Microsoft had marketed Windows 98 as a 'tune-up' to Windows 95, rather than an entirely improved next generation of Windows. Windows 98 was the first edition of Windows to adopt the Windows Driver Model, and introduced features that would become standard in future generations of Windows, such as Disk Cleanup, Windows Update, multi-monitor support, and Internet Connection Sharing. Most of its improvements were cosmetic or designed to improve the user experience, but there were also a handful of features introduced to enhance system functionality and capabilities, including improved USB support and accessibility, as well as support for hardware advancements such as DVD players.

Windows 98 is a web-integrated operating system that bears numerous similarities to its predecessor. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid 16-bit and 32-bit monolithic product with the boot stage based on MS-DOS. The second operating system in the 9x line, it is the successor to Windows 95, and was released to manufacturing on May 15, 1998, and generally to retail on June 25, 1998.

Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Windows 98 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 12, 1999) Second Edition ( A) / May 5, 1999 24 years ago ( )

Screenshot of Windows 98, displaying its desktop, taskbar and channel bar

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