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Win 95 more.....Tips.
Tips by Category New search Category: Windows 95 Applets31 Tips found
Page: 1 2 3 4 Booting Up Isn't Hard to Do
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Create a bootable diskette by opening Control Panel and choosing Add/Remove Programs. Select the Startup Disk tab, and click on Create Disk.
Character (Map's) Traits
Category: Windows 95 Applets
To get an enlarged view of the characters in a document, hold down the left mouse button while passing the cursor over the characters in Character Map.
Chart Your Performance
Category: Windows 95 Applets
The System Monitor tracks the performance of your system's components in a series of useful charts. Information includes microprocessor and memory usage, and the size of the disk cache and swap file. Use the System Monitor to spot performance-inhibiting problems.
Clip and Play
Category: Windows 95 Applets
The Media Player lets you play virtually any multimedia file. You can place Media Player objects, such as sound files or video clips, onto the Clipboard for pasting into another file. To do this, you must first mark the beginning and end of the selection. To mark the beginning of a clip, click on the Start Selection button. To terminate the clip, click on the End Selection button. Then select the Edit/Copy option to copy your file to the Clipboard. If you select Edit/Copy immediately after loading a sound or video file, Media Player selects and sends the entire file to the Clipboard.
Don't Play
Category: Windows 95 Applets
If you don't want a CD to start playing as soon as you pop it in, disable AutoPlay by pressing the Shift key.
Drag the Bars
Category: Windows 95 Applets
You can view two different toolbars in WordPad: One is the Standard toolbar, and the other is the Formatting toolbar. You can move the toolbars from their default positions by placing your cursor on an area of either toolbar that isn’t covered by a button, and dragging the toolbar to the desired position.
Drag-and-DOS V
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Here's another way to copy data from the MS-DOS Prompt. Click on the Mark button on the MS-DOS Prompt toolbar, highlight the area you want to copy by dragging the cursor, then click on the Copy button.
For Advanced Mathematicians Only
Category: Windows 95 Applets
To display the scientific calculator, select View/Scientific. You will be able to perform trigonometric, logarithmic, statistical or Boolean operations.
Here We Go ’Round in Circles
Category: Windows 95 Applets
To draw a perfect circle, open the Paint applet, click on the ellipse icon and hold down the Shift key. You’ll get a perfect circle every time.
Keep It Brief
Category: Windows 95 Applets
If you have files that you want to keep synchronized between your portable, your office desktop, and your home computer, you should create Briefcases on both your desktop computers, and then keep the files on your portable. Drag the documents from your portable to the Briefcase on each desktop computer. Then, each time you connect your portable to a docking station, the Briefcase on the desktop computer synchronizes the files.
Know Your Resource Limitations
Category: Windows 95 Applets
The handy System Resource Meter resides on the taskbar and tracks System, User and GDI resources. The more applications you have open and running, the more system resources are gobbled up. To install Resource Meter, go to the Control Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs. Under the Windows Setup tab, double-click on Accessories-you'll find the System Resource Meter there.
Line by Line
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Instead of capturing your entire online session, you may want to scroll the HyperTerminal window backward, using the scrolling buffer, to see what happened earlier in the session. Control the number of lines HyperTerminal holds for the scrolling buffer by clicking on File/Properties/Settings. Enter a new value in the Backscroll Buffer Lines text box. The value determines the number of lines HyperTerminal starts recording, and you'll be able to scroll back that many lines to see what happened earlier in the session.
Looking for a Challenge?
Category: Windows 95 Applets
If you get bored with the simplicity of the FreeCell game, try games 285, 27,006 or 31,464. They're sure to boggle your brain. If you've moved the wrong card in FreeCell, quickly press F10 before clicking on another card. It's the Undo button. And finally, let it be known that after you have won 65,535 games, FreeCell resets your winning streak stat back to zero.
Marking the Mines
Category: Windows 95 Applets
If you don't know where to start searching for mines in Minesweeper, click on a corner square first. If a 3 appears, you can mark the three mines that surround the square. If a 1 or 2 appears, try an adjacent square; if you don't blow up, you'll know the location of at least one mine.
One-Click Connection
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Even after configuring your connection to remember your password, DUN still prompts you to click on the Connect button. You can bypass this screen so DUN automatically begins the connection as soon as you double-click on it. This is particularly helpful if your browser has been configured to launch DUN. This capability can be installed using shareware applications such as RTVReco or DUNCE, available at http://www.filemine.com.
Open Sesame
Category: Windows 95 Applets
When an AVI file is playing, you can open Media Player by double-clicking the title bar of the AVI. Double-click the Media Player title bar to exit.
Perk Up WordPad
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Insert an object of virtually any data type directly into your document with WordPad. Choose Insert/Object. If you want the object to appear as an icon in the document, click on the Display As Icon option. If you want to create an object, click on the object's type in the Object Type list box. WordPad will start the parent program for that object's type (such as Excel or Paint). When you close the parent program, WordPad will insert the object at the text cursor's position. If you want to load an object from a file, click on Create From File, then type the path and name of the object you want to insert.
Play It Again (Later) Sam
Category: Windows 95 Applets
You can customize the CD Player (Start/Programs/Accessories/Multimedia) to play your favorite songs from your favorite recordings-in the order you prefer. Go to Disc/Edit Play List and specify your custom play order.
Post It in WordPad
Category: Windows 95 Applets
WordPad supports "scraps," a Windows 95 version of sticky notes for your Desktop. Open WordPad and set it for a minimal view with no toolbar or status bar. Type your note (to date and time-stamp your note, select Insert/Date and Time). Highlight the text and then drag-and-drop it on your Desktop (or into a folder created to hold your notes). A "WordPad Document Scrap" will be created. The scrap is automatically saved, so you don't have to save the text in WordPad.
Quick Launch
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Launch any Windows program from the MS-DOS Prompt command line. The directories containing the programs you want to launch should be in your path statement. Make sure they are, then type in the name of the program’s EXE file and press Enter.
Record the Whole Thing
Category: Windows 95 Applets
HyperTerminal can record a log of your online sessions. Select Transfer/Capture Text and enter a filename. HyperTerminal will store in a file every character that appears in its window. If you want a printed copy of an online session, choose Transfer/Capture to Printer.
Room for a View
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Quick View lets you right-click on a document without opening the program it was created in. To install this component, head to Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs, then choose Setup/Quick View.
Sleep on It
Category: Windows 95 Applets
ScanDisk tests for and often repairs directory errors, DriveSpace compressed-drive errors, FAT errors, long filename errors and file system errors. There are two test-type options: Standard and Thorough. Run the Thorough test overnight since it is more exhaustive than the Standard test.
Slinging Data
Category: Windows 95 Applets
When HyperTerminal is up and running, you'll see a modem icon next to the clock on your taskbar. When you double-click on the icon, HyperTerminal will display how fast your modem is slinging data.
Spitting Image
Category: Windows 95 Applets
It's easy to copy a Paintbrush image--just press and hold the Ctrl key as you drag the image to its new location. (Pressing and holding the Shift key will leave a trail of the image).
Take Control of Your CD Player
Category: Windows 95 Applets
To reset the Autoplay default of the CD Player, open My Computer, then select View/Options/File Types. Scroll down to the AudioCD file type, select it and click Edit, then choose Actions/Play/Set Default. To return to AutoPlay, follow the above steps again.
The Document That Won't Go Away
Category: Windows 95 Applets
If you want to delete a file you saved in WordPad, head for Explorer or My Computer and delete it there. WordPad can only create and save formatted files, not destroy them.
Throw Away Your Sundial
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Press F5, and Notepad will automatically insert the time and date into your document
Too Much to Handle
Category: Windows 95 Applets
The most notable difference between Notepad and WordPad is Notepad's file size limitation. Notepad won't let you save any file over 56KB.
Utilitarian Utility
Category: Windows 95 Applets
Schedule ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter via System Tools' Scheduled Tasks feature. You can also see a listing of when these two utilities were last run, check when they are next scheduled and learn any pertinent results of prior scans and defrags.
What’s This?
Category: Windows 95 Applets
To find out what a Calculator button does, right-click on any button or control. Click the What’s This command.
Category: Windows 95 Installation1 Tips found
Troubleshooting to Boot
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Installation
If Windows fails to boot properly, press F8 for the Windows StartUp menu, and pick the Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT) option. It attempts a normal boot but records the status of every step Windows takes during the process. You can use this option to log a failed boot. Then, reboot to Safe mode if necessary and use a text editor to open BOOTLOG.TXT (in your root directory). Search for "fail" to find the boot steps Windows had trouble with. Failed steps are often excellent clues to the cause of the problem.
Tips by Category New search Category: Windows 95 Maintenance1 Tips found
Play Favorites with Programs
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Do you have a few programs that you use far more than any others? If so, you can make those programs more quickly accessible. The improved Disk Defragmenter in Windows 98 can gather the program files you use most often and move them to the faster parts of your hard disk. To run Disk Defragmenter, click Start and select Programs/Accessories/System Tools and then select Disk Defragmenter. Click on the Settings button and make sure that the option labeled "Rearrange program files so my programs start faster" is selected. Click OK twice to begin defragmentation.
Category: Windows 95 Networking12 Tips found
Page: 1 2 Bypass the Connect Button
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
Bypass Dial-Up Networking’s Connect button when you dial your ISP. Open Programs/Accessories/Dial-Up Networking from the Start menu and click on the Connections menu. Under Settings, clear the “Prompt for information before dialing” box Be sure your browser’s default dial-up connection saves and reuses your password automatically, so you can initiate a connection just by launching your browser.
Check TCP/IP Configuration
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Windows comes with two helpful network-troubleshooting utilities. WINIPCFG.EXE, a Windows app, displays TCP/IP settings such as your IP address, default gateway, DNS servers and more. IPCONFIG.EXE is a DOS-based application that performs the same functions.
Decrease ISP Log-On Time
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 95 Performance Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking Windows 98 Performance
Speed up the process of dialing your ISP. Open the Dial-Up Networking folder, right-click the connectoid for your ISP and choose Properties. Choose Server Type, then Advanced Options. Uncheck "Log on to network." Under Allowed Network Protocols, uncheck NetBEUI and IPX/SPX Compatible. Leave the network protocols as they are for remote-access connections.
Hide Share Names
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
By simply hiding your Win9x resources, you can share them with others on the network without making all of them visible to everyone. All share names ending in $ will not appear in a Network Neighborhood view. Users must know their UNC name to access the share, and password protection can also be added for extra security
Lower Internet Access Costs with NAT
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
It is possible for two PCs to share the same dial-up connection through a method known as Network Address Translation (NAT). Using NAT routing software on a PC that is connected to the Internet will allow all other networked PCs to independently share the same connection and IP address at the ISP without requiring separate dial-up accounts or multiple connections.
Lower Your Phone Bills
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
Many organizations have 800 numbers with extensions that lead to dial-up access lines. Navigate to the dial-in modem line by using commas in your dial string. For example, 1-800-111-2222,,,,,3542 will call the corporate main menu. It will take several seconds to pick up and patch you through to the correct modem extension. The number of commas depends on the speed of your system. Experiment to find out how many will work: Five is a good starting point.
Rapid Dial-Up Access
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Place a shortcut to your Dial-Up Networking profile on the Start menu by dragging your Dial-Up connection icon from the DIAL-UP NETWORKING folder to the Start button.
Reset Telnet Defaults
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
The Windows 95/98 Telnet application automatically saves its last window size and Desktop location in the Registry. Unfortunately, it can sometimes disappear from the Desktop, particularly if you switch screen resolutions. To reset its default screen coordinates, open RegEdit and scroll to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Telnet. In the right RegEdit pane, delete the WinPosLeft and WinPosTop values.
Stop Modem Time-Outs
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
If the modem times out during long delays, file transfers or Web downloads, you can reset the timeout variable. From RegEdit, open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Class/Modem/(Modem Number)/Settings. Double-click on Inactivity Timeout and change the number in the brackets to the amount of minutes you want the inactivity time to allow. For example, enter S19=<25> for a 25-minute toleration before timing out.
Trace Network Problems
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
Troubleshoot your ISP connection with a powerful utility called TRACERT.EXE (it installs with Win9x). Tracert traces every hop (router on the Internet) a packet takes to reach its destination, giving the path and amount of time taken between each.
Turn Off Call Waiting
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
Those background beeps caused by call waiting are enough to bounce you from a connection. Turn call waiting off by typing *70 before the number you wish to call (in some areas, the turn-off code is 1170). Call waiting is restored when you disconnect.
Use the HOSTS file
Category: Windows 95 All Windows 95 Networking Windows 98 All Windows 98 Networking
You can map a machine’s IP to any hostname you want by editing the HOSTS.SAM file in your WINDOWS directory. The file must be renamed HOSTS with no extension, and you must reboot for the changes to take effect.
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