{"id":147947,"date":"2019-07-09T03:10:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1794860\/"},"modified":"2019-07-09T03:10:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:10:57","slug":"microsoft-releases-retro-windows-app-as-stranger-things-tie-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/09\/microsoft-releases-retro-windows-app-as-stranger-things-tie-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Releases Retro Windows App as \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Tie-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Microsoft tweeted a mysterious ad teasing the next Windows release, but instead of Windows 10 this was Windows 1.0 featuring exciting \u201cnew\u201d tools like the MS-Dos Executive file manager and a clock. Because my brain is so internet-poisoned I just assumed this extremely aesthetic commercial, with its 80s synth vibes and spacey neon pink and turquoise color scheme, was just Microsoft finally catching up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/drown-yourself-beneath-the-vaporwave-1657121\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">vaporwave<\/a>\u00a0phenomenon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Introducing the all-new Windows 1.0, with MS-Dos Executive, Clock, and more!! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/72x72\/1f632.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/72x72\/1f4be.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/guU4QxwsGG\">pic.twitter.com\/guU4QxwsGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Windows (@Windows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Windows\/status\/1145731141695168512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, pretty much everyone else figured it out that this was some kind of nostalgia tie-in to the third season of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. And now that we&#8217;ve spent the holiday weekend binge-watching the newest episodes of the spooky Netflix hit, Microsoft let the cat out of the Upside Down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/windows-111\/9pghpx7zmjrc?ranMID=24542&amp;ranEAID=nOD%2FrLJHOac&amp;ranSiteID=nOD_rLJHOac-nK_VDUJMNVOkDIwctti7IA&amp;epi=nOD_rLJHOac-nK_VDUJMNVOkDIwctti7IA&amp;irgwc=1&amp;OCID=AID2000142_aff_7593_1243925&amp;tduid=%28ir__hyv3z3wzbokfritzkk0sohzn0m2xjmgbux0y6s9b00%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28nOD_rLJHOac-nK_VDUJMNVOkDIwctti7IA%29%28%29&amp;irclickid=_hyv3z3wzbokfritzkk0sohzn0m2xjmgbux0y6s9b00&amp;activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab\"  rel=\"noopener\">Windows 1.11<\/a>\u00a0is a retro <em>Stranger Things<\/em> PC app.<\/p>\n<p>The free app is based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/index.php\" title=\"\u672c\u7db1\u9801\u63d0\u4f9b\u4e00\u500b\u65b9\u4fbf\u7684\u5e73\u53f0, \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b , PHP\u88dc\u7fd2, HTML\u88dc\u7fd2, CSS\u88dc\u7fd2, JavaScript\u88dc\u7fd2, XML, Java\u88dc\u7fd2,Server\u88dc\u7fd2, MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2, \u4e2d\u5b78\u96fb\u8166\u79d1\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2, \u5728\u8077\u4eba\u58eb\u96fb\u8166\u63d0\u5347\u88dc\u7fd2,\u5c08\u696d\u8003\u8a66\u96fb\u8166 \u88dc\u7fd2,\u96fb\u8166\u5716\u50cf\u8a2d\u8a08\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2, gra\">class<\/a>ic version of Windows that first debuted in 1985, the same year as <em>Stranger Things<\/em> season three. While not a completely emulated version of that old operating system, this app lets you toy around with tools like Write and Paint as well as the command prompt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1794867\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-625x351.png?resize=625%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-625x352.png 625w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-141x80.png 141w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things-130x73.png 130w, https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/microsoft-stranger-things.png 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Windows 1.11 contains plenty of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>-specific Easter Eggs, too. Play minigames. Learn more about the puzzling mysteries of the show\u2019s lore. Navigate glitches caused by the Upside Down. \u201cEmbrace the 80s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far as <em>Stranger Things<\/em> #brand promotions go, old Windows comings back is way cooler than New Coke coming back. For more on <em>Stranger Things<\/em> check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/television\/maya-hawke-receives-cute-stranger-things-shoutout-from-her-dad-1794798\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Instagram tribute<\/a> from Maya Hawke\u2019s dad (you know, Ethan Hawke) and pick up some of our favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/toy-tuesday-the-best-stranger-things-toys-1791579\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Stranger Things<\/em> toys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/microsoft-releases-retro-windows-app-as-stranger-things-tie-in-1794860\/\">Microsoft Releases Retro Windows App as \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Tie-In<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Microsoft tweeted a mysterious ad teasing the next Windows release, but instead of Windows 10 this was Windows 1.0 featuring exciting &ldquo;new&rdquo; tools like the MS-Dos Executive file manager and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/microsoft-releases-retro-windows-app-as-stranger-things-tie-in-1794860\/\">Microsoft Releases Retro Windows App as &lsquo;Stranger Things&rsquo; Tie-In<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/09\/microsoft-releases-retro-windows-app-as-stranger-things-tie-in\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2,2110,2955,2047,3102,3045,2077,5072,7],"tags":[364,398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,372,396,403,412,374,411,395,371,405,404,366],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Cuf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148329,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147947\/revisions\/148329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}