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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨misk@piefed.social⁩ to ⁨retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260119-06/?p=111995

What was the secret sauce that allows for a faster restart of Windows 95 if you hold the shift key?

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  • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’d totally forgotten this trick - I used to use this when I was a kid after I heard about it. Was never quite sure if it was real because I remember being told to use it in Win 98 too and it didn’t do anything afaik.

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  • rycee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wow, I’ve never heard of this fast restart feature before. Did it disappear after Windows 95?

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    • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t recall but given the changes to the underlying components, I’d take it lasted at most up tp Windows 98.

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      • rycee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Very interesting and makes sense that it was something that was only possible due to the particulars of Windows 9x.

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