Application Tips Last Updated 10/19/95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automatic Re-Dialing for Dial-Up Network Submitted 10/19/95 1. Open up My Computer. 2. Open up Dial-Up Networking. 3. Go to the Connection Menu then Settings. 4. Make sure Redial is checked. 5. Set the number of times you want to redial, up to 100 times. 6. Click Ok and your off ! Submitted by Scott Do std6796@tam2000.tamu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using EDIT Added 9/29/95 The DOS based text editor that comes with Windows95 has some advantages over the one that came with prior versions of DOS. * It will let you load multiple files. * It will let you call wildcards from the command line (e.g. EDIT *.BAT). EDIT can also be used on prior versions of DOS. Just copy EDIT.COM to your old DOS directory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating Distribution Lists for Exchange E-Mail Added 9/26/95 1. Start Exchange. 2. Open up the Address Book. 3. Create a New Entry. 4. Select Personal Distribution List from the menu. 5. Type in the Name of the List as well as any notes. 6. Click on the Add/Remove Members button. 7. Select the people you want on the distribution list. 8. You can use the Windows Ctrl or Shift with left mouse button to select multiple entries. 9. Click the next two OK buttons. 10. To send to your Distribution List, simply create your e-mail as usual and select it from the Address book. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Memmaker Submitted 9/23/95 Hereās a blast from the (supposed) past: * Run Memmaker from the MS-DOS prompt. * It will reboot in MSDOS mode and then run as before. * When you open DOS Prompts and DOS games they will have many of the TSRs in HIMEM * I have 637K Conventional memory for all DOS apps! Submitted by Dan Rhodes dan@west.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signatures Using WordMail Added 9/21/95 If you are using WordMail that comes with Office95, you can send e-mail using Microsoft Word. Exchange will automatically detect the addition and start WordMail when you create a new e-mail or reply to an existing one. It will use Word's spell checker, most of the WinWord text formatting capabilities (centering, full justification, bold, italics) a special Mail button bar and quite a few new features. It is certainly worth trying out. This may sound like MS hype but I'm actually quite impressed To include a signature: 1. Start a new message (Ctrl-N) 2. Type in your signature. 3. Highlight your signature text. 4. From the pulldown menu, select Edit / Autotext. 5. Type in signature for the name. 6. Click on the Add button. 7. Now when you send any message, this text will be added to the beginning. Advantages are: 1. By adding the text to the beginning of the file, a reply will have your signature at the end of your reply, not at the end of their message. 2. You can format text with Bold, Italics, Underlines etc. Anyone using Exchange can also view them ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting the Explorer from the Current Directory Submitted 9/20/95 To start Explorer from whatever subdirectory you are in when shelled out in DOS: 1. Type "Start .\" 2. The Explorer will start in that very same directory 3. "Start ..\" will start the Explorer one directory above the current one. 4. "Start \" will start the Explorer at the root of the drive. Submitted by Christopher J. Pirillo gnome@stic.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting the Internet Explorer with no initial Start Page Added 9/4/95 By default, the Internet Explorer always loads a startup page. This can add time starting the program, especially with a modem. To start with no Startup Page: 1. Open the Registry Editor 2. Search for The Internet 3. This should bring you to {FBF23B42 ... 4. Click on the + signs until you get to Shell / Open / Command 5. Double-Click on the (Default) in the right panel. 6. Add -nohome after the IEXPLORE.EXE. 7. For Example: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Microsoft Internet\IEXPLORE.EXE -nohome 8. Restart the Internet Explorer and it will come up to a blank URL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adding New Document Templates Submitted 9/3/95 1. Save a blank file with the program for the documents you wish to create the templates, into the hidden directory \WINDOWS\ShellNew. 2. Then open the Registry Editor and add the key "ShellNew" under the extension related to that document (ie. .BAS, .ORG, .DXF) 3. Add a new substring and name it Filename 4. Double-click Filename and type the name of the blank document you just saved. 5. Now you can right-click on the desktop, select New and youāll see the option to create a document-type icon for the application you just selected. I have found a lot of variations and options on this tip. Submitted by Xavier Flix :x.fkix@server1.codetel.net.do ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the Fonts in the Internet Explorer Added 8/3/95 If you ever wanted control over the fonts used by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, here's how. 1. Start the Regestry editor 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Internet Explorer / Styles 3. Double click on the font you want to change. 4. Change its font, size, or weight to whatever you want. 5. Repeat this for all the fonts available for the style you would like. 6. You change the font for the Headings, Normal Font, PRE font etc. 7. There are 13 settings to change which only takes a few minutes. * This allows you far greater flexibility in assigning fonts than any other browser that I am aware of. * You can have one font for Heading 1 and another totally different one for Heading 2. * If you look around the registry, you will find other settings that can be changed. * Note: You do not need to exit Regedit for the changes to take effect. Just keep restarting the Intnet Explorer after each change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the Sort order in Explorer Submitted 8/29/95 To change the sort order of the right window of MS Explorer simply double click on the Name button underneath the toolbar to change the sort order from ascending to descending, a single click after that will toggle. The same works for Size, Type and Date Modified. Submitted by Timothy Hurita woodcom@teleport.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-Up Scripting with the Plus! Pack The Internet Jumpstart Kit that comes with the Plus! Pack allows you to script your Dial-Up Connections 1. Open up Programs / Accessories / Dial-Up Scripting Tool. 2. Select the provider (if you have more than one). 3. Type in the name of the script (end with .scp). 4. Click on the Edit Button. This will bring up Notepad. [Image] 5. Type in your script. A sample one follows: proc main waitfor "login:" transmit "your_login_name^M" waitfor "password:" transmit "your_password^M" waitfor "TERM = (vt100)" transmit "^M" waitfor "your_logon_prompt" transmit "ppp^M" ; My provider requires "ppp" to be typed in. endproc * Remember to turn off Bring up terminal window after dialing. * You can initially have Step through script turned on for debugging. * When it is correct, check Start terminal screen minimized. * For a complete listing of all the scripting options, read SCRIPT.DOC in the \Programs\Plus! directory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- New XCOPY Switches There are quite a few new switches to the XCOPY command. To get a full listing, type XCOPY /?. Below are some of the additions over DOS 6.X. * /C - Continues copying even if errors occur * /I - If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory * /Q - Does not display file names while copying * /F - Displays full source and destination file names while copying * /L - Displays files that would be copied * /H -Copies hidden and system files also * /R - Overwrites read-only files * /T - Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories * /U - Updates the files that already exist in destination * /K - Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes * /Y - Overwrites existing files without prompting * /-Y - Prompts you before overwriting existing files * /N - Copy using the generated short names ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Batch Install Program If you are re-installing Win95 and use the same settings and programs each time, there is a Batch Installation program in the Admin\Nettools\Netsetup directory on the CD. You can specifiy what applications, network, protocol etc. to load when you install Win95. Save the file, then run SETUP FILENAME.INF when you re-install Win95. . You won't be prompted for much else ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problems with older Win 3.X programs There is a program, MKCOMPAT.EXE in the SYSTEM directory. If allows you to change several settings that could help with problem programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup Switches There are several switches that can be used when running SETUP * filename - Runs setup with the specified setup file * /id - Ignores the DIsk Space check * /is - Ignores the routine System check * /iq - Skips the test for cross-linked files * /in - Runs setup without the Network Setup Module ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to add your Tips, please either fill out the following Form or e-mail me. Be sure to include your name and own e-mail address. 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