Top Document: Introduction to comp.os.*.win95 groups and FAQ Previous Document: 5. Tell me about the microsoft.* groups. Next Document: 7. Where else can I find good information? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge It's made of text files, written in HTML using Internet Assistant for MS-Word, has a few pretty graphics, and it comes in three flavors: HTML, news.answers postings, and Windows .HLP format. 6.1. Administrivia Basic legal stuff, disclaimers, credits, and your name in lights if you can contribute. I don't sell ads so don't bother asking me. 6.2. Installation, Re-Installation, Un-Installation How to put Win95 on a box and yank it back off again. Most of the discussion in *.setup.win95 made up this page. 6.3. Usage How to cope with the Start Menu, and like stuff. Faster ways of doing things. How to see hidden files, copy files with long filenames, how to run apps, etc... 6.4. Hardware How to make your hardware work WITHOUT using DOS drivers. I have a very strict opinion that hardware in Win95 does not need DOS TSRs or device drivers in config.sys to work. By using these techniques you will allow Win95 to perform like MS designed it. 6.5. Modems and TAPI TAPI promises to simplify using modems. It does, if used correctly. Don't forget to specify area codes in phone numbers, even if they're local, so it knows how to dial the number. You can even make your calling card work with it and save yourself money for those long distance calls. And the coolest feature: If a program is waiting to answer the phone, another program can jump in and use the modem, without shutting down the answering program! Read about it here. 6.6. Novell NetWare (tm) Networking Ahh... a favorite for discussion. I listen in on the NetWare groups (the comp.os.netware.* groups) for insights into this page. Here I'll tell you how to make your server Win95 ready, the best way to set up the client machines, and most important of all, how to use Win95 on a NetWare network without crashing the server! NOTE: I plan on including Novell's Client32 into this page, but I have a strong opinion against it. I also don't have a lot of time anymore. Maybe some Client32 admins out there can contribute to a FAQ page 6.5 devoted to Client32. 6.7. Networking (Not including NetWare) I cover Internet stuff briefly here, but this section mainly covers client/server stuff, peer to peer stuff, how to use your favorite NOS with Win95, and how to make apps behave on Win95 networks. 6.8. Dial-up Networking and The Internet No one likes Win95's built in dial-up networking. Why? It works great for about 99% of UNIX and NT dial-up servers when used correctly. So what if MS replaces winsock.dll... it's a standard OS component. I cover how to make it work with your ISP, and cover some stupid DUN tricks that can save you money and improve connectivity, even if you aren't on the Internet. 6.9. Maintanence and Annoyances A lot of this comes from the Win95 Annoyances page at <http://www.creativelement.com/win95ann/> but I show you safer ways of fixing them or working around them. I also have stuff here not found in any other FAQ. 6.10. Windows Messaging, AKA: MS Exchange Like DUN and TAPI, how come no one likes Exchange? Take the advice here and make it work better, and you might actually like it. This Windows Messaging front end lets you connect to many different kinds of mail services with the same interface. 6.11. Disk Compression and You Crazy enough to try it? Here's some serious advice on making it work faster and safer. 6.12. Running MS-DOS Games I know, you can't live without DOOM... or Descent... or whatever. Here's how to make it run without resorting to boot disks, multi-boot, or third party memory managers. 6.13. Microsoft Plus! Add-on, and other MS add-ons So what's about these cool toys? Read about them before you break your computer with them. 6.14. Miscelaneous Anything left over. I also maintain other pages on the site. These are the *really* subjective pages, with lots of opinionated garbage and a lot of dirt on some of the more "popular" products. The most popular one (meaning it actually gets visited!) is the Logo Lamers page, where I lay waste to placebo-ware such as Cybermedia's First Aid, and have fun with companies that use the Designed for Win95 logo without earning it. User Contributions:Top Document: Introduction to comp.os.*.win95 groups and FAQ Previous Document: 5. Tell me about the microsoft.* groups. Next Document: 7. Where else can I find good information? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: gordonf@intouch.bc.ca (gordonf)
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