Microsoft originally planned for NT 4.0 to be just a simple "Shell Update Release" to integrate the Windows 95 GUI with Windows NT 3.51's kernel. Named after the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
this codename is also visible from Windows 95 OSR in its version of DOS 7 - before any EXEs or windows is loaded the words: Microsoft (R) Memphis - are loaded into memory, although on the disc they are encrypted.A window opens with the credits for Windows 98.Still holding the Control key, drag another line from Memphis to Redmond, Washington Hold the Control key and drag a line with the mouse cursor from Memphis, Egypt (or maybe Cairo, codename of Windows NT 4 - the map is too small to tell) to Memphis, Tennessee.Open the "Regional Settings" control panel.The codename was the key to activating an easter egg in Windows 98: A writer for Maximum PC suggested that "Detroit" and other Windows 95-era names were answers to the question posed by Microsoft's "Where do you want to go today?" marketing campaign. The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago - in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago". Internet Explorer, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 Versions were internally dubbed "Windows 3.2".
Goal was to add a 32-bit virtual memory manager to Windows 3.1. Along with Win32s, this was one of the first steps towards moving the Windows desktop to a 32-bit code base. Windows 3.1 (16-bit) with enhanced networking designed to work particularly well as a client with the new Windows NT.Īlthough this release was still 16-bit Windows, it included a 32-bit TCP/IP stack (when running on compatible hardware). Windows 3.1 Windows 3.11, and Windows 3.2 (China only, 1994)