SuperPack, which includes an assortment of screensavers, themes, and games, as well as multimedia applications.

features that enhance the base operating system or provide utility are generally included free of charge in the next release of Windows.

[6] It included Space Cadet Pinball, the Internet Jumpstart Kit (which was the introduction of Internet Explorer 1.0), DriveSpace 3 and Compression Agent disk compression utilities, the initial release of theme support along with a set of 12 themes, dial-up networking server, dial-up scripting tool, and the graphical improvements such as anti-aliased screen fonts, full-window drag, the ability to stretch or shrink the wallpaper to fit the screen and high color icons.

A utility to notify the user of low disk space (DiskAlm.exe) also ran as part of System Agent.

for Windows 95 was initially marketed for adding features for "high-performance computers", the minimum system requirements were an 80386 CPU with 8 megabytes of RAM.

[citation needed] Later releases of Windows 95 (OSR2 and onwards) included DriveSpace 3 and Internet Explorer 3.0.

for Kids pack (albeit with a different startup sound) and three additional exclusive desktop themes is installable on this operating system via the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.

The screen-saver and wallpaper files include images from the Codex Leicester, which Microsoft co-founder, then CEO Bill Gates bought in 1994.

It also contained a "picture picker" along with clipart, fonts, 10 new desktop themes, and Protect It!, a parental controls program.

release from the Microsoft Home and Entertainment division rather than the Windows Operating System development group.

98 included eighteen new desktop themes (some of which were based on popular comics such as FoxTrot and Garfield[7]), along with new programs and tools for Windows 98.

An "organic art" 3D screensaver rendered unique infinite 3D visual shapes.

[7] A Start Menu cleanup utility was added to Windows 98's Maintenance Wizard.

ZIP file integration with Windows Explorer was first introduced with this version under the name of "compressed folders".

New games, such as Microsoft Golf 1998 Lite, Lose Your Marbles and the now popular Spider Solitaire were also part of Plus!

[7] A Deluxe CD Player with CDDB support[7] and a basic "express" version of Picture It!

It is recommended to run the Desktop Themes control panel (THEMES.EXE) in Windows 98/Me compatibility mode, to avoid crashes.

This product version focused more on utility features for photos, music and movies rather than including the more traditional Plus!

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 includes some of the themes and screensavers from Microsoft Plus!

for Windows XP, as it retains the Aquarium, Da Vinci, Nature and Space themes.

Digital Media Edition, namely, Audio Converter, CD Label Maker, Dancer and Party Mode and the My Pictures Premium screensaver.