MDGx Original WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets

Original WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets

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/NTx + 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]

9-9-22 Updated Win10/11 Tweaked Services + Drivers: also ➜ SERVCS10.TXT = Experimental! [frequently updated]
7-7-20 Updated Win10/11 Tweaks + Fixes: also ➜ WIN10.TXT [frequently updated]
3-6-19 Updated Win8/8.1 Tweaks + Fixes: also ➜ WINDOWS8.TXT [frequently updated]
2-12-18 Updated Win7/7 SP1 Tweaks + Fixes: also ➜ WINDOWS7.TXT [frequently updated]
11-25-15 Updated Win7/8/8.1/10 Trick + Fix: also ➜ MDGx Win10 Block Tools (10_BLOCK)
6-28-11 Easter Egg: GOOGLE CHROME + CHROMIUM EASTER EGGS
5-5-10 Updated DOS Secret: FAT16 ➜ FAT32 ➜ exFAT
12-30-06 Updated Win98 SE Original Registry ©Trick: 98SE2ME: KILLER REPLACEMENTS: ME ➜ 98 SE [UPDATED 12-30-2006]
12-30-06 Win3.x/9x/NTx 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/2003 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/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 Registry ©Trick: FORCED EXIT
3-24-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 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
12-7-98 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/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/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
3-30-98 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: SOURCE PATH CHANGE
3-23-98 Win9x Original ©Trick: RESTART AFTER INSTALL
3-11-98 Updated Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: SHRINK THE REGISTRY! [UPDATED 3-11-1998]
3-10-98 Win3.1x/9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: DOUBLE BUFFER
3-3-98 Updated Win3.1x/9x/ME/DOS6 Original ©Trick: CD-ROM DRIVERS 4 DOS
3-2-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: TEMP FILES, BE GONE!
3-2-98 Win9x Registry ©Trick: MOVE WITHOUT REINSTALL
2-25-98 OSR2/Win98/ME ©Trick: BYPASS AUTOSCAN
2-25-98 Updated Win9x Original ©Trick: DOS NOW! [UPDATED 2-25-1998]
2-18-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: MORE FONT SPEED
2-14-98 Updated Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: %WINDIR% VARIABLE [UPDATED 2-14-1998]
2-9-98 Updated Win3.1x/9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 Original Registry ©Trick: HARD DRIVE THRASHING
2-4-98 Win3.1x/9x/DOS Original ©Trick: SHELL ENVIRONMENT SIZE
2-4-98 Win9x Original ©Trick: CLOSE'EM ALL
2-1-98 Win9x/ME Original Registry ©Trick: MODEM INITIALIZATION STRINGS
1-27-98 Win3.1x/9x/DOS Original ©Trick: OUTSMART SMARTDRIVE
1-21-98 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: LOAD/RUN
1-20-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: TIME SAVERS
1-20-98 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: FAST EXIT | RESTART!
12-25-97 Win9x Original ©Trick: ALTERNATE DNS
12-17-97 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: SWAP FILE - Part 2
11-27-97 Win9x Original ©Trick: THE RENAMING GAME
11-21-97 Updated Win3.1x/9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: ORDER, PLEASE!
11-15-97 Win3.1x/9x/DOS6 Original ©Trick: COMMAND.COM
11-11-97 Win3.1x/9x/DOS Original ©Trick: BOOTUP FLOPPY
10-19-97 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: UNATTENDED DEFRAG/SCANDISK
10-9-97 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: ANYTHING GOES
10-5-97 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016/2019 Original Registry ©Trick: MENUSHOWDELAY
10-3-97 Win9x Original ©Trick: CONTROL PANEL
9-16-97 Win3.1x/9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original Registry ©Trick: BLINK... NOT!
9-3-97 Win9x/ME/DOS6 Original ©Trick: GOOD OL' UNDELETE
8-26-97 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: FAST, FAST, FAST
8-22-97 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: OVERRIDE IO.SYS
8-16-97 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/DOS6 Original ©Trick: FIND FAST
8-15-97 Win9x Original ©Trick: DUN MONITOR - PART 1
7-23-97 Win9x Original ©Trick: SPEEDUP BOOT!
7-7-96 Win9x Original Registry ©Trick: RESTORE DAMAGED REGISTRY
7-7-96 Win9x Original ©Trick: 16-BIT VIDEO FIX
6-2-96 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: WIN.COM SWITCHES
5-22-96 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: FIRST LOGO
5-11-96 Win3.1x/9x Original ©Trick: SYSTEM DLLS
3-25-96 Win9x Registry ©Trick: NOTEPAD FONT
1-11-96 Win3.1x/9x/ME Original ©Trick: CLOSE THAT BATCH!
1-11-96 Win9x/ME Original ©Trick: EXTRACT FROM CAB
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/ME 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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