Summary
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| Description |
Screenshot of the Windows 98 SE desktop with the Channel Guide and Welcome to Windows 98 window open. |
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| Source |
Original screenshot uploaded by Koman90, latest version uploaded by Addonian1123. (Source: BetaWiki) |
| Author | Microsoft |
| Portion used |
Entire screen. |
| Low resolution? |
Screenshot has been resized from 1024x768 to 640x480. Due to the small text size, it should not be resize further down. |
Licensing
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Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft.
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Use rationale
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To illustrate the desktop in the section Windows 98. |
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Can only be replaced with another non-free image. |
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| Purpose of use |
To illustrate the desktop in the section 1995–1999: Foray into the Web and other ventures. |
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Can only be replaced with another non-free image. |
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| Purpose of use |
To demonstrate the default Windows 98 desktop. |
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Can only be replaced with another non-free image. |
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 13:31, 19 May 2026 | | 640 × 480 (37 KB) | Addonian1123 (talk | contribs) | Use a lower source resolution combined with the Bicubic Sharper filter; higher resolutions just create excessive empty space rather than providing more detail. I’m switching from 1280x960 to 1024x768 (both downscaled to 640x480) because the native Windows 98 UI elements do not scale, and Bicubic Sharper helps maintain crisp edges on the taskbar and menus, preventing them from appearing blurry or washed out in the wasted space. |
| 04:49, 13 April 2024 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (73 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Ditto, used Bilinear instead. | |
| 04:48, 13 April 2024 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (131 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated with nothing installed, however updates were installed before EOL. Also used 1280x960, resized to 640x480 to make everything still readable. | |
| 13:51, 23 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 365 × 274 (59 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Fixed up Channel Guide. A bug exists in Active Desktop that causes the icons go smaller in some cases. On this screenshot, it's fixed. | |
| 06:19, 23 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 364 × 273 (58 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updating screenshot to the point Windows 98 got all of it's system and app updates installed before it's EOL. Also included the Welcome to Windows window. | |
| 08:30, 12 May 2017 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (40 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 11:13, 18 November 2014 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (20 KB) | Chungy (talk | contribs) | Clean install with the default installation options, all the default icons displayed, and the channel bar visible. | |
| 14:13, 29 August 2013 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (6 KB) | Lunavorax (talk | contribs) | Compressed using PNGOUT | |
| 23:43, 4 June 2013 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (15 KB) | Emarsee (talk | contribs) | Uploading screenshot with full colour Windows 98 icons | |
| 14:36, 23 July 2011 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (5 KB) | Koman90 (talk | contribs) |
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