... Windows Menu Part 2 ...
As he teaches, so he learns.

Warning: Many tips involve meddling with the Windows Registry which isn't child's play; you can righteously muck up your system if you don't know what you're doing. So above all, make sure to ... Back Up Your Registry ... before you begin. Consider yourself warned ... that's right, it's a link, so use it. It's not there to add color.


Mouse - General Configuration Settings
Mouse-Keys - How To Use Them
Mouse Pointer - Selecting A Different One
Mouse Trails
Moving A Window
MSN Icon - How To Delete
Multiple Files - Selecting
Multiple Languages In Windows - Enabling
My Computer - Adding As A Web page
My Computer Becomes A Browser
My Computer - Changing Its Name
My Computer - Getting Information About Your Computer In My Computer
My Computer Labels
My Computer - Toolbar Handle Controls
My Computer Windows - Quickly Closing
Netmeeting - Placing An Internet Call
Network Neighborhood Icon - How To Retrieve
Network Printer Queue - Checking
New Files - Creating Them On The Fly
New Folder Anyplace In Your System - Creating
New Folder On The Desktop - Creating
New Menu
New Plug-In Won't Work
Non-System Disk Error - What To Do
Notepad Shortcut
Notepad - Selecting Fonts
Num-Lock Explained
Online Dialing To The Internet - Speeding It Up
Open And Save As - Quickly View The Contents Of Your Desktops
Opening A Folder - Shortcut To
"Open" And "Open With..." Command - How To Restore
"Open With" - Adding It To The Right-Click Menu For All Files
"Open With" - How To Use It
"Open With" List - Cleaning It Out
Outlook Express Priority Mail
Paint Tools Deciphered
Partitioning - What Is It?
Password For Windows - Removing It Without TweakUi
Passwords In General - How To Eliminate
Passwords - What Makes A Goo D One
Pausing Screen During Boot
Plug-And-Play Devices - Getting Them To Work Properly
Printer - Setting A Default
Printer - Taking Charge Of The Machine
Printer Troubleshooting
Printing Contents Of A Folder
Printing In The Order You Like
Printing It Small And Folded
Printing Shortcut
Print Screen Key
Profiles - How To Remove Them, All Traces
Program Opens - Min Or Max
Properties Sheet - A Shortcut To Get There
Putting Tools Where You Need Them
Quick Access To URL's
Quick Calendar - It's About Time You Had One
Quick Desktop Using Keyboard
Quicklaunch Bar - Moving
Quicklaunch Bar - You Lost It , So What Do You Do
Quick View - Adding It To SendTo Menu
Quick View - A Shortcut To Quick View
Radio Buttons
RAM And Resource Meter
RAM - Saving Some
Read-Only - A Small Protection
Reasons Windows Needs Rebooting After Extensive Use
Rebooting And Shutting Shortcuts
Recycle Bin - Managing The Size Of Its Contents
Recycle Bin - Purging A File
Recycle Bin - Recovering The Missing Icon
Recycle Bin - Renaming
Recycle Bin - Restoring Deleted Files
Recycle Bin - Skipping It
Recycle Bin - To Delete Or Not To Delete
Recycle Bin Warns You When It's Full
Registered Files - Opening With A Different Program
Registered Owner - Changing The Name On Your Computer
Registry - Backing Up And Restoring
Registry Changes
Registry - Cleaning It Up
Registry - Editing
Registry Files - Restoring Them When Puter Won't Start In Windows
Registry - Restoring It In DOS
Registry - What Is It?
Reinstalling Windows
Removing Programs From Your Computer - How To
Renaming Files - Shortcut
Renaming A Folder In The Explorer Window
Renamng Using The F2 Key
Resources Running Low? - How To Get Better Performance
Restarting Windows With A Shortcut
Right-Click Menu - How To Add To It
Right-Click Using The Keyboard
Run Command - Finding A File
Run Command - Hiding Your Tracks
Run Command - Personalizing Your Commands
Run Command - Using It To Open A Web page Or E-mail Message
Run Command - Using It To See The Path
Safe Mode - What To Do There
Safe Shutdowns
"Saves" Folder - Changing It For NotePad Or WordPad
Saving On-Line Time By Writing E-Mail Off-Line
Save That File - How To
Saving a File - Going Down the File Path
Saving Files - The Difference Between Save And Save As
Scandisk And Defrag
Scandisk Shows Bad Sectors - What To Do
Scandisk - What Is Scandisk Scanning For?
Screen Capture (Entire Screen Or One Window)
Screen Flickers - Eliminating Them
Screen Saver - Quick Access To
Screen Saver - Adding A New One
Screen Saver Password - Locking It Up
Screen Saver Password - Locking It Up
Screen Space - Freeing Up Some Real Estate
Security In Windows 98
Selecting Icons On Your Desktop Or In A Folder
Selecting Multiple Files
Selective Erasing In Paint
Sending A Web Page Via E-Mail
Send To Menu - Adding A Folder
Send To Menu - Adding Desktop To It
Send To Menu - Editing The SendTo Folder
Send To Menu - Getting Quick Launch Into "Send To Menu"
Send To Menu - Include The Recycle Bin
Sharing Files - Use Rich Text Format
Shift Key - A Bit Of Magic
Shortcuts - Creating From Start Menu Items
Shortcuts, Desktop, and Start Menu - Clean 'Em Up
Shortcuts - Menu And. Icons
Shortcuts - What Are They?
Shortcut To A Shortcut
Show Desktop" Icon In Quick Launch, Win98 - How To Restore
Show Desktop" Shortcut - How To Create From Scratch
Shutdown Or Restart In One Step
Shutdown Screen - Changing It Or Making Your Own
Shutting Down Using A Keyboard Shortcut
Single-Click File Access
Softwares - Why Some Need To Install And Other Don't
Sound File - Installing Your Own
Sounds - Adding Sounds To Windows
Sounds In Your Computer - Changing
Start Button's Context Menu - Removing Old Commands
Start Menu - Creating A New One
Start Menu - Configuring Alphabetizing Option In Win98
Start Menu - Customizing
Start Menu - Drag-And-Drop Shortcuts To
Start Menu - Getting Around It Without Scrolling
Start Menu - Modifying While It's Open
Start Menu - Organizing
Start Menu - Removing Favorites From The Lower Section
Start Menu's Speed - Adjusting
Start Menu - Telling Windows To Always Alphabetize The Start Menu
Starting Programs - Another Shortcut
Startup And Shutdown Screens - Customizing
Startup Disk - Making One
Startup Folder - Changing The Order In Which Files Startup
Startup - Removing Unwanted Tray Applications
Startup Time - How To Shorten It
Stickykeys Accessibility Option In Control Panel - How To Use
Surfing Without A Trace
Swap File - Renaming It In DOS
Symbols - Inserting Special Ones
Sysedit - Your Super-Notepad
System Care And Magnetic Waves
System File Checker - Cure Your Ills
System Performance - How To Improve It
System Problems - Diagnosing
System Properties - Three Ways To Get There
System Resources Running Low - What To Do
System Settings Printout
System Tray (Systray) - How To Remove Icons From It
Taskbar - A Quick Display
Taskbar - How To Move
Taskbar - Keeping It Hidden
Taskbar - Reading The Name Of A Program On It
Taskbar Shortcuts
Time Zones
Title Bars - Changing Their Colors
Title Bars - Tackling 'Em When They Are Off The Screen
Title Bar Tricks
Toolbars - Adding Them To The Taskbar
Toolbars - Creating More
Troubleshooter Wizard In Windows
Undo Command
Upgrading Internal Hardware
URL's or Shortcuts - Adding Them To Your Desktop
User Profiles - Setting Up Multiples
Version Number - How To Find It
Virtual Cache - Optimize
Virtual Memory - Tweaking And Improving The Efficiency Of Windows
Visible, Invisible - Certain Files Should Be Kept Invisible
Visual Basic Script In Windows 98 - What Is It
Volume Controls - Accessing
Volume Icon - Display Or Remove
Wallpaper - How To Access
Wallpaper - You Pay A Memory Price For It
Web Style Mode - Customizing
What Day Is It, Anyway?
What's In Your Computer
What's This" Button - What Is It
Wild Cards - Using With The Search Tool
Window Is Off Screen - How To Get It Back
Window Lost? - How To Restore
Windows Display Properties - New Animations
Windows Folder - Using Run To Access It
Windows Key - All The Uses
Windows - Keeping 'Em The Way You Like 'Em
Windows' Logo - How To Clip The Logo's Wings
Windows' Logo - What's Behind It?
Windows On Your Desktop - How To Deal With Them
Windows Password - Changing Or Removing
Windows - Pseudo Rebooting
Windows - Restarting It Faster
Windows Startup Logo - Getting Rid Or Replacing It
Windows - Keeping Everything In One Window
Windows - Moving Them Around And Adjusting Size
Windows - Restarting Without Rebooting
Windows Update Setup Folder - When To Delete
Windows Version Number - How To Get It
Win.Ini File - Making Changes
Winipcfg - Your ISP Information
Your Screen's Picture - How To Take It

And finally, a bit of levity …
How To Preserve Your Desktop Icons


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