It was an interesting time with Windows 95 being shipped without IE or a TCP/IP stack by default. This lead to needing to install stuff like Trumpet Winsock.

It was an interesting time with Windows 95 being shipped without IE or a TCP/IP stack by default. This lead to needing to install stuff like Trumpet Winsock. This mirrored the local networking capabilities between Windows 3.x and 3.11 Windows for workgroups. Eventually, Microsoft would realize the need to include all of this by default in Windows, which led to the antitrust suit.