How Microsoft Windows came to dominate PC operating systems

From solitaire to its iconic start button and startup sounds, productivity apps, gaming and corporate computing, Windows changed the way we use computers. CNBC takes a look back at over three decades of Windows and how it came to be the dominant PC operating system worldwide.

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