Rejected Names for Windows 95

01. Stayfree MaxiWindows

02. Windows Ultra Bold

03. Hootie and the Windows

04. Sugar Frosted Toasted Honey Windows

05. The Artist Formerly Known as Windows 3.11

06. OS/2 Lite

07. Microsoft Robert

08. McWindows

09. Mighty Morphin' Power Windows

10. Start Me Up. Restart Me. Restart Me. Restart Me.

11. Bill's Interactive Graphical Architecture Software System (rejected because they didn't like the acronym)

12. H O L L Y W I N D O W S (In big White letters across a mountain or hill on the front of the Box)

13. Windows Wheneverwegetaroundtopublishingit

14. Windows 90210 - it doesn't really do what it's supposed to, but teenage girls will like you when you use it.

15. The Ex-File Manager: Trust No One Except Us

16. Computer Hardware Upgrade Starter Kit

17. Late Night With Bill Gates

18. Borgware - resistance is futile

19. Barney: The Operating System That Loves You

20. Apple Turnover

21. We'll BILL You and Windows $95 (upgrade)

22. Plan 9 from Microsoft

23. Windows for Weebles

24. Microsoft should have licensed from Paramount the name "Windows, The Next Generation." Instead of a "Start" button, we would now be using the "Engage" button. "Send To" could be changed to "Beam To." "GPF's" would be referred to as a "Warp Core Breach." DeForrest Kelly could be added to the boot screen, with a wave file claiming, "I'm an Operating System, not a DOS GUI!" Finally, if Microsoft could get him, the next version could be called, "Windows, The Wrath of (Phillipe) Kahn."

25. Safety Windows (It still may break but the pieces won't kill you)

26. Windows 24 (It's more than 16 but less than 32)

27. Windiseltzer + (If you bite off too much NT, use this for relief)

28. Deep Dish Windows (Chicago Style)

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