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Tips 1
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"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif">For general tips how to
optimize your computer, for tricks and other secrets got ot <a href=
"http://members.aol.com/axcel216/axcel216.htm" target="_blank">AXCEL216</a> or
visit <a href="komposter.html">my little page</a> which showes what I did to make
work on the "Komposter" a little bit more pleasant.</font>
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<!--************* Beginn der einzelnen Punkte **************-->
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Install
Windows 95 b over an allready existing Windows 95a</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
Start the installation of Win95b from the CD or only copy the \win95 subfolder on
onto your harddrive and start from there. When the licence agreement screen comes
up do NOT press Yes, instead press Ctrl+Esc to switch to the start menu. Go to
Run... and start notepad. With notepad open the file <b>setuppp.ini</b> in the new
folder <b>c:\wininst4.000</b>. Search in setuppp.ini for the string [data] and
write directly into the next line <b>OEMUP=1</b>. This section should now look like
this:
<br>
</p>
<pre>
[data]
EMUP=1
</pre>
<p>
Save the file, close notepad, go back to the licence agreement and press Yes. The
installation of Win95b over Win95a should work fine now.
<br>
During this update Win95b imports your old settings so that you don't have to fear
to loose your custumized setup. The only experience I made is that Windoz looses
the information about the modem.
</p>
<hr width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>When Windoz 95
lost the settings for the modem</b>
<br>
</font> and it will connect you only with the default speed of 2400 baut
<br>
<p>
open the Explorer and change to c:\windows\inf . Look for the file modem.inf ,
right click on it and select install. (Or look on the webpage of the modem
manufactor for a specific *.inf file. The file for my Compaq moden for example is
called cpqfaxfg.inf .) Now reboot the computer and the modem should work at the
hightest possible speed again.
</p>
<hr width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Get rid of
Cookies in Netscape</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you don't like cookies which are normaly automaticly written on your HD when you
surf the web there is an easy way to prevent this without using any additional
programs.
<br>
Simply search on your disk for the file named "cookies.txt" and delete this file.
Then create in the same folder a subfolder with the name "cookies.txt". Next time a
cookie is coming windows will prevent it from being written because the folder
"cookies.txt" has a higher priority than a file named "cookies.txt".
<br>
Most browsers allow you to switch of cookies but will lanche a screen asking you
if you want to accept an incoming cookie. Using the described method you can switch
on cookies in your browser, get no nag screens and prevent them from writing stuff
on your HD.
</p>
<hr width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>DOS-Box under
Windows 95</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you don't like the <b>auto-font</b> which is used by Win95 when you open a DOS
command.com Box you don't have to use the pull down menu for a new font. Simply
drag the borders of the box with your mouse and the font adjusts automatically.
</p>
<hr width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Emergency
Recovery Utility</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
Windows 95 comes with a Emergency Recovery Utilitie which makes a backup of all
your most important system files. You can find this utilitie on your Win95 CD-ROM
in the folder <b>x:\other\misc\eru\</b>.
</p>
<hr width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>MS Clipboard
Viewer for Windows 95</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
Windoz 95 normally does not install the clipboard viewer you may know form Win3.11.
You can find this sometimes usefull utilitie on your Win95 CD-ROM in the folder
<b>x:\other\clipbook</b>.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Running
Windows 3.1 Programs in Windows 95</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you are having problems loading a Windows 3.1 program in Windows 95, go to
Start/Run and start <b>Mkcompat</b>. This brings up a dialog box that gives you a
few choices, such as "lie about windows version". Go to File, Choose program...,
and choose the Install or Setup.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Shut Down
Prompt</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
At the screen, IT IS NOW SAFE TO TURN OFF YOU COMPUTER, you can (on most
installations of Windows) type <b>MODE CO80</b> and it will give you a Command
Prompt. You can then type <b>win</b> to start Windows again or run any of your DOS
programs.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>The Start
Command</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you are at a DOS command prompt, and want a visual display of a directory, just
type <b>start .</b> or <b>start ..</b> and an open folder pointing to that
directory will start on the desktop.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Good
alternative to command.com</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you are using the DOS command under Windows 95 you should try <b>4DOS</b> from
<a href="http://www.jpsoft.com">JPSoft</a>. It gives you many additional functions
and makes your work under DOS much faster, easier and convenient.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Configuring
Explorer For All Drives Left Panel View</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
When you start Windows Explorer you can see only the contence of drive C: at the
left panel. To start the Explorer with no drive directory expended you have to
change the properties of the shortcut you use to start the Explorer. Richt click
the shortcut or hold the [Alt] key and double click on the shortcut to go to
Properties. Select the Shortcut Tab and at the Target text box type after the /e
switch the /select switch, so that it looks like this:
</p>
<pre>
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e, /select, C:\
</pre>
<p>
Click OK and that was it! Now when you open Windows Explorer using this shortcut
you will see all the drives in left panel and the drive C: will be selected but not
expanded.
</p>
<p>
You can also adjust your shortcuts to Explorer by changing the TARGET field to read
:
</p>
<pre>
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
/e,/n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
</pre>
<p>
(Instead of copying that out by hand, just drag your mouse over it now,
right-click, select COPY... and then paste it into the TARGET field later
(right-click, then PASTE).)
<br>
You can also achieve the same result by right-clicking on "My Computer" and
selecting Explore OR by holding SHIFT while double-clicking "My Computer" but the
above methods yield a one-handed, no-keypress solution.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Put the
Control Panel in the Start Menu</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
To put a cascading Control Panel on your Start Menu, right-click the Start Menu,
select Open, then create a new folder named:
</p>
<pre>
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
</pre>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Put Dial-up
Networking on the Start Menu</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
To put a cascading Dial-up Networking Folder on your Start Menu, right-click the
Start Menu, select Open, then create a new folder named:
</p>
<pre>
Dial Up Net.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
</pre>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Put your
Printers on the Start Menu</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
To put a cascading Printers Folder on your Start Menu, right-click the Start Menu,
select Open, then create a new folder named:
</p>
<pre>
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
</pre>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Putting Your
Own Items in SendTo</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
There's a folder in the WINDOWS directory called SEND TO. By creating shortcuts in
this folder to your favorites applications, you can right click files, select
<b>Send To</b>, and send the file to any of the applications on the list. This is a
great way to send unknown file types to a default text editor, like Notepad.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Exploring with
My Computer</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you use "My Computer" to look at directories, when you hold down the <b>Ctrl</b>
key, and <b>double click</b> on the directory you want, it will TAKE OVER the
window you are using (instead of having TWO windows: one being "My Computer", and
another being the "C:\" directory). The C:\ directory window will REPLACE the My
Computer window).
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Instant
Windows Explorer</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you like using Windows Explorer you can get at it instantly by using the Shift
key in conjunction with opening a folder icon. For Example: Press and hold the
<b>Shift</b> key while <b>double clicking</b> on the My Comuter icon. You are now
using the Windows Explorer to view the contents.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Open With</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you want to open an already associated file with a different program than the
one it is associated with, hold down the <b>Shift</b> key and then <b>right
click</b> the file. "Open with" should be added to the menu now so you can open the
file with a different program.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Hidden IP
Utility</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
You can use a little-known utility called <b>WinIPConfig</b> to see information
about your TCP/IP network settings. From the Start Menu, press Run, type
<b>WINIPCFG</b>, and click OK.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Hidden
Icons</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
When changing a shortcut's icon, you can find hidden icons at
<b>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PIFMGR.DLL</b>.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Avoid
Fragmenting & Optimize</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
You can have a reasonable performance gain by separating the system drive (C:) from
the swap file on drive (d:) which is physically different. A small drive,
200-300MB, can be had for a cheap price today and can be designated as both the
Windows swap drive and (internet) temp files drive. So the HDD heads are not
constantly moving from program files to swap/temp files.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Avoiding the
Recycle Bin</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
To delete files without sending them to the recycle bin, select the file or files
to be deleted. <b>Right-click</b> the selection and hold the <b>Shift</b> key down
while <b>selecting Delete</b>.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Collapsing
Folders</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
If you go to explorer and try to open a folder like 'Windows' which itself contains
a lot of subfolders, it could take you a long time to click each one of them to
open them. To open all the subfolders all you have to do is click on the main
folder (Ex. Windows) and hit the "<b>+</b>" on the <b>numPad</b>, you'll see that
all the subfolders will be opened. On the other hand, if you want to close them all
together you can click on the main folder and hit "<b>-</b>" on the <b>numpad</b>
for a reverse effect.
</p>
<hr size="3" width="95%" align="center">
<font size="+1" face=
"Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif,Times New Roman"><b>Filename First
Letters</b>
<br>
</font>
<p>
In any Explorer Folder, typing a letter will take you to the first file in the
folder that starts with that letter. Pressing the letter again will take you to the
next file that starts with that letter.
</p>
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tips found all over the Web.
<br>
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now part of CNET)</font>
<br>
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<br>
<a href="http://members.aol.com/axcel216/axcel216.htm">axcel216</a> <font size=
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