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- To copy a file to the floppy disk, quickly in Windows Explorer just
right-click on the file, select Send To and Floppy.
- If you are using Windows 95 and want to see the date, just hold the mouse
pointer over taskbar clock for about one second.
- If your computer has suddenly slowed down, press the Turbo button (if you
have one). It is quite possible that it has been pressed by accident by someone else.
- If battery life is important to you, you can conserve battery power on a
notebook by degrading its performance during disk activity by performing less disk caching with Windows 95.
You do this by right-clicking My Computer then Properties, the Performance tab and then File System. On the
Hard Disk tab select Mobile or docking system under "Typical role of this machine". The performance reduction
with a Pentium computer is about 5%.
- If you are using DOSKEY, and wish to recall a previous command, just type
in the first few characters and then press F8. F7 will list all the commands used.
- A quick way to edit both the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files is to run
SYSEDIT from Windows.
- If the Windows 95 computer stops responding (hangs), press Alt+ Ctrl+Del
once. You may get a list of all the programs running and one will be marked as "Not Responding". Close just
that program and you should be able to continue without a re-boot.
- If various programs have added entries to the "Send To" list in Windows
Explorer then you can delete the ones that you will never use by opening the folder C:\WINDOWS\SENDTO and
delete the entries that you will never use.
- If you don't have a LAN you may wish to remove the Network Neighbourhood
icon on your desktop as it actually doesn't do anything for dial-up connections. There is a way, but dragging
it into the recycle bin doesn't work. It is best removed by using TweakUI from Microsoft.
- To view a document quickly without having to load the original large
application such as Word or Excel, just right click on that file from Windows 95 Explorer and select Quick
View. If Quick View is not available then you must install it by selecting Control Panel, Add/Remove
programs, Windows Setup, Accessories, Details and tick Quick View.
- DOS users can use the dot (.) in place of *.* to save typing. To delete
everything in the current sub-directory just type DEL. (the space is not required) or COPY. A: to copy every
file to the A: drive.
- With most Windows 95 programs, as well as Windows 95 itself, the right mouse usually brings up the Property Manager. This allows you to modify anything associated with the object that you clicked on. If you are not regularly right clicking, start practising now and improve your productivity.
