The Complete Idiot's Guide to MORE Windows 98 Table of Contents Introduction Part 1—More Miscellaneous (but Useful) Windows 98 Tricks and Techniques Chapter 1—Beginning at the Beginning: Windows 98 Startup Techniques Startup and At 'Em: Taking Charge of Startup The Boot Route: What Happens at Startup Taking Advantage of the Windows 98 Startup Menu What's All This About CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT? Creating a Custom Startup Screen Ending at the End: Shutting Down Windows 98 Giving Windows the Bum's Rush: The Shut Down Command Creating Custom Shutdown Screens Chapter 2—Taking Charge of Your Files and Folders File Style: Downright Useful File Know-How and Secrets Figuring Out File Types More File Flapdoodle: Understanding File Extensions A Fast Look at File Attributes Getting the Most Out of Shortcuts The Compleat Drag-and-Drop The Handy Send To Command Expediting Explorer: More Shortcuts and Options A Compendium of Keyboard Shortcuts Opportunistic Opening: How to Open a File in Another Program Giving Explorer a Facelift: The View Options Chapter 3—Sharing Data: The Mysterious Snake Oil of OLE Dividing the Spoils: Data Sharing Basics OLE: Can You See? Should I Link or Embed? Doing the Linking and Embedding Thing Linking or Embedding an Object by Pasting Inserting a New Embedded Object Editing a Linked or Embedded Object Working with the Latest OLE Applications Chapter 4—Taming the DOS Beast Dirty DOS Dancing: Starting a DOS Session Running a DOS Application Starting a DOS Prompt Session Working at the DOS Prompt Running DOS Commands Dealing with Long Filenames Sharing Data between DOS and Windows Using MS-DOS Mode for DOS Games and Other Finicky Programs DOS Deluxe: Customizing DOS Windows Chapter 5—More Windows Goodies: Microsoft Plus! 98 Installing Microsoft Plus! 98 What You Get For Your Money: The Plus! 98 Components VirusScan: Inoculating Windows Against Viruses A Cleaner Disk Cleanup ZIP Files as Compressed Folders New Desktop Themes Photo Touch-Ups with Picture It! Express Most Valuable Player: The Deluxe CD Player Chapter 6—A Few of My Favorite Windows Things Ten Transcendental Tips and Tricks A Few of My Favorite Practical Windows Things File Type Tweak I: Modifying Actions File Type Tweak II: Creating New Actions Using QuickView to Sneak a Peek at a Document Converting Windows 3.1 Program Groups Not-So-Stupid Calculator Tricks A Few of My Favorite Fun Windows Things A-Hunting We Will Go: Tracking Down the Internet Explorer Easter Egg Volcanic Screen Saver Cheating at Solitaire Part 2—"Just So" Windows: More Customization Tomfoolery Chapter 7—Customizing Web Integration and the Active Desktop Which Windows: Web or Classic? Creating a Custom Web View for a Folder Getting a Grip on the Web View Folder Template Messing Around with the Web View Folder Template More Web Page Folder Templates Customizing the Active Desktop Tweaking the Default Desktop Web Page Specifying a Custom Desktop Web Page Dealing with Desktop Items Chapter 8—Refurbishing the Start Menu and Taskbar Understanding the Start Menu Folder Putting Some Tricks Up Your Start Menu's Sleeve A Faster Way to Toss Something Onto the Start Menu Pressing Keys to Select Start Menu Stuff Adding Control Panel Icons to the Start Menu The "Look, Ma, No Hands" Approach: The Startup Folder Some Taskbar Tweaks Moving the Taskbar Working with Taskbar Toolbars Taskbar Toolbar Options Creating New Taskbar Toolbars Chapter 9—A Few Other Ways to Dress Windows for Success Rolling Your Own Windows 98 Roll Your Own I: Creating a Custom Wallpaper Roll Your Own II: Creating a Custom Color Scheme Roll Your Own III: Creating a Custom Sound Scheme The Hopped-Up Keyboard Linguistic Leaps with the United States-International Keyboard Layout Foreign Tongues: Setting Up Keyboard Languages Jumping for Joystick: Calibrating Your Game Controller Going Global: The Windows 98 Regional Settings Geek Chic: Customizing with TweakUI Chapter 10—The Registry: The Soul of the Windows Machine What in Tarnation is the Registry? The Registry Editor: Your Royal Road to the Registry Understanding Keys and Other Registry Doodads The Branches of the Tree: The Keys Pane The Leaves of the Tree: The Settings Pane The Roots of the Tree: The Registry’s Root Keys How to Work with Registry Entries Editing a Registry Entry Some Other Useful Registry Techniques Hunting Down Registry Entries Chapter 11—Revving Up the Registry: A Few Handy Techniques Editing Some Setup Info Editing Your Name and Company Name Changing Where Windows 98 Looks For Its Installation Files Doctoring the Desktop Icons Substituting One Icons for Another Renaming the Recycle Bin Recycling the Recycle Bin Playing with the Icon InfoTips Customizing the System Icons More File Type Frivolity A New and Improved New Menu Deleting File Types from the New Menu Associating Multiple Extensions with One Application Part 3—More Online Fun: Communications and the Internet Chapter 12—Getting Your Modem's Mojo Working Bits and Ports and Stuff: An Encyclopedic Primer Setting Up a Modem from Scratch Changing Your Modem's Modus Operandi The General Properties The Connection Properties It's Alive! Or Is It? Modem Diagnostics Locations, Locations, Locations: Working with Dialing Locations Figuring Out Area Code Weirdness That Long Distance Feeling: Setting Up a Calling Card Fast Fax Facts: Using Microsoft Fax Sending a Fax Receiving and Viewing an Incoming Fax Chapter 13—The Savvy Surfer: Extending Internet Explorer Saving Sites for Subsequent Surfs Taming the Favorites Folder Creating a Shortcut to a URL Customizing the Links Bar Managing Your Subscriptions Caveat Surfer: Internet Explorer and Security A Few More Useful Internet Explorer Options Cache and Carry: Working with Temporary Internet Files Have It Your Way: Using Your Own Web Page Settings Internet Explorer's Advanced Options Chapter 14—The Ins and Outs of Outlook Express Taking Charge of Your Message Folders Some Handy Message Maneuvers Options for Sending Messages Working with Stationery and Signatures Options for Reading Messages Dealing with the Onslaught: Filtering Messages Finding Folks on the Internet Customizing Outlook Express Rearranging the Message Columns Renovating the Outlook Express Layout Setting Some Outlook Express Options Chapter 15—Joining the Chattering Classes with Microsoft Chat Opening Lines: Getting Started with Microsoft Chat Rat-a-Tat Chat: Connecting to a Chat Server Chat Chinwagging: Holding Up Your End of the Conversation Working the Room I: Dealing with Chat Room Members Working the Room II: Dealing with Chat Rooms A Room of One's Own: Creating a Chat Room Disconnecting from the Chat Server Dis and Dat Chat: Some Microsoft Chat Options Chapter 16—The Self-Serve Web: Running Personal Web Server Getting Personal Web Server Ready for Action Personal Web Server Startup and Shutdown Taking the Web Server for a Test Drive Configuring Your Web Site Folders Logging Site Activity Publishing Pages to Your Web Site Part 4—Swifter, Higher, Stronger: More Windows 98 System Tools Chapter 17—From Slowpoke to Speed Demon: Making Windows Fly Thanks for the Memory: Maximizing Your System's Memory Tracking System Resources with the Resource Meter Miscellaneous Ideas for Optimizing Memory The Hot Rod Hard Disk First, A Summary Checking Your System's Performance Level A System Swap Meet: The Swap File Cache and Carry: Another Hard Disk Performance Boost While You're At It: Adjusting the CD-ROM Cache Happier Hard Disks the FAT32 Way Putting the Whip to Windows Video Chapter 18—A Windows Lifeline: The Emergency Boot Disk Boot Disk Basics Why Do You Need an Emergency Boot Disk? How Does it Work? Forging and Using the Emergency Boot Disk Building the Boot Disk How to Use the Emergency Boot Disk Creating a VirusScan Emergency Disk If Worst Comes to Worst: Using System Recovery Chapter 19—For the Nerd In You: Higher-End System Tools Knowledge is Power: The System Information Utility A Windows Checkup: The System File Checker Scanning System Files for Errors Extracting Files with System File Checker Keeping the Registry Regular: The Registry Checker Streamlining Startups with the System Configuration Utility Peace Negotiations: Using the Version Conflict Manager Hands-Free Windows: The Task Scheduler Adding a New Scheduled Task Working with Scheduled Tasks Modifying a Scheduled Task’s Properties Part 5—Hardware Hootenanny: More Device Advice Chapter 20—Using Device Manager to Take Control of Your Hardware Understanding Device Mumbo-Jumbo IRQs, I/O Ports, and Other Device Doo-Doo What's this Plug and Play Stuff About? Device Drivers: Hardware Helpers Installing a New Device Driver The Device Database: Device Manager Viewing Devices by the Resources They Use Printing a System Report Getting Rid of a Device Checking Out Device Properties Viewing and Adjusting a Device's Resources Changing Drivers Via the Device Manager Adjusting Device Settings Setting Up Hardware Profiles Chapter 21—Graphics Gadgetry: Working with Video Cards and Monitors No Guts, No Graphics: Working with Video Cards Understanding Video Cards Pixel Pushing: Understanding Display Resolution Counting Colors: Understanding Color Depth The Key to It All: Understanding Video Memory Telling Windows About Your Video Card Troubleshooting a Garbled Display Adapting the Adapter: Setting the Colors and Screen Area Image is Everything: Windows 98 and Your Monitor The Eyes Have It: What to Look for in a Monitor Changing the Monitor Type Activating Your Monitor’s Energy-Saving Features Windows 98's Multiple-Monitor Support Part 6—More Networking Know-How Chapter 22—Working with Network Connections Networking for Novices Some Notes About Network Hardware Getting Your System Network-Ready Establishing Your Computer's Network Identity Setting Up Sharing Logging On to Your Network A Drive Around the Network Neighborhood Accessing Network Resources Mapping a Network Folder Using a Network Printer Playing Nicely with Others: Sharing Your Resources Sharing Folders and Disk Drives Sharing Printers Chapter 23—Using Windows Messaging to Exchange Email Notes Installing Windows Messaging Setting Up Windows Messaging Reading Your Mail What Do I Do with a Message After I've Read It? Printing a Message Replying to a Message Forwarding a Message Moving or Deleting a Message Reading More Messages Creating a New Message Special Options for Sending Messages Accessing the Address Book Requesting a Return Receipt Specifying the Priority Attaching a File Chapter 24—Keeping In Touch: Mobile Computing with Dial-Up Networking Setting Up a Dial-Up Networking Connection Setting Up the Basic Connection Tweaking the Connection Properties Do It Yourself: Creating a Dial-Up Networking Internet Connection Remote Network Connecting and Disconnecting Placing the Call via Your Modem Operator-Assisted or Manual Dialing A Better Connection: Dial-Up Networking Settings Accessing Microsoft Mail Remotely Appendixes Appendix A: Speak Like a Geek: More Windows Words Appendix B: More Windows 98 Online Resources Appendix C: More Symbols: The Windows ANSI Character Set Return to The Complete Idiot's Guide to MORE Windows 98 home page Copyright © 1995-2008 Paul McFedries and Logophilia Limited