Tips & 

Windows 95 

Tricks

Although Windows 98 and now Windows 2000 and Windows Me has been launched but most of the users still prefer using the most reliable and speedy Windows 95, because it is bug free. Here we are presenting some Tips for he Windows 95 Users. You will find some of the tips very common and some will be new and strange for you. Some tips are easy to use while others need registry editing. So there are tips for new as well as professional users.

Turn off Auto Load

Avoiding Logo at Startup

Hide commands in autoexec

AutoPlay Disable

Add file types to the New submenu on the mouse menu

Start the browser when installing

Bitmap as Icon

Booting old DOS

Set your Cache size

Change Exit Screens

Change Name/Location of Files/Folders

Change the Size and Spacing of Desktop Icons

Changing the My Computer or Recycle Bin Icon

Changing startup logo

Changing taskbar location

Changing the Sort order in Explorer

Check out the file “Tips.txt

Clean your startup files

Clean up your root

Clean Install of Win95 Preview

Clock / Calendar

Using the Command Prompt

Command Line Multi-tasking

Control the directory or drive where Explorer opens

Change Sound Directory

Control your fonts in Internet Explorer

Convert old .grp files

Copying Graphics

Creating a Scraps folder

Creating static links

Customize your DOS

Delete files immediately

Completely defragment your hard drive

Dialup scripting whiteout Plus!

Desktop Properties

Diamond Stealth 64 PCI Display driver

Turn off Desktop Icons

Dialup Scripting with the PLUS! Pack

Different actions on documents

Freeing disk space

Dual Boot Setup for Win95 / Win 3.1-WfWG

Escaping from a hang

Expand your Taskbar

Expanding all Subfolders

Explorer tips

Fast Control Panel

Folder-shortcut-tip

Fast name change

Find your computer FAST

Getting rid of the Flashing Modem in the Tray

Getting rid of the little yellow Speaker in the Tray

WinHelp 4.0

Install hot keys

How to install a PC Speaker with Win95

Information about the Registry

Internet Explorer tip

Interrupt settings (IRQs) - where can I change them?

Interrupt settings (IRQs) - where is a list of my settings?

Change your MTU settings for Win95 SLIP

Make an “Open New Folder context entry

Make Win95 Truncate filenames better

Free up some more memory

Maximum DOS memory

Microsoft Natural Keyboard and Windows 95

Make win 3.x programs compatible

Logitech Mouse tip

Options in MSDOS.SYS

MSInfo Program

Music CDs and Auto play

Hidden classical music on Win95 CD

New XCOPY Switches

Change your 3D-objects

Opening an associated file with a different program

Play single tracks on your CD

Modifying Win95 TCP/IP Packet Size

Remove Win95 logon password

Printing to a File

Print Screen

Quickly Seeing Properties

Upgrading from 4Mb to 8Mb RAM

Speedup Win95 Refresh rate

Getting Rid of the shortcut Arrows

Removing the “Shortcut to" text

Setting "refresh rate" for console windows

Screen saver corners

Share swap file between Win95 & Win 3.1x

Real short filenames

Create a new registry from scratch

Reduce the Start/Run Drop Down list

Refresh the Desktop without restarting Windows

Renaming the recycle Bin

Remove the tildes in short filenames

Restoring Corrupted Icons 

A Good registry hack

Mouse right click

Restrictions in Multi-user-systems

All shortcuts there is

Soundcard Volume

Create your own startup Tips

Speedup Win95

Remove old swap file

Speedup Program Tree

Hide your Startup folder

Speedup your old CD-Rom

Speedup Win95 by using fast keys

Spell Checking in Exchange

Task Manager

Taskbar Properties

Tips to use with Scheduler

Trace Internet Routes

Turn Off the CD-Rom Autorun

Turn off Document menu

Turning off the Exploding Windows Animation

Uninstalling Windows 95

Update the Register WO rebooting

Use Quick View with Any File

Videocard refresh rate

Want to Explore a folder instead of its icon view?

Works 4.0 & Exchange

What .DLLs are being used in a .EXE?

What to do if You Hate Explorer!

Where is the Windows 95 equivalent of the STARTUP folder?

Windows 95 Backup

Windows Setup Switches

Windows 95 with SyQuest Drivers

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