AXCEL216 / MDGx Original WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets

Original WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets

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I will post here ALL New Original/UNique 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

NOTE: 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!

CONTENTS: [new ©tweaks added at the TOP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6-1-99 Win9x ©Trick: REINSTALL WIN9X

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/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Original Registry ©Trick: BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY

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

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

4-8-99 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 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]

2-18-99 Win98 ©Trick: WIN98 VXD BUG

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/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

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

9-1-98 Updated Win9x Original MTU 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]

8-27-98 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

8-5-98 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 Updated Win9x/ME ©Trick: 95/98/ME SETUP SWITCHES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Win3.1x/9x/DOS Original ©Trick: CD-ROM NAME

3-30-98 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: CONTIGUOUS FILE ALLOCATION SIZE

1-7-96 Win9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: SWITCHES

12-12-95 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: WRONG PATH

12-12-95 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: RIGHT-CLICK ANYWHERE

9-22-95 Win9x Original ©Trick: DOS HIGH

9-18-95 Win3.1x/9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: LASTDRIVE

9-15-95 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: DATE/TIME FUN

9-11-95 Win3.1x/9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: SET TEMP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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