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- Microsoft(r) Plus!
- The Perfect Companion to Windows(r) 95
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- Microsoft Plus! makes accessing the Internet as easy as using the
- Windows 95 operating system. With Microsoft Plus! your personal
- computer is self-tuning and looks great!
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- This text describes the features in Microsoft Plus!. To try the demo
- theme, perform the following steps:
- 1) Install the demo by opening PLUSDEMO.EXE
- 2) Run Microsoft Plus! Demo by opening the Microsoft Plus! Demo
- link which is created on your desktop.
- 3) Choose the Dangerous Creatures (demo) theme from the dropdown
- list of themes.
- 4) Click OK to apply the theme and close the desktop theme switcher.
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- After trying the demo, you can remove the desktop theme item from
- your desktop by right-clicking the icon and choosing delete.
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- Click on to the Internet!
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- Microsoft Plus! is a fast, easy way to get on the Internet.
- An easy sign-up wizard quickly configures your PC to surf the
- information highway.*
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- You also get Internet Explorer, a sophisticated World Wide
- Web browser that enables you to drag and drop data between the World
- Wide Web, FTP (file transfer protocol), gopher, and your desktop.
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- Microsoft Plus! tunes your PC.
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- At regularly scheduled times, or when you're not using your PC, the
- Microsoft Plus! System Agent automatically tunes your system,
- performing tasks such as disk optimization and error correction.
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- The Microsoft Plus! System Agent can run any application at
- prescheduled times.
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- Microsoft Plus! includes an enhanced version of the DriveSpaceTM disk-
- compression utility-optimized for 486 or Pentiumr processors-that gives you
- extra space. So you can choose up to 50 percent more compression and store
- up to 2 gigabytes of data on compressed volumes, depending on your system
- configuration.
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- Working with the System Agent in Microsoft Plus!, the Compression Agent can
- automatically recompress data during system idle time, delivering higher
- compression ratios and more free disk space. Because the Compression
- Agent runs during system idle time, it can also enhance your system's overall
- speed.
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- Dial-Up Networking server-Turn your computer into a Dial-Up Networking
- server that lets your small office or workgroup share data remotely.
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- Exploits the power of your PC to make Windows 95 look even better.
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- Microsoft Plus! makes Windows 95 come alive with 12 colorful desktop
- themes that dramatically enhance the look and sound of your PC. Each
- desktop theme incorporates many interface components such as new sound
- schemes, wallpaper, screen savers, 3-D icons, fonts, cursors, and color
- schemes. The Microsoft Plus! Desktop Themes feature unifies all of these
- components thematically.
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- Customize your system with your choice of themes: Science, The '60s USA,
- Leonardo da Vinci, Dangerous Creatures, Sports, The Golden Era,
- Inside Your Computer, Mystery, Nature, Travel, Windows 95, and More Windows.
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- The theme switcher lets you coordinate and switch all of these themes
- quickly and easily.
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- Font Smoothing is an anti-aliasing and hinting feature that makes fonts
- easier to read.
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- Full Window Drag means that the entire contents of a window are dragged
- as solid blocks instead of outlines. Full Window Drag makes resizing windows
- easier, because you can see the window content as it is being resized.
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- Play a mean pinball.
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- The 3-D Pinball in Microsoft Plus! is one of a new generation of exciting,
- full-motion games for Windows 95 that looks, sounds, and plays like the real
- thing.
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- Specifications
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- To use Microsoft Plus!, you need:
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- Personal computer with a 486 or higher processor
- Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
- 8 MB of memory
- Typical hard-disk space required: 25 MB; Additional hard-disk
- space required if you need to install Internet provider software*
- 3.5" high-density disk drive or CD-ROM drive
- Monitor resolution needed: 640x480x256 (16- or 24-bit color
- recommended)
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
- Modem/fax modem or Internet server (required to use Internet features)
- Audio card (required for sound features in Pinball and Desktop Themes)
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- * Access to the Internet requires a subscription to an Internet provider
- such as The Microsoft Network.
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- For additional information on Microsoft Plus!, check our World Wide Web
- site at http://www.windows.microsoft.com.
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- (c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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- This data sheet is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO
- WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY. Microsoft, DriveSpace,
- Windows, and the Windows logo are either registered trademarks or
- trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
- countries. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
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