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Old Feb 24, 2015 | 11:40 pm
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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
By the way, does anyone know why every version of Windows since ME has included less and less features such as sounds and screensavers?
All the versions newer than ME (XP, and onward) were descended from the business line of products (Windows NT) and not the consumer products (95/98/ME) -- a lot of the fluffier media packs got dropped then, and some since as being dated.

Most of them will still run on a newer version (not sure if 32-bit screen savers will run on 64-bit versions, but the 32-bit Win98 screen savers definitely ran on XP), and can be copied over if you really want them. I kind of miss the dinosaur mouse pointer scheme...
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