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Remove the Help Option from the Start Menu (Windows 9x) This tweak hides the Help option on the Start Menu. Open your registry and find the key below. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called ‘NoHelp’ set the value to equal ‘1’ to enable the restriction. …

Windows 98 SE Unloads Dynamic Library Links by Default By default, when Windows 98 SE is installed onto a freshly formatted drive, not an upgrade over an existing Windows 9x installation, Windows normally always creates a default registry setting that causes Windows to unload the Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL’s) used …

Do you need to use the My Computer icon, or one of the icons within it, often? Well this little tip may make life easier for you. Right click and hold the My Computer icon and drag the icon to the top of the screen, it will then change to …

Keeping unwanted users out of your computer 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon 3. Create a dword value “MustBeValidated” 4. Set the value to 1 This edit is only usable when the computer is connected to a network domain that is then validated by the server.

Customizing the System Tray You can add your name or anything you like up to 8 characters. This will replace the AM or PM to the right of the system time in the tray. Note: You may not be able to do this with some trial software and even some …

Disabling the Right-Click features of the Start Button Normally, when you right click on the Start button, it allows you to open your programs folder, the Explorer and run Find. There are times where you don’t want to allow users to be able to do this in order to secure …

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 …