
           The Cat's Out of The Bag!

       Copyright  1995  by Stanley

                                                  The twenty pound black and
                                                  white furry Windows expert!


                                                  Bob Miller's
                                                  Stanley Does
                                                  Windows

             Purrfectly Yours
               by Stanley


 How do I keep Windows 95 from asking me for a password every time it
 starts?

 Control Panel, Networks.  Make sure that it says "Use Windows Logon".
 Then, Control Panel, Passwords and be certain to select "all users of this
 machine use the same".


 Help!!!!  All my Start menu items have vanished!  What did I do?

 You ran a 16 bit defrag program.  Only 32 bit disk tools should be used
 in Windows 95.  Time to reinstall and read the instructions this time.


 In Win 3.1 and WFWG, I could change my permanent swap file size.  Where is
 that option in '95?


 I'd tell you - but you might actually go and use it.  Don't.  Win95 manages
 its swap file dynamically.  You are much better off leaving it alone.


 I use the same programs every day.  I used to have a Program Manager Group
 with just these three programs in it.  What do I do now?  It is a pain to
 have to search for them every time.


 Explorer, Windows, Start Menu - or right click on START and then open. File,
 New, Shortcut.  Follow the prompts.  Your favorite programs will appear
 right on the Start menu.  You can also put icons of them on the desktop but
 this is a better way.


 I like Win95 but my kids use the machine all day to play DOS games.  I wrote
 some batch files for them so they can start them easily but the machine
 boots to Windows.  Can I make it boot to DOS instead?


 Sure.  Remove the H,S & R attributes from MS-DOS.SYS.  It's just an ASCII
 file now.  Open it in Notepad and add (or change) the line to read
 BOOTGUI=0.  Your machine will now boot to DOS.  All your batch files will
 run fine.  To start Win95, just type "WIN".


 I saw your answer last month to somebody who wanted to run Win95 on a
 clearly inadequate system.  Mine isn't that ancient.  Can I run it on a
 386SX-16?

 Yes.  You can also enter your family car in the Indy 500.  Don't run '95
 on a 386SX anything. Or a DX under 33mz.  Or in less than 8 megs of RAM.
 Ever. I wouldn't wish such on a dog - and, if you know me, you would
 realize that there is very little that I wouldn't wish upon most dogs!


 - Purrfectly yours 'til next month.

 Stanley.

 Bob Miller really does have a Stanley!  Stanley is a very busy and
 energetic individual but is always available to perplexed Win95 users.
 With Bob's help he hosts the Ilink Win95 and the Ilink Windows conferences
 to name merely a few.

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