What does Windows 1.0 actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Windows 1.0 shipped with several programs, including MS DOS file management, Paint, Windows Writer, Notepad, Calculator, Calendar, Card File, a clock, and the game Reversi. At the time, Microsoft and ...

Windows 1.0 debuted nearly 34 years ago, on November 20, 1985. It consisted of a 16-bit graphical shell plopped on top of MS-DOS. Microsoft intended it to be used with a keyboard, but mouse ...

But Windows 1.0 was marketed as an upgrade for people already running MS-DOS — and, in fact, it ran on top of MS-DOS, so anybody who wanted Windows had to have MS-DOS installed first.

And recently he discovered a never-before-seen secret in Windows 1.0 RTM (the RTM stands for “ release to manufacturing ”).

A lot has changed since then, and when we try to look back, we come across a few fond remembrances. Called Windows Throwback theme, this Windows 1.0 theme reminds us of the ‘good old times’.

And hey, if this trip back in time has you nostalgic, you can try out Windows 1.0 at pcjs.org, which runs emulations of both 1.01 and the 1.0 Premiere Edition on its website.

At BleepingComputer, he covers technology news with a strong focus on Microsoft and Windows-related stories. He is always poking under the hood of Windows, looking for the latest secrets to reveal.

Microsoft is teaming up with Netflix to promote Stranger Things season 3 with a new Windows 1.11 app. It’s available for Windows 10 PCs, and it’s a nostalgic trip back to 1985.