Windows 95 build 81

Windows 95 build 81 is an internal Milestone 5 build of Windows 95.
While the build itself is real, some copies found online are said to have a modified boot screen saying "January 1994". The unmodified copy still has the "November 1993" boot screen, identical to builds 73f and 73g.
== New features and changes ==
* Setup has been slightly updated, and the "Please wait while Setup initiates" message is moved to the center of the screen.
*This build introduces support for the Sound Blaster 16, although it does not work correctly until build 180.
=== Shell features ===
*This build is the earliest available build to have a single Start button and menu enabled by default (though builds 73f and 73g also have it, it is disabled by default and there is no UI to enable it).
*This build now has the ubiquitous close button on the right side of window titlebars, instead of using the style from Windows 3.1. The button in the top-left corner has now been replaced with the application's icon, which functions the same as its predecessor. This feature remains until nowadays.
*Tray Properties is now renamed to "Taskbar Properties" and has the ability to re-minimize windows.
*Selected options now have shadow effect on the text instead of bold.
*Some icons have been updated, such as the CD-ROM icon and the Control Panel icon.
*The option to view as Detail/Folder view on the Explorer has been removed from the upper toolbar.
*Shutdown Windows renamed all references of "Windows" to "Chicago".
Windows95-4.0.81-Explorer.png|Windows Explorer in build 81
Windows95-4.0.73g-Explorer.png|Windows Explorer in build 73g for comparison
Windows95-4.0.81-Shutdown.png|Shutting down in build 81
Win95-73g-Shutdown.png|Shutting down in build 73g for comparison
Windows95-4.0.81-TaskbarProperties.png|Taskbar Properties in build 81
Windows95-4.0.73f-TaskbarSettings.png|Taskbar Properties in build 73g for comparison
=== Application features ===
*Dr. Watson has been removed and no longer starts up on boot.
*This build includes the System Monitor, which serves to monitor CPU activity and replaces the WinMeter application later on.
=== Control Panel features ===
*The Color applet has been merged with the Display applet (which was renamed from Desktop) as the Appearance tab.
*The Advanced System applet has also been merged with the System applet as the Device Manager tab.
*There is now a new "New Device" applet to allow the user to easily install hardware onto the system.
Windows95-4.0.81-DisplayAppearance.png|Appearance tab in Display
Windows95-4.0.81-DeviceManager.png|Device Manager tab in System Properties
Windows95-4.0.81-AddHardware.png|New Device Wizard
== Bugs and quirks ==
* Various video cards (such as S3 86c928, Tseng w32, and XGA) cannot use 800x600 at true color or 1024x768 with 65536 colors and Windows will complain about insufficient video memory even if the video card has 2MB of video memory or more. ATI Mach32 is not affected.
== File differences ==
== Gallery ==
2018-01-10 191036.png|Setup
2018-01-10 191331.png|First boot screen
Windows95-4.0.73f-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows95-4.00.81-SystemProperties.png|System Properties
Windows95-4.0.81-SystemMonitor.png|System Monitor
Windows95-4.0.81-Demo.png|Demo
2018-01-10 194840.png|Safe to shutdown screen
Category:Windows 95 builds