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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

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304 points mooreds | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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xeromal ◴[17 Nov 24 20:41 UTC] No.42167034[source]▶
I love that little nugget of info at the end. You could originally run excel standalone without an OS and it came with windows 2.1 bundled
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simonjgreen ◴[17 Nov 24 22:28 UTC] No.42167941[source]▶
Most interesting part of the whole thing for me! The later WinPE environments are some of the most overlooked computer environments out there but they were absolutely everywhere. EPOS, ATMs, digital signage, vending machines.

And of course the subject of so many BSOD photos…

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heraldgeezer ◴[17 Nov 24 23:40 UTC] No.42168352[source]▶
>The later WinPE environments are some of the most overlooked computer environments out there but they were absolutely everywhere. EPOS, ATMs, digital signage, vending machines.

Those are probably CE and not PE?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Compact

or Embed based on CE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_IoT#Embedded_family

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1. simonjgreen ◴[18 Nov 24 06:53 UTC] No.42170357[source]▶
Actually yes, what I more specifically meant was WinXP Embedded and family.