#Windows97

2026-02-28

Hello #Fediverse, today’s OS-tan is Windows 97-tan, a lesser-known OS-tan representing Windows 97 which does not exist as an actual OS (or it was as the first test version for 98, Windows Memphis Developer Release). Often called Nana-chan, she’s depicted as a cheerful little girl with brown hair styled in buns with braids.

There is a gag in the era of Windows 7 of her covering up the Kanji on her forehead except for the '7', trying to pass herself off as Windows 7-tan in hopes of rising from obscurity and gaining more recognition.

Although she represents a version of Windows that never officially released, Windows 97-tan has her own storage facility on older OS-tan image vaults.

Her first appearance remains unknown, but she has been suggested as the personified version of Windows 7 in certain translations

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An anime-style character representing Windows 97-tan. She has brown hair styled in two braids. She is wearing a red jacket with a sideways square on her cheat with the colours of the Windows logo, blue shorts, and brown shoes. The Kanji for '97' is on her foreheadAn old post from Futaba Channel. It highlights how according to older Futaba Channel threads, when a character gets popular enough, they receive a dedicated section in image vaults:

The long-awaited Nana-chan storage room is finally complete! The storage facility is proof of popularity, so today is the day Nana-chan is so popular. This is the anniversary that has been proven to the entire universe. Hehe, with this it'll be fine even if the Nana-chan festival happens every day!

Windows 97, un projet qui pousse MS-Windows 3.1x dans ses limites

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