Mircrosoft Windows 95 promotion video circa 1995. One of the many TV commercials to boost the sales of the new operating system. ...more

Aug 24, 1995 · Posting this video to the Internet Archive for Windows 95's 27th Anniversary (August 24th, 2022). Windows 95 was launched on August 24th, 1995, and it is the first OS to …

Aug 23, 2025 · The Start button and Taskbar, introduced in Windows 95, remain core components of today’s Windows operating systems. The concept of multitasking seamlessly …

Nov 21, 2025 · On August 24, 1995, Microsoft launched Windows 95 with one of the most iconic marketing campaigns in tech history. To promote the new Start button, Microsoft licensed The …

In my book, Strategy First, I tell a brief account of the Windows 95 "Start Me Up" story; how Microsoft came up with the idea and acquired the rights to the iconic Rolling Stones song for …

“Start me up and I’ll never stop,” shouted Mick Jagger, and so far that promise has held. Well, apart from the occasional blue screen of death. It had been a long road to launch, twisting and …

It was August 1995. The commercial was for Windows 95, and the story goes that Bill Gates got the idea from the “start button” feature on the launch screen. Gates was said to have …

Aug 24, 2025 · Microsoft ’s momentous Windows 95 operating system became available to the public on this day 30 years ago. Computing enthusiasts were queuing around the block at …

Aug 24, 2025 · I think I finally understand why my mind so often wanders back to that picture-perfect day in Redmond, Washington, and the Windows 95 launch event on August 24, 1995.

Aug 24, 2023 · Speaking of people getting paid, the most visible part of the Windows 95 promotion was Microsoft's TV commercials, which used The Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" …