Disabling My Computer for Windows 9x (and maybe NT) In areas where you are trying to restrict what users can do on the computer, it might be beneficial to disable the ability to click on My Computer and have access to the drives, control panel etc. To disable this: 1. …

Keyboard Shortcuts for Word 97 and Word 2000 Here are some keyboard shortcuts that will help you move around in Word 97 and Word 2000 as well as manipulate documents easier. Ctrl + A Select all text within a document Ctrl + B Bold the selected text Ctrl + I …

Identifying an Installed Video Card MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/Millennium/NT/NT2000 From time to time we all experience video problems with computers. All too frequently we remove drivers in order to update them only to find out they don’t work and we’re stuck with a system that barely functions because the video card …

Adding Items to the Start Button To add items when you right-click on the Start Button: 1.Open RegEdit 2.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell 3.Right-click on Shell and select New Key 4.Type in the name of the key and press the Enter key 5.In the Default name that shows in the right hand …

Removing the Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer Open REGEDIT. Click Start, Run and type in regedit and click OK. Navigate to this Regsitry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ratings\ In the right window pane of the registry editor, there should be a key value shown for a password. Click once to select it …

Opening a DOS Window to a Drive or Directory in Explorer Add the following Registry Keys for a Directory: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew @=”Dos Prompt in that Directory” HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command @=”command.com /k cd %1″ Add or Edit the following Registry Keys for a Drive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew @=”Dos Prompt in that Drive” HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew\command @=”command.com /k cd …

Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel 97 and Excel 2000 Here are some keyboard shortcuts that will help you move around in Excel 97 and Excel 2000 as well as manipulate documents easier. Ctrl + F12 Open a spread sheet file Ctrl + O Open a spread sheet file Shift + F12 …

Removing Items from the NEW Context Menu When you right-click on the desktop and select New, or use the File Menu item in the Explore and select New a list of default templates you can open up are listed. To remove items from that list: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Do …

Disabling the Outlook Express Splash Screen Did you know that Outlook Express will load faster if you disable the splash screen? 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 3. Add a string value “NoSplash” 4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value

Hide The Network Neighborhood Icon Network users frequently click into Network Neighborhood, sometimes looking for resources they need, or just to see what they can find. Frequent network browsing can create network traffic jams by causing master browsers and backup browsers to repeatedly rebuild resource lists. You may want to …