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- Welcome to the Windows Memphis Visual Enhancements
- ==================================================
-
- PLEASE READ THE *WHOLE* OF THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING.
- IT IS ADVISEABLE TO PRINT THIS OUT FIRST, IF POSSIBLE.
-
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- IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-
-
- THESE FILES NEED TO BE EXTRACTED TO THE FOLDER "C:\MEMPHIS" BEFORE RUNNING!
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-
- Included in Archive:
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- Setup.exe
- Mpinst97.bat
- User.ex_
- User32.dl_
- Remove.pi_
- Readmein_
- disclaim.txt
- ReadMe.txt (this file)
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-
-
- The new user interface includes a few enhancements which make
- the look and feel of Windows 95 a little more interesting and,
- well, fun, I guess (!!!).
- These are some of the *actual* enhancements found in the new Windows
- Memphis O/S.
-
- Features
- --------
- 1) Smooth new 'roll out' of menu's.
-
- 2) Highlighting words as mouse passes over them.
-
- 3) 'minimise' 'maximise' 'close' drop down boxes as mouse passes over
- the 3 boxes in top-right of each window
-
- 4) More animation in Windows Explorer when opening a folder from left.
-
- 5) Colour gradient in all windows along the drag/title bar.
-
- Installation:
- ----------------------IMPORTANT NOTICE-----------------------------
-
- PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE INSTALLED, GAMES OR PROGRAMS WHICH WORK
- WITH DIRECT X (DIRECT DRAW, DIRECT SOUND) DO NOT WORK.
-
- IF YOU WANT TO USE DIRECTX, FIRST REPLACE YOUR OLD USER.EXE AND
- USER32.DLL FILES, SEE HOW; BELOW.
-
- N.B. Replacing and changing these files does NO harm to your system.
- Just make sure you do it right.
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-
- The installation is very easy.
-
- 1. Put these extracted files into a folder on your C: drive called
- 'Memphis'.
-
- 2. Run Setup.exe - the program will exit Win95 and go to DOS.
-
- 3. Press Y to agree to terms & conditions etc.
-
- 4. After installation, program will re-boot back to Win95 + changes!
-
- 5. To uninstall, just run 'setup.exe' from the new folder in your
- \windows\system folder called 'memphis'.
-
- 6. To re-install repeat the process above. Or just keep the original
- memphis directory on your C: drive.
-
- 7. Enjoy the enhancements!
-
- These are the real thing - they will be part of the new Windows operating
- system.
-
- Brought to you by R.Wells-West
- WWW: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~rjww195
- email: rjww195@soton.ac.uk
- Comments welcome.
-
- Setup program compliments of Gavin Cope.
-