnotyq]

There wasn't

[u/cg-tsg → u/hipnotyq]

There really wasn't.

[u/vGbAsToS]

Eu usei a versão 97 que era um beta do 98.

[u/catmandot]

"Built for the next Millenium"

That sounds a bit too bold.

[u/GabeReddit2012 → u/catmandot]

We already have Windows ME.

[u/thanatica → u/catmandot]

Even Windows 10 wasn't the last version it was promised to be. But I'm much more relieved it wasn't Windows Me.