Its worth mentioning that although Win98 doesn't need autoexec.bat we might. If you have an app which is required to execute automatically before...
Don't know why this didn't occur to me before but we can drop a file manager onto progman's group window and dispense with progman's antiquated...
You are a man after my own heart BillyBob. If my gravestone dosen't say 'This guy was a pedant if nothing else' I'll bounce my funeral cheque....
Sorry, BillyBob, we pick up some strange phrases over the years and they tend to stick. The first program I wrote was in Fortran on a main frame...
If I wanted to talk about XP in a 98 forum then I'd cite it otherwise 98 follows by default. Your first referenced quote was mentioned in...
Some good points there, BillyBob. It strenghtens my approach to keep it simple. The Windows Start Menu or the console window are the only two...
It must be three years since I last used Restart in MS-DOS mode when I, like many others, took my eye of the ball and got myself into a right...
On Win98 APM is more trouble than it is worth. I killed mine over a year ago as one measure in trouble shooting a shutdown problem. It is...
Don't know how many of you, if any, have downloaded S&D.zip but the move from Notepad to msconfig has been improved upon further. PoshExit now...
With the Progman method instead of editing System.ini via Notepad, PoshExit now provides the option to open msconfig so we can select/deselect the...
What the heck. We may as well go the whole hog here and have an all embracing LogOff which now ceases to be a log off. I've called mine...
For those of you who have downloaded the above you may like to edit LogOff.vbs to I've just logged off and forgot to edit system.ini. My doc...
For those of you who have problems with Scandisk and/or Defrag then two methods which are apart from the mainstream may interest you. One...
Mick I think we are simply rolling dice by implementing MaxPhysPage so the problem's frequency will probably just diminish. Only time will...
Mick I don't call at this forum that often but I was just having a wander around and just realised that you started the Missing Memory thread....
"Any suggestions here ?? " Yes, dump Rampage at your earliest convenience and have a look at a sobering view on Memory Management. The best...
Had a look at DarkAdapted but you'd still need a dialog approach as opposed to a 'single click' operation. Only the one reply so far so I...
Mick Apologies re Win98 ref - I'd just left a Windows forum. I was half way thru replying when mflynn came back. The way virtual memory...
Not much to go here - you don't even mention which OS. My first port of call would be Microsoft and enter 0187 BFF86EBD [two words] into the...
With regard to the WinGuides tweak. From their site: However, forcing DLL files to be unloaded after they are no longer required is equally an...
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