You Asked Us PC June 1998
by Alan Zisman (c)
1998.
First
published in Computer Player, June 1998
Robert L. Kunz asked
What is Folder "Sysbckup" in W95? I see that it
duplicates a lot
of files that are in the W95\System folder. Is this something I need?
Where
did it come from?
As the name and contents suggest, it is a collection
of backups of system
files... it is created as a safety precaution, during the W95 Setup.
The
contents are files that are often over-written with older versions
during
poorly-written application installations.
If you are desperate for the 4 megs of drive space,
delete it (or better
yet, ZIP the contents to floppy or other backup source)... but
otherwise,
keep it around-- for when you find that you now have an incompatible
version
of a file that's stored there.
Richard Crist wondered:
I am using Window 95 on a 486dx66 with 20 megs of
ram. The problem
I am have is running DOS games. They want to use 500K or more of
conventional
memory. I set up the properties to give it 640K and still won't run and
states that I have too many TRS's . When I was using Windows 3.11 and
DOS
6.22 I could run MemMaker or edit Config.sys and Autoexec.bat to load
all
the drivers high. With Windows 95 I am not sure how to free up some the
conventional memory.
You can continue to run MEMMAKER... the old DOS
version will still work
as
advertised, and will give you more DOS ram (or use the version on your
Win95 CD).
Or, by hand, start off making sure you have the
following three lines
in CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS (unless you have games
requiring
expanded memory, in which case replace NOEMS with RAM)
DOS=HIGH,UMB
That may give you the memory you need. If not, run
MEMMAKER, or by hand,
change any remaining DEVICE= statements in Config.sys with DEVICEHIGH=,
and add the word LOADHIGH (or LH) in front of any memory resident
programs
loaded in Autoexec.bat.
Pat Tan said :
I am really annoyed by the DOCUMENTS menu Windows
95 Start Menu.
I
am figuring out a way on how to eliminate the
documents PERMANENTLY
because I always click on the properties on the Taskbar and clear the
files
under DOCUMENT. It eats away my time when I am trying to go to
the
programs.
The multi-talented free TweakUI Control Panel
add-in from Microsoft
includes a Paranoia tab, with options to (among others):
[ ] Clear Document history at log-on
Bobby Craig said:
I have just discovered that I have a copy of both
HIMEM.SYS &
EMM386.EXE in C:\DOS and C:\WINDOWS and they are both different.
When running Windows should I be using the DOS ones
or the WINDOWS
ones?
Use the more recent version. If you?re running Windows
3.1 and DOS 6.22,
for example, use the C:\DOS versions. If you?re using Windows 95, use
the
C:\Windows ones.
Similarly,if you?re using Windows 95, you?ll have many
DOS utilities
in C:\Windows\Command.. use those versions in place of the C:\DOS
copies..
In fact, you can delete C:\DOS unless you're booting to your old DOS
version.
Romain Lacroix wondered:
I used to work with Macintosh and want to put some
'nice looking'
icon upon the Win95 trash.
You may want to check out the freeware WinMac, which
puts a working
Macintosh menu bar (complete w. Apple Menu) at the top of the screen,
and
allows changing both Recycle Bin icons to trash bins. It even includes
Mac startup and shutdown screens. Look for WinMac at:
http://home.hkstar.com/~ritchie/winmac.html
Jesse Canfield said:
I have win95 and I was reading the manual and it
says that you can
have direct connections with another computer via cable and I was just
wondering how or what do I go to make it start the connection or make
it
realize that it is connected to the other computer or transfer files?
In order to use DCC (Direct Cable Connection) you need
the following:
1) A networking client installed on each machine (I
tend to use Client
for Microsoft Networking).
2) A unique computer name for each machine, but
exactly identical Workgroup
names (in Control Panel/Network/Identification)
3) Direct Cable Connection installed on both machines
4) Either a null-modem serial cable or (preferably) a
data-transfer
parallel cable
5) File Sharing turned on (Control Panel/Network/File
& Printer
Sharing), and at least one drive or folder set as shareable
(right-click
on the item to be shared in My Computer/Explorer, and choose the
Sharing
item).
6) Network Neighborhood must be visible on the Desktop
of each machine.
Once you have all those things, run DCC on each
machine, identifying
one as the HOST computer (the one with sharing turned on), and the
other
as the GUEST. Once connection is made, the Guest computer will be able
to read/write, and run programs on the shared items of the Host.