greg098 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Windows 97 was released but used as a marketing technique. It was basically Windows 95b which has heaps of hot fixes included with it. A lot of stores named it Windows 97, basically because it was released in 97 and it was newer then the original Windows 95. But it was not changed to the title of Windows 97 at all. It would still, and always has been called Windows 95b so yes, your lector is right, but not that right lol. Link to post Share on other sites
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Share Posted September 9, 2005 A LOT of people use office and refer to it as windows - idiots. She may be using Office 97, but ask her to take a camera pic of her PC starting up ;) Link to post Share on other sites
William Share Posted September 9, 2005 Thread Closed. Everyone is repeating themselves. Dejavu all over again. Link to post Share on other sites
The_Decryptor Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2005 haha, tell her to bring it in and show you all. i have had this problem before, teacher calling ActiveX MS's 3d graphics Technology Link to post Share on other sites
Koolslacker Share Posted September 9, 2005 No such thing. May be she was talking about regular home windows. ;) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to post Share on other sites
etempest Share Posted September 9, 2005 Just send to her this link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx Windows release timeline from Microsoft. Link to post Share on other sites
emale_tart Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 AHAHAHAHAH - Thank you very much you lot for your quick help, I showed her your answers and she took me aside and said "Oh it must be great being so ****ing smart" How I laughed!!! 1-0 to me then :D Link to post Share on other sites
nomis_nehc Share Posted September 9, 2005 Thread Closed.Everyone is repeating themselves. Dejavu all over again. 586499438[/snapback] uhh yeah... :rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites
_Pablo Share Posted September 9, 2005 AHAHAHAHAH - Thank you very much you lot for your quick help, I showed her your answers and she took me aside and said "Oh it must be great being so ****ing smart"How I laughed!!! 1-0 to me then :D 586499933[/snapback] "No, it's pretty ****ing bad having to correct my lecturer in the first week." would have been a suitable response. Link to post Share on other sites
Angel Blue01 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Windows 99 was a pirated copy of Windows 98. Link to post Share on other sites
The_Decryptor Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2005 AHAHAHAHAH - Thank you very much you lot for your quick help, I showed her your answers and she took me aside and said "Oh it must be great being so ****ing smart"How I laughed!!! 1-0 to me then :D 586499933[/snapback] hahaha nice going. :yes: :D Link to post Share on other sites
kaffra Share Posted September 9, 2005 i did see the shops selling 'win97' cds in malaysia. I think it was win95 v2. Link to post Share on other sites
jasondefaoite Share Posted September 9, 2005 Yeah, it was Win95b, and it was the first MS OS to ship with USB support. I remember having to use it to test some products where I work was developing ... that portion was buggy as hell. It was never sold at retail, MS only released it to the OEMs Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2005 lol, i'd love to see a copy of this... and tell them to stop downloading pirated versions off teh intranet Link to post Share on other sites
905punk Share Posted September 9, 2005 :ninja: And no im not try to say 'omg look! It's teh realz!' I know just as well as the rest of you its fake :p Link to post Share on other sites
Commodore Max Share Posted September 11, 2005 please ask your teacher to stop taking the drugs. 586499257[/snapback] :laugh: Typical user thing to say. When i worked on a helpdesk people were forever saying stuff like my windows 97 has stopped working, obviously getting windows and office 97 very mixed up.also, please to meet you guys, great site/forum!!! 586499315[/snapback] Welcome to Neowin, MerlinTheCat ... :D Link to post Share on other sites
Post-It Note Share Posted September 11, 2005 I do happen to have Windows 97 that I found in Hong Kong many years ago. I didn't put much thought into it since I thought it was just normal Win95 but pirates renamed it to Win97, Link to post Share on other sites
Rudy Share Posted September 11, 2005 Windows 97 was really Windows 95 OSR2 but the pirates dubbed it as Windows 97. I had a copy of it and it really said Windows 97 on the cover but when you install it it was really Windows 95 OSR2 an update to the first Windows 95. 586499307[/snapback] thats right, i had a "copy" of it.....nothing more than Win95OSR2 Link to post Share on other sites
Daninku Share Posted September 11, 2005 :rofl: http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/seizee/Win98/win97.htm Link to post Share on other sites
gunky Share Posted September 11, 2005 Right so first week of college and im already hit with this bombshell, now according to this blonde lecturer, not only does Windows 97 exist , but she has a copy of it.So why am I the only person it seems thats never heard of it... of course '98 was due out in '97 but it was held back.... So I need you guys help - did this actually exist or has my lecturer been sniffing glue again ? Dave 586499244[/snapback] There was an office 97 Link to post Share on other sites
Lys Share Posted September 11, 2005 It was the beta name for Win98. Some pirated stores actually had the beta CDs with "Windows 97" labels. Microsoft has a bad tendacy of never being on time. 95 was announced to be "soon" in 93, Windows 1.0 was announced in 81-2 and released in 84! Link to post Share on other sites
kizzaaa Share Posted September 11, 2005 Chicago was Windows 95.Memphis was Windows 98. 586499371[/snapback] I thought it was the other way around. I'm pretty sure Win 95 was Memphis and i'm not sure about 98. Link to post Share on other sites
deridex01 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Link fo you, tells you the code names of windows :) http://www.phm.lu/Documentation/Windows/Codenames.asp 95/98 are towards the bottom. Link to post Share on other sites
williamhook Share Posted September 12, 2005 Typical user thing to say. When i worked on a helpdesk people were forever saying stuff like my windows 97 has stopped working, obviously getting windows and office 97 very mixed up.also, please to meet you guys, great site/forum!!! 586499315[/snapback] Woah! Member since December 04 and only 1 post! Crazy! :laugh: Anyway, tell your teacher to lay off the crack/weed/coke/drugs/bit torrent/kazaa/etc. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WINDOWS 97! :shifty: Link to post Share on other sites
thagame Share Posted September 12, 2005 http://www.ncns.com/ASISEEIT/win97.html Link to post Share on other sites
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