The Best of Windows 95 Shareware/The Best of Windows 95 Shareware (Wayzata Technology)(1996).ISO/pc/faqs/13.txt

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Here is a list of some tips you will find helpful in making the most
out of
                                Windows 95.

                          Shortcuts and Time Savers
                               Registry Edits
                           Internet Configuration
                           Customizing Windows 95

              Congratulations to this Week's Winner, Bo McCoy!
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                           Here's Bo's great Tip!
                     Speed up the Windows Refresh rate!

Every time I added a new folder, or I deleted something from a
window, I
needed to hit F5, Refresh, to see the results. This became quite an
annoyance. Here is a little tip to change it so that the screen
refreshes
automatically.

  1.  Start Regedit.
  2.  Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder and open it.
  3.  Open the System folder, and then the CurrentControlSet folder.
  4.  Select the Control folder, and then the Update folder.
  5.  Go to the right window and right-click with your mouse on
Update.
  6.  Select Modify, and change the value from 01 to 00.
  7.  Click on OK.

The changes will take place next time Windows 95 is started.
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Shortcuts and Time Savers

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Prevent having to reboot!

by Jim Hamby [e-mail] (9/16/95)

Have you ever clicked Shutdown and remembered something else you
wanted to
do on the system? Don't want to wait for the PC to power back up and
go
through self test? You don't have to - when you get the screen that
says "It
is now safe for you to turn off you computer" just type "win" and hit
enter!
Want to be in the DOS mode? Type "mode co80" and there you go. A
Windows 95
system shutdown closes the registry, and drops you back to a DOS
session,
but displays a graphics message for you to turn off your computer.
Behind
the scenes, your PC is really sitting at the familiar C: prompt!

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Update the registry without Rebooting!

by Marc Gorman [e-mail] (9/9/95)

Here's how to update the Registry without rebooting Windows - Press
Ctr-Alt-Del, select Explorer, and click End Task. When Windows asks
if you
want to Shut Down, click no, then click End Task at the next prompt.
Soon
you should see the Start menu and Task Bar reappear as Windows starts
the
Explorer shell again. Also, to turn off the Auto-Run feature of CDs,
go to
Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager. Click on the plus
sign plus
sign of your CD-ROM controller, then double-click it's icon to bring
up the
Properties. Under Settings, turn off the Auto insert notification box
and
click OK. You will have to SHIFT+RESTART for this to take effect.

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Access the Desktop Quickly

by Tim LaDuca, [e-mail] (8/24/95)

How do you access your darn desktop when you have a ton of
applications
open? Well you could right click on the taskbar and do a minimize
all, but
on a 486-50 that's pretty darn slow. Instead, open a browser window
(double-click on "My Computer") If there is no toolbar, select View
from the
menu and select Toolbar. Then from the dropdown list-box in the
toolbar
select desktop. Now minimize it and forget about it. The next time
you want
to access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
As long
as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when
you
start windows again.

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Use Long Filenames at the Command Prompt

by Nick Francesco, [e-mail] (8/18/95)

Now that you can have long directory names, and particularly now that
you
can have directory names with spaces in them, how do you deal with
that at
the DOS command line? You can enter long file names, even those with
spaces
in them, by enclosing them in quotes:

dir "Cool Windows Utilities"

or cd "cool windows utilities"\insteasy

Note that, as with "real" DOS, case doesn't count.
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[Image] Mapping Remote Systems as Network Drives

If you have a TCP/IP connection, and do a lot of FTPing from a
specific
site, why not add that site as a drive icon on your desktop?

First, you must create a file called LMHOSTS in your Windows
directory. It
has the following structure:

ip-address alias # the octothorpe starts a comment

e.g.:

198.105.232.1 MSFTP # Microsoft's FTP site

Next, right-click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive...
Select a
drive letter, and in the Path: text box, type the alias and a
directory:

\\msftp\data

Select OK, wait, and you're on! Note that this works best with
Windows 95
and Windows NT FTP sites. It works more or less with other FTP
servers. It
works just as well over PPP as over a direct connection. Your mileage
may
vary.

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Add Shortcuts to the Start Menu Quickly

by Rob Willard, [e-mail] (8/7/95)

To quickly add a shortcut to the top layer of the start menu, drag it
from
an open folder or from the explorer onto the start button, and it
will be
placed at the top of the start menu.
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Add Mail Signatures With MS Mail

by Richard Anderson, [e-mail] (8/7/95)

When using Microsoft Exchange with Word Mail running (Word Mail is
included
with Office 95) an easy way to put a signature into your mail is to
use the
AutoText option. Create your signature, highlight it all, select
AutoText
from the Edit Menu and add it in. When you want to use it just type
in the
first few letters and hit F3 and your signature will be added to your
E-mail.
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Manage Your Tasks

by Tim LaDuca, [e-mail] (8/4/95)

Windows 95 comes with a replacement/supplement for the Taskbar. Look
in your
\windows directory for TASKMAN.EXE This program works a lot like the
taskbar
except you can select programs just like you would select files in
Explorer.
Select the programs you want to close, and select Windows | End Task
from
the menu and Voila! all those programs go away!
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Quick Access to the Desktop

by Ramesh Viswanathan, [e-mail] (8/3/95)

You can get quick access to the desktop (if you have lots of windows
open)
by right clicking on the task bar and choosing Minimize All Windows.
After
you have completed the task you wanted to perform, you can restore
all the
windows to their original state by again right clicking on the task
bar and
choosing Undo Minimize all.
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Make a shortcut to the Start Menu

by Mike Peele, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

To put the "Programs" from your Start menu onto your desktop do this:

  1. Open up Explorer
  2. Make a shortcut from "windows/start menu" to "Desktop"

This makes it a lot easier and quicker to get to the programs in your
start
menu faster.
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Cleaning up Opened Windows

by Roger Suppona, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

To close Windows left open from browsing through "My Computer," you
can take
the following steps of action:

  1. Hold the shift key when you click on the "X" button of the first
window
     you want to close.
  2. This will close any and all windows preceding the one you
clicked on.

This helps to clean up your cluttered desktop considerably.
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Clear the Recent Documents Menu Quickly

It seems as though everyone hates having to do all that clicking to
clear
the recent documents menu in the start menu. Here's a quick and dirty
way to
be able to clear them with a double-click:

  1. Create a batch file with the line:
     echo y| del \windows\recent\*.*
  2. Save the batch file into a convenient directory.
  3. Create a shortcut to the batch file on the desktop.
  4. Right-click the shortcut and choose properties.
  5. Choose the Program tab.
  6. Under Run, choose Minimized.
  7. Check the Close on Exit box.
  8. Click OK.

Now just double click on the shortcut's icon to clear the document
menu.
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Use the Right Mouse Button and the Shift Key

People used to working with Windows 3.1 or NT often become very
"leftbutton-centric." To use Windows 95 productively, use the right
mouse
button liberally. In addition, the shift key often adds powerful
features to
a mouse click.

   * To format a disk drive, right click on the drive's icon in the
Explorer
     or in My Computer.
   * To minimize, cascade, or tile all windows, right click on the
taskbar.
   * To empty the recycle bin quickly, right click on its icon.
   * To close, restore, maximize, or minimize a window, right click
on its
     button on the taskbar.
   * If a file has an associated application, but you want to open it
with a
     different application, hold down the shift key and right click
on its
     icon.
   * To restart windows without rebooting the computer, go to the
shutdown
     menu and choose restart the computer. When you click OK, hold
down the
     shift key.
   * To launch Explorer on a drive or folder, right click on it
instead of
     doubleclicking.

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Using the Command Prompt

Here are some tips for people who don't want to leave behind their
command
prompts.

   * In addition to the MS-DOS standards . and .., there are two new
     directory symbols:
   * ... is the parent directory, once removed
     .... is the parent directory, twice removed
   * You can drag and drop files to the Command Prompt. The file name
     appears in the keyboard buffer.
   * To have a batch file run each time you enter the Command Prompt,
click
     properties for the Command Prompt and enter its name under
     program/batch file. Then put your favorite utilities, for
example
     Doskey, into the batch file.
   * You can run windows programs from the Command Prompt. You can
also open
     folders by typing "start ." or "start .." at the prompt. The
start
     command can even run programs or documents.

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Registry Edits

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[Image]Speed up the Windows Refresh rate!

by Bo McCoy, [e-mail] (9/16/95)

Every time I added a new folder, or I deleted something from a
window, I
needed to hit F5, Refresh, to see the results. This became quite an
annoyance. Here is a little tip to change it so that the screen
refreshes
automatically.

  1.  Start Regedit.
  2.  Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder and open it.
  3.  Open the System folder, and then the CurrentControlSet folder.
  4.  Select the Control folder, and then the Update folder.
  5.  Go to the right window and right-click with your mouse on
Update.
  6.  Select Modify, and change the value from 01 to 00.
  7.  Click on OK.

The changes will take place next time Windows 95 is started.

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[Image]Reduce the Start/Run Drop Down List!

by Shannon Elliott, [e-mail] (9/8/95)

Here's how to reduce the Run Drop Down list.

  1.  From the 'Start' button choose 'Run' and type 'regedit'.
  2.  Click on the + to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER'
  3.  Click on the + to 'Software'
  4.  Click on the + to 'Microsoft'
  5.  Click on the + to 'Windows'
  6.  Click on the + to 'CurrentVersion'
  7.  Click on the + to 'Explorer'
  8.  Click on the 'RunMRU'

     *On the right hand side you'll see a list of the names being
used by
     the 'Run' command.

  9.  Click on the name you want to erase and press the delete key.
(Be sure
     NOT to delete the first or last entries.)
 10.  Exit the Registry Editor and restart Windows to make your
changes take
     affect.

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Remove annoying arrows on Shortcuts

by Nick Sabinske (9/8/95)

  1.  Run REGEDIT
  2.  There are 2 'IsShortcut' keys you need to remove One is under a
     'lnkfile' branch, the other is under a 'piffile' branch. Search
in
     whatever method you think is best
  3.  Delete the IsShortcut keys!
  4.  Restart explorer

Now live free without those stupid looking shortcut arrows

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Add Items to the New Menu

by Caleb Ciampaglia, [e-mail], and Rob Meyer,
[e-mail]
(8/25/95)

   * First, in the program that creates the file type you are adding,
create
     a "blank" document. To do that, enter the program, start a new
file,
     and save it right away (note that you could save any normally
used
     preferences here - useful for programs that don't support
templates).
   * Copy this file to the \windows\ShellNew folder (it's a hidden
folder).
     Remember the filename!
   * Now enter the system registry. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, find the
     extension for that filetype.
   * Add a new key called ShellNew.
   * Under this new key, add a new string value called "FileName".
   * Modify the value of this string (double-click it to bring up a
Modify
     panel) to be the filename of the blank template file you
created. You
     need to include the extension, but the path is not necessary
(the
     /windows/ShellNew folder is the default).
   * Presto, your New file menu contains an option for your new file
type.
     Note that there are some applications that do their registry
entries a
     little different, so you may have to modify the procedure a
little...of
     course most of those programs are Windows 95 programs, so they
should
     probably appear anyway on the menu (if they set up a ShellNew
entry as
     they should). Note that depending on the application, this may
not
     work.

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Make Windows Truncate Long Filenames Better

by Kobie van Zyl, [e-mail] (8/23/95)

In Windows 95 a file name can be up to 255 characters. You can now
have file
names with spaces and as many periods as you wish. Unfortunately
Microsoft's
way of converting long names to the short version is by adding a
tilde and
numeric character to the end of a file name (e.g. "Kobie tips for
Windows.doc" will be converted to Kobie~1.doc). You can get around
this
problem by changing the registry in the following way : Using
REGEDIT.EXE in
the Windows directory open your registry. Click on the + to the left
of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then system, CurrentControlSet, and Control.
Highlight
File System. Right click the right-hand side of the registry window.
On the
pop-up menu click New, then Binary Value. Type in NameNumericTail and
press
enter. Double-click NameNumericTail then type 0 (zero) as the
complete
binary value. Click OK and restart Windows. You have just created a
whole
new, undocumented entry in the registry. This will cause the
shortname
versions of the files to be as close as possible to that of the long
name.
(e.g. Thiscomputer.doc will be Thiscomp.doc and not Thisco~1.doc). It
will
only start adding numbers if you have more than one shortname with
the same
result.

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[Past Winner!] Turn Off Window Animation

by Jim Asikis, [e-mail] (8/16/95)

You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and
maximize
windows. This tip makes navigating Windows 95 a lot faster especially
for
those that don't have super fast video cards.

  1. Open Regedit
  2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  3. Control panel
  4. Desktop
  5. WindowMetrics
  6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.
  7. Select new/string value.
  8. Name the new value MinAnimate.
  9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on
"Modify"
 10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
 11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.

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[Past Winner! ] Add Sounds to Application Events

by Bodo Noering, [e-mail] (8/7/95)

An overview on how to add sounds to program actions:

  1. Open registry editor
  2. Go to folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps
  3. There are two folders, .Default and Explorer
  4. Click on Apps with the right mouse button. Choose NEW - KEY.
     key name: name of the .EXE file you want sounds for.
     For better reading change the key Default from "none" to the
name of
     the application.
  5. Click on the key you created in 4 with the right mouse button.
Choose
     NEW - KEY.
     key name: Open
  6. Do the same with
     key name: Close
  7. Go to control panel \ sound events. There is a new item and two
     subitems, Open program and Close program, for the program you
just
     added to the registry.
  8. Add sound files to them.
  9. The next time you start/close the EXE file the sound will play.
 10. Because there is no limitation in the registry database you can
add all
     programs and events you like. For every program you can add all
of the
     standard events:

  1. AppGPFault (not very funny)
     Close
     Maximize
     MenuCommand
     MenuPopup
     Minimize
     Open
     RestoreDown
     RestoreUp
     SystemAsterisk
     SystemExclamation
     SystemHand
     SystemQuestion

     Other events may be possible; it depends on the events the
application
     generates. The ribbon buttons in Winword are NOT such events.

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Enhance Logitech Mice

by Niels van Drimmelen, [e-mail] (8/3/95)

You can enable the double-click feature of the middle mouse-button of
Logitech mice. Run regedit and go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/logitech/version???/. Change the value of
double
click from 000 to 001.
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[Past Winner] Removing System Icons from your Desktop.

by Dylan Greene, [e-mail] (7/31/95)

  1. Run regedit.
  2. Find one of the above (example: "Inbox"). You may find multiple
     occurrences.. The one you want will have long strings of numbers
and
     letters in the left pane.
  3. Hit tab to go to the left pane
  4. Hit "+" to expand the tree
  5. Select "ShellFolder"
     There should be two records: default (value not set) and
attributes (a
     clump of four two digit numbers).
  6. Select attributes.
  7. Hit delete (or from the edit menu).
  8. Hit F5 to refresh, and you are done.

You can now remove or move what you would like. This is very helpful
on
multi-user machines in which you don't want users to have access to
browse
the hard drive. It also cleans your desktop of programs you don't use
often.
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Reappearing values?

by Mark Pennington, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

If you seem to have problems with Values and Keys reappearing in your
registry, try deleting the offending programs from your win.ini file!
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Make the Taskbar faster

A lot of people find the speed at which the menus on the taskbar and
pull-down menus pop out too slow. To change this, you need to edit
the
registry:

  1. From the Start menu, choose Run. Type in 'regedit' and click OK.
  2. Open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder.
  3. Open the Control Panel folder.
  4. Open the Desktop folder.
  5. From the Edit menu, choose New->String Value
  6. Call the new item MenuShowDelay.
  7. Doubleclick on the new item and give it a value from 1 to 10, 1
being
     fastest.
  8. Exit the Registry Editor and restart Windows.

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Make .bmp Files Be Their Own Icons

It's possible to make the icons for bitmap files be thumbnail images
of the
bitmap itself. Here's how:

  1. Run the Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
  2. Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder
  3. Open the Paint.Picture folder
  4. Open the DefaultIcon folder
  5. Double click on the "default" item
  6. Change the value to "%1"
  7. Exit the Registry Editor

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Internet Configuration

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View Your TCP/IP Configuration

by Ramesh Viswanathan, [e-mail] (8/3/95)

In order to see your present TCP/IP configuration, Microsoft has
included a
program called winipcfg which gives you details of your setup. Start
it
using the Run command.
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Trace Internet Routes

by Dylan Greene, [e-mail] (7/31/95)

Included with Windows 95 is a program called Trace Route. Open a dos
window
and type tracert location name. The location name can be any ip
address or
number, for example www.process.com. The program will the trace the
route
from your internet provider to that location, and show you every
computer
system along the way. Watch as you jump from cost to cost and over
oceans
via satelites and high speed connections instantly. Also very useful
for
when you can't connect to a site - it will show you if something is
down
along the way.
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Installing Internet Dialup

by Chris Stowell, [e-mail] (7/31/95)

The following tip applies to those of you setting up Windows 95 to
connect
to an ISP, and only using a computer at home, not connected to
another
network, and using a modem connection:

The 2 components needed for this capability are the Dail-up adapter
and
TCP/IP Protocol settings. When only selecting the above 2 components,
you
must reenter the password every time you start to dial, and also when
you
connect to the ISP. To prevent the above from happening and saving
you a few
more things to type in, follow the below steps....

  1. Go into your network settings, in control panel
  2. Click on the Add button, Click on Client, Click on Microsoft,
and
     choose Client for Microsoft Networks, and after you have
installed the
     proper drivers from the disks, goto the Primary network Logon
and
     choose Windows Logon.

After you reboot your computer and the next time you dial up to your
ISP,
you will be given the option to save your password, and also you will
not
have to reenter the password the second time also......
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For FTPing a lot of stuff!

by Benicia Baker-Livorsi, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

The FTP client that comes with Windows 95 allows for a text file for
a list
of commands that you would like it to run.

  1. Create a text file with a list of commands that you would like
to be
     run
  2. Type ftp -s:mytextfile

This tip helps speed up tedious file transfers.
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Customizing Windows 95

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Command Line Multi-tasking

by Eitan Grinspun, [e-mail] (9/16/95)

Sometimes I resort to the command line to do things quickly and "the
old
way". Its really handy to be able to multitask on the command line,
and for
that I've written this small batch file.

-- listing for bg.bat ---
start /m command /c %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
--- end listing ----

By putting this batch file on my path, I can run any dos (or windows)
command or program in the background. For example,
bg pkunzip data.zip c:\datadir -d
will unzip my data in the background. It's very handy and I use it
often.
Anybody that uses UNIX or OS/2 will be used to this feature.

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Make an Open New Folder Context Entry

by Shannon Elliot, [e-mail] (9/9/95) Sometimes I want to open a
new
folder so I can copy or move files around.

Open your notepad and copy this exactly into it.

---

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew]
@="Open New &Window"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command]
@="explorer %1"

---

Do not copy the '---', just the text between them. Now save the
document as
Open New Folder.reg. You can call it anything you want, just be sure
to put
the .reg extension after it. I usually allow it to save on the
desktop to
find it quickly. Now double click on the new icon that has appeared.
The
registry hack will update automatically. Now right click on a folder
and you
will see a new option called 'Open New Window'
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[Image] Changing default from 'Open' to 'Explore'

by Jeff Allen [e-mail] (8/29/95) Here is a useful tip
and
you need not edit the registry to do it! If you always want explorer
to come
up when you click on something and not just the ever-useful "My
Computer"
Window, here's how: Click on the View Menu/Options/file types/ and
then
choose "Folder" from the list. Click on the "Edit" button and then
click the
"Set Default" button to change the default action from "Open" to
"Explore".
It is much better this way!

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Converting from Netscape to Microsoft's Internet Explorer?

by Vincent Huang [e-mail] (8/29/95)

Migrating from Netscape Navigator to Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
If
you've made your mind to do that, try to save your bookmarks by drag
them
from tree view of bookmarks to the 'Favorites' folder.

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Changing the Fonts in MS Internet Explorer

by Bob Cerelli, [e-mail] (8/29/95)

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_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Internet
Explorer /
     Styles
       A. A list of all the possible combinations will come up
       B. On the right panel is the Style Name on the left, followed
by its
          value on the right.
       C. Double click on a Style Name and change its font, size, or
weight.
       D. Repeat this for all the fonts available for the style you
would
          like.
       E. There are 13 settings to change which only takes a few
minutes.

  3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Internet
Explorer /
     Styles
       A. Change the Default_Style_Sheet to be the one you just
edited.
  4. Restart the Internet Explorer

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Enhance the Start Menu

by Joel Mueller, [e-mail] (8/23/95)

Create a new folder on your desktop.. Rename it - call it:

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now it should look like a normal Control Panel icon you see in My
Computer
(not a shortcut). Now right click on the Start button, 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 Control
Panel on
it. Click on it and it will expand to show all the items, fast! You
can do
the same thing with Printers and Dial-Up Networking - here's the
names you
need:

Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Dial Up Net.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
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Fix Broken Start Menus

by Joel Mueller, [e-mail] (8/23/95)

Sometimes people experience the problem of having a Start menu which
is
empty and cannot be modified. One possible cause: If the
c:\windows\"Start
Menu" directory is modified (particularly if anything is deleted)
from the
MSDOS prompt, Windows 95 will decide that the start menu is invalid.
The
Start Menu is empty, and if you try to add anything to it, you get
"Unable
to add to Start Menu" or a similar message.

Solution:

  1. If there are still subfolders and links in c:\windows\"Start
Menu" that
     you can access from the Explorer, copy these to another folder
as
     backup.
  2. Restart the computer, and when you see "Starting Windows 95..."
press
     F8 to get to the startup menu. Choose "Command Prompt Only."
  3. At the c:\ prompt, change to the windows directory and "deltree
     startm~1". Reboot the computer.
  4. When Windows 95 reloads, it will find that rather than being
invalid,
     the Start Menu simply isn't there. It will then create a valid
(but
     empty) Start Menu.
  5. At this point you can go to Start / Settings / Taskbar / Start
Menu /
     Advanced and start copying back in the shortcuts you backed up
in step
     one, or you can run GRPCONV.EXE to get your basic icons back,
and
     reinstall or create the other links by hand to get your icons
back.
  6. You're done. You have a Start Menu again.

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Keep Fonts from Disappearing

by Ciss, [e-mail] (8/18/95)

If you install a generic Textmode Printer into Windows 95 and choose
it as
default you will not see any of your TrueType Fonts in programs like
Word
6.0 or Wordpad.

Delete the Printer or Install another one like HP Deskjet and make it
the
default printer to regain access to your fonts.
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Customize MS-DOS Mode

by Jeff Kohn, [e-mail] (8/4/95)

If you want to be able to completely control the settings used when
you
choose 'Restart Computer in MS-DOS Mode,' use Explorer to go to your
Windows
directory and find a file called 'Exit To DOS.' (It might or might
not show
the extension .PIF depending on your settings for Explorer).
Right-click
this file, choose properties, and go to the Program tab. Click the
Advanced
button, and you can enter custom CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT commands
to be
executed. Save your changes, and they will go into effect whenever
you
reboot into DOS-mode from the Shut-Down menu.
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Make Windows 3.1 Programs Behave

by Jason Schloer, [e-mail] (8/3/95)

If you're having compatibility trouble with old Windows 3.1 programs
try
using mkcompat.exe. Start it using the Run command. Just choose a
file in
the file menu that you want to fix compatibility with and begin
selecting
options such as:

Lie about Windows version #
Delay comm handshake
Increase Stack Size

etc.
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Tired of a GUI Interface?

by Benicia Baker-Livorsi, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

If you want Windows 95 to boot up like a regular MS-DOS session, do
the
following:

  1. Edit your msdos.sys file
  2. Add the line "BootGUI=0" to the file.

This will bring a regular DOS session up upon reboot.
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For the Multi-boot Users

by Benicia Baker-Livorsi, [e-mail] (7/30/95)

Tired of hitting "F8" every time you boot to change your settings?

  1. If you edit your msdos.sys file
  2. In the "Options" section
  3. Add the line "BootMenu=1"

This will always present you with a boot menu, removing the need to
hit F8
every time.
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Turn off the Windows 95 Logo When Booting

by Jeff Tjernagel, [e-mail] (7/28/95)

To remove the Windows 95 logo on startup, you can do the following:

  1. Open file msdos.sys in Notepad.
  2. Find the [Options] section.
  3. Add this line in the Options section: Logo=0

Reboot your machine and there should be no logo on startup.
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