Tips & Tricks

The AutoPlay feature of Windows 95 allows CDs to automatically start up when inserted in the drive, or for audio CDs to start playing.

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Windows 3.x always supported having more than one application open at a time. The problem was that when one application was maximized, it covered the entire desktop and novice computer users often found it difficult to find the icons of the other applications open at the same time. Windows 95 solved that problem with the introduction of the Taskbar.

Over time, clutter begins to build up on your hard drive. Applications, lost DLL files, as well as all manner of information files such as .GIF and .TXT.

Cloning Hard Drives in Windows 95 is often a pain if not approached in the correct way. What follows is two tried and tested ways of achieving a disk clone under '95.

Recently while installing Windows 95 fresh on a batch of new computers, I realized how powerless Windows actually is with no enhancements.

Windows Commander 3.02 does just what its title suggests. It's the ultimate file manager for Windows 3.11/95/NT 4.0. With extended features like zip, arc, lzh, lha, tar, gz, and the newest in compression - rar support, Windows Commander keeps coming back with new and better features than before.

This video is one of seven in a series offered by Learnkey, Inc. It is one hour and fifty-five minutes in duration. The instructor is Tom Sheldon who teaches advanced uses of a variety of operating systems including OS/2 and Windows. He is a well-known aerospace consultant and an author of 15 technology books which specialize in computer systems and LAN/WAN networking.

This is one of seven in a series of introductory Windows 95 videos produced by Learnkey. The instructor is Steve Broback who has had an impressive history with Pagemaker.

I offer the information in this FAQ mainly because I got rather angry with Microsoft's intent to restrict the availbility of OSR2, and so I decided to try to disseminate as much information as possible about it....