What is Windows 95? -- Ignore this chapter on computer parts (because you'll probably come back to it later) -- Out of the box and onto the hard drive (installation chores) -- Windows 95 stuff everybody thinks you already know -- Starting Windows 95 -- Field guide to Windows 95 buttons, bars, boxes, folders, and files -- Moving the windows around -- I can't find it! -- Sharing information (moving around words, pictures, and sounds) -- Customizing Windows 95 (fiddling with the control panel) -- The Windows 95 desktop, start button, and taskbar -- Those scary explorer and my computer programs -- The free programs! -- Uh, how do I run my old DOS programs? -- Make Windows 95 work like my "old" Windows! -- Just tell me the "easy" way!

The case of the broken window -- Error messages (what you did does not compute) -- Help on the Windows 95 help system -- Ten new Windows 95 features worth checking out -- Ten aggravating things about Windows 95 (and how to fix them) -- Ten expensive things you can do to make Windows 95 better -- Ten atrocious acronyms -- Ten Windows 95 icons and what they do -- Appendix. Removing Windows 95.