Windows Tips that Will Make Ur Life Easier

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how To Check Your Computer's Specification

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Network without network cards

Did you know that you can easily connect two Windows 95 computers using a direct cable connection between parallel or serial ports?

• Go to the "Control Panel"
• Double click on "Add/Remove Programs"
• Select "Communications" from the "Windows Setup" tab
• Click on "Direct Cable Connection"
• Press "OK"

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Start it minimized

If you hold down your SHIFT key while double clicking on an application icon, it will be started in minimized mode.

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Windows tips are just a double click away...

As you know, Windows will show a tip at the startup with the heading "Did you know..." Maybe you've disable it to stop it from getting in the way of getting to your work when you turn on the computer. If you still find the tips it provide useful, here's how to make the "welcome window" show up only when you want to -- by double clicking.

• Right click on the desktop or a folder
• Select "New | Shortcut"
• Type "welcome.exe" without the quotes and press ENTER
• Type "Windows Welcome Window" and press ENTER

Now you can just double click on the newly created icon/shortcut whenever you feel like reading a tip.

 

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How to view bootup check disk results

Did you miss the chance to view bootup chkdsk results when your computer rebooted?

 

Whether your computer rebooted with an error while you're away or you scheduled an automated check disk upon bootup, you might not get enough time to examine bootup chkdsk results. The good news is that Windows NT will save this information in the Events Log.

• Open Event Viewer
   

  Windows NT 4.x:

  Select "Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Event Viewer" from theStart Menu.

   



• Select "Log | Application" from the main menu.
   


• Scroll through the events until you see an event with "Autochk" as the "Source".
   


• Double click on the selected event to view the results of previous bootup check disk operations.
   

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Copying data from DOS / console mode program screens

If you're still using DOS or console mode (also refereed to as character mode) programs that doesn't provide a way to export data, you maybe looking for a way to capture what's displayed on such programs. Try this:

 

• Start a DOS box or a Command Prompt (DOS box) inside Windows.
   

  "Start | Programs | Command Prompt / DOS"

   


• Run the character mode program that you want to import data from, and go to the screen with the data you want to capture.
   


• Right click the title bar of the DOS box
   


• Select "Edit | Mark"
   


• Click and drag the mouse until you select the data area that you want to copy. Press ENTER when you've finished selecting.
   


• Switch to the Windows program that you want to import the just copied data to, and select its paste function.

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Is there a use for the PRINT SCREEN key any more?

In the old days DOS, you've used PRINT SCREEN key to print the content of the current screen.

Hitting PRINT SCREEN while in Windows will simply copy the full screen to the clipboard. You can then PASTE this screen shot to any image editing program by pressing CTRL+V ("Edit | Paste" or equivalent of PASTE).

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Select All items With Keyboard

CTRL+A is the almost-standard short cut for "Select All" menu item / function. Try it the next time you have to select everything (files, text, graphics, etc.) in a program.

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Speed-up the response of your Start Menu

Feel like your Start Menu takes just too long to open pop-up (sub) menus? This could delay could add up if you have to travel through a few pop-up menus to get to your word processor every day. Here's how you can speed thing up a little:

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit.exein Windows 95 and regedt32.exein Windows NT).
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Modify "MenuShowDelay" parameter to contain something from 2 to 20. If you don't see theMenuShowDelay parameter, add it as a string item and set the value.

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