Win95 Tips - Page 11

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How do I how to change the name Win95 is registered to?
How do I change the phone number in my DUN?
Can I uninstall EMM386?
How can I eliminate theWin95 startup screen?
How can I get to my Desktop when it's full?
How do I access my Zip drive when starting in DOS?

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Does anyone know how to change the name Win95 is registered to? (As seen in Control Panel under System)

This requires a registry edit. As always, back up the registry first. (If you don't know how to, see How Do I Back Up Registry? on Page 1 ) Go to Start, Run, Enter REGEDIT.EXE in the Open: box and press enter. Then go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Modify the values for RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization, Exit, and you're all set.

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I programmed the 32 bit stack dialer on Win 95 to dial my Internet Provider, and when they changed telephone numbers, I can't figure how to put a new number into the "Connect To" dialog box (It pops up when I click the telephone and computer Icon on the desktop) with out entering it manually everytime. Can anyone help?

Right-click on the telephone and computer icon and select properties, you can re-set the phone number from there. (Note: if what's on your desktop is a shortcut, right-click, properties will only get you properties of the shortcut. If so, click on the Shortcut tab, then on Find Target, then right-click on the icon it finds. You should find the phone number box there.)

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EMM386: Can I uninstall it with Win95? And, if Win95 doesn't need Emm386,

then there must be a way to shut it down.

Windows 95 does its own memory management, and while Emm386 is allowed, it is not recommended. You can't uninstall it, at least not in the sense I think you mean. You won't find any uninstall feature for this, it's a driver loaded in config.sys at boot time. To "Shut it down", just run Sysedit (Start, Run, Sysedit) and add a "rem" (without the "'s) in front of the line in config.sys which loads EMM386 (if it exists). You could also delete just the line.

Note: You should know that a file named Config.dos MIGHT exist on your system and MIGHT load EMM386 as well. It, along with Autoexec.dos is used by Win95 when you select Re-Start in DOS at shutdown. Whether you want to edit this as well is up to you and how often you re-start in DOS, and why. More importantly, whether you power off after doing so, or start windows again simply by typing Win <enter>, (this would leave EMM386 installed during that windows session).

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I need to get rid of the startup screen in Win95. Not the password screen, but the one

that comes up while starting windows. How can I do this?

It's called the logo or splash screen screen. Several solutions come to mind:

Press Esc when it comes up. It will go away.
Get the free download "PowerToy" TweakUI and mark the appropriate box on the Boot tab to make this go away.
Edit the C:\MSDOS.SYS file so that Logo=0 is in the file. (Change the existing Logo=1 to Logo=0, or, if it's not there, add the line to the bottom.) You'll need to turn off the files Hidden, System and read only attributes before editing. All except System can be done in Explorer, but the System attribute must be done from DOS. Go to Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt. Type attrib msdos.sys -s -h -r then press Enter. Unless you have a DOS editor you're comfortable with, type Exit and press Enter to return to windows. Open Notepad, then open msdos, make your changes and save the file. Back to MS-DOS Prompt and type attrib msdos.sys +s +h +r and press Enter. Exit back to Windows and you're done.
You could also simply create a file (any file will do), name it Logo.sys, and place it in your root directory. As a non-conforming file (not a bitmap of the proper size), it will be ignored and no splash screen displayed.

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Is there a quick way to get to my desktop when it's full of other open windows?

Sure, just right click on the taskbar, and select Minimize All Windows, (or see Tip #3 on Page 1). To go back to where you were, right-click on taskbar again, and select Undo Minimize All.

Thanks to The Tiplord at: http://members.aol.com/tiplord/ for this tip.

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I installed my Zip Drive in Win95, how can I get get DOS to recognize it as well, especially on my emergency boot disk?

Assuming your Zip Drive is an external, parallel port version, you'll need a boot disk with at least the following minimal
guest.ini, autoexec.bat and config.sys files on your emergency boot disk (add the appropriate lines to any existing Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files):

Guest.ini
[----Load aspi managers----]
ASPI=ASPIPPM1.SYS /INFO FILE=NIBBLE.ILM SPEED= 1
rem the following line is used by some systems instead of the preceding one
rem ASPI=ASPIPPM2.SYS /INFO FILE=NIBBLE2.ILM SPEED= 1

Autoexec.bat
rem This sets the zip drive to G: (Note: you'd use whatever you want it to be)
GUEST letter=G

Config.Sys
FILESHIGH=20
BUFFERSHIGH=20,4
LASTDRIVE=M
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Note: Pick a letter appropriate to your system, one well after any already used

You'll also need on the emergency disk the following files:
Guest.exe, ASPIPPM1.SYS (or ASPIPPM2.SYS) and NIBBLE.ILM (or NIBBLE2.ILM)
They should be on your Iomega Install disk (floppy) and can be copied from there.

Again, these files work for the parallel port version, different files would be required for a SCSI Zip Drive. Check the Install (floppy) Disk that came with the drive and look for the file: Guesthlp.txt. It has a list of adapters needed and their accompanying .SYS files. Also on that disk is Guest.ini. You can use it and rem out any un-needed lines if you wish.

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