Office, Games, and Paint missing (Win 95) - do I need to reinstall windows entirely? \ VOGONS

Office, Games, and Paint missing (Win 95) - do I need to reinstall windows entirely?

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First post, by kaolinitedreams

Posted on 2024-08-16, 16:29

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Just like the title above, I am missing office, games, and paint in Win 95. I would really like these installed on my machine if at all possible without wiping the drive. This particular computer was originally owned by the Seagate corporation (it's in the registration information,) and I would really want to avoid loosing this coolness factor.

Is there any way to do this from the Win 95 install disks?

Reply 1 of 2, by leileilol

Posted on 2024-08-16, 16:47

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Office never shipped with Win95, that's usually an OEM complementary either provided on their system, restore discs or separate discs.

The basic games and paint though, that can be reinstalled through checking accessories components in the Windows Setup tab of the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet. It'll prompt for a Win95 CD. Clearly the people at Seagate wanted to maximize productivity...

If you're looking for "3D pinball", that's part of Microsoft Plus!

If possible, it'd be cool to "backup" the install by making a msbatch.inf off on a floppy somewhere so you can reinstall with seagate's deployment preferences. I forget if the Win95 resource kit had a tool for that, but Win98se certainly did.

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Reply 2 of 2, by kaolinitedreams

Posted on 2024-08-17, 03:33

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leileilol wrote on 2024-08-16, 16:47:
Office never shipped with Win95, that's usually an OEM complementary either provided on their system, restore discs or separate […]
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Office never shipped with Win95, that's usually an OEM complementary either provided on their system, restore discs or separate discs.

The basic games and paint though, that can be reinstalled through checking accessories components in the Windows Setup tab of the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet. It'll prompt for a Win95 CD. Clearly the people at Seagate wanted to maximize productivity...

If you're looking for "3D pinball", that's part of Microsoft Plus!

If possible, it'd be cool to "backup" the install by making a msbatch.inf off on a floppy somewhere so you can reinstall with seagate's deployment preferences. I forget if the Win95 resource kit had a tool for that, but Win98se certainly did.

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