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Win 95 |
SAVE A LITTLE DISK
SPACE:
Here's an easy way to win back some of hard disk real estate in Win95: if your system has
a C:\PROGRAM FILES\ONLY SERVICES
folder, delete it. It could be taking up as much 14MB of space, and the included versions
of America Online and CompuServe aren't even current. You can also delete the Online
Services program group and Desktop icon. If you want to install one the services later,
download the latest versions from the Web sites;http://www.aol.com/tryaol
for AOL and http://www.compuserve.com/crpjoin.asp
for CompuServe.
Version Control, Part I
Ever wonder what is that letter after your Windows 95 serial numbers, e.g. A,B & C?
Check which version of Windows 9x you have by right click on My Computer, choosing
Properties and checking under the General tab's System section. The original version of
Windows 95 is 4.00.950. When the letter A follows, it indicates that Service Pack 1 or OEM
Service Release 1 (SR1) was installed; the letter B indicates Win95 OEM Service Release
2.0 (SR2) or 2.1; the letter C indicates OEM Service Release 2.5
Sound Off
Did the little yellow speaker that controls audio volume disappear from you taskbar's
system tray? If so, open Multimedia Control Panel. Under the Audio tab, check the
"Show volume control on the taskbar" option in the Playback section (in Win98,
the option is at the bottom of the dialog box). Click on OK, and the yellow speaker should
return. If not, try reinstalling your audio driver and repeat these steps.
NB. - Some audio drivers does not allow this option.
 SPREADSHEET FLIGHT
SIM
Would you believe it, Microsoft Excel 97 has a simple flight simulator hidden in it. If
you don't believe it look it for yourself:
Open a blank worksheet in Excel 97, then-press F5. In the reference box,
type "X97:L97". Press OK.
TAB once, this will leave you in cell M97, Hold down Ctrl & Shift while clicking on
the Chart Wizard Icon.
Surprise!! You're in Flight Simulator. To navigate around the landscape the controls are:
LeftMouse button to accelerate, RightMouse button to decelerate. To steer simply point the
mouse in the direction you wish to go. Its not as in-your-face as Flight Sim but it is
Free.
DISAPPEARING DRIVES?
You've added another hard
disk or drive partition to your PC, but your system won't recognize one or more of the new
drive letters. Here's a fix: your CONFIG.SYS file or CONFIG.DOS if you upgraded to Win95 to Win98 from Win3x)
might contain a command that reads LASTDRIVE=X,
where X if the last letter taht your system recognises. If you find this command, edit the
file and place REM (including a space at the end) at he beginning of the LASTDRIVE line.
That will render the line invisible to you PC at boot-up. Note: This problem typically
occurs if you've used the My Computer tab in Tweak UI for Win95 (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/download/tweakui.exe
) to change the setting that control drive displays. You can also try enabling all your
drives in the My Computer tab.
Win 98 |
This month issue of Windows
User Magazine Middle East - Topic : BACKUPS (September 1998)
Back Up Your Backups:
The first Win98 boots each day, it runs the Registry Checker Utility to look for
errors, then backs up your Registry and SYSTEM.DAT,SYSTEM.INI,USER.DAT and WIN.INI files.
The backups are stored in CAB files in C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP
and named RB000.CAB,RB001.CAB and so on. You can't see them unless you set Explorer to
Show All Files in My Computer/View/Folder Options/View. If you don't frequently backup
your system, you should at least put a recent backup on a diskette before making Registry
changes or installing new software.
INCREASE SAVED BACKUPS:
By default,Win98 keeps the five most recent backups that Registry Checker creates.
To increase the number of store backups-which is always a good idea if you have available
disk space-find the file SCANREG.INI, open it in Notepad and change the
MaxBackupCopies=value from 5 to the number of your choice.
An undocumented SCANREG.INI file entry
automatically backs up the files of your choice along with the other Registry Checker
files, but only if those files reside in your root, C:\WINDOWS
or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories. To specify the
files to back up, open SCANREG.INI in Notepad and add the line Files=followed by the
folder code(enter 30 for the root directory, 10 for the Windows directory, or 11 for the
System directory) and the filename, separated by a comma. You can also add multiple files
within a folder; simply separate them with commas. For example, if you wanted to add the
SCANDISK.LOG and CONFIG.SYS files (located in your root directory) to your Registry
Checker backup, add the following line to your SCANREG.INI file:
Files=30,scandisk.log,config.sys.
BUILD A BETTER BACKUP:
Win98 comes with an improved Backup utility. If you want to use it for automatic
backups launched by the Win98 Task Scheduler, you'll need to make a change. Open the
Backup utility (Start/Programs/Accessories/System/Tools/Backup) and click on the Open
button. Click on the Option button at the bottom of the window and open the Report tab.
Select the "Perform an unattended backup" option.
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