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WinDOwS
Tricks + Secrets Complete List

WinDOwS

I will post here ALL New WinDOwS ©Tricks [in chronological order] every time I'll also add them to my Updated ©Tricks + Secrets Files, FREEware:
• Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + DOS 7.xx/8.00: W95-11D.EXE
• Windows/WfWG 3.1x + DOS 6.xx: W31-11D.ZIP

WARNING:

FIRST BACKUP ALL YOUR HARD DRIVES TO A SAFE LOCATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ANY SYSTEM CHANGES !
Take EXTREME CAUTION when modifying your System/Startup settings! Faulty changes may result in crashes/lockups/permanent data loss, or might lead to having you REINSTALL your Operating System(s)!
YOU are the ONLY one responsible for ANY changes YOU make!
ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MOST RECENT SYSTEM BACKUP READY!

NOTES:

Some of my Original/Unique ©Tricks + Secrets canNOT be found ANYWHERE ELSE [or if you do, they may have been reproduced from my web site :)] and some are posted here with EXCLUSIVE permission!
These ©tricks have been tried by others (and most by me), but with NO guarantee they will also work for YOU!
Some of these tips I stumbled upon while browsing the Internet or while helping others with WinDOwS problems, some were kindly sent in by concerned readers (all authors/contributors are acknowledged and reliable sources given proper credit) and some I discovered on my own. Enjoy the ride!
Contributed tips (clearly marked) posted here do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the owner of this web site.

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4-12-07 Updated Win9x/ME/IE5/IE6 Registry ©Trick: ADVANCED OPTIONS GALORE

12-30-06 Updated Win98 SE Original Registry ©Trick: 98SE2ME: KILLER REPLACEMENTS: ME -> 98 SE [UPDATED 12-30-2006]

12-30-06 Win3.1/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Updated ©Trick: HOSTS FILES, GUIDES + TOOLS

7-3-06 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY INCONSISTENCIES, CURIOSITIES + ODDITIES

8-24-04 Updated WinXP SP2 ©Trick: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Comprehensive Guide [UPDATED 8-24-2004]

8-16-04 Updated WinXP/2003 Original ©Trick: XP/2003 FIREWALL GUIDE [UPDATED 8-16-2004]

12-31-03 Win2000 ©Trick: ENABLE COMPATIBILITY TAB

12-31-03 Easter Egg: FILE SEARCH EASTER EGG

12-31-03 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: DELUXE CD PLAYER

12-31-03 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 AOL ©Trick: DISABLE TURBO WEB

6-17-03 DOS Secret: WIN /MQ

1-7-03 Win98 ©Trick: 3D PINBALL

10-16-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: SHOW FULL URL

8-29-02 WinXP ©Trick: SINGLE CLICK SHUTDOWN

8-29-02 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: OPTIMAL VIDEO REFRESH RATE

7-2-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: THE PLUS! PACKS

7-2-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: EXPLORE YOUR ROOTS

6-5-02 Easter Egg: X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 3

6-5-02 Win9x/ME/DOS7/DOS8 Original Memory ©Trick: WINDOWS DOS BOX TIPS

6-3-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: FIX COPY TO/MOVE TO/SEND TO

6-3-02 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: NO POPUPS ON BOOT

5-23-02 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: GET BACK YOUR CD/DVD

5-8-02 Win9x/NT4 Original Registry ©Trick: PATCHED SHELL32.DLL BUG + FIX

5-8-02 WinXP Registry ©Trick: TEACH XP NEW TRACKS

5-8-02 Win3.1x/9x/ME/DOS6 Original ©Trick: EDIT BOOT FILES

1-29-02 WinXP ©Trick: FORCE XP STYLE THEMES

1-29-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ©Trick: NORTON FIREWALL HIDDEN BAR

1-29-02 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: TURN OFF NUMLOCK

1-4-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: KILL IE ABOUT: URLS

1-4-02 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR MESSENGER :)

1-4-02 WinXP/2003 ©Trick: INTERNET TIME THROUGH FIREWALL

12-12-01 WinXP ©Trick: XP SENDMAIL.DLL FIX

12-12-01 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: FIX TASKBAR BUTTONS

12-4-01 WinME Registry ©Trick: WINME WBEM (WINMGMT) BUG + FIX

12-4-01 Win2000/XP/2003 ©Trick: XP PRO QOS MYTH

11-14-01 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DETONATOR 22.XX BUG + FIX

11-7-01 WinXP Registry ©Trick: AVOID XP REGISTRATION

11-7-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original ©Trick: 3D CONTROLS FOR 3D EFFECTS

10-23-01 WinXP Original ©Trick: INSTALL XP UNATTENDED

10-20-01 DOS Secret: FDISK /X

10-20-01 DOS Secret: FDISK /ACTOK

10-20-01 DOS Secret: FDISK /CMBR x

10-20-01 DOS Secret: FDISK /PRMT

10-20-01 DOS Secret: FDISK /PRI:n (/PRIO:n) /EXT:n /LOG:n (/LOGO:n) [UPDATED 10-20-2001]

10-17-01 WinXP Registry ©Trick: WELCOME ADMINISTRATOR!

10-17-01 WinXP Registry ©Trick: HIBERNATE OPTION

10-11-01 Win98/98 SE ©Trick: PC RESTORE

10-11-01 Win98/98 SE/ME ©Trick: FAX 95 TOOLS

8-23-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Original ©Trick: MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX [UPDATED 9-10-2002]

8-21-01 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: AUTOREBOOT

8-21-01 WinXP Registry ©Trick: COMMENTS? LINK

8-9-01 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: REMOVE MOUSE SHADOW

7-12-01 WinXP Registry ©Trick: WMP8 MP3 ENCODING

7-12-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE/NC ©Trick: PROXY AD BLOCKER

7-12-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: NETMEETING ADDRESS LIST

6-28-01 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: FIX BUTTON SIZE

6-28-01 Win9x/ME/IE/OE Registry ©Trick: REENABLE PRINTING

6-13-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: BROWSING SPEEDUP

6-13-01 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: INCREASE DNS CACHE

6-13-01 Win9x/ME ©Trick: PRODUCT KEY

6-13-01 Win9x/ME ©Trick: VOLUME LEVEL BUG

5-17-01 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: PRIORITIZE PROGRAMS

5-17-01 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: FASTER TELNET

5-17-01 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: CHANGE SYSTEM FONT

5-2-01 Win9x Registry ©Trick: TIMED SHUT DOWN

4-26-01 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REG FILES

4-24-01 Win3.x/9x/ME ©Trick: COLORFUL HELP

4-12-01 WinME Registry ©Trick: DISABLE SCANDISK ON BOOT

4-12-01 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: CACHE WRITE DELAY

4-12-01 Updated Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: COMPLETE MSDOS.SYS REFERENCE

4-12-01 Updated Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: MSDOS.SYS EDITING

4-12-01 Updated Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: WINDOWS 95 - 98 STARTUP MENU + BOOTUP KEYS

3-28-01 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: MAXIMIZE NOTEPAD

3-28-01 Win98/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: REMOVE FIND ITEMS

3-15-01 WinME Registry ©Trick: CHANGE SYSTEM RESTORE DISK USAGE

3-15-01 Win9x/2000/ME/IE/OE ©Trick: NEW IE/OE BACKGROUND

3-15-01 Win9x/ME/AIM ©Trick: REMOVE AIM ADS

2-28-01 Win2000/XP Updated Registry ©Trick: DISABLE FILE PROTECTION

2-28-01 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: ERROR MODE

2-28-01 Win9x/2000/ME/AIM Registry ©Trick: MORE AIM BUDDIES

2-13-01 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: 95/98/ME SETUP + MEMORY MANAGERS

1-31-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: URL PASSWORD

1-31-01 Updated Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: CPU PRIORITY [UPDATED 1-31-2001]

1-31-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: NEW IE SEARCH BUTTONS

1-4-01 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: DISABLE LAST NTFS ACCESS

1-4-01 WinNT4/2000/XP ©Trick: SPEEDUP DOS SESSIONS

12-30-00 Win9x/NT/2000/ME ©Trick: UNIVERSAL BATCH CLEANER

12-30-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: LOCK DESKTOP ICONS

12-13-00 Win9x/ME/OE Registry ©Trick: DELETE OUTLOOK PASSWORD

12-13-00 Win9x/DOS6 ©Trick: DEBUG BIOS PASSWORD

12-13-00 Win9x/ME/YM Registry ©Trick: CUSTOMIZE YAHOO MESSENGER

11-30-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: TWEAK WEB VIEW

11-30-00 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: SPLIT WINDOWS EXPLORER

11-15-00 Win9x/ME ©Trick: WHEEL BACK + FORTH

11-15-00 Easter Egg: X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 2

11-7-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: INCREASE NETBIOS SECURITY

11-7-00 WinME ©Trick: WINME OEM AS UPGRADE

10-25-00 Win9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: REBOOT WITH DEBUG

10-25-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: CLEAR MEDIA PLAYER HISTORY

10-18-00 WinME ©Trick: RESTORE SYSEDIT

10-18-00 WinME ©Trick: RESTORE MS INFO

10-18-00 WinME ©Trick: DISABLE REGEDIT LAST KEY

10-18-00 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: OPEN WITH NOTEPAD FIX

10-18-00 Win98 SE Original Registry ©Trick: FIX WIN98 SE USB + SHUTDOWN ERRORS

10-18-00 Win9x ©Trick: USE WINME DEFRAG + SCANDSKW WITH WIN95/98

9-26-00 Easter Egg: SKI FREE EASTER EGG

9-25-00 Win9x/2000/ME/IE5 ©Trick: DO NOT PERSIST!

9-25-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: UNKNOWN FILE EXTENSION

9-20-00 Updated Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: BUGGY TWEAKUI 98 [UPDATED 9-20-2000]

9-19-00 WinME ©Trick: 10 WINME OPTIMIZING TIPS

9-5-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REMOVE NETSCAPE AIM

9-5-00 Win9x/2000/ME Netscape ©Trick: NO NETSCAPE AOL AIM

9-5-00 Win9x/2000/ME Netscape ©Trick: NO NETSCAPE EMAIL ADS

8-24-00 WinME Registry ©Trick: UNINSTALL PCHEALTH + SYSTEM RESTORE

8-17-00 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: WEB BASED FTP

8-17-00 Win9x/IE Registry ©Trick: REMOVE SYSTEM FOLDERS

8-11-00 Win9x/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: 96-BIT VIDEO RESOLUTION

8-11-00 Easter Egg: MS IE 5/6 EASTER EGG

8-3-00 Win9x/ME ©Trick: TOGGLE FILE VIEW

7-26-00 Updated Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: CD-ROM/DVD + HARD DISK MAX CACHE

7-19-00 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: UDMA/66 ALL THE WAY

7-13-00 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: XDSL/CABLE MODEM SPEEDUP

7-13-00 Win2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: GRAB THE FOCUS!

6-21-00 Win9x Registry ©Trick: TELNET TWEAKS

6-21-00 Easter Egg: EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 2

6-14-00 Win9x Registry ©Trick: FASTER INTERNET

6-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: BRING BACK ATTRIBUTES COLUMN

6-8-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: ENABLE EDITFLAGS

6-1-00 Win98/98 SE Registry ©Trick: WIN98 GLOBAL RWIN TCP/IP BUG

5-25-00 Win9x/DOS6/DOS7 Original ©Trick: PLAY DOS GAMES WITH SOUND BLASTER LIVE!

5-25-00 Win98/OSR2 ©Trick: KILL SCANDISK LOG

5-18-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: ENABLE UDMA/RAID HARD DISK DMA

5-11-00 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: KEYBOARD + MOUSE BUFFER

5-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ©Trick: LOVE(LY) VIRUS FIX

5-4-00 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: BYPASS AUTOLOGON

4-28-00 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: DOS NAME COMPLETION

4-28-00 Win2000/XP/2003 ©Trick: SPONTANEOUS REBOOT FIX

4-28-00 Easter Egg: EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 1

4-28-00 Easter Egg: WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 4

4-18-00 DOS Secret: WIN /Z

4-14-00 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: SCANDSKW HIDDEN SWITCHES

4-14-00 Win9x/DOS6 ©Trick: BACKUP MBR WITH DEBUG

4-14-00 DOS Secret: COMMAND /T

4-6-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DIRECTX TWEAKS

4-6-00 Win3.1x/9x/ME AOL ©Trick: AOL.EXE SWITCHES

4-1-00 Win9x/ME ©Trick: NETWORK PASSWORD

4-1-00 Win9x Registry ©Trick: FREE PROXY

3-23-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: WIN.INI DIRECTX + VIDEO SETTINGS

3-23-00 Win9x ©Trick: MODEM/LAN BUFFER SPEEDUP

3-16-00 Win9x/2000 Registry ©Trick: DHCP VULNERABILITY FIX

3-16-00 Win9x/IE ©Trick: IE NOHOME

3-16-00 Win9x/ME ©Trick: NO ADS THANK YOU!

3-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: IE CONTENT ADVISOR PASSWORD FIX

3-8-00 Win3.1x/9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP AOL ©Trick: AOL ANTI-IDLE!

3-1-00 Win9x ©Trick: 4 SPEED TIPS

3-1-00 Win9x/IE ©Trick: MEDIA PLAYER2 BUFFER

3-1-00 Win9x/IE ©Trick: MULTIMEDIA PREVIEW

2-23-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: TASKBAR TRAY TEXT

2-23-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: TROJAN INFECTED *.EXE FIX

2-16-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DIRECTX FIX WITH 2 3D VIDEO CARDS

2-16-00 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: DISABLE DEFRAG FILE ORDER

2-16-00 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DISABLE NEW SHORTCUT

2-9-00 Win98 ©Trick: BOOT DISK

2-9-00 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: SAFE MODE ACTIVE DESKTOP

2-9-00 OSR2 ©Trick: IO.SYS FIX

2-2-00 Win98/AOL Registry ©Trick: BACKUP WITH SCANREG

2-2-00 Win9x/IE4 Registry ©Trick: RESTORE IE4 NEW WINDOW

1-27-00 Win98 ©Trick: FIX DEFRAG

1-20-00 Win9x ©Trick: WININIT BUG

1-20-00 Win9x ©Trick: INF UNINSTALL

1-12-00 Win98/ME Registry ©Trick: WIN2000 COLOR SCHEME

1-12-00 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: WINBOOT.INI

1-5-00 Win98/ME ©Trick: HARDWARE INFORMATION

1-5-00 Easter Egg: JAVASCRIPT BROWSER RESIZER EASTER EGG

12-29-99 Win98/ME ©Trick: CONSERVATIVE SWAP

12-29-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: LEGAL NOTICE

12-29-99 Easter Egg: OSR2/NT/2000/ME/XP OPENGL EASTER EGG

12-22-99 OSR2/Win98/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: DELETE REGISTRY KEY/VALUE

12-22-99 Easter Egg: MSD EASTER EGGS

12-15-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: MAX CACHE SPEED

12-15-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: UNATTENDED REGISTRATION

12-9-99 Win9x/ME ©Trick: RENAME START BUTTON

12-9-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE ©Trick: DELETE MS IE UNINSTALL

12-2-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: FREE DVD PLAYER

12-2-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: METAL BRIEFCASE

11-24-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: UNCHECK OPEN WITH

11-24-99 Win9x/ME AOL Original ©Trick: KILL AOL 4.0 [UPDATED 10-16-2001]

11-24-99 Easter Egg: WIN98 SE EASTER EGG

11-18-99 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: REPLACE SYSTEM FONT

11-18-99 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: TOGGLE MENUS

11-12-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: FORCE ICON VIEW

11-2-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: MANAGE YOUR POWER!

10-28-99 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Netscape ©Trick: CUSTOM NETSCAPE THROBBER

10-21-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DISPLAY CPL + DLL HIDDEN ICONS

10-14-99 Win9x/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: TOOLTIP OFF

10-14-99 Win9x/NT4/ME Registry ©Trick: ALWAYS UNLOAD DLLS

10-14-99 Easter Egg: X-SETUP 4.0/5.0 EASTER EGG - Part 1

10-7-99 Win9x/ME ©Trick: FREE MORE MEMORY

10-7-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: FASTER 56K MODEM

9-30-99 Win98 SE/IE5 Registry ©Trick: 98 SE + NEW IE5

9-30-99 Win98 SE ©Trick: 98 SE ICS BUG FIX

9-30-99 Win98 SE/IE5 ©Trick: 98 SE IE5 COOKIES

9-30-99 Win3.1x/9x/DOS ©Trick: DETECT WINDOWS

9-22-99 Win3.1x/9x/IE Registry ©Trick: IE BLANK PAGE OFF

9-22-99 Win9x/ME ©Trick: CAB EXTRACT

9-15-99 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: 3.1X/9X/2000/NT/ME/XP/2003 MULTIBOOT SWAP FILE

9-15-99 Win9x/ME AOL ©Trick: OPEN EMAIL WITH AOL

9-8-99 Win98 SEU ©Trick: CLEAN WIN98 SE INSTALL

9-8-99 Win9x/OE5 Registry ©Trick: CHANGE OE5 IDENTITY

9-8-99 Win9x/ME AOL ©Trick: OPEN URL WITH AOL

9-1-99 Win98 Registry ©Trick: WIN98 LOW DISK SPACE WARNING

8-24-99 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: BYPASS SAVER PASSWORD

8-24-99 Win9x/IE Registry ©Trick: TAME IE 4/5 CACHE FOLDERS

8-19-99 Win9x/OE5 Registry ©Trick: OUTLOOK EXPRESS 5 FOLDERS

8-19-99 Win9x ©Trick: KILL (EXPLORER) OR BE KILLED

8-11-99 Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: SOUND BLASTER LIVE! REGISTRY BUG

8-11-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: HTTP SERVER REQUESTS

8-11-99 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: LOCK UP THE DOS BOX

8-11-99 Easter Egg: HOTDOG PROFESSIONAL 5.5 EASTER EGG

8-11-99 Easter Egg: WINDOWS/WFWG 3.1x CLIPBOARD EASTER EGG

8-5-99 Win9x ©Trick: SOLVE WIN9X/NT NETWORK CONFLICTS

8-5-99 Win9x/IE Registry ©Trick: CLEAR IE CACHE

7-27-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original Registry ©Trick: HIDE YOUR DRIVES!

7-27-99 Win3.xx/9x/NT/2000/ME ©Trick: BLUE (OR ANY OTHER COLOR) SCREEN OF DEATH

7-27-99 Win9x/OE Registry ©Trick: DISABLE OUTLOOK EXPRESS SPLASH

7-21-99 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: SPEEDUP YOUR GUI STARTUP!

7-15-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: REGISTER ACTIVEX CONTROLS

7-15-99 Easter Egg: WORD 2000 EASTER EGG

7-7-99 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: NAMELESS ICON

6-29-99 Win98 Registry ©Trick: MAPPED DISK CACHE

6-24-99 Win98 Original ©Trick: WIN98 ATX SHUT DOWN FIX

6-17-99 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: START MENU COLUMNS

6-17-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME ©Trick: MULTIPLE FILE SEARCH

6-1-99 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: CUSTOM IE TOOLBAR

6-1-99 Win98/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: STARTUP ORDER

6-1-99 Win9x ©Trick: REINSTALL WIN9X

5-26-99 Win9x ©Trick: REMOVE "SHORTCUT TO" REVISITED

5-26-99 Win9x ©Trick: DOSWINKEY BUG

5-26-99 Win3.1x/9x/ME/DOS ©Trick: HIDDEN FOLDER

5-26-99 Easter Egg: NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGGS - Part DEUX

5-19-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: WRITE BEHIND CACHE

5-19-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: SCREEN SAVER PASSWORD

5-10-99 Win9x ©Trick: SYSTEM LIBRARIES UPDATES

5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: THE REGISTRY

5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY STRUCTURE

5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY EDITING RULES

5-4-99 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY BACKUP + RESTORE

5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY LINKS

5-4-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Original Registry ©Trick: BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY

4-28-99 Win98/ME Original ©Trick: OS UPDATES MADE EASY

4-20-99 Win98/ME Original Registry ©Trick: MAP THE CACHE

4-15-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: SAFE MODE CLEANUP

4-15-99 Easter Egg: NETSCAPE/MOZILLA EASTER EGG - PART 1

4-15-99 Easter Egg: ANOTHER MS IE EASTER EGG

4-8-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: QUICKVIEW ALL FILES

4-8-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: FILE SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION

3-30-99 Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: BRANDED MS IE

3-30-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: DUAL-BOOT DLL CONFLICT

3-30-99 Easter Egg: OUTLOOK EXPRESS EASTER EGG

3-30-99 Updated Win9x Original ©Trick: FLOPPY (OR ANY OTHER DRIVE) ACCESS ANNOYANCE! [UPDATED 3-30-1999]

3-24-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: FORCED EXIT

3-24-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: END TASK TIMEOUT

3-24-99 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: COOL SWITCH

3-9-99 Win9x/ME ©Trick: THE X.DUN FILES

3-2-99 Win9x Original MTU Registry ©Trick: FASTEST INTERNET 98 - Part 2

2-23-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: MEDIA PLAYER

2-23-99 Updated Win98/ME Registry ©Trick: FASTER APP LOAD [UPDATED 2-23-1999]

2-23-99 Win3.1x/9x/ME AOL ©Trick: AOL PROXY SERVER

2-18-99 Win98 ©Trick: WIN98 VXD BUG

2-18-99 Win98/ME Registry ©Trick: CLEAN DEFRAG

2-9-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: IBM SCANNER "FIX"

2-9-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: SPEAKER BEEP

2-9-99 Win3.1x/9x/ME AOL ©Trick: AOL PERSONAL FILE CABINET

2-5-99 Easter Egg: WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 3

2-2-99 Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: MODEM LOG OFF

2-2-99 Win98 ©Trick: PHANTOM DESKBAR

1-27-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: SERIAL MOUSE SPEED

1-27-99 Win9x AOL Registry ©Trick: AOL 4.0/5.0 MTU FIX

1-27-99 Win9x ©Trick: BAD ALLOCATION UNIT FIX

1-27-99 Updated Win9x Original AOL Registry ©Trick: AOL MAXMTU REVISITED [UPDATED 1-27-1999]

1-19-99 Win98/OSR2 Registry ©Trick: TURN OFF DMA!

1-19-99 Win9x AOL ©Trick: AOL 56K MODEM "PLAGUE"

1-12-99 Win9x Original ©Trick: 56K MODEMS @ 56K SPEED

1-5-99 Win9x Registry ©Trick: TAME THE BIN

12-29-98 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: RESTRICT LOGON ACCESS

12-25-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: ACTIVE WINDOW TRACKING

12-25-98 Win9x/ME AOL ©Trick: 10 EXTRA MEGABYTES

12-25-98 Win9x ©Trick: DVD/MPEG HANGUP BUG

12-16-98 Easter Egg: FRONTPAGE EASTER EGG

12-16-98 Win9x/IE4 Registry ©Trick: SAVE SETTINGS - Part 2

12-16-98 Win9x/OE Registry ©Trick: RENAME OUTLOOK EXPRESS TITLE

12-16-98 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: CHANGE TIME ZONE

12-7-98 Win98 Original ©Trick: WIN98 PHANTOM DRIVE BUG

12-7-98 Win98/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: REGISTERED USER?

12-1-98 Win98 Registry ©Trick: WIN98: NO INSTALL CODE!

12-1-98 DOS Secret: DEVICE=drive:\path\EMM386.EXE /NOTR

12-1-98 DOS Secret: DEVICE=drive:\path\HIMEM.SYS /Q

12-1-98 DOS Secret: WIN /W

12-1-98 DOS Secret: WIN /WX

12-1-98 DOS Secret: WIN :

11-25-98 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/DOS ©Trick: MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE MADE EASY

11-25-98 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: IE FULL SCREEN BAR

11-18-98 Win9x/ME AOL ©Trick: AOL THROUGH TCP/IP

11-10-98 Easter Egg: MS OFFICE 95 EASTER EGG

11-10-98 Win9x ©Trick: IDENTIFY "NO NAME" CARDS

11-10-98 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: EXTRA ASCII CHARACTERS

11-4-98 OSR2/Win98/ME Original ©Trick: IDE BUS MASTER DMA FIX

11-4-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: RENAME MS IE TITLE

11-4-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME AOL ©Trick: AOL INSTANT MESSAGES ON/OFF

10-27-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: SYSTEM RESTRICTIONS

10-27-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: OPEN WITH

10-20-98 Win9x ©Trick: STAC COMPRESSION

10-20-98 Win9x/IE4 Registry ©Trick: VANISHING EXPLORER COLUMNS

10-14-98 Win9x/ME/IE/AOL Original Registry ©Trick: URL PREFIX FIX

10-14-98 Updated Win9x/AOL Original ©Trick: ISPS KNOWN MTU VALUES [UPDATED 10-14-1998]

10-6-98 Updated Win95/MTU Registry ©Trick: HOW FAST CAN YOU GO? - Part 1 [UPDATED 10-6-1998]

10-6-98 Updated Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: HOW FAST CAN YOU GO? - Part 2 [UPDATED 10-6-1998]

10-6-98 Win98 Original Registry ©Trick: STRETCH WALLPAPER

10-6-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: PLAY AUDIO CDS

9-28-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: RIGHT-CLICK CAB EXTRACT

9-22-98 Win9x ©Trick: NETWORKING TIPS

9-22-98 Easter Egg: WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX

9-8-98 Win98/OSR2 ©Trick: FREE SPACE BUG!

9-8-98 Win9x Original ©Trick: EXCLUSIVE GAME PLAY!

9-1-98 Updated Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: FASTEST INTERNET 98 - Part 1 [UPDATED 9-1-1998]

9-1-98 Updated OSR2/Win98 ©Trick: DUAL-BOOT IN OSR2/WIN98 [UPDATED 9-1-1998]

8-31-98 Win9x/MTU ©Trick: FIND YOUR ISP'S MTU

8-27-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME ©Trick: BAD MEMORY?

8-19-98 Win9x Original ©Trick: WHAT, NO MOUSE?

8-19-98 Win9x/IE4 Original Registry ©Trick: MORE VISIBLE IE4 FONTS

8-11-98 Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: MOVE PROGRAM FILES

8-11-98 Updated OSR2 ©Trick: OSR 2.1 - 2.5 FREE UPGRADES + FIXES [UPDATED 8-11-1998]

8-5-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: NEW FOLDER ICON

8-5-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original ©Trick: NEW DRIVE ICON

8-5-98 Win9x/ME Registry ©Trick: REMOVE "SHORTCUT TO"

7-30-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: RELEASE MY MODEM!

7-30-98 Win98 ©Trick: NEW SCANDISK OPTION

7-30-98 Updated Win9x/ME ©Trick: 95/98/ME SETUP SWITCHES

7-27-98 Win98/ME ©Trick: SCANREGW, SCANREG + SCANREG.INI

7-27-98 Win98 ©Trick: ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON!

7-27-98 Win9x ©Trick: CAPTAIN'S QUICK TIPS

7-27-98 Easter Egg: PLUS! 98 EASTER EGG

7-21-98 Win98 ©Trick: 98 CD-ROM DRIVER BUG + FIX

7-21-98 OSR2/Win98 Registry ©Trick: BUS MASTER DMA - Part 4

7-21-98 Win98/OSR2 ©Trick: 3RD PARTY AUTOSCAN

7-21-98 Win9x ©Trick: DEFAULT BROWSER

7-21-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: DEFAULT BROWSER - Part 2

7-15-98 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: CD-ROM/DVD MAX SPEED

7-13-98 Win98 ©Trick: 98 SCREEN SETTINGS

7-13-98 Win98 ©Trick: STICKY DESKTOP ICONS

7-13-98 Win98 ©Trick: DOUBLE PANE EXPLORER

7-13-98 Win9x/ME/IE ©Trick: SYSTEM FOLDERS

7-9-98 Win98 Original Registry ©Trick: 98 ESSENTIALS

7-7-98 Updated Win9x Original ©Trick: BLANK WIN.COM

7-7-98 Win98 ©Trick: 98 INSTALL BLUES

7-7-98 Easter Egg: WORD 97 EASTER EGG

7-7-98 Win98/ME ©Trick: WHERE IS LOGO.SYS?

7-7-98 Win3.1x/9x AOL ©Trick: AOL WEB BROWSING

7-7-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (146 - 150)

7-1-98 Win9x/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: UNCLUTTER START MENU

7-1-98 IE4/Win98 ©Trick: IE4 SEARCH KEYWORDS

7-1-98 Win9x/ME ©Trick: WINKEY WITHOUT WIN95 KEYBOARD

7-1-98 Win9x/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: QUICK FIX ENGINEERING

7-1-98 Updated DOS Secret: FAT16 -> FAT32

6-24-98 Win9x Original ©Trick: CONTROL APPLET ICON

6-24-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: IE AUTOSCAN

6-24-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: HIGH COLOR ICONS WITHOUT PLUS!

6-24-98 Win9x ©Trick: RESTORE INSTALL FUNCTION

6-17-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: IOS.INI TWEAKS

6-17-98 Win98 ©Trick: GIMME BACK MY REGISTRY!

6-17-98 Easter Egg: WIN98 "MEMPHIS" EASTER EGG

6-17-98 Easter Egg: EXCEL 97 EASTER EGG

6-15-98 Win98 ©Trick: WIN95/98/NT EASY MIGRATION

6-7-98 Win98 ©Trick: CAPTAIN'S QUAD OS MACHINE

6-7-98 Win98 ©Trick: WIN98 LOGO BUG!

6-7-98 Win98 Registry ©Trick: WIN98 CPU INFO

6-7-98 OSR2 ©Trick: OSR2 CD-ROM FREE INSTALL

6-7-98 Win95/OSR2 ©Trick: LOOK MA, NO CD-ROM

6-7-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (142 - 145)

5-25-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: STUBBORN CONTROL PANEL APPLET - Part 2

5-25-98 Win95 Original ©Trick: ENABLE TELEPHONY

5-25-98 Win95 Original ©Trick: REPAIR TELEPHON.INI

5-18-98 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: DITCH THAT SOUND ICON

5-18-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: APPLICATION PATH

5-17-98 Win9x/DOS6 ©Trick: INSTALL DOS 6

5-17-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (136 - 141)

5-12-98 Easter Egg: WIN95 HOOPS GAME EASTER EGG

5-12-98 Easter Egg: WINDOWS/WFWG 3.1x EASTER EGG

4-29-98 Easter Egg: SOLITAIRE EASTER EGG

4-29-98 Easter Egg: MINESWEEPER EASTER EGGS + CHEATS

4-29-98 Easter Egg: HEARTS EASTER EGG

4-29-98 Easter Egg: POWERPOINT 95/97 EASTER EGG

4-28-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: DISABLE DNS FOR WINS RESOLUTION

4-28-98 Win95/OSR2 Registry ©Trick: INSTALL MS PLUS! 95 OVER MS IE 3/4/5

4-28-98 DOS Secret: COMMAND /D

4-28-98 DOS Secret: COMMAND /F

4-28-98 DOS Secret: COMMAND /Z

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FDISK /FPRMT

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FDISK /MBR

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FDISK /Q

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FDISK /STATUS

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /AUTOTEST

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /BACKUP

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /SELECT

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /U

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /SELECT /U

4-28-98 DOS Secret: FORMAT drive: /Z:n

4-28-98 DOS Secret: MEM /A

4-28-98 DOS Secret: VER /R

4-24-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: STUBBORN CONTROL PANEL APPLET - Part 1

4-24-98 Updated Win3.1x/9x/DOS Original ©Trick: SERIAL KILLER! [UPDATED 4-24-1998]

4-14-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (132 - 135)

4-8-98 Easter Egg: 3D TEXT EASTER EGGS

4-8-98 Easter Egg: FREECELL EASTER EGGS + CHEATS

3-30-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (129 - 131)

3-10-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (125 - 128)

3-1-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (120 - 124)

2-25-98 Easter Egg: WORD VIEWER EASTER EGG

2-25-98 Easter Egg: IE 4.0X EASTER EGG

2-25-98 Easter Egg: WIN95 EASTER EGG FOLDER

2-22-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (112 - 119)

2-14-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (107 - 111)

2-9-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (100 - 106)

2-1-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (94 - 99)

1-22-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (90 - 93)

1-15-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (86 - 89)

1-8-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (83 - 85)

1-5-98 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (81 - 82)

12-29-97 Ojatex's Updated Laptop Tips: LAPTOP TIPS NEW FEATURE

12-20-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (76 - 80)

12-15-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (71 - 75)

12-9-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (67 - 70)

12-4-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (60 - 66)

12-2-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (57 - 59)

11-26-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (55 - 56)

11-24-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (51 - 54)

11-21-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: NEW LAPTOP TIPS (49 - 50)

10-10-97 Easter Egg: WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX

9-1-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: MORE LAPTOP TRICKS (45 & 48)

8-11-97 Ojatex's Laptop Tips: LAPTOP-NOTEBOOK TIPS FOR THE PORTABLE COMPUTER (14 - 16)

7-2-97 Easter Egg: WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part 1

9-4-95 Win3.1x/9x/ME ©Trick: DOS MULTITASKING

9-4-95 Win3.x/9x/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003 ©Trick: HELP!

9-2-95 Win9x Registry ©Trick: ADD NEW SOUNDS

8-30-95 Win9x Original ©Trick: MS-DOS PROMPT

8-28-95 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: LOCALLOADHIGH

8-28-95 Win9x/ME ©Trick: START ME UP!

8-28-95 Win9x Original ©Trick: 2 DOS OR NOT 2 DOS

8-25-95 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: SYSTEM.INI TWEAKS

8-25-95 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE ©Trick: TO DRAG OR NOT TO DRAG

8-25-95 Win9x ©Trick: EXPLORER X 2

Win9x/ME Version: WHICH 9X/ME VERSION/BUILD ARE YOU USING?

Win9x/ME Specs: 95 -> 98 -> ME COMPLETE SPECS + FEATURES

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