FAQ: windows95 (Ascii) 73 q&a (part 4/4)
Rockn_Robin
1. Animated Cursors?
Ok folks, this is how you get animated cursors to work. First pick the
cursors that
have the green top and bottom. These are animated and will be a good test
to see if
they work on your system. You monitor must be at least 800X600 Resolution
with 256
Colors.Then you select the green hourglasses and pick apply from 'file
manager'.Click,
ok. They should (ducking) work! I went through the above procedure.If you
are not sure
where to select the cursors, There in the control panel, then double click
on the mouse.
Update animated cursors in the Pointers Tab (screen)! My Computer\Control
Panel\Mouse\Pointers tab Good luck. Where can I find more animated cursors?
Try this:
ftp://www.process.com/ftp/pub/win95/anicurs.zip it's big, but has ALOT of
cursors....
Does anyone know why various animated Icons move when I select them in the
properties "New Icon" window, but fail to animate on by desktop after I
click on "Okay"
to close the window??? You have something hooked up to your system, probably a
hard drive, still in"real mode" dos compatability. Its not being driven by
32 bit drivers.
Look in your Control Panel, Click on System, and click on the performance tab.
2. System Resources Monitors?
The Systems Monitor must be installed from the CD-ROM: MyComputer\Control
Panel\Add.Remove Programs\Windows Setup\Disk Tools. on the CD: There is also a
Resources Monitor that displays FREE (available) System Resources, User
Resources
and GDI Resources. System Resources Definitions from the Micro$oft Windows 95
Resource Kit
File System:=====================
Bytes read/second ... read from the file system/sec Bytes written/second
... written to the file system/sec Dirty
data ... .Number of bytes waiting to be written to disk. (Dirty data is
stored in cache blocks, so the number reported
may be larger than the actual number of bytes waiting) Reads per second
... read operations delivered to the file
sytem/sec Writes per second ... write operations delivered to the file
system/sec
IPX/SPX-CompatibleProtocol:========================
IPX Packets Lost/sec .. received from an IPX network and ignored IPX Packets
Received/sec ... packets received
from an IPX network/sec IPX Packets Sent/sec ... packets sent to
an IPX network Open Sockets ... number
of free sockets. Routing Table Entries ....number of IPX interworking routes
known. SAP Table Entries ...
number of service advertisements known. SPX Packets Received/sec ...
number of packets received from ... SPX
Packets Sent/sec ... number of packets sent to SPX
Kernel:=====================
Processor Usage (%) approximate % of time the processor is busy Threads
number of threads present
in the system. Virtual Machines current number of virtual machines
present in the system.
Memory Manager (VMM32):===========================
Allocated memory the total amount of allocated memory in
bytes.Discards Pages discarded each second.
Disk Cache Size urrent size of the disk cache in bytes. Free Memory the
total amount of free memory in bytes
Instance Faults number of instance faults each second. Locked Memory amount
of allocated memory that is
locked. Maximum Disk Cache Size largest size possible for a disk
cache.Minimum Disk Cache Size smallest size
possible for a disk cache. Other Memory amount of allocated memory that is
not stored in the swap file for example,
memory mapped files, in pageable memory, and disk cache pages.Page Faults
the number of page faults each
second. Page-ins the number of pages swapped into memory/second.Page-outs
number of pages swapped out of
memory/second.Swapfile Defective The number of bytes in the swap file that
are found to be physically defective on
the swap medium. Because swap file frames are allocated in 4000-byte blocks,
a single damaged sector causes the
whole block to be marked as defective.Swapfile In Use number of bytes being
used in the current swap file.
Swapfile Size The size of the current swap file in bytes. Swappable
MemoryThe number of bytes allocated from the
swap file Locked pages still count for the purpose of this metric.
Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks ===================================
Burst Packets Dropped Number of burst packets lost in transit. Burst
Receive Gap Time Interpacket gap for
incoming traffic, in microseconds. Burst Send Gap Time Interpacket gap
for outgoing traffic, in
microseconds.Bytes in Cache Out of data, in bytes, currently cached by the
redirector. Bytes Read per Second
Bytes read from the redirector per second. Bytes Written per Second Bytes
written to the redirector per second.
Dirty Bytes in Cache Amount of dirty data, in bytes, currently cached by
the redirector and waiting to be written.
NCP Packets Dropped Number of regular NCP packets lost in transit.
Requests Pending Number of requests
waiting to be processed by the server.
Microsoft Network Client (Client for Microsoft Networks):==========
Bytes Read Per Second The number of bytes read from the redirector each
,second Bytes Write Per Second
The number of bytes written to the redirector each second Numberer of Nets
Number of networks currently running.
Open Files Number of open files on the network. Resources Number of
resources. Sessions N umber of sessions.
Transactions Per Second The number of SMB transactions managed by
redirector each second.
Microsoft Network Server (File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks):
Buffers number of buffers used by the server. Bytes ReadThe total number
of bytes read from a disk.Bytes
Written The total number of bytes written to a disk. Memory The total
memory used by the server. NBs Server
network buffers. Server Threads The current number of threads used by the
server. Bytes/Second The total number
of bytes read from, and written to a disk.
Interesting, if not entirely useful._____________________________us000636@_
3. START taskbar placing everything on desktop?
This is the result of deleting the startup folder (subdirectory). Look for the
{windows}\desktop\programs\startup directory. If it is not there, Win95 goes
nuts, so add
it back. The problem is a deleted StartUp folder. When this happens the
system defaults
to using the root of the c: drive as the StartUp Folder. This I know because
I have been
experiencing the same problem. The problem comes in with trying to create a new
StartUp folder that Win95 will recognize as a StartUp folder.
4. Startup Files? Also See 8.3 above
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Windows 95 -- What happens at boot-time Bill Wilder: Last-updated: 16-Aug-95
(W.D.W.)
Introduction & important disclaimers
These are my guesses as to the start behaviour of Windows 95 based on
observation,
experimentation (primarily with Preview build 490) and some perusing of the W95
resource- kit. I have no special information sources. I do welcome any
politely offered
criticisms, corrections and suggested improvements to this document. Users
that need
additional detail should refer to Microsoft or other materials. The intent
of this document
is to describe normal startup as well as special cases -- previous DOS or
single
MS-DOS mode.
Startup
Installation of W95 rewrites the boot sector of the active partition so
W95 gets control
on startup -- it also renames DOS startup files: IO.SYS becomes IO.DOS and
MSDOS.SYS becomes MSDOS.DOS. CONFIG.SYS becomes CONFIG.DOS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT becomes AUTOEXEC.DOS. A new binary file IO.SYS becomes the
boot file and the file MSDOS.SYS is rewritten as a hidden/system text file
that can be
edited to control W95 boot behaviour.
In the absence of any special options, a reboot of your machine does a
normal W95
startup which includes the startup of the GUI environment. The details of
the startup
are typically hidden behind a logo screen. If you press the ESCAPE key when
the logo
is displayed, W95 will switch back to a text screen which shows some
startup details.
Setting option Logo=0 in MSDOS.SYS will prevent the logo display.
A normal W95 startup does process CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT if present.
There is an implicit start to the GUI environment after AUTOEXEC.BAT has
been
processed. MSDOS.SYS option BootGUI=0 will prevent the GUI startup and
leave you
at the command prompt (where the command WIN will then start the GUI).
N.B. If you set BootGUI=0, you will load the real- mode portions of W95 and
the W95
command processor -- this is similar to but not the same as booting the
previous DOS
version (more on old DOS later). Note also that it is necessary to load the
GUI in order
to use all the protected mode drivers W95 provides (e.g. 32-bit caching,
32-bit network
access etc.).
W95 loads some device drivers whether specified in CONFIG.SYS or not (e.g.
HIMEM,
IFSHLP, DRVSPACE and SETVER). The user may edit CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT as before to increase environment space or load additional
real-mode device drivers or TSRs from AUTOEXEC.BAT. You may also add entries to
CONFIG.SYS to specify parameters for the drivers that W95 will load in any
case.
There is an implicit DOS=HIGH but EMM386 is not loaded implicitly and
hence DOS
will not automatically have access to Upper Memory Blocks. W95 will
productively use
those UMB's for it's own purposes. Depending on the number of real-mode
drivers/TSR's you need, you may wish to add EMM386 to CONFIG.SYS, use upper
memory blocks for your purposes and leave W95 to allocate needed buffers
elsewhere.
Intervention at Startup
The user can intervene at startup using special keystrokes. After the
message
Starting Windows 95 is displayed, a user can press F8 to display a menu of
startup
options. If you would always like to see this menu, set MSDOS.SYS option
BootMenu to
1. Menu choices include Normal Startup, Command Prompt only, Step-by-step
confirmation, various safe startup options and an option to load the
previous DOS
version (the last option will only be present when option BootMulti=1 is
also present).
Keystroke Shift-F8 automatically selects step-by-step confirmation. I
recommend you
use that option a few times to get a clearer view of the startup process --
you may also
wish to invoke the option "Logged" which creates a BOOTLOG.TXT file in the root
directory containing lots of interesting status.
Keystroke F4 will automatically boot the previous DOS version. QEMM Note.
If you use QEMM's DOS-UP facility, QEMM does a mini-reboot that will force
you to
press F4 twice to complete a boot of your previous DOS version.
Booting previous DOS version.
Recall that BootMulti must be set to one. Booting the previous DOS version
will allow
you run your previous Windows version provided that W95 was not installed on
top of
that Windows version. If you press F4 during startup, or otherwise select
previous
DOS from the startup menu, W95 startup will rename files as needed to
complete a
boot of the previous DOS version. Specifically (the order of renaming is
not as listed,
but the effect becomes):
CONFIG.SYS renamed to CONFIG.W40
AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.W40
MSDOS.SYS MSDOS.W40
IO.SYS WINBOOT.SYS
CONFIG.DOS renamed to CONFIG.SYS
AUTOEXEC.DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT
IO.DOS IO.SYS
MSDOS.DOS MSDOS.SYS
The system then boots DOS as before. Note that there is no form of DOS
shutdown.
Hence when the system next reboots (Control-Alt-Delete or reset) the file
renaming will
still be in effect. Since the boot sector always starts up W95 initially,
W95 must be able
to undo the file renames above to accomplish a W95 startup.
MS-DOS mode:
There are two forms of MS-DOS mode which are distinct from loading a
previous DOS
version. In one you can specify a CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT -- invoking this
mode will cause a reboot as described below. You can also specify an
MS-DOS mode
that uses the current configuration (described in following section).
W95 allows you
to launch DOS applications in a DOS box (separate virtual machine) just as
previous
versions of Win 3.x configured for 386 enhanced mode did. In addition,
you can now
create PIF files that allow you to run applications in MS-DOS mode. You no
longer use
PIFEDIT to edit these files -- when you edit the properties of a DOS
application
(right-click), W95 will create/update the PIF file as needed. You may specify an
advanced property called MS-DOS mode. Within each such PIF you can custom
configure a CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT so W95 becomes a means to launch
various custom real-mode environments. Double-clicking such an MS- DOS mode
icon
will rename bootup files (CONFIG.SYS becomes CONFIG.WOS, AUTOEXEC.BAT
becomes AUTOEXEC.WOS and new CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files are
written from contents of the PIF file). The system then reboots and
processes these
files. Note that you do not invoke your previous DOS version in this case
-- you
continue to boot W95 but the real-mode portion only.
W95 prefixes a DOS=SINGLE to the CONFIG.SYS you create (meaning reasonably
obvious, but I've found no documentation) and also adds a special
command to the
end of AUTOEXEC.BAT. which is "WIN /W". I've found no documentation for the /W
switch but the effect is to undo the file renames setup for MS-DOS mode so
that a
subsequent reboot will continue to load W95 normally. If you abort/reboot
your DOS
session prior to the WIN /W command, then you will continue to bootup in your
MS-DOS mode.
N.B. If you have BootMenu=1 in MSDOS.SYS then take care to request a Normal
startup when the menu is displayed upon the reboot done for MS-DOS mode --
that will
process the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT placed there from the PIF file.MS-DOS
Mode with current configuration.
In this mode you do not specify CONFIG.SYS nor AUTOEXEC.BAT within the PIF
file. This mode causes a Windows GUI shutdown with W95 retreating to
real-mode.
W95 does leave a stub in memory so that an EXIT command will cause a W95 GUI
restart. In retreating to real-mode, W95 will run DOSSTART.BAT if found in
the W95
directory. Launching this form of PIF file is the same as selecting
Shutdown from the
Start button and specifying "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode" but the term
"Restart" here does not imply a reboot.
Summary
I hope you've found this information helpful. I do not guarantee the
accuracy and
certainly appreciate any corrections. Please see my e-mail address at the
beginning
of the document.
5. Creating Shortcuts to other files and programs?
How do you create a shortcut to a specific file or folder to the desktop
icons? Open the
Desktop OBJECT (double click)Select the application ICON\Right Mouse
Click\Create
Shortcut Drag Shortcut to desktop or another desktop folder To make a
shortcut to a
document My Computer\... to the document\Right Mouse Click\Creat Shortcut Drag
Shortcut ICON to where ever you would like
6. Find files or directories using a Text String?
START taskbar \ FIND \ Folders/Files \ enter text string \FindNow button
EXPLORER \
TOOLS \ FIND \ ...
7. Micro$oft Plus Pack?
- Drivespace 3 (utilities)
- System Agent (more utilities)
- Internet Jumpstart Kit
(Additional tools beyond the PPP/SLIP and tcp/ip, 32bit winsock included in
win95)
(PPP, MS Exchange POP/SMTP provider, MS WWW browser)
- Desktop Themes
- Dialup Networking Server
- 3D Pinball
- Visual Enhancements
8. Full Window Drag (i.e. ILoveBunny)?
When resizing windows, instead of seeing an outline of the frame, the whole
thing sizes
in real-time. This is called Visual Enhancements in the PlusPack.
9. Reduce swap file (virtual memory on the hard-drive)?
From time to time win95 build 347 comes up with the following message: "Not
enough
space on your C drive. So I start up in "command prompt" and delete the swp.
file.
When I reboot, everything is fine, until a few days later the problem is
back again.
I had a similar problem in with build 347. My solution came from a
newsgroup answer.
Click:My Computer \ Control Panel \ System \ Performance tab \ Virtual
Memory tab \
Click "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings." \ Set the maximum.\ Close
The formula given was subtract the amount of RAM from the 32 or 30. (For
instance 32
- 8 meg = 24). Set maximum to 24.The formula's author rationale was if your
desktop
applications need more than 30 meg of ram something else is seriously
wrong.I also set
the maximum under 490 when I realized Netscape was hogging all the free space on
my harddrive. Good Luck!
10 Can someone tell me what quickview is?
Simply an app that can view many types of files. You can therefore view
documents
quickly before wasting the time to open the app that created it, just to
find that that
document wasn't the correct one. --- Glenn
11. DESKTOP settings?
Save the layout of your desktop?
Control Panel:Passwords:check box for seperate users
Right mouse button (on desktop), properties, appearance, Item ---> choose Icon
spacing... ----Le Bel
Restore layout? Thanks to every body who give a solution about the way to
get the
desk back. IN short, 3 solution has been provided.----Nicolas
(1)----Seth: Right click on the start button in the taskbar, select explorer
and the item
explorer will be displayed with icons like on the desk. Ilike very much this
solution
(2)---JB Peterson,Jim Good: Right click on taskbar (between icons) and
"Minimize all
windows"
(3)----Kermit: Add a shortcut on the Desktop folder to the start menu
12. To turn off autoplay for audio CD's?
1. Open My computer 2. Select Options/View/File Types 3. Select Audio CD
from list 4.
Select edit to edit Audio CD 5. From list of actions, Remove open --- Glenn
13. My Computer, the desktop & Start Menu - some basics?
Actually, the Start menu is an actual series of directories and files. In
Explorer, go to
Windows/Start Menu and you'll find a hirearchy of folders and shortcuts
(.LNK files)
which exactly matches the hirearchy of cascading menus found under the Start
button,
minus a few system supplied features like the help, find file, settings, and
documents
commands. If you wanted to, you could actually put an .EXE on the start
menu instead
of a shortcut, and if you deleted it you would lose the .EXE. So here the
difference
between Win 3.1 is that Program Manager kept track of icons with entries in
binary
.GRP files, while Win95 uses actual files and directories (its just that the
actual files are
really pointers to the real app, like a Macintosh alias or a UNIX symbolic
link).
> -Do directories appear as folders?
Yes, and the New Folder command is the same as MD from a DOS prompt.
> -Does a deletion under My Computer actully delete it from the hard
drive, or just
the My Computer Icon?
Yes, but it won't get deleted until you empty the Recycle Bin, unless you
disabled the
Recycle Bin.
> -Does every file on my hard drive show up under the My Computer
Structure?
Yes, every single one of them. The "My Computer" shell is a very direct link
to your hard
drive, just another representation of the Explorer. It's more similar to
File Manager than
Program Manager, so don't delete anything you mean to keep. The Star Menu is
merely
a collection of links or PIFs, but everything in your drives under "My
Computer" is very
real.
> -Does a deletion under My Computer actully delete it from the hard
YES.
What you see is what you get (no pun on WYSIWYG intended - okay
slightly)
My Computer is exactly that!!! Your desktop is actually a directory under
Windows
(which houses My computer). Microsoft has had a great attempt at making a
bit of
symbolism. You have a desk. What sits on that desk? (physically in real
life as well):
1. Your computer 2. Your unfiled papers (and in my case a stack of
unfinished work) 3.
A rubbish bin (that sits on the floor my in a simple model like this I will
shove it onto the
desk). Your desktop in Windows 95 is supposed to be like this, and is. In
you computer
physically is a floppy, an HDD and CDROM etc In your My computer in Windows
95, the
same can be found with additions. Control panels, printers etc are also
there. Now
hopefully, after you realise this, you can guess that inside you HDD both
physically and
in the Windows 95 metaphor, are files. And you don't need a prize to work
out that if you
delete the files using the Windows 95 metaphor (which is well worn off after
you get the
general idea) you DO DELETE THEM.
----- / Glenn \
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