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13 images that you’ll get if you grew up with the old Windows

If you had a huge tower and a 15-inch screen that took up ¾ of your desk, you must’ve had the earlier versions of Windows. You know all the versions of Windows without exception. You’ve used Windows 95 and 98, and you know all about Windows XP.

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Here are 13 signs that show that you grew up with an older version of Windows:
1. Spending hours searching for drivers on the internet

“USB device not recognized

One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.”

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Before, if you lost the installation CD, your printer wouldn’t work.

2. Kazaa, Shareaza, Limewire: pirating on the internet

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You were the pirate king on the internet with these software programs.

3. After getting the internet: here’s what your browser looked like.

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Having toolbars all over the browser.

4. Internet Explorer

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You browsed the internet with Internet Explorer.

5. Using Windows Media Player to burn CDs

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Back then, it was the only way a CD could be played on a stereo.

6. Paint: or how you learned to draw on Windows.

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To pass the time, nothing could beat drawing with Paint.

7. The 3 best games of the time: Pinball 3D, Motocross Madness, and Encarta.

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At the time, your favorite pastime was playing these three games.

8. The disk

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The “memory stick” at the time was the floppy disk, which was handy for filling up with pictures of your friends.

9. The paper clip

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The paper clip really was unnecessary and never really helped anyone.

10. The search dog from Windows XP

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Everyone has asked the Windows XP search dog questions.

11. The famous desktop wallpaper

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This beautiful landscape was used as everyone’s desktop wallpaper.

12. The start menu that looked like this:

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13. The Windows 95 screen saver

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You tried to make it to the end of the Windows 95 screen saver. This maze was really huge.