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HDTV - Watt usage, Rear Projection/LCD/ or Plasma. . .
If your on the WEB - UNPLUG Your "Plug - N - Play"
I use this one all the time. A real saver...
Right click in a Win95 application's file open box for new, copy, delete, arrange, etc.
Most of Explorer's functions except half the toolbar and no pull down menus. Try it.
I wanted to have a directory named "New Downloads" in Win95, but have the short file name be
just "DOWNLOAD" instead of "NEWDOW~1" which is less than helpful.
The only time short filenames are relevant is in a mixed computing environment, when you're
planning to share files with other users whose systems do not support LFNs. In that case, why not try two things:
The "Send To" quick menu shows only the floppy drives as a destination. You can use
any other disk area or folder as a destination by adding short cuts to the "Send To" folder.
You must add a short cut or a ".LNK" file to that folder; ie:
a short cut to o "Recycle Bin" is great as it will avoid the prompt dialogue
"Do you want to send to Recycle Bin?". Alternatively, any other directory such as
a temp directory.
"Customers"
Customer1
Customer2 etc...
then open that folder and place short cuts to all your customer's individual folders and name
them appropriately. Then when you right click a file icon, your "Send To" quck menu will show
the new "Customers" "Sub menu" and then move to it and you will see a submenu of all
your customer's short cuts.
Windows 95 with SyQuest Drives:
More and more people are asking about using SyQuest IDE drives under Win95.
The following information may be helpful.
The support for SyQuest IDE drives as removable drives started with build 431.
In order to enable the support, one has to put:
In addition, one may find an entry in the IOS.LOG file in the Win95 subdirectory,
in which there will be messages such as:
the IOS.LOG file will disappear and the Win95 file system will be 32-bit.
formatted cartridge inserted when Win95 starts and there must not be another
32-bit module loaded in SYSTEM.INI such as the one provided by DTC for their IDE boards.
"MS-DOS compatibility mode" if C: drive is a removable drive, SCSI or IDE.
Dual Boot Setup for Win95/Win 3.1-WfWG
dual-boot menu function for my DOS 6/Win 3.11 and Win95 systems. This way,
I can choose which system I want to use at boot-up. Doublespace and
Drivespace drives can also be handled with this configuration. Use this
method to continue running your critical programs under
your old DOS/Win system while you're testing Win95.
out Win95 without sacrificing my old system setup. Here are the steps
you can take to duplicate my dual boot installation:
directory, like \WIN31. Copy the \DOS directory to another one as well, like \DOS6 .
\WINDOWS to \WIN31. The "find and replace" command in most word processors makes
this easier, but be sure you save them as text files.
manager "FILE-RUN". As you install WIN95 it will rename your CONFIG.SYS AND
AUTOEXEC.BAT files to CONFIG.DOS and AUTOEXEC.DOS.
When you dual boot it renames them back to CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT..
..and then backs-up the WIN95 versions as .W40.
"select all files *.*" to edit the CONFIG.DOS and AUTOEXEC.DOS files and change
all \WINDOWS references in them to \WIN31, and all \DOS references to \DOS6 .
the [Options] section of your MSDOS.SYS file:
(If you use Doublespace or Drivespace disk compression you must change
both MSDOS.SYS files - one on the boot drive and one in the compressed drive)
BootGUI=1
Network=0
BootMulti=1
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=7 (original DOS as default. Use 1 for Win95 default)
BootMenuDelay=5 (number of seconds to select something else) ;
VIEW - OPTIONS - VIEW - Show All Files, and also unclick "hide MS-DOS
file extensions". Then double-click on the MSDOS.SYS icon and look.
If it doesn't have all the above lines, you'll need to edit this file and put them in.
change the file attributes and then use the notebook editor to insert
the new line(s). Then you'll have to change the attributes back to
their original states when done to protect the file.
mouse button. Select Properties and uncheck the attribute blocks.
Exit and make your text changes, then save the file.
Then put the attribute check marks back where they were.
be able to select which mode you want to boot into.
system you were running at install time. For example, if you install
MS Word under Win95 you will have to install it again under old
DOS/Windows if you want to run it both ways. You can install the
program to the same directory both times and you'll simply overwrite
the files and avoid having two sets of the new program on your hard drive.
Here is a little tip on how to install PC Speaker on a computer with Win95.
Go to Control Panel, then "Add New Hardware", then "Sound, Video, Game Controller."
Don't let Win95 search for new hardware. Select "Have Disk". Browse to where you have your PC Speaker .drv file.
Install !!
Presto...your mute PC will now have sound.
Advanced Tab, In Audio devices you will see PC Speaker.
If you want to have another start-logo place a file named logo.sys in your root directory.
logo.sys must have the same format as logow.sys and logos.sys
(320 x 400,256) bitmap.
and when you drop them on the target, you get a little pop-up menu giving you options like
Move Here, Copy Here, Create Shortcut Here.
2. Also, to drag a file from one folder to another, using only one explorer window,
drag the icon near the top or bottom of a scrolling pane, and "nudge" to scroll.
Do you have a Logitech mouse? This hack will let you use the middle mouse button as a
doubleclick! Save this as "midclick.reg" and double click it!
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Logitech\MouseWare\CurrentVersion\SerialV\0000]
"DoubleClick"="001"
**end of midclick.reg**
Click on start... shutdown... click on restart computer. Now hold down the shift key and
click on yes. This will only restart Windows 95, NOT the computer (warm boot).
This is a lot faster than a normal reboot (warm or cold).
Create a new folder on your desktop... rename it, call it
"Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
Now it should look like the normal Control Panel icon you see in My Computer (not a shortcut).
Now do a right click on start (taskbar), click on open. Move the new folder we just created
to the start menu folder. Close the start menu folder. Now when you click on start, you
should see conrol panel on it... click on it and it will expand to show all the items!
You can do the same with the printers folder and dial-up networking...
here are names that you need to name your folders..
Dial Up Net.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
so that it uses a single window that changes when you open a new folder. However,
if you want to copy or move files around, it's nice to be able to quickly open a separate
window for a folder. This can be done by holding "CTRL" as you double-click, but
it would be nice to have this option on the right-click menu, next to "Open" and "Explore".
and find the entry for "Directory" under the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" branch.
"shellex". The one we want is "shell."
"Open New &Window". Then, add another key under "opennew". Call this one "command",
and set its (Default) value to "explorer %1".
when you right-click on the Start Button, which is completely pointless because
it does that anyway. Oh well.
Ever want to open an object with a different application than the
one it is already associated with and the right mouse menu no longer
let's you choose Open With...?
Just hold down the SHIFT key when you right mouse click over the object, and the
Open With... command will now appear in the menu.
If you want to "permanently" delete a file instead of sending it to the recycle bin, hold down
the SHIFT key and press the DELETE key, or right mouse click then hold down the shift key
before selecting DELETE from the menu.
Object dragging with SHIFT and CONTROL: Hold down the following keys for different actions:
Same Drive: Move
Different Drive: Copy
Different Drive (Non-Removable Storage): Create Link
Different Drive (Removable Storage): Copy
NO SHIFT, CTRL: Always Copies
SHIFT, CTRL: Always Creates Link
and Printers), others always Move To regardless of SHIFT/CTRL status
(i.e. Recycle Bin).
Want to "Explore" a folder instead of it's icon view? You could open Explorer, click here,
click there, finally get to where you want. A quick solution: Hold down the shift key
and double click on the folder/drive. This will bring up an Explorer window of that folder.
Here's how to add file types to the New submenu on the mouse menu.
First, find the extension of the data file for the program in question
(i.e. .doc for Word) under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Below the files extension you need to add a
new key with the value 'ShellNew'.
(one with no preset styles, etc), the other is to start from a template file.
leave the value blank. To use a template file, insert a new string value named 'FileName'
and set the value equal to the path of the template document. The default is in the hidden
ShellNew directory beneath your windows directory.
Do you hate that you can't control the directory or even the drive where Explorer opens?
where the syntax is: explorer [/e][,root,(object)]
all out. Perhaps you have this info anyway.
Start Explorer FAST! Right click on the Start menu and choose Explorer.
You can change those lovely screens you see as you exit Windows95! Simply start up
paintbrush and load up the files LOGOS.SYS and LOGOW.SYS and change them to
whatever you want...they're just bitmaps with a different extension!
You can drag scraps from your documents to the desktop or to folders and
create Document Scraps. With these Scraps, you can archive bits and pieces
of your documents to use later or to share with another person.
To try it:
Open Wordpad
Type some text
Select the text
Put the cursor over the highlighted text and drag to the desktop
It creates a scrap with some of the actual text in the name of the scrap.
NEW *** XP
TIPS ***
How to Remove/Uninstall Windows Vista:
Three Sites Below, explains How:
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winvista/uninstall/index.htm
http://jsbi.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-uninstall-windows-vista-easily.html
http://www.jkg.in/46-how-to-safely-remove-windows-vista-beta-2.htm
How to Remove Windows XP Service Pack 2
Published: September 1, 2004
Three Sites Below, explains How:
http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-Remove-Windows-XP-Service-Pack-2.html
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6100994.html
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350
How to Get Rid of the XP Boot Logo
Don't want to see the XP logo during bootup?
It's easy to get rid of it. Just do the following:
1. Click Start, Run.
2. In the Run box, type msconfig.
3. Click the BOOT.INI tab.
4. Check the box labeled /NOGUIBOOT
Click OK.
Now the XP boot logo won't be displayed.
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MOVING a little FASTER?
Next "Double Click" on
"Default"(New Key)
Then in bottom of window(Value data), Set Value to 1
You will now Notice Windows XP - Boots MUCH Faster
Not Hanging on WELCOME Screen.
Why use XP's Graphical "Computer
Management/Defrag/Analyze"
Just to run "DEFRAG" in XP? When there's an easier method?
GOTO "Start/Run", Type in
"
CMD
"(XP's Command Window)
Next, In Window - Type in "DEFRAG /?"(Command info)..OR,
You can just Type in "DEFRAG C:"(or drive letter to check)
Then click "OK" - That's it! - Just like you did in Win 98 !!
"Administrator" Privileges needed to run - of course.
so that you do not get the pop-up spam:
Go into the Control Panel, then open Administrative Tools.
Open the Services applet, then open the Messenger Service in the Services console.
Set the start up type to Manual and click Stop to stop the service.
