Run Firefox in Windows 95 :: Mozilla Stuff :: JohnHaller.com: "Run Firefox in Windows 95 (and Windows 98 original release)

Much of this applies to other Mozilla applications like Thunderbird as well.

Despite installer issues, Firefox actually does work well when running under Windows 95, which is good news for people still running an operating system that Microsoft no longer supports.
Installation Instructions

There are a couple tricks to getting it to work. Here are step-by-step instructions for getting things working:

1. Update your Common Controls Library using 50comupd.exe from Microsoft
2. (Win95 Only) Apply the Winsock 2 Update for Windows 95
3. Apply the Microsoft Libraries Update for Windows 95 or for Windows 98. (You will need to reboot once this is installed)
4. Now download a standard Firefox installer.
5. Run Firefox Setup 1.5.x.x.exe and install as normal.
6. Once you get to the point where Firefox launches for the first time, an error -- 'This application has performed an illegal operation' -- will occur as Firefox attempts to start its Import functionality (which does not work in Windows 95). Just click close.
7. Reboot your PC to return your operating system to a stable state
8. Now, launch Firefox again using your Start Menu shortcut and all should be well!"

Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Extending Wired & Wireless Networks: "Extending Your Wireless and Wired Networks

You can add additional wireless devices to your wireless network to enable you to cover more area, or to give you greater bandwidth over which to communicate. You can also extend your coverage by wirelessly connecting two or more LANs. Because very few people have completely wireless networks, nearly all networks start out as wired LANs to which wireless capabilities are added. Wireless networking can extend your network to places that are either difficult or impossible to run a wire to. Wireless links can serve as bridges between two LAN islands. Given the right antennas, you can create wireless network links up to 10 miles in distance with 802.11 technology. That makes wireless technology useful for bridges across a campus, a city, a county, or anywhere else where you need a long distance or temporary link."

smart boot manager floppy: "Smart Boot Manager

floppy disk This nifty little floppy bootdisk allows selecting various devices to boot from a menu, and even allows booting a CD-ROM in machines where the BIOS doesn't support it. If your BIOS supposedly supports booting from a CD-ROM, but that feature isn't working, this disk might be just what you need!"

I used it on my old Toshiba 150mhz laptop and booted CD just fine. //bob

Where's My Google PC? - It's coming. It'll be great. You'll hate it. By Paul Boutin: "Where's My Google PC?
It's coming. It'll be great. You'll hate it.
By Paul Boutin
Posted Monday, July 3, 2006, at 1:13 PM ET

YouOS screenshot. Click image to expand.For a sneak peek at the future of computing, go to YouOS and click 'Try a Demo.' Your browser window turns into a desktop of its own, with sub-windows for e-mail, chat, and Web browsing. There are also links on the YouOS desktop for a sticky-notes program and a rich-text editor. But these programs aren't on your hard drive—they're running somewhere in the vast unknown Internet."