[ComputerGuru]

I had completely forgotten about this until you mentioned it! Perhaps the first screenshot (excluding the cover art) at this link will jog someone else’s memory: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/07/encarta-mindmaze-94-95-the...

I have such a soft spot in my heart for Encarta. It really was “knowledge at your fingertips” and so approachable for people of all ages. I archived a copy of the last release (2004, I think?) to share with my own kids someday.

Encarta is so engrained in my mind that when Azure announced a new comprehensive security portal or whatever called “Microsoft Entra,” each and every time I would log in to the Azure Portal and see the banner for that, I would do a double-take and think it was some new knowledgebase-as-a-service offering Microsoft came up with and dared to recycle the venerable Encarta brand for.