Stipulation and Order

Microsoft and the Department of Justice agree to the following conditions of the consent decree:

  1. Microsoft provides to all OEMs the option of licensing Windows 95 with Internet Explorer removed through the Add/Remove Program function, and also the option to licensing Windows 95 with the Internet Explorer icon removed from the desktop, and the file entitled IEXPLORE.EXE marked as hidden.
  2. If an OEM chooses either of these options under the preliminary injunction, the terms of their license will hold until their license expires, or 90 days after the termination of the preliminary injunction, whichever is shorter.
  3. Microsoft will make available to OEMs who choose not to install the OEM Service Release 2.5 (OSR 2.5)  the separate component upgrades which will bring OSR 2.0 to the functional level of 2.5 except for the code running I.E..  Microsoft states that OSR 2.0 with the additional code is functionally equivalent to OSR 2.5 except for I.E. functionality.
  4. Compliance with these terms will be considered full compliance with the terms of the preliminary injunction.