Windows 10: Removing Windows XP and installing Windows 95

Hi,I have an older HP Compaq 8000 that has Windows XP on it. My 9 year old son is obsessed with "older technology" and asked me to buy him a Windows 95 disk to install on the Compaq. The problem I am having is that when trying to boot install from the cd it tells me that it cannot, and I need to do it in DOS. He doesn't want to do anything with the Windows 95, he just wants to hear the alerts and see what it looks like for himself. I also do not have the Windows XP disk anymore as the computer is over 12 years old. This is his computer to mess up, tear up and learn on. Any help would be great

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windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx

 

Map Windows 7 Shared Folder to Win 95

Okay .. I figured it all out.

Configuring Windows 95 so it can map Windows 7 shared folders.

You need to update Windows 95 so that it can utilitze NTLMv2 network protocols (and use 128 bit encryption for authentification).
Nothing needs to be done on the Windows 7 machine other than sharing a drive or folder.

On the Windows 95 Machine you will need a local account with the same name and password as on the Win7 machine or in the domain.
The Windows 95 computer does not have to be a member computer in the domain (ie. does not need domain authentification)

1) Install the Distributed File System client for Windows 95 (dfs41w95.exe)
2) Install WinSock 2.0 (w95ws2setup.exe)
3) Install Microsoft Dial-Up Network 1.3 (MSDUN13.exe)
(I wasn't sure what msdun13 does to the TCP/IP stack so I reinstalled winsock2.0 again)
4) Install Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 / 32 bit (ie40sp2.exe ... you need this or step #6 will termintate without installing)
5) Install Microsoft Installer 2.0 (InstMsiA.exe .. you need this so Windows 95 knows what to do with the .msi file in the next step)
6) Install Distributed Services Client for Windows 9x (dsclient9x.msi)
7) Go into the registry editor (regedit) and go to ...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control
Create a Key named Lsa
Create a DWORD in Lsa named LMCompatilbility with a hex value of "3".
8) Reboot once more.

Mapping a network drive on a Windows 7 machine should now work.

 

Help: Windows XP fresh install - will not boot

simple

do this:

use vista cd to reformat and reinstall vista

after reformating the computer will start to reboot

at this time remove the vista cd and replace it with your xp cd

its a thing windows has so you cant go back to an older operating system

follow these steps and you should have no problems