

Windows 98 also integrates shell enhancements, themes and other features from Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 such as DriveSpace 3, Compression Agent, Dial-Up Networking Server, Dial-Up Scripting Tool and Task Scheduler. The Windows 98 shell includes all of the enhancements from Windows Desktop Update, an Internet Explorer 4 component, such as the Quick Launch toolbar, deskbands, Active Desktop, Channels, ability to minimize foreground windows by clicking their button on the taskbar, single click launching, Back and Forward navigation buttons, favorites, and address bar in Windows Explorer, image thumbnails, folder infotips and web view in folders, and folder customization through HTML-based templates. Besides Internet Explorer, many other Internet companion applications are included such as Outlook Express, Windows Address Book, FrontPage Express, Microsoft Chat, Personal Web Server and a Web Publishing Wizard, NetMeeting and NetShow Player (in the original release of Windows 98) which was replaced by Windows Media Player 6.2 in Windows 98 Second Edition. Windows 98 includes Internet Explorer 4.01. Second version/edition of Microsoft Windows Windows 98 Final Beta? (Windows Memphis Last BETA?/Windows 98 Office Release Candidate 5)Īlpha/Beta Versions of Windows 98 Plus!-Second Editions Windows 98 Zeroth Release Candidate (Windows Memphis Release Candidate 0/Windows 98 Release Candidate 0) Windows 98 Official Beta 2.1 (Windows 97)
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The first build to be able to upgrade from Windows 3.1x.

Many builds were released or leaked, starting with build 1351 on December 15, 1996, and ending with Windows 98 Second Edition. 5 Improvements to the system and built-in utilitiesĭevelopment of Windows 98 began in the 1990s, initially using the codename "Memphis" to refer to the product.2 Web integration and shell enhancements.
