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Restoring registry and Select which Backup you want:
Boot to Safe Mode Command Prompt and at the MS-DOS prompt, type the following lines,
pressing ENTER after you type each line;
cd\windows
scanreg /restore
I assume "windows" is the name of the folder in which Windows is installed and
then Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date.
Then when you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press
ENTER to restart your computer.....DONE!!!!!
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device manager shortcut:
create a shortcut on your desktop to device manager, bypassing the
general tab:
C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.EXE SYSDM.CPL,SYSTEM,1
(changing the number will display the corresponding tab)
change the 1 to
1= device manager
2= hardware profile
3= performance
then stick it on the quicklaunch bar or wherever
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Choose The Dang default folder for downloads You Want:
FIRE-Up Regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
Right click the Download Directory value and choose Modify. Enter the
path for the folder you want to use as your default download folder. DONE !!!!
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Defrag with no programs:
GOTO your CD, for \tools\mtsutils, is a defrag.inf. Rightclick/install will set a
"RunOnce" entry for the next time you boot, to run Defrag before the login
prompt. This way NO other programs are running.
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KEEP your system files healthy (For early version TweakUI):
I repair system files once a month.
Double click TweakUI acc. located in your Control/Panel to repair all system files with
fresh backup copies.
Under the last tab in TweakUI select the Repair System Files option, and
click 'Repair Now'. You may be prompted to restart your computer. In
either case you should restart. Your system will love you by running faster and any
glitches that may have arisen will be alleviated.
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Concerned about (maybe) having conflicting hardware:
To see if you have any devices that are not working properly in Win98
after upgrading then ASD might help or if you want to restart the failed devices, just
type; ASD in the RUN command and W98 will tell you.
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One-Click to closing a Program:
Right click your desktop for a short/cut and type in C:\Windows\tashman.exe then
right/click it's Icon for properties then click the short-cut Tab and click inside the
shortcut key box and hit the Key you want to use (like F-12) and OK out of there. NOW,
when you hit F-12 with any window open ctrl/alt/del pops up so you can end task.
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Annoying Windows at boot explained:
OK, you've just installed a program, it's done BUT it tells you it's ness. to re-boot
windows and you do but there sits the install program window is still there afterward
(&@$%^^#@@).
WELL, here's the way to fix that. You need to edit your Win.ini file for (load= and run= )
and look for and fix any line command that has more than (1) space because it should be
separated by a single space ONLY and if you find a comma at the end (delete it). DONE!!!!
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MORE Random "A" Drive Light On Crap:
This most often occurs after the contents of a floppy disk are copied to a folder on your
hard disk. This can also occur if a shortcut on your hard disk references a program that
is on a floppy disk.
This crap can occur if a folder that includes a .pif file that references a program file
on a floppy disk drive is opened. EX; if you have a .pif file with a command line
"a:\edit.com" in the Windows\Temp folder, your floppy disk drive may be active
and/or random access when you start your computer or running. NOW, to fix this issue,
change the command line reference in the Properties of the shortcut, or delete the
shortcut. Also, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders files Named
"*.lnk" (without the quotation marks), Right-click a shortcut on the list of
found files, click Properties, and then click the Program tab and Delete any reference to
drive A on the Command box or Working section, and then click OK. EX; if the command line
reads "a:\edit.com" (without the quotation marks), change the line to read
"edit.com" (without the quotation marks), Repeat this crap until you have
corrected all the shortcuts, and then quit FIND tool.
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Changing IE4 search engine to:
As we you may know, you can connect to Microsoft's Search the Web site by selecting the On
the Internet command on the Find menu. However, if you'd rather use another search site,
you can customize the On the Internet command so that it connects to your preferred site.
Doing so involves editing the Registry, which can be dangerous, so make sure that you back
up your system before you attempt this tip.
To begin, launch the Registry Editor by typing Regedit in the Open dropdown list box of
the Run dialog box. Once the Registry Editor is up and running, open the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Main key.
Now, double-click on the Search Page entry in the right-hand pane. When the Edit String
dialog box appears, type the URL to the search site you'd rather use in the Value Data
text box. To activate your change, click OK, close the Registry Editor, and restart
Windows 98.
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Got a Error in W98 and need a File:
Hit the start button, then in the RUN command type ( SFC.EXE ) and tell it what you
want!!!!!
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To Re-Associate Files and You Refuse To Use Winfiles.exe:
1. Choose Start > Programs > Windows Explorer.
2. Select a file whose file format association you want to change. For example, if you
want to change the file format association for all JPG files, select a JPG file.
3. Press Shift + F10.
4. Select Open With from the pop-up menu.
5. In the Open With dialog box, select the application you want to associate the file
format with. If the application isn't listed, click Other, then locate and select the
application you'd like.
6. Select the Always Use This Program To Open Files of This Type option.
7. Click OK.
8. Repeat steps 1-7 for any other file format associations you want to change.
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You lost the Task-Bar or something:
You just go to the c:\windows\INF folder and right clicked on the shell.inf and clicked on
Install to restore the defaults.
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OE Spell Checker Inop:
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools
check the "SharedFilesDir" under the main entry for the above. It should read:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\
If you are missing the trailing backslash, you will not be able to get spell check (and
some other MS Office items) to work" NOTE: If you have nothing MS with a
Spell-Checker then you have (2) choices; (A) Install NC or (B) get a 3rd party Checker and
a dang good one is at http://www.spellchecker.com
Bye-Bye.......
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Cleaning Up (OE) for Those Dang NewsGroup E-Mails that keep coming:
To keep it clutter free, COMPOSE a new message for what-ever newsgroup, click on VIEW and
then click on FULL HEADERS and look for a line called "FOLLOWUP-TO" then Click
on the small card at the beginning of the line and you will get a list of the newsgroups
that your subscribed to. Click and select the sucker, then click OK and continue to write
your reply to message.
NOW, when that dumb-butt reply's to your message in that group, the message will be sent
to the "Microsoft.dada.chat" or what-ever group instead.
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What to Restore Deleted Mail in OE:
FIRST, You have to do this before you "Compact Folders" or it's lost in
space--OK, so you accidentally deleted emails and empty the Deleted Folder, and you
thought you lost the sucker's.
Locate where your email is stored (the default is
%windir%\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Mail, delete the .idx file for the
FOLDER you want to restore, then the next time you start OE and goto the folder, your crap
mail is back---HA!!!! you must not compact the folder or you will lose your mail
permanently.
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You've Lost View/Source in IE4 or IE5:
Get out of (shut-down) Internet Explorer (if it is running), double-click My Computer, on
the View menu, click Options (or Folder Options).
Under the File Types tab (in the Registered File Types box), click Internet Document
(HTML), and then click Edit.
NOTE: If you are running Internet Explorer 4.01 or Windows 98, click
Microsoft HTML Document 4.0. If you are running Internet Explorer 5.0, click Microsoft
HTML Document 5.0. EDIT the actions box and make sure the application path is
c:\windows\notepad.exe "%1"
If Edit is not listed in the Actions box, there is not an Edit button on the Internet
Explorer toolbar. To add an Edit button to the toolbar, click New, type "Edit"
(without quotation marks) in the Action box, and then type the full path to the name of
the editor that you want to use in the Application Used To Perform Action box. If you are
using Internet Explorer 2.0 or 3.x as your browser, you may need to type a space and
"%1" (including the quotation marks) at the end of the command. For example, if
you want to use Notepad to be your default HTML editor, type the following command:
c:\windows\notepad.exe "%1" OR browse to the Application to select. Click OK,
click Close, and then click Close again.
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Want To Know WHO is Linked To Your Web-Site ??
This method will provide a listing of all sites linking to your domain (not just a
particular URL), at HotBot Search Box:
Type linkdomain:domainname (for instance, linkdomain:poorrichard.com) in the search box
and use or leave drop-down list-box options selected:
all the words, anytime, any language and set Return Results to 100 (saves time if you have
a popular site) Click SEARCH.....
You'll get a list of pages with links to the domain you specified.
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Get ride of recent files at boot, edit Autoexec.bat and add line:
ECHO Y | DEL %WINDIR%\RECENT\*.*
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Know where The Dang CD product Key is ??
Then goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\
Then look for Product Key--OK. You might want to review the owner registration while your
there. NOTE; if you want to delete it then delete the value NOT the dang KEY....
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Changing the size of your scrollbar
If you feel that the size of your scrollbar could be larger or
smaller, you can change it easily. To do so, access the Display
Properties dialog box and select the Appearance tab. Now, select
scrollbar from the Item dropdown list and use the Size spin button
to increase or decrease the width of the scrollbar. As you do,
you'll see the change reflected in the sample window.
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Want to change the name of the registered user then fire up regedit and goto;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
When you click CurrentVersion, a set of values should appear in the right pane. Look for
RegisteredOwner. Double-click value to edit its data.
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The MFG. Messages At Boot like Compaq are at:
Some drive overlay files use an .ovl or a .bin extension. At the command prompt, type
"Dir /a *.bin" or "Dir /a *.ovl" (without quotation marks) to check
for the existence of files other than drvspace.bin and dblspace.bin.
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Each time You open 2 based programs, you run out of SYSTEM RESOURCES and cannot figure out
a fix?? OK then:
Manually set your virtual memory to a large swapfile size (maybe start with Max: 300 and
Min: 300). Also, make sure you don't have any applications or utilities loading during
startup.
Maybe you need more system environment, try adding a line to your C:\config.sys as
follows: Shell=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1600 /P /F
Remember you must use a non-document mode word processor when editing CONFIG.SYS, such as
the EDIT processor in DOS. In a dos window, give the command EDIT CONFIG.SYS. If the file
doesn't exist, create one. You can vary the environment size up or down from the 1600
figure im config.sys.
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Organize Your Tool-Bar Items:
To to keep different type of shortcuts on different toolbars,
Right click Start/button and select Windows Explorer and goto c:\windows\application
data\Microsoft\internet Explorer\ and create a new Folder for every type you want then
goto c:\windows\sendto and Create a shortcut for each folder then right click on the
toolbar then Select Toolbars / New toolbar and select your folder's that you want then
goto C:\windows\start menu and creat what you want there. DONE!!!
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Keep Greaser's Out of Your Puter:
Yep, it's a Registry Hack from a guy I hardly know--I think!!! OK, You must enable user
profiling on your system and if you don't how--(quit) and goto another easier tip. Select
the option "Users can customize their preferences and desktop settings" with
checkmarks in front of both checkable options and Select OK.
Now create an account by using the wizard to add a profile for yourself. When the log-in
dialog box appears, enter a new user name and password and password again to confirm.
Now you're ready to hack the Registry so goto key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
With the Run folder selected, select Edit, New, String Value. Type SorryBeanie and press
Enter to give the value a name. Now double-click SorryBeanie and enter rundll.exe
user.exe,EXITWINDOWS. Click OK and close RegEdit.
Now, you can use your puter but the other dude will get no-where and get logged back to
the log-in box again---for ever, cool--Huh.
Any Nerd can get around this but the major part of the world can't.
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Update W98 using the Anonymous Way:
Ok, you just re-loaded W98 again and Do you want to go though the registration deal with
MS again??---I didn't think so. SOooo, fire up regedit and goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Select CurrentVersion, choose Edit, New, String Value. Type RegDone and press Enter to the
value, then goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ Microsoft\Welcome\CurrentVersion\Windows\
With Welcome selected, choose Edit, New, Key. Enter RegWiz and Enter.
Now you can use Windows Update without hassle.
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Sometimes a ISA Modem Get's Tough to Install:
Fire Up Regedit to delete the modem entries in the registry by doing the following:
Goto Start---Run---type REGEDIT----and click OK, Click on the + sign next to Hkey Local
Machine-System--Current Control Set-Services--Class, Check modem and take out anything
listed under it like 0000.
Now go back to the + sign next to Hkey Local Machine-Enum---ISAPNP and delete the CPI
file.
Reboot and the modem will be autodetected. When it asked to select the driver, direct it
to the Folder or floppy to select...DONE!!
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Restoring registry and Select which Backup you want:
Boot to Safe Mode Command Prompt and at the MS-DOS prompt, type the following lines,
pressing ENTER after you type each line;
cd\windows
scanreg /restore
I assume "windows" is the name of the folder in which Windows is installed and
then Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date.
Then when you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press
ENTER to restart your computer.....DONE!!!!!
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