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Adding an Application to the Right Click Context Menu You can easily add any application to the Right Click Context Menu. This will allow you to access the feature without having to go to the Start Menu. When you right click on a folder you can have access to that …

Backing Up Your ISP (Dial-up) Information We are often asked whether there is an easy way to back up the ISP Dial-up information. As an example, have you recently purchased a new computer and had to call your Internet service provider to get going on the Internet even though your …

Drivers Related Windows Registry Keys The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\b0 key contains numbered subkeys that assist the device manager in detecting PC Cards. Each numbered subkey specifies a stream interface driver and a corresponding detection function. The Device Manager calls the detection functions to locate the appropriate driver for an unrecognized PC Card. …

Password Protecting a Folder In Windows Explorer It should be obvious to most of you that have any knowledge about Windows 9x, that it isn’t a very secure desktop operating system, however there are a few things short of enabling security policies that you can do to keep files or …

Correcting Stack Errors and Stack Overflow Problems Stack overflow issues are usually indicative of errors in the device driver. Device drivers are allocated 4 kilobytes, or one page, of space to be used as a stack. If the device driver requires the use of more than 4 kilobytes of memory, …

Login Screen Security and Attributes Changing the login screen background [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] “Wallpaper”=”Fully qualified path to BMP file” [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] “Pattern”=”Pattern to use. Can be (None)” [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] Disabled “TileWallpaper”=”0” Enabled “TileWallpaper”=”1” Changing login screen background color [HKEY_USERS\.Default\ControlPanel\Colors] “Background”=”Decimal Red Component Decimal Blue Component Decimal Green Component“ Disabling logon screen …

Applying User Restrictionsto Internet Explorer Version 5.01 and Above The are a number of user restrictions that you can apply to Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and above to govern just how Internet Explorer can be used in your environment, whether that is at home or on a network. The table …

Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Internet Explorer. On the File menu, click Import and Export. In the Import/Export Wizard, click Next. Click Export Favorites, and then click Next. Click Favorites, and then click Next. Click Export to a File or Address, type c:\bookmark.htm in the Export to …

Adaptec Easy CD Creator 3.x Easy CD Creator 3.x uses an older set of NT drivers. While the most recent version of these drivers work with Windows 2000, they do not support the full capabilities of Windows 2000 such as Plug and Play. These drivers have been rewritten for full …

Backing up and Restoring the Windows 95 Registry To Backup and Restore the Windows 95 Registry. While at a *pure MS-DOS prompt, and in the the C:\Windows directory, type: Attrib -s -r -h C:\Windows\System.dat (press Enter) Attrib -s -r -h C:\Windows\User.dat (press Enter) To make backup copies type: copy C:\Windows\System.dat …