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Thread ID: 21301	2002-06-22 08:54:00	Tips time again folks-for Win95 users	Terry Porritt (14)	Press F1

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56429	2002-06-22 08:54:00	Just been installing Win95c on a Pentium 120, with all the updates I can find, IE, DUN, Winsock etc. Must say I haven't had first-hand experience of this version before, but it looks good, and with the active desktop options, single click etc, it looks a lot like Win98. To enhance it even further the following utilities were lifted from Win98 and Win ME, they've been described before, but are worth repeating on the new Press F1. Scanreg: From a Win98 machine copy: scanregw.exe from C:\WINDOWS scanreg.ini from C:\WINDOWS scanreg.exe from C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND and put them in the corresponding Win95 folders. In C:\WINDOWS\StartMenu\Programs\StartUp, make a short cut to scanregw.exe with the command: C:\WINDOWS\scanreg.exe /autorun in the Target box. Now Win95 will backup the registry each day, and from DOS, scanreg.exe can be run with the options; /fix /opt /restore etc. just like Win98. Disk CleanUp Utility: Copy the program cleanmgr.exe from Win98 C:\WINDOWS, and put it into Win95 with a handy shortcut somewhere. Now you can clean dead wood from your hard drive just as in Win98. Defrag: Speed up defragmenting by using defrag.exe from Win ME. This can be downloaded from: www.vfw6110.org or taken from a WIN ME machine. Copy it into C:\WINDOWS, either overwriting the existing version, or re-name the old version, just in case. Oh, BTW, glad to see the new Press F1 up and running, just hope newbies can cope with the extra details and not be put off.	Terry Porritt (14)
56430	2002-06-22 09:33:00	Thanks for that down loaded ME defrag. Defraged 20Gig hard drive in 30sec Regards Trev	drys (347)
56431	2002-06-22 09:47:00	Good stuff Terry, thanks. I have a Toshiba Libretto 50CT sub-notebook running W95 and had been thinking of transplanting some W98 utilities. Now I will! Cheers Billy 8-{) :D Do you know the biggest problem with the Libretto? It is so darned small (size of a VHS video cassette) that if you put it down you can never find the damned thing again.	Billy T (70)
56432	2002-06-22 10:01:00	Thanks Terry, that should go on the FAQ page. Put a link to your post in there so they know about it. :-) Trev, is that a typo: defragged a 20 gig drive in 30 seconds?? I don't believe that. Billy, get one of those key finder things that beeb or something when you whistle for them, if you can still buy them, and attach it to your little PC. Shouldn't lose it then!	Susan B (19)
56433	2002-06-22 11:17:00	Susan, it is entirely possible to defrag a 20gig drive in 30 seconds. Depending on how much datais on there. Ofcourse I wouldn't really call it a *defrag* as when you run a defrag after just doing a defrag, it ain't really a defrag. ;)	-=JM=- (16)
56434	2002-06-23 02:50:00	This may interest you Billy. Here's another good Win98 utility that can be moved over to Win95, System File Checker. Here's how to do it: From c:\windows\system in Win98, copy sfc.exe and sfcdll.dll to the same folder in Win95. Run sfc.exe and it will say you are missing a default sfc log file and it offers to restore it. Put a Win98 CD in the CDROM drive and accept the offer, the file is in the Win98 folder on the disk. System file checker will now run as for Win98, excellent for detecting corrupted system files, or changed system files, eg an updated file, or a file that has been overwritten by an older version etc.	Terry Porritt (14)
56435	2002-06-23 04:51:00	Yes 20gig drive in sorry 35sec just done it again does that not sound right Trev	drys (347)
56436	2002-06-23 05:34:00	I downloaded what I think is the Win ME defragger but it still takes 35-45 minutes to defrag my 6 gig hard drive if I haven't done it for a couple of weeks. Maybe it's cos my machine's slow - Pent 2 266mHZ.	Susan B (19)
56437	2002-06-23 05:50:00	> Yes 20gig drive in sorry 35sec just done it again > does that not sound right > Trev When the drive is not that fragged that is pretty normal. But if you were to go a year of installing and uninstalling stuff and generally messing around with data on the drive. You'd find taht when you did do the defrag it would take a lot longer.	-=JM=- (16)
56438	2002-06-23 05:53:00	Susan Im running 1.2Ghz AMD with a WD 20gig 7200 ATA100 and 320 Meg Ram I haven't got much on there only using 1.24gig of the drive so it does hum (win98 SE) regards Trev	drys (347)
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