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Latest Windows Me News & Tips!
Part 3
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Save Time - Boot up without
the floppy drive!
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
You can shorten your startup time, even
if by a little bit. Tell Windows Me not to search for
your floppy drive when it starts up. You'll still be able
to use the floppy drive, but Windows Me will search for
it only when you click the floppy drive icon in My Computer
or in Windows Explorer.
Here's how you do it:
Right-click My Computer, click the Properties button,
and then click the Performance tab.
Click the File System button and then click the Floppy
Disk tab.
Clear the option to Search for new floppy disk drives
each time your computer starts.
Add
New Hardware Problems:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
You can let the Hardware Wizard resolve
your device problems! If you're having problems with a
particular Hardware device after installing Windows Me,
98 or other software, you can try removing it and then
let Windows Me, 98 reinstall the device.
Here's how you do it:
Click on Start button, go to Settings, go to Control
Panel, and then click on the System icon.
Now click the Device Manager tab. The problem category
should automatically open within the list. A symbol should
indicate the faulty hardware device. If a hardware device
is not working properly, there will be a "yellow
circle with a black exclamation point inside it"
if the hardware device isn't"t working at all, there
will be a red X.
Click on the problem item to highlight it, and then click
Remove. Restart your computer!
During start up, Windows Me should detect as missing the
device you just removed and will automatically run the
Add New Hardware Wizard. If you have new drivers from
any of your hardware manufacturers on disk, be sure to
use the wizard's Have Disk option to ensure that Windows
Me installs the latest drivers and not any old ones.
Tip: If you download new drivers from hardware manufacturers,
copy them to a floppy disk and label the disk. This way,
if you ever need to reinstall them, and don't have access
to the Internet. They are right on your floppy disk. Related
see Computer help page #2 here!
You can Undo actions in Windows:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
Have you ever accidentally deleted, renamed,
moved, or copied a file you didn't intend to? Windows
Me has an Undo command in every window, and it works just
like the Undo command in other Microsoft applications.
If you're viewing a window (for example, a Windows Explorer
window) in Web view, just click Undo on the toolbar. If
you're not using Web view, click Undo on the Edit menu.
You Can Add Custom Graphics
in the Windows Properties Display:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
The system properties of any computer often
include a logo or graphic from the manufacturer. Thanks
to a cool little utility called OEM Logo Changer 1.3b,
you can replace that graphic. This program seems to work
well on all Windows 9x installations, Note not tested
on NT or 2000. Your replacement graphic must be a bitmap
image with a maximum size of 180 x 114 pixels. Download
OEM Logo Changer 1.3b, Get it here!
How to start your computer without
starting Windows:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com -
* Click Start, and then click Shut down.
* Click Restart, click OK, and then press and hold the
F8 key until the Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
* Startup Menu appears. Note: for some computers, you
can need to use CTRL instead of F8 to bring up the Microsoft
Windows ME Startup Menu.
You can do one of the following:
* If you want to load Windows as usual, press the number
key that corresponds to Normal, and then press ENTER.
* If you want to create a file listing your computer's
boot and load activity, press the number key that corresponds
to Logged, and then press ENTER. Windows loads as usual
and writes the activity to the C:\Bootlog.txt file.
* If you want to load Windows using minimum drivers and
basic options, press the number key that corresponds to
Safe mode, and then press ENTER. Use this option if you
have difficulties with hardware and other issues in Windows.
In Safe mode, you can diagnose and fix errors.
* If you want to step through each activity in the Windows
load sequence, allowing or disallowing an activity as
you choose, press the number key that corresponds to Step-by-step
confirmation, and then press ENTER.
How to change Drive Letters
for Removable Media:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
You can change your drive letters for your
CD-Rom, jaz, and Syquest drive. Unlike your floppy or
hard drive. Here's how:
A. Right click on my computer choose properties,
and click the device manager tab.
B. For your CD-Rom drive, click on the plus
sign next to CDROM, and highlight your CD-ROM drive, and
click the properties button. On the Zip drive or Syquest,
click the plus next to Disk Drives, highlight your Zip
drive, now click the properties button.
C. Click the Settings tab. Now select the
letter you want for your drive in the "Start drive
letter" and "End drive letter" fields Note,
Choose the same letter in both fields.
D. Now click both OK buttons. Your system
will prompted you to reboot your computer.
Easy And Fast Access To Computer
Properties tip:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
To view your computer (system) properties,
right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. If
you have a Windows button on your keyboard, press WINDOWS+BREAK.
If you want to view Network properties, right-click My
Network Places, and then click Properties.
Start Menu Order Change Tip:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
In Windows Me, you can change the order
of items on the Start menu and its submenus by dragging
them to a new location. You can also right-click an item,
and then see its properties, delete it, or sort the list
by name.
Making a Startup Disk (Boot Disk):
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
To create a complete startup disk, carry out the following
steps:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control
Panel.
2. Open Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Startup
Disk tab.
3. Click Create Disk.
Creating a minimal boot disk in WinME:
To create a minimal bootable floppy disk by copying Io.sys
and Command.com from the \Windows\Command\EBD folder to
a blank formatted disk.
Fast and Easy Disk Copy from
the Desktop:
By Raymond, WebTechGeek.com
On your desktop, double-click My Computer,
right-click the floppy disk drive icon, and then click
Copy.
- or -
Make a Disk Copy Shortcut:
You can create a shortcut on the desktop to use for copying
floppy disks. Right-click the desktop, point to New, and
then click Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut dialog box,
type diskcopy A: A: to copy a disk (substitute B to use
the B drive).
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