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Miscellaneous Tips

While initializing device vkd error- Added 6/22/01

Swapping the Mouse Buttons for Left Hand from the Command Line - Added 6/17/01

Using the Wheel Mouse to Control the Font Size - Submitted 5/12/01

Determining Your Processor's Speed - Submitted 2/20/01

Creating a Directory That is Not Accessible From Windows - Submitted 4/8/00

Creating Custom Boot Floppies- Added 3/15/00

Deleting the TEMP Directory at Bootup - Submitted 2/21/00

Saving File Searches - Added 2/21/00

Searching for Files In All Drives - Submitted 2/12/00

Renaming CD ROM Drive Letter- Submitted 2/12/00

Changing the Colors of the Blue Screen of Death - Added 1/27/00

Powering on the Computer With Your Mouse - Submitted 11/9/99

Removing Programs from the Control Panel- Updated 8/14/98

Not Loading DriveSpace or DoubleSpace Drivers - Submitted 8/12/98

Increasing Performance- Updated 8/11/98Increasing Disk Performance - Submitted 6/14/98

Clearing the Documents Folder- Submitted 6/7/98

Opening a File with Application that is Different than its Registered One - Submitted 3/29/98

Fixing VMM32 Memory Leak- Added 2/12/98

Removing One Document File from START / DOCUMENTS - Submitted 12/29/97

Finding Files with Specific Text in Them - Submitted 12/29/97

Creating a Support Information Button - Submitted 11/29/97

Create (or replace) the Manufacturer's logo in System Properties - Submitted 11/29/97

Adding printers to theAdd PrinterDialog Box - Submitted 10/11/97

Device Problems with Removable Hard Drives- Submitted 10/11/97

Deleting Files Without Sending Them to the Recycle Bin- Submitted 9/13/97Changing the Recycle Bin Size - Submitted 9/13/97

Displaying Last File Searches - Submitted 9/13/97

Associating Several File Extensions to the Same Program - Submitted 8/23/97

Fast Open of the Start Menu - Submitted 7/4/97Getting Item Properties - Submitted 4/19/97

Starting Win95 Without Running Apps in the Startup Folder- Submitted 4/5/97

Removing a program from the Control Panel- Submitted 3/12/97

UsingFIND to Search Across Multiple Drives - Added 2/19/97

RUNDLL Error Message - Submitted 1/28/96

Automatically Delete Files Sent to Recycle Bin - Submitted 11/29/96

The Simplest Multi-Boot - Submitted 11/24/96Enabling Telephony Controls - Submitted 11/3/96

Disabling CDs AutoRun - Added 10/20/96

Control Panel CPL Files - Added 10/19/96

Reserving Resources from Plug and Play Devices - Added 10/6/96

Viewing System IRQ, I/O, Memory and DMA Utilization- Added 10/6/96

Installing with an INF File - Added 9/1/96

Automatically Deleting Files in the Recycle Bin- Submitted 8/5/96

Increasing your Sound Card's Bass and Treble - Added 6/8/96

ATI Video Card and COM4 conflicts - Submitted 5/3/96

System Policies when logging on to an NT Domain- Submitted 4/28/96

Changing to Win 3.x Shell- Submitted 4/28/96

Quickly Opening Text Files- Submitted 4/23/96
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Changing your Modem's Initialization String - Added 4/9/96

Saving memory by adjusting your CD Cache - Added 3/30/96

Easy File Deletes - Submitted 2/19/96

Update to DTC 2278 D Controller and CD ROMs - Submitted 2/15/96

HP Print Failures - Added 1/27/96

Eliminate banner page from printing when running HP 4 & 5 printer- Submitted 1/26/96

Designating Drive Letter for CD ROMs and other removable media - Added 1/20/96

Upgrading with Pro Audio Spectrum Cards- Submitted 1/16/96

Bypass starting Windows95 - Submitted 1/14/96

Quick Format a Floppy Disk- Submitted 1/13/96

Creating a Boot Menu - 12/27/95

Selecting non-recognized modems - 12/25/95

Creating PRN File Types - 12/13/95

Refresh SCSI Devices- 11/28/95

DTC Controller I/O Problems - 11/18/95

Removing programs listed in Control Panel'sRemove Programs - 11/4/95

Drivespace and Memory - 11/1/95

Booting to DOS - 10/2/95

Turning off Numlock- 9/13/95

Quickly Restarting Win95 - 9/12/95S3 Video and COM 4 - 9/9/95

Potential problems with 16-bit WINSOCK.DLL's - 9/1/95

Speeding up your double-speed CD-ROM - 8/31/95

Copying Graphics

Read the TIPS.TXT File

While initializing device vkd error

Added 6/22/01

If you get the error:

While initializing device vkd -- Windows Protection Error -- You need to restart your computer

while booting your computer, try replacing the keyboard

Swapping the Mouse Buttons for Left Hand from the Command Line

Added 6/17/01

If you want to swap the mouse buttons for a left handed person,

you can do this from the command line.

Win9x:

RUNDLL user.exe,SwapMouseButton

Win2000:

RUNDLL32 user32.dll,SwapMouseButton

To swap it back again to a right-hand mouse, you need to run the mouse icon from the Control Panel.
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Using the Wheel Mouse to Control the Font Size

Submitted 5/12/01

Try using the Control key with the mouse wheel.

This works a zoom function.

I know you do this for Office 2k apps as well, but in IE it just works on the text, so the page stays

somewhat the same.

Submitted byBruce Miller

Determining Your Processor's Speed

Submitted 2/20/01

To find out how fast the processor is, while in Win95/98,

1. Go to Accessories / System Tools / System Information

2. Click on Tools3. Select Windows Report Tool4. Click on the blue Change System File Selections towards the bottom of the window

This will perform a short scan of your system files

Your processor speed, memory, hard drives will then show up

Submitted byJason Graine

Creating a Directory That is Not Accessible From Windows

Submitted 4/8/00

1. To create the directory, type md, then a space, then holding down your ALT button type onnumber pad only 255.

2. To access cd\ALT+255 from DOS

3. When you try to access this from the Explorer you get an Access Denied error.

Submitted byPaul Burcham

Creating Custom Boot Floppies

Added 3/15/00

If you have custom drivers or files you want to always have when you create boot disks,

copy them to the \Windows\Command\EBD directory.

Then when you want to create a new floppy, run \Windows\Command\Bootdisk.bat

This will format the floppy and copy all the files in the EBD directory.
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I like this since I usually add a lot more files than the normal StartUp disk Windows creates.

Deleting the TEMP Directory at Bootup

Submitted 2/21/00

Normally your TEMP directory can fill with .tmp files, files left over from installs etc.

An easy way to delete it each time you boot is to add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BATfile:

@C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DelTree /Y C:\WINDOWS\Temp\

Submitted byBob S.

Saving File Searches

Added 2/21/00

If you want to review the results of a file search at a later time:

1. While on the Desktop or with the Explorer, press F3 to start the search

2. Click Options / Save Results3. Do the search

4. After the search select File / Save Search

5. An icon will be placed on the desktop with the search results.

Searching for Files In All Drives

Submitted 2/12/00

If you want to search for files across all drives, including mapped network drives:

1. Press F3 to start the search

2. In theNamedbox, enter file or folder you want to search for

3. InLook in select My Computer4. This will search all drives including mapped network drives. Easier than using

the comma's.

Submitted byGerald Norman

Renaming CD ROM Drive Letter

Submitted 2/12/00

Rename the drive letters of your CD drive(s) from the back of the alphabet, eg, Z, Y. This way, if

you add extra hard disks, your CD drives do not get re-lettered.

Submitted byStephen Lee


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Note from Bob:

1. You can do this from the Device Manager.

2. Open up the CD ROM section

3. Open the CD ROM you want to change

4. Under Settings, change the Start Drive Letter to higher in the alphabet.

Changing the Colors of the Blue Screen of Death

1/27/00

You can change the normal colors of the background and text when you get a Blue Screen of Death.

Edit the SYSTEM.INI file in the Windows directory

In the [386Enh] add the entries:

MessageTextColor=X

MessageBackColor=X

Where X is replace by the number for each of the following colors:

Black = 0

Blue = 1

Green = 2

Cyan = 3

Red = 4

Magenta = 5

Yellow/Brown = 6

White = 7Gray = 8

Bright Blue = 9

Bright Green = A

Bright Cyan = B

Bright Red = C

Bright Magenta = D

Bright Yellow = E

Bright White = F

Powering on the Computer With Your Mouse

Submitted 11/9/99

If you have ATX Main Board, ATX case Award Bios, or any Bios that supports PS/2 Mouse Power

On, then you can power on your computer with a double click.

To activate this feature:

1. Restart your computer

2. Then press Del when the BIOS message appears to enter your CMOS configuration3. Select Integrated Peripherals from main menu


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4. If PS/2 mouse power on disabled, activate it by press page up/ page down key it will became

Double-Click

5. Press Esc key to exit

6. Press F10 to save and exit Power off your PC

7. Now double-click the left mouse button,.. Your PC will turn on

Submitted byZiad Dabash

Removing Programs from the Control Panel

Submitted 8/14/98

Easier way to remove control panel programs.

1. Edit yourcontrol.ini file in your Windows directory.

2. Under the section [don't load] add the appropriate .cpl file.

3. For example to get rid of Network add netcpl.cpl=no

4. This will disable users from accessing the network control panel.

Submitted byDennis Riddick

Submitted 3/29/98

1. You can remove seected icons in your Control Panel by simply moving, deleting or renaming

the *.cpl file in yourC:\WINDOWS\SYSETMdirectory.2. The icon or file will still work even if it is not on the control panel screen.

At list of the CPL files can be found in this section at Control Panel CPL Files

Submitted byJoseph T. de Leon

Not Loading DriveSpace or DoubleSpace Drivers

Submitted 8/12/98

1. Even if you never use DriveSpace or DblSpace, Win95 automatically loads the drivers. While

the drivers are not huge, they do consume some resources. To keep Win95 from loading them

all you need to do is:

2. Find the MSDOS.SYS file in the root directory of your boot drive.3. Right click on the file, clear the read-only attribute then edit the file.

4. Add these two lines to the Options section.

5. Dblspace=0

6. Drvspace=0

7. Be sure to save the changes, reset the read-only attribute, then reboot.

This does save a significant amount of memory but more importantly, it will reduce the number of

threads running in the background.

Submitted byCrashMaster
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Increasing Performance

Updated 8/11/98

This concerns the "Network Server" option ... You already know about the screw up in Win95

release prior to OSR2 but, did you know you can also customize the settings in the registry?

1. Open Regedit

2. Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS

Templates"

3. Add a new key called "Custom".

4. Then add two new binary values under that key with the names "NameCache" and

"PathCache", just as with the other entries.

5. I would recommend using values somewhere in-between what the standard values are for

"Desktop" and "Network Server". The values I have found to be the best compromise are "00

08 00 00" and "30 00 00 00" respectively, your milage may vary. (2048 filenames and 48

pathnames)

6. Close Regedit

7. Right click on "My Computer"

8. Select Properties then the Performance tab.9. Select "File System" and you will now find the "Custom" option in the drop down box.

10. Select it and click on OK then be sure to reboot.

While this doesn't save a lot of memory, at least your name caches aren't using more than they need.

Submitted byCrashMaster

Added 11/19/96

If you have 24 Megs or more of RAM, you can increase your performance

1. Right Click on My Computer

2. SelectProperties

3. Click thePerformance tab4. Click onFile System button

5. SelectNetwork Serverwith Full Read-ahead Optimization

If you do not see a performance increase, occasionally the NameCache and PathCache values

are written to the registry incorrectly for the Network Server.

To fix the problem:

1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS

Templates\Server

3. Make sure the following values are being used:

PathCache=40 00 00 00

NameCache=a9 0a 00 00

To rename the labels Desktop Computer, Mobile or docking system, or Network Server, see

Renaming the File System Profiles

Increasing Disk Performance
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Ever wonder why Windows 3.1 was noticeably faster than Windows 3.11? It has to do with

something called Synchonous Buffer Commits, this tells Windows whether or not to lie to an

application and tell the application that it's writing data to the drive when Windows is actually

caching the data in memory. With Windows '95 they give you the option to disable this, thus

increasing disk intensive application performance but there are some caveats to consider. If you lose

power the data in cache will NOT be written to disk this will be BAD so I'd only recommend using

this on a machine with an UPS. Well, Here how you do it.

1. Go to Start \ Settings \ Control Panel \ System \ Performance \ File System \ Troubleshooting

2. Check the boxDisable synchronous buffer commits.

Expect about a 10% speed increase in disk intensive applications.

Submitted byMatthew Arnold

Clearing the Documents Folder

Submitted 6/7/98

To clear the contents of your Documents Folder

1. Click the Start menu

2. Point to Setting

3. Click Taskbar

4. Click the Start Menu Programs tab

5. Click Clear.

Submitted byZiad Dabash

Opening a File with Application that is Different than its Registered One

Submitted 3/29/98

To open a file with a different program:

Right click a folder while holding down the SHIFTkey

This will open the dialog box that includes "Open with" to change what program will open the file

Submitted byScott Tobkes

Fixing VMM32 Memory Leak

Added 2/12/98

Over time, real-mode drivers which are added to VMM32, might not be releasing memory .

To see if this is a problem on your system, run MEM /C /Pand check the size allocated to VMM32.It should not be much more that 2K or at least not growing over time.


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If it is:

1. Rename both your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT file

2. Reboot

3. Rename them back again

4. Reboot again

5. Run MEM /C /P again to note any change is size.

Removing One Document File from START / DOCUMENTS

Submitted 12/29/97

To remove one document file on START - DOCUMENTS

1. Run Explorer

2. Go to Windows directory

3. Select View and then Options

4. Select View Tab5. Select show all files and then OK

6. Back to Windows Directory

7. Select Recent Folder

8. Delete the File you want to remove or display on Documents Folder

Submitted byVictor C. Arceo

Finding Files with Specific Text in Them

Submitted 12/29/97

To find all associations with any name/word that exists in your computer.

1. Click on Start button

2. Select find

3. Then Files and Folders

4. Go to the Advanced tab

5. Type in text in the "Containing text" field

This is helpful when you get an error message that tells you something can't be run because the filecan't be found. You can find the file that is calling the "non-existent" thing.

Submitted byScott Ibara

Creating a Support Information Button

1. Create or edit the OEMINFO.INI file in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder

2. Enter or edit the lines,

3. [General]

Manufacturer=your favorite stringsModel=your favorite strings

[Support Information]
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Line1="your favorite strings" (require double quotes)

Line2="your favorite strings>"

Line3="your favorite strings>"

etc.

4. Open System Properties dialog box, you'll see a Support Information button. Click on this

will display the information you entered

Note from Bob: This can be extremely useful if you want to include support personnel and their

phone numbers

Submitted byNariaki Ogami

Create (or replace) the Manufacture's logo in System Properties

1. Create a 210x105 pixels (max.) bitmap.

2. Save the file as OEMLOGO.BMP in Windows\System folder

3. When you open the System Properties box, you will see "Manufactured and supported by:"

with your logo

Note from Bob: You need to have the OEMINFO.INI file in place noted above.

Submitted byNariaki Ogami

Adding printers to theAdd PrinterDialog Box

Submitted 10/11/97

The details of all printers shown by the add printer dialog when installing a new printer reside in two

files, MSPRINT.INFand MSPRINT2.INF.

These files can be edited so that additional printers are listed. It is rather more complicated than

editing CONTROL.INF as with Windows 3.1 but by using the OEM95.INF file provided with new

printer drivers as a guide a little experimenting should get you there. Of course any new or updated

files must be copied to the correct locations.

If you want to apply these changes to a NetSetup Windows 95 distribution point you must specify

that the MSPRINT files are precopied using CUSTOM.INF, otherwise standard CAB extracted

versions will be used and the additions will not be available. Using this method also allows the added

printers to be auto installed from MSBATCH.INF.

Submitted byBruce Ronning

Device Problems with Removable Hard Drives

Submitted 10/11/97

If you get a yellow exclamation mark in windows 95 device manager under "Hard disk controllers",

and you are using one hard drive plus a Zip or Syquest drive, try editing the Windows/System.ini

file.Go to the [386Enh] section and add the following line:


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REMOVABLEIDE=TRUE

Evidently, if you use a removable drive, Windows 95 does not recognize it as being

removable, so you have to tell it that it is.

Submitted byMark Gill

Deleting Files Without Sending Them to the Recycle Bin

Submitted 9/13/97

You can delete your files without sending them to the recycle bin

Just shift-right click the file icon and choose delete from the menu that comes up.

The file when deleted will not go to the recycle bin.

BEWARE: The deleted file can not be restored

Submitted bySudip Kumar Bhattacharya

Changing the Recycle Bin Size

Submitted 9/13/97

You can change the size of the recycle bin for any drive.

Just right click the recycle bin icon on the desktop.

Make sure that the 'configure each drive independently' option is on.

Then move to the tab for the drive that you want to configure and specify the size as the percentage

of the drives space.

Submitted byJagan Philip Thomas

Displaying Last File Searches

Submitted 9/13/97

Once inside the "Find|File" dialog box, in order to display the last several searches you tried:

Hit F4

(a drop down box will display showing the last several searches you conducted.)

Submitted byGary Reilly

Associating Several File Extensions to the Same Program

Submitted 8/23/97

It's easy in Explorer to create a file type for a give extension.

But what if you want several extensions to identify the same file type?

Example- I want BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG to all be passed to the same program when I double-click

them.

You can make a file type for each all using the same program, but then you install some other editing
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program (for one effect) or worse! a new browser, and it rudely associates each type with itself.

The trick is to make one file type (Image File) which you configure to set your preferred graphics

viewer.

Then to associate multiple file extensions with that type, run WINFILE.EXE, the old Win 3.1 File

manager.

Use File Associate, and you can quickly associate each extension with that file type.

Submitted byGraham Hill

Fast Open of theStart Menu

Submitted 7/4/97

Fast open of Explorer view of the Start Menu:

1. Right click on a blank area of the Taskbar

2. Select options

3. Select the Start Menu Tab.

Submitted byMocha Nelson

Getting Item Properties

Submitted 4/19/97

To get to the properties screen for just about anything, hold the ALT key down while double clicking

on it's icon.

Submitted byMatt Neville

Starting Win95 Without Running Apps in the Startup Folder

Submitted 4/5/97

To start Win95 without loading anything in the startup group, just hold down the shift key (either

one) when Win95 is loading.

Keep holding it down until the desktop is complete with a pointer.

If any application is still loading, it's because it's in registry under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

Submitted byMarc Lanman

Removing a program from the Control Panel

Submitted 3/12/97
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Run the Windows Explorer and go to the Windows/System directory. Find the appropriate CPL file

(file with the extension CPL) and delete it.

Note from Bob: If you want them still available but not showing up in the Control Panel itself, you

can also move them to another directory.

To invoke them, type CONTROL \path\cpl_file where path is the full path where they are located and

cpl_file is the name of the CPL file.

For example, if you don't want users to see theNetworkicon in the control panel but still want to beable to make changes, you could move the NETCPL.CPL

file to another directory. Then type CONTROL \path\NETCPL.CPL.

A listing of all the CPL files can be found later in this section at: Control Panel CPL Files

Submitted byNeil Ragone

Using FIND to Search Across Multiple Drives

Added 2/19/97

When you use Find from the desktop (F3), you can normally only search on one drive.

To search across multiple drives and directories, separate your searches with a semicolon (;)

For example, to search from the root of C: and the root of D:, you would enter

C:\;D:\ as your look in location

To search from different directories, you can enter them as well

RUNDLL Error Message

Submitted 1/28/96

If when you start your computer you get a RUNDLL error message in a dialog box here is what you

do.

First use RegEdit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / MICROSOFT /

WINDOWS / CURRENT VERSION / RUN

and delete the string that appears in the dialog box this will remove the string and everything will be

groovy!!

Shannon N Leka

Automatically Delete Files Sent to Recycle Bin

Submitted 11/29/96

To automatically delete files sent to the recycle bin, do the following:

1. Right click on the recycle bin icon

2. Choose Properties

3. Choose Global

4. Check the Remove files immediately upon delete
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Submitted byDon Hunter

[email protected]

The Simplest Multi-Boot

Submitted 11/24/96

Forget about "restart in ms-dos mode"Use DOS=SINGLE

In your CONFIG.SYS put:

[menu]

menuitem WIN95, Windows 95

menuitem NORMAL, DOS - Normal

menudefault WIN95, 3

[WIN95]

[NORMAL]DOS=SINGLE

[common]

Submitted byAdam

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Enabling Telephony Controls

Submitted 11/3/96

If you are using telephony based modems (unimodem) you can

enable the telephony controls in control panel by renaming

TELEPHON.CP$ to TELEPHON.CPL in the SYSTEM directory.

This will allow you to do diagnostics as well as configure your modem.

Submitted byRick [email protected]

Disabling CDs AutoRun

Added 10/20/96

If you want to disable Windows95's ability to automatically start CD's when they are inserted:

1. Open the Device Manager

2. Open CD ROM

3. Double-click on your CD Player

4. Click on the Settings tab5. Un-checkAuto insert notification


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Control Panel CPL Files

Added 10/19/96

The following are the files that display icons in the Control Panel.

The reside in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEMdirectoryThey can be run individually by typing Controlfollowed by the CPL file.

If you are missing any icons in the Control Panel, you want to make sure the CPL file is in the

SYSTEM directory.

Access.cpl - Accessibility properties

Appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs properties

Desk.cpl - Display properties

FindFast.cpl - FindFast (included with Microsoft Office for Windows 95)

Inetcpl.cpl - Internet properties

Intl.cpl - Regional Settings properties

Joy.cpl - Joystick properties

Main.cpl - Mouse properties

Mlcfg32.cpl - Microsoft Exchange Service properties

Mmsys.cpl - Multimedia propertiesModem.cpl - Modem properties

Netcpl.cpl - Network properties

Odbccp32.cpl - Data Sources (32-bit ODBC)

Password.cpl - Password properties

Sysdm.cpl - System properties

Themes.cpl - Desktop Themes (available with Microsoft Plus!)

TimeDate.cpl - Date/Time properties

Reserving Resources from Plug and Play Devices

10/6/96

If you want to make sure Windows95 doesn't assign certain resources (IRQ, I/O etc.) to you Plug and

Play Devices

1. Open up the Device Manager

2. Double click on Computer

3. Click on theReserve Resources tab4. Click on the Resource you want to reserve

5. Click on theAddbutton6. Enter the value

7. Click on the OKbutton

Viewing System IRQ, I/O, Memory and DMA Utilization

Added 10/6/96

To view what resources are currently being used by your system.

Open up the Device Manager

Right click on My Computer


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SelectProperties

Click on theDevice Managertab

Double click on ComputerYou can now see what IRQ, I/O, Memory and DMA addresses are in use.

Installing with an INF File

Added 9/1/96

By default, when you double click on an INF file, Windows95 opens it with Notepad.

To change that so it will install the INF file:

1. Open any folder

2. Click on View / Options / File Types

3. Scroll down the Registered File Types to Setup Information4. Pressing the Skey will start you off faster

5. Click on theEditbutton

6. In the Actions box, highlightInstall7. Click on the Set Defaultbutton

Automatically Deleting Files in the Recycle Bin

Submitted 8/5/96

An economical way to use the Recycle Bin is to use it as normal but insert the lines:

CD\Recycled

Echo Y | Del *.*

CD\

in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

This way every time you restart your computer your recycling bin is cleaned.

Submitted by Michael [email protected]

Easy way to open up DOS prompt in a specific directory

Added 6/20/96

With the advent of long directory names, it can be difficult to open up a DOS box and CD to the

directory you want

particularly if it is several layers of long names deep.

An easy way is to:

1. Open upExplorerand highlight the directory you want to be in

2. SelectRun / Commandfrom the Start Menu3. Your DOS prompt will now be in the directory you highlighted inExplorer
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Increasing your Sound Card's Bass and Treble

Added 6/8/96

If you want to boost your sound card's bass or treble:

1. Double click on the speaker icon on your task bar

2. Click on theAdvancedbutton3. Move the slider bars to the right

ATI Video Cards and COM4 Conflicts

Submitted 5/3/96

ATI cards use I/O address 02e0 -02ef & 03b0-03bf.

This is in conflict with the default for COM4.

Submitted by Marty [email protected]

System Policies when logging on to an NT Domain

Submitted 4/28/96

CONFIG.POL, when copied to winnt35\system32\repl\import\scripts, is

then offered in the share netlogon. This files is the only file

needed to establish policies for users in an NT user accounts database or SAM. Set up a default user and default computer plus any

more restrictive setting for specific users, groups or computers and

Microsoft 95 system policies will be in place. In addition, if you

force a logon by the client and disable a DOS session, this will be

a very tight security scheme.

Submitted byBob [email protected]

Changing to Win 3.x Shell

Submitted 4/28/96

Do you miss Program Manager?

If so, edit the SYSTEM.INI file in the \WINDOWS directory.

Under [Boot] change:

shell=c:\windows\explorer.exeto

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Quickly Opening Text Files

Submitted 4/23/96

To speed up opening files, if you know the file contains text, but it

it has an extension that isn't recognized, here's what you do:

1. Open up Windows Explorer

2. Change directories to C:\WINDOWS\SENDTO

3. Create a shortcut to Notepad or drag its shortcut to this directory.

Now you'll have an easy way to open documents!

Another helpful thing to do is to do the same thing with the recycle bin.

Submitted byAnthony [email protected]

Changing your Modem's Initialization String

Added 4/9/96

1. Start REGEDIT

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Class \

Modem \ 0000 \ Init

3. Change the settings to the values for your modem

Saving Memory by adjusting your CD Cache

Added 3/30/96

If you don't use your CD player that often, your system might be assigning

memory for it's cache which you could reclaim.

1. Right click on My Computer

2. SelectProperties3. SelectPerformance

4. SelectFile System5. Select CD ROM

6. Note how much memory you are assigning to the CD cache and adjust as you would like

Easy File Deletes

Hate deleting files out of the Recycle Bin in Windows 95.

Hold the shift key down then drop the file on the icon then its gone.

Submitted byBrian [email protected]

Update on DTC 2278 D Controller Card
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Submitted 2/15/96

They do have a beta driver out now for 95 but it will not work with a CD-ROM on the secondary

port.

The work around is:

1. Load the new DTC driver for the Primary IDE

2. But load the original 95 Standard IDE/IO for the secondary port

3. Then you can play music CD's etc..

4. Then you can remove the DOS Driver and the old Win3.1 driver from the SYSTEM.INI

5. The performance does seem a little faster after doing all of this.

They also have a web site at http://www.datatechnology.com

Submitted byJeff [email protected]

Hewlett Packard Printer Failures

Added 1/27/96

If you attempt to print a document that contains complex graphical images to a non-PostScript

Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 4 or Laser Jet 5 printer,

the document may not be printed due to lack of memory installed in your printer.

According to Microsoft, this problem is known to occur with the

Hewlett Packard Laser Jet 4, 4M, 4 Plus, 4M Plus, 4L, 4ML, 4P, 4MP, 4Si, 4Si MX, 4V, 4MV, 5P,

5MP. The work-around:

1. In Control Panel, double-click the Printers icon.

2. Right click on the printer3. SelectProperties

4. On the Details tab, clickSpool settings, and then selectRAWin the Spool Data Format box.5. On the Graphics tab, click the Use Raster Graphics option.

6. On the Fonts tab, click thePrint True Type As Graphics option.

7. On the Device Options tab, move thePrinter Memory Trackingslider all the way to the right(to the Aggressive setting).

8. Verify that the Printer Memory setting matches the amount of memory installed in the

printer.

9. If the Page Protection check box is not unavailable, click the check box to clear it if it is

selected, or click the check box to select it if it is cleared. The check box may be unavailable,

depending on the printer model you are using and the amount of memory installed in the

printer.

Eliminate banner page from printing when running HP 4 & 5printer

1. Rename file to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LPT.VXD to LPTOLD.VXD

2. Go to MS/Dos prompt

3. Put in Win 95 CD

4. Go to D:\DRIVERS\PRINTER\LPT and copy lpt.vxd to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

5. Save it also to a floppy if you have to reload system6. Info banner page glitch starts with "%-12345x@PJl and then 5 more lines of info


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The readme file points out that this is typically on Compaq Prolinea or Deskpro models

Submitted by Sid [email protected]

Designating Drive letters for CD ROMs and removable media

Added 1/20/96

If you want to specify the drive letter for your CD ROM, Zip Drive, Bernouli, or Syquest drive:

1. Right click on My computer

2. SelectProperties3. Click on theDevice Managertab

4. Click on the + byDisk Drives

5. Double click on the drive you want to set

6. Click on Settings

7. Type the StartandEndletter you want to use for this drive.

8. Reboot when requested

Pro Audio Spectrum Cards

Submitted 1/16/96

When upgrading from Win 3.1, remove or rename all .386 and .drv's related to the sound card

BEFORE installing Win 95.

Leaving the drivers in place will prevent he new drivers from running properly.

The drivers are:

vpasd.386

mvproadu.drv

mvmixer.drv

mscdex.exe

Submitted byAndy McConnell

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Bypass Windows95 Startup

Submitted 1/14/96

To bypass starting Win95 at startup without pressing F8,

modify the line in the hidden C:\MSDOS.SYS file:

BootGUI=0

The next time the computer is started, You will return to the DOS prompt after the

CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files load.


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It's useful when you hate waiting for your slow computer to start

Windows 95 every time you turn on your computer.

Submitted byKeith [email protected]

Quick Erase Floppy Disks

Submitted 1/13/96

1. Select My Computer2. Right click on floppy you wish to use

3. SelectFormat4. Select Quick Erase or Format

Submitted by George [email protected]

Creating a Boot Menu

Submitted 12/27/95

1. Go to the DOS prompt.

2. Type: ATTRIB MSDOS.SYS -r -a -h -s

3. Edit MSDOS.SYS, adding the following lines under [Options]

o BootGUI=1 (If you have it set to 0)

o BootMenu=1

o BootMenuDefault=5 (1=GUI 5or6=DOS Prompt)

o BootMulti=1 (Allows you to boot to your old Operating System)

o BootMenuDelay=2 (# of seconds before default is chosen)

4. Type Alt-F then S to save your file.

5. Close the editor

6. Type: ATTRIB MSDOS.SYS +r +a +h +s

7. Reboot.

Note: BootGUI needs to be set to 1

if you have the menu running, otherwise even if you select 1 (Normal), it will not go to the GUI.

P.S. Supposedly Drvspace=0 nd Dblspace=0 under the Options section saves on RAM, but I haven't

been able to confirm this.

Submitted by Stephen Gipson

Modem Selection

Submitted 12/25/95

When Win95 doesn't recognize your modem

Don't use "Standard 14400 bps modem" or "Standard 28800 bps modem"

Why %3F because this doesn't enable hardware data compression and correction.

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Solution : choose any other modem in the list that's compatible

with you modem and has about the same specifications (speed, V32, V34, ...).

Hayes is very likely to be compatible, as it is used as a standard

Submitted byPedro [email protected]

Creating PRN File Type

Submitted 12/13/95

If You often print *.PRN files, you can associate it with batch file like this:

@copy %1 LPT1

1. Open any directory window

2. Select View/Options

3. Select the File Types tab

4. Define nw file type. In desecration put "Printer file" or something.

5. In extensions of course PRN with Open as default action.6. It will speed up your print jobs

Submitted by Waldek [email protected]

Refresh SCSI Devices

Added 11/28/95

If you had any SCSI devices that were powered off during the booting of Win95

they will not show as available, even after turning them on.

For example, I often forget to turn on my Zip drive before starting Win95.

In order to use them, without restarting Win95:

1. Turn on your SCSI device(s)

2. Open the Device Manager

3. Highlight SCSI Controllers

4. Click on theRefresh button

The SCSI device(s) should now be available for use.

DTC 2278E I/O Controller Problems

Submitted 11/18/95

When using the DTC 2278E I/O controller card, beware of how it sets up your drives.

When you install the Win 95 drivers, Win95 will set up all of your drives in a SCSI format.

This may disable your ability to play music on your IDE CD-ROM drive if you are using it off the

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Go to System in the Control Panel, click on your drive type, click on the drive itself and disable the

SCSI options in the

drive settings section.

This I/O card will not allow me to use my Iomega Zip drive (parallel port interface) with the CD-

ROM as well.

I haven't figured out how to fix this problem yet.

Submitted byBob [email protected]

Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel'sAdd/Remove Programs Section

Added 11/4/95

If you remove an installed program and its files by deleting the files,

it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list through the control panel.

In order to remove it from the list (so you don't need to re-install in order to just remove it again).

1. Start the Registry Editor2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion /

Uninstall

3. Delete any programs here.

This will only delete them from the list, not delete the actual programs.

Only programs designed for Windows95 will show up here in the first place.

Using Drivespace

Added 11/1/95

If you are using Drivespace, check if Windows is wasting 109K of conventional memory.

In graphical windows, type 'mem/c/p' in a Dos box

if you see 'drvspace.bin' or dblspace.bin' you are wasting memory.

That is the *real mode* driver and it is supposed to be unloaded when the GUI starts.

See MS Knowledge base article #Q134364 for how to fix it.

Even if you fix the driver unloading in the GUI, if you boot to Dos, it will happen again if you start

windows by typing 'WIN'.

Submitted by Travis B. Jennings

[email protected]

Booting to DOS

Added 10/28/95

I have a phone controlled switch I use to turn on my computer and have it boot a DOS version of

qmodem in host mode.The switch shuts the computer off 5 mins after I hang up.


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When I moved into Win95 I need a way to do this without going into Windows.

Answer, The MSDOS.SYS in Win95 is a text file.

Change the BootGUI=0 to BootGUI=1 and you boot into DOS.

You can always type WIN to start Win95 from there.

Submitted byJim [email protected]

Turning off Numlock

Added 9/13/95

By default, Win95 has the Numlock key turned ON

To have it be OFF, simply add the line:

numlock=offto the CONFIG.SYS file.

Quickly Restarting Windows 95

Added 9/12/95

1. Select Shutdown

2. Click theRestart Computeroption

3. While holding down the SHIFT key, click YES

4. Windows 95 will now restart without executing a complete warm boot

Submitted byJim Blazevski

[email protected]

In addition to the tip regarding the ability to avoid a warm boot while restarting windows by shift-

clicking the yes button,

the same method can be used to avoid a warm boot when restart in MS-DOS mode is selected.

The result is an exit to DOS much like win 3.11. However, regardless of click or shift click. The

result is still a DOS Shell, not true DOS.

Submitted by Michael [email protected]

S3 Video and COM 4

Added 9/9/95

If you are using a S3 video accelerator card, I believe the Windows 95 documentation says

DO NOT INSTALL YOUR MODEM ON COM PORT 4.

The modem will appear to work fine in DOS mode but will not respond in Windows.

The only two solutions are to change the COM port and IRQ for the modem or get a new video card.

Submitted byRobert Frenz

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Potential problems leaving 16-bit winsock.dll's

Submitted 9/1/95

If you re having problems getting some of your winsock applications

to work under Win95, make sure you delete any old 16-bit winsock.dll's.

If this file is in the directory were the application resides, it could

cause problems. Programs that could have problems like this are:

Ewan.exe (Telnet app)

WSIRC.exe (IRC app)

WSGopher.exe (Gopher app)

NX.Exe (NewsXpress)

Netscape v.1.0

We found that if the software listed above is in the same directory as the

Trumpet Winsock.dll file, then they will NOT work under the MS-TCP/IP stack.

Submitted byKen D. [email protected]

Speed up your Double Speed CD ROM

Submitted 8/31/95

1. Go into control panel

2. Click on System

3. Go to Performance tab

4. Under Advanced settings click on theFile System button5. Click on the CD-ROM tab

6. Set the Cache to max

7. Set Optimize Access pattern forQuad-speed or higher

Your CD ROM reacts much faster.

You can now play the high quality video clips on your Win95 CD-ROM without

interruptions in video and sound.

Used on 486DX40 Vesa with 8 mb ram and normal IDE hard drive.

Submitted byJohn [email protected]

Copying Graphics

You can copy graphics from a DOS box as well as you can text. For example, while running a

graphics game, you can press

1. Alt-Enter to make a DOS window

2. Click on the upper left hand corner

3. Select Edit/Mark4. Select a region with the mouse

5. Select Edit/Copy or press the Enter key


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6. You can then paste it into another program

Thomas tried it on Heretic. I tried in on DOOM2. Everything worked fine

Submitted by Thomas [email protected]