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The first two builds known to exist are the [[Windows 95 Usability Testing Builds|Usability Testing Builds]] from December 1992 or January 1993, seen in a Microsoft video.<ref>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-95-Usability-Testing-1993</ref> The earliest available build is [[Windows 95 build 58s|58s]], known as PDK/M4 from August 1993, followed by [[Windows 95 build 73f|builds 73f]] and [[Windows 95 build 73g|73g]] (PDK2/M5 from November and December 1993), [[Windows 95 build 81|build 81]] (January 1994), [[Windows 95 build 89e|builds 89e]] and [[Windows 95 build 90c|90c]] (March 1994), [[Windows 95 build 99|build 99]] (May 1994), [[Windows 95 build 116|builds 116]] and [[Windows 95 build 122|122]] (June 1994), [[Windows 95 build 180|builds 180]] and [[Windows 95 build 189|189]] (September 1994, build 189 is the first build to introduce the Windows 95 name), beta 2 [[Windows 95 build 216|builds 216]] and [[Windows 95 build 224|224]] (October 1994), beta 3 builds (November 1994 to March 1995), and release candidate builds (mid-1995). The final build of Windows 95, [[Windows 95 build 950 r-6|build 950 r-6]], would be released to manufacturing on 15 August 1995, and would later be available to the general public on 24 August 1995. | The first two builds known to exist are the [[Windows 95 Usability Testing Builds|Usability Testing Builds]] from December 1992 or January 1993, seen in a Microsoft video.<ref>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Windows-95-Usability-Testing-1993</ref> The earliest available build is [[Windows 95 build 58s|58s]], known as PDK/M4 from August 1993, followed by [[Windows 95 build 73f|builds 73f]] and [[Windows 95 build 73g|73g]] (PDK2/M5 from November and December 1993), [[Windows 95 build 81|build 81]] (January 1994), [[Windows 95 build 89e|builds 89e]] and [[Windows 95 build 90c|90c]] (March 1994), [[Windows 95 build 99|build 99]] (May 1994), [[Windows 95 build 116|builds 116]] and [[Windows 95 build 122|122]] (June 1994), [[Windows 95 build 180|builds 180]] and [[Windows 95 build 189|189]] (September 1994, build 189 is the first build to introduce the Windows 95 name), beta 2 [[Windows 95 build 216|builds 216]] and [[Windows 95 build 224|224]] (October 1994), beta 3 builds (November 1994 to March 1995), and release candidate builds (mid-1995). The final build of Windows 95, [[Windows 95 build 950 r-6|build 950 r-6]], would be released to manufacturing on 15 August 1995, and would later be available to the general public on 24 August 1995. | ||
== Product Team credits | == Product Team credits Easter egg == | ||
There is a hidden | There is a hidden Easter egg, which can be accessed by creating a new folder and renaming it to each of the following names in order: | ||
* and now, the moment you've all been waiting for | * and now, the moment you've all been waiting for | ||
* we proudly present for your viewing pleasure | * we proudly present for your viewing pleasure | ||
* The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team! | * The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team! | ||
Opening the folder after the last rename opens an [[File Explorer|Explorer]] window, although the file list area is replaced with an animation of names of people involved in the development of Windows 95 on a blue cloudy background with <code>clouds.mid</code> playing in the background. This MIDI file is also subsequently added to the <code>WINDOWS\MEDIA</code> directory upon launching the | Opening the folder after the last rename opens an [[File Explorer|Explorer]] window, although the file list area is replaced with an animation of names of people involved in the development of Windows 95 on a blue cloudy background with <code>clouds.mid</code> playing in the background. This MIDI file is also subsequently added to the <code>WINDOWS\MEDIA</code> directory upon launching the Easter egg. | ||
The text is located in the library's resource <code>BIN</code> and XORed with <code>0x95</code> as an obfuscation measure. Likewise, the easter egg folder names are stored in the <code>.text</code> section of <code>SHELL32.DLL</code> as custom hashes of the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name. | The text is located in the library's resource <code>BIN</code> and XORed with <code>0x95</code> as an obfuscation measure. Likewise, the easter egg folder names are stored in the <code>.text</code> section of <code>SHELL32.DLL</code> as custom hashes of the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name. | ||