Mum Tries Out Windows Chicago Build 73g (1993)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- This time around Diana uses 3 different computers at once. On one laptop computer she has windows 3.11 (August 1993) and on the other Windows 95 (1995). She is testing Windows Chicago build 73 (an early version of windows 95 built on 2nd December 1993) on the main desktop computer while comparing it to where it came from (Windows 3.11) to where it was headed (Windows 95). Many differences are discovered and it was quite interesting to see Windows 95 and Windows 3.11 mixed into each other with Windows Chicago.
Tasks Given:
What time is it?
Write, save and open a text document
What's 84/2 (She came up with her own though...)
Change the desktop background
Turn off your computer
More Info on Chicago Builds Here: en.wikipedia.or...
The mother in this video uses Windows XP (2001) as her main OS. Would you like to see her try out Linux, Mac, Windows, OS/2 or other operating systems through history such as AmigaOS? Then give your suggestions in the comments section. Give this video lots of likes, views, favorites and comments if you want my mum to try out other operating systems. I am open to any operating system suggestions you give especially if these videos go semi-viral (over 100,000 views). This channel is dedicated to me "introducing" people (mum, dad, me) to different operating systems they have never used before and leaving them to suffer in confusion struggling to do anything in an unknown computer environment... or see if these other operating systems are better than Microsoft Windows.
I love how patient your mother is with going through all the different OS's.
"None of my daily archive videos are supposed to go public"
You now have a channel dedicated to your daily archive videos... :)
Your not just a smiley blue face...
:)
Victor Tran omg
th-cam.com/channels/CD3mx0y2KSbD0eFJ0WGOBg.html
And now he uploads monthly archive videos virtually going over every moment of his life... I'm from the future... sorry...
Well I started in early 2008 and so far it takes almost 500 gig. It contains a few other pre archive videos too going back as far as 1998. It's mainly so I can look back at any point of my life and remember what I did and why.
Love your videos. Been watching them back-to-back. Learning about operating systems I've never even heard of :)
Wow, ever since she heard of Minecraft, she thinks that EVERYTHING that has 'mine' in it is somehow related to it.
NEX H5 which video?
TheStargazerMC Did you think I would still know after over a year? Lol.
Windows 8 beta was named "Redstone," on the topic on Minecraft.
@@stutavagrippa8690 I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the Windows 10 Anniversary ("Redstone") Update.
@@stutavagrippa8690 Not quite; Redstone was the codename for Windows 10 updates from 2016 to 2018, after Threshold and before the biannual naming scheme.
I don't believe there was ever a version of Windows 8 called Redstone.
Yeah before we started making these videos we thought for ages what accent to use and decided this one would be the best....maybe we might use another accent in the next video, just for variety. ;) :p
Yea but not professional ones. Stuff like unboxing products, checking out early builds of operating systems and reviewing certain days of my jobs/life or going for walks to review life/tech/houses/cars in the present (soon to be past) They aren't edited and meant for public viewing... Just for myself :)
fun fact: the left windows 3.1 button is still there in windows 10 but it's invisible and the double click still works
The left Windows 3.1 button is the window icon on Windows on Windows 10 :)
TeraByte omg It works
u right!
Since 1993! I discovered that on my own while playing ROBLOX once
I just realized that it's the same!
It's good to keep in mind that Windows 3.0, which 3.11 is just an update of, was released in 1990... 5 years before 95 and 3 years before 3.11 so it wasn't as quick of a change as you imply here.
That's a very interesting video. Great to see the road from 3.11 to 95. Now I finally know the history of the menu that pops up when you click the left side of the title bar in 95 and later. I never used 3.11, but I used the feature to double click the left side of the title bar to close a window a lot. Nice feature on a big screen and your mouse pointer is on the left side of the screen. Saves a lot moving around with the mouse. I never knew it was actually the way to close windows in 3.11.
Yes we used a vm, trust me... She's not that outdated :D
OSFirstTimer yay
Freind
😄
Bruh we have the same pug profile picture lol
15:35 she predicated the search bar/button being next to the Start button in Windows 10 & 11 on the magnifier glass icon part!!!
Tell her, "Oh don't worry about the search bar thing, Windows 10 is coming out with a search bar! It's name is Cortana!"
BlueLemonade You can still have her, and make it look like an icon.
BlueLemonade Yeah
BlueLemonade Use small icons. It looks like a magnifying glass.
+A Christian Gamer lol, nice name.
+BlueLemonade it doesn't look ugly, actually, you just hate Microsoft's products.. :P
those three buttons are like in 10 when theres Start, Search, and the Task View.
"Blue Screen of Death ;)" xD I can't stop laughing!
FYI... During development, there's lots of changes being made to the code, and developers are compiling / building the code relatively frequently to incorporate all the changes. Every time the code is compiled, the build number is incremented. Build 73 is, well, the 73rd build. Obviously higher build numbers were released later in the development cycle. Every released version also has a build number which you can find in Help - About in Explorer.
I'm your 52,500th subscriber! :D
wow your cool
Icon of 'My computer' on Chicago desktop has BSOD!
When people request to "try out longhorn" they are referring to the non publically released 2004 version before the development reset. The idea is that the direction longhorn in 2004 was going was amazing but then the development reset made them restart and practically develop vista which looked very different to longhorn. Many people are still longhorn fans today wishing that Microsoft didnt do the development reset and turn longhorn into vista. That's why there are longhorn themes for download
going back to my windows 7 desktop makes me feel so happy.:D
Same
Windows 95 on my MacBook. Yes, I've got exactly the same one. The only differences are mine has an SSD and I'm running Mountain Lion on it. I bought it second hand only two months ago and immediately installed ML on it. I think it's the cheapest and slowest ML compatible Mac you can buy (I'm sure it's the oldest ML compatible white MacBook), but it works great. It's my only system and I use it every day.
BTW, you really changed a lot. Unbelievable how much you changed in just a few years.
I can't believe they put BSOD on the my computer icon
17:15 welp, my computer has that same processor (Core 2 Duo) and only 3GB of RAM
Feels good man
Thanks. I forgot about the fact that Microsoft can work on a future version of windows while a previous one is still in development. I wish all builds were leaked so we could see even earlier task bars.
three things-
Whenever she is trying linux add a task - Install and run a new application
In windows 7/8 there still is a shutdown help C:
Keep up good work
Every now and then a build of Chicago or any other Microsoft operating systems will be "leaked". This was one of the builds that snuck out ;)
We don't do command based operating systems anymore... Check out the arch linux video if you want to know why.
when your talking about the "movable taskbar" dont forget that this feature was taken from 3.11 at the time because 3.11 you could move the minimized icons throughout the screen so still another feature is the startbar and the thing at the bottom are clashes of 3.11 and 95
4:29, a bit like the Windows 8.1 start menu
He gets most of these Operating Systems by downloading them (online) and putting the OS files on a Virtual Machine and Emulates them (I think)
Correct
Matt L. He uses vm ware
Do you still regularly use your Macintosh MacBook? (I had one the white one recently but it was severely slow on Vista and 10.6 ...I was going to refurbish for myself by putting an SSD and giving the unofficial 6GBs of RAM, but then I purchased the 15" Retina MacBook Pro). Btw, I really love your videos and your detail on going over even the almost not known OSs and let a regular user try it and give an opinion, its really good feed back. Thanks!
We most likely will do some linux distros before we go back to betas of windows.
fun fact: windows 95 setup gives you the option to use program manager instead of taskbar
no Setup needed, u can still choose after install if u wanna start the Explorer or the old programmanager.
Looking at the Scottie dog background makes me hypnotized
IOS 6 on ipad 2 and windows 8 pro on a Microsoft surface pro are coming as soon as the surface pro is released in Australia.
Okay - Just thought I'd let you know in case you didn't know :)
It would be pretty cool to have more leaked builds! Wonder if some of the original Windows 95 developers have any old builds they'd be willing to share :P
9 years late.
But try to ask "Dave's Garage" TH-camr.
He's a Windows developer back in MSDOS days until Windows XP
I worked at McDonald's and saved for 8 months not spending a single cent until I bought that Mac.
Windows Chicago Build 73g (1993) on a desktop/laptop.
Not laptop, desktop.
I actually accidentally clicked shutdown alot of times.... I'm glad they added the cancel button.
And this is Philip's AWESOME computer.
It was called Chicago because of "Where do you want to go today?"
woah how come you make a video every day of your life!? where do you keep them all? must take up a lot of space? :)
Yes, thanks I am aware of this ;) I just wish all builds were leaked so we could see Chicago looking even more like windows 3.11
People complained when they removed the word "Start", but who knew it all began with just the windows logo...
The Start and Find buttons were the only Chicago buttons that made it into Windows 10
I believe "Winpad.exe" was support for the light pen technology available in those days. It was the prerequisite to resistive touchscreens. Perhaps the device suggested in the Winpad.exe icon was just another pointing device.
A lot of people may not realise, but that Win3 close button is still in Windows today, even on 10. I'll still use it to double click something off all the time, depends what my mouse is closest too.
On Windows 10 with "classic" win32 software, the button is always there but may not be visible, like on the explorer. There's no icon, no nothing, but still clickable if you know it's there.
I think I like not having a close button in the corner that you can just readily click on. The arrow key seems to snap to corners sometimes and you can bump the right mouse button and close an important document. Convenience isn't always logical.
it would say "would you like to save?" when you tried to close an unsaved document.
Progman.exe is the main window you see in Windows 3.1. It was also present in the final release of Windows 95 and I believe it survived until Windows XP.
you inspirert me to draw all windows versions in human form
Windows Chicago 95 was released in 1994! It made a start menu instead of 3 start buttons.
you can still close the Win9x Programs/ Windows in Windows 10 on the top left by double click like in WFW311. so this never disappeared. and the arrows in the top Right Corner of a WFW311 Windows were also meant to minimize / maximize, like the new Icons in Win9x suggest, but in an older understanding.
Anybody remember OS2 by IBM? It had vrc
Yup. OS/2 Warp 4 was fun to mess with.
VMware, I'm not really a virtual box fan.
OSFirstTimer me either it sucks
Virtual box needs 3GB VMvare only 1GB
Pepole say VMware is heavy... Idk if thats true
I use both though
I use vmware workstation 10
Lol yes I meant to say virtual machine :) I used vmware fusion for Mac to run windows 95
Task List acctually became task manager
interesting never saw this build of windows.. nice find..
This Chicago build of taskbar is used to store folders and files by default. I think you can change it to Task List (running programs) by right clicking and select Properties. You should find the option. (Or maybe it's in another build?). That's why the program shrinks down. Is there another sophisticated way to access the program? I mean, is the Program folder on the desktop doesn't work? There's two Notepad s because it's 16/32 bit OS.
Sabayon Linux! Available with Gnome, KDE, XFCE, E17 and maybe more. They also come with a XBMC session available on the login screen.
Something totally hilarious, that way of closing windows in still avaible on Windows 8, if you click on the top left corner of a window the exact same menu will pop out and if you double click the window will close!
I'm lost...
***** yes i found it on widnows 7 too
Why do I find this vid so fascinating? can't quite put my finger on it.... Good Vid :)
I agree
Was that a Guitar Pro 6 icon I saw?
Is there a version based on gentoo with a GUI?
Flux is not an operating system but i have tried it on my ipad and it made reading at night time much easier and less bright on the eyes,
Matt L, you are right.
notice that recycle bin in chicago says recycle.bin
Lol
LOL
Why is everyone lol-ing? Its a .bin file nothing to laugh about
This is because of the 8.3 file extension limitation. It was later implemented as "Recycle bin" when long file names was supported.
I'm sorry, I have an agreement with youtube and I'm not allowed to upload or link to copyrighted materials or youtube will take this channel down without warning. A few google searches for builds of Chicago for download though should push you in the right direction... There are preinstalled vmware images of Chicago available to download.
This is correct. However, the materials may be copyrighted, but its not illegal to download and use them without paying... The expiration date has ended many, many years ago.. And the software is not longer maintained...
Btw many youtubers are posting download links of copyright protected stuff (most of it cause of the expiration date)... The agreement with youtube you talk about has every youtuber, me too... but youtube is hazy about this certain policies... and to the point about music and video's (copyrighted content does not affect your channel after a claim).. So i suggest you edit it into your video's, and youtube stays calm :)
There is an earlier build leaked named "Chicago 58s" and an earlier one named "Chicago 56"
it's also alpha code, the PDK2 (Preliminary Developer's Kit 2).
You make a video every day of your life? cool!
The "start menu" in Chicago wasn't at the time a start menu as we know it in Windows 95 and onwards. It was probably more like the Apple menu in Mac OS.
The Start Menu dit his entrance exactly two builds after 79g of Chicago!
INTEL CORE 2 DUO STILL ROCKS IN 2019!!!
they went back to what they were going to do with the start button
Me: Ok Diana dont say yeah
Her: yeah
Computer shutdown by software has been implemented in Windows OSs since Windows 98 and this feature needs at least an ATX motherboard. Older AT motherboards does not support this feature and need manual shutdown from a tower.
The whole 'there should be a help button' thing.. there is.. it's called the F1 button.
MC started in May 2009. You could not do like anything. Then, there were the 0. Versions and survivaltests. After 0.30, they made indev, then infdev. In 2010, it hit alpha and ir became more popular. In 2011, it hit beta, which is when you started to see more on YT, coestar being an exception. In 2012 it was "released", but versions are still coming out.
THIS WAS 11 YEARS AGO?!? I THOUGHT THIS RELEASED IN 2017 😭😭😭
Wherever I can find it... There's no one place.
Did Chicago limit the amour of characters you could use i a filename, the way 3.1 did?
Windows 95 started in 1993 as Chicago and in 1994 Chicago was renamed Windows 95.
Where do you get all these old beta operating systems? Also, where do you find out about all the linux distributions?
windows 10 now have a huge search box next to the start button.
The accident would be accidentally clicking on it after pressing the wrong button (Win).
your toshiba laptop with windows 3.1 is the same laptop that i have at home! you also have an original macbook, always the same as mine (this surprised me)
I can't think of one right now but windows RT gets me pretty angry.
Did anyone else hear Diana say "Why is it-chicago-build 7-3? Her voice was cut off!
I still double clicks the top left (often unvisible) icon to close applications in Windows 7.
Where did you get the disc image file (Floppy Disk Img, Virtual Hard Disk, ISO) from?
"Looks like a Minecraft game" Oh my god you play Minecraft.
thats minesweeper
Fun Fact: Did you know that Windows 8.1 is actually Windows 9 because it goes
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and thats why they did not make Windows 9
how did you intall where did you download it that os called basic with the blue background what the commordoor 64 and the pdp had
Wow Diana predicted the magnifying glass in windows 10
Notice the taskbar is slightly like windows 7?
You forgot build 58s, the first leaked Chicago build as of now.
1:24 Blue Screen Of Death ;)
It does the curtain thing in Windows 98.
I miss MSN when it was a proper Online Service like AOL.
***** Time Warner Cable? lol what're you on meth right now?
But now it's a site on internet explorer
The "Task List" still exists in 95; just hidden. Run taskman
Don't forget to do backups :)