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welcome to the microsoft windows 95

video guide

this unique program will help teach you

how to use many of the most important

features of the new windows 95 operating

system

our guide is separated into three

sections in section one you'll get more

than a few laughs as we present the

world's first cyber sitcom starring two

of television's hottest comedy

personalities jennifer aniston and

matthew perry they'll be taking you on

an adventure in computing that takes

place in the office of microsoft

chairman bill gates along the way they

meet a wacky bunch of propeller heads

and are introduced to the top 25

features of windows 95 the pace is fast

and funny but don't worry if you miss

anything in section 2 we'll take you on

a step-by-step review of all the windows

95 components demonstrated in section 1.

in just about 15 minutes you'll get a

close-up view of how to work in the new

windows 95 environment and will become

familiar with speed power ease and

compatibility of windows 95

finally in our third section microsoft

answers the 20 most asked questions

about windows 95 so get ready for a few

laughs and some great information

first up the world's first cyber sitcom

so i told her i'm not made of money you

pay for the band your son's getting my

daughter for pretty cheap too i might

add

a microsoft fifth floor ladies modems

children's shareware and our bridal

peripheral salon wow task bars and email

and shortcuts oh my task questions and

emails shortcuts so much attach

attachments

bars emails and shortcuts oh my

well yeah ah the wicked witch of windows

95. okay myra i'll get back to you

darling all right bye-bye i heard that

and you are uh uh this is jennifer

anderson i'm matthew perry we're here to

see mr bill gates about a possible

starring role in the video guide to

microsoft windows 95. uh he's out right

now honey but uh you can wait in his

office out out

out but in his absence he asked me his

loyal assistant bernice keppelman to act

as host and give you a peek under the

hood at windows 95

i was very involved in the project you

know you

well i kept asking the boss to uh clean

up his windows you know update

redecorate cleaner views he took my

advice of course i was talking about the

windows in his office and he was talking

about the other windows you know the

operating system with tens of millions

of users

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oh

stop with the clapping oh we uh thought

it was customary maybe to clap when

entering mr gates's office i was just

turning the lights on

so this is where the magic happens huh

the ground zero personal computing the

nerve center of the world's biggest

software company i mean the atmosphere

resonates with anticipation of mythical

achievement

mythical achievement right now would be

an unchewed number two pencil honey

we'll notch soon but if you want the job

spend some time looking at windows 95

what do you know about the system uh

well i dabble with the uh old windows a

little bit hmm can you

oh i i'm i'm still uh mastering pong

hmm sweetie why don't you sit in a

bill's terminal okay so this is bill

gates computer i mean that is like using

wayne gretzky's hockey stick you know

oddly enough none of it seems to uh rub

off uh look i meant for her to sit at

the keyboard for a reason uh windows 95

is goof proof we might have to mount a

legal challenge you know

naturally bill's already installed

windows 95 and is booted up just hit any

key and you'll see it right behind the

screensaver

any key so i could basically fall on

this thing and it would get started yeah

but don't okay

all right

oh pretty

oh and no messy dos build up what is

this a paper towel commercial

there are four things you ought to know

about windows 95. it's easier it's

faster it's more powerful it's got great

compatibility now point the mouse at the

start button bottom left and click

oh

look maddie i'm computing

okay now what's that but don't touch

that whatever you do stay away from that

button or you'll go blind worse way

worse

now getting back to the venue it's the

best i've seen since they closed lindy's

in new york

from the top you've got programs which

with a little drag on the mouse cascades

into a submenu that allows you to

quickly launch many of your programs

this replaces program manager in the old

windows it's way better

well what happens when you like had the

old windows and then installed windows

95. that's a good question honey

okay and where's the button that

instantly kills anybody that calls me

honey

when you upgrade from windows 3.1 old

program manager groups are transferred

automatically to this menu oh well

that's easier than changing dry cleaners

i mean you know you always leave

something behind now below that is your

documents menu which contains your

recently used documents so that means

you can get back to work on a file

faster precisely now settings gets you

to the new improved control panel your

printers folder and allows you to

customize the taskbar the find feature

is all new on windows 95 it's a fast way

to find files or folders help is right

there at your fingertips and run allows

you to start up any program with a

command finally shutdown provides easy

and safe shutdown and restart

okay now let's load up the taskbar i'll

show you what it does

taskbar

is that anything like a snickers bar

does that have nougat what is nougat

does anybody know that

i saw that mr g had his personal

five-year projection in excel our

top-selling spreadsheet software in the

document menu the microsoft game plan no

is golf game genius he's trying to break

80 by the end of the decade now jen open

that excel plan right off the documents

menu

okay

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now let's use the new max and min

feature in the upper right side of the

window to minimize this document yeah

and there's also an x well the x will

allow you to close any program or

document but we want to keep the plan

file on the taskbar so we just minimize

okay click on the little notch

the taskbar keeps as many active windows

at your fingertips as you want i'll show

you now let's get into my computer your

computer

no bill's my computer

i thought bill was your boss okay before

this becomes a classic and hideous

vaudeville routine let's move on okay

uh the my computer feature new to

windows 95 allows you to manage stuff on

your computer like files and folders

let's open it up

now click on the hard drive

now open the folder called bills poetry

workshop

oh let's open the word file called ode

to christmas very good

oh hey there's only one line well why

don't we write something to the boss

let's make a copy we can work on jen

close it

go back to the edit menu

and drag it down to copy

then paste

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oh this is so trippy yes i think that's

the word bill would use to describe the

result of several hundred thousand man

hours of r d

all right so how do we finish this poem

i got an idea well let me come on let me

know

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just something i'm kind of uh

you know

fooling around with

was the night before christmas and all

through the warehouse not a single piece

of microsoft merchandise was stirring

not even a mouse oh please i know it

gets me too

okay short fellow let's close that file

now click on the icon then click on the

name this allows you to rename the file

let's rename it we wish you a merry

christmas i like it i don't there's

something you will like you know what it

is i know

round noser that name is longer than 8.3

characters now for a lot of people this

feature alone is worth the price of

admission to windows 95. no more

personal codes just name your files and

folders any way you like you know i

remember losing entire essays in college

because i couldn't remember their file

names you know i just zoned out

i've lost entire relationships that same

way really oh you don't want to go there

ah

with windows 95 you can use file names

of up to 250 characters now do we really

want to leave that poem for bill

i think we'll just delete it

okay go ahead

destroy my art my vision it's my vision

you're destroying it did i mention that

it's my vision oh

i'll relax jen

check out the recycle bin over there on

the desktop

see it's there in the recycle bin you

can delete it leave it there for future

considerations or you can immediately

get it back by doing undo delete

okay so the recycle bin is like an

enabler for the indecisive

and undo is the way we were of computing

when she brushes his bangs at the end oh

okay excuse me man in the room no

strides in we talked about that yeah

okay meanwhile check out all the stuff

we've loaded onto the task bar bills

golf plan in excel

recycle bin

my computer now just click on any of

these buttons

so then the taskbar allows you to switch

back and forth between windows told you

i could teach anybody windows 95 well

don't start handing out diplomas just

yet

let me show you what multitasking is

first i'm going to play a sound clip

then i'm going to search for all the

documents that contain the word

retirement

what are the odds of finding that word

in this guy's office got meetings booked

into his next life finally i'll copy

bill's journals for the last 10 years to

a new file

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this is multitasking see everything is

happening at the same time are you with

me

uh in a burton ernie kind of way

oh gosh who's that i don't know but uh

could he be any larger it's boris the

window washer

well what's he saying

uh uh windows window he knows what

oh i know windows oh

boris is the true windows expert at

microsoft my god he is a large large man

that man must be on a plank of steel

well boris is also an expert at

drive-through windows

oh all right now remember when i said i

was hungry that hasn't changed

oh well you know bill owes us lunch what

do you feel like

chinese

oh i don't know i'm not sure i'm in the

mood for any of the eases how about uh

some of the ians like italian indian

tunisian okay it's chinese already we've

got the menu right up there let's close

those programs and minimize bill's hard

drive

now go to the documents menu and open up

the file chinese food bill must have

used it recently

oh okay well i'll just check off some

selections here

cashew chicken

szechuan beef

and uh mushu pork

you know what's interesting about mushu

if i could just take a second it's very

good only when it's together because moo

you know not good and chew that doesn't

taste good at all but mushu together

that's an afternoon delight a top-notch

uh food uh experience

you okay there mushu yeah okay why don't

you fax it on through to the restaurant

you can fax through a computer oh yeah

well there's fax software built right in

there why don't you guys find out for

yourselves this is where the help menu

comes in handy

all right then

it's either the help menu or 9-1-1 why

don't we put that chinese menu on the

task bar and open up help

okay let me do it

okay

so help appears to be configured like

find with three different options so you

got your uh

you got your contents which look like a

table of contents your index which lists

topics alphabetically and you're fine

which is a full text search so i guess

we just uh punch in the word facts right

x yes we are that lazy

okay look here's how you do it

so program menu

accessories

fax

compose new fax

so first we'll type in the name and the

fax number

then we'll use bill's cover sheet ensure

it's slightly better service you know

and then we'll attach our chinese menu

and then

finish

and it's gone not bad for a rookie

window i know about windows hey boris is

in the house how's that for the

bollywood talk huh

i love you guys you guys are so cool man

how about the complimentary squeegee

no thanks we just sort of chinese boris

they're here to talk to bill about

working on a video for windows 95. now

i've been ramping them up but maybe you

could you want me to show them plug and

play oh my pleasure bernice baby

plug and play now what is that some kind

of uh hair replacement for kids another

nice major new feature that makes

installing printers mow them sound cards

and other new hardware are snapped i

have here

hewlett packard laserjet 4l

i'm going to shut down the computer like

so

power up the printer stick in the

printer cable

and then power up

watch screen

look out

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well we don't have any cds or flappies

i believe that's called floppies

that's what i said no no you said you

said flappies i did not

okay you were there you heard her say

flappy so i'm not crazy

i never leave home without it a quick

insert and windows 95 having recognized

the printer

we'll copy the drivers off the cd onto

the hard disk

so you mean i can plug and play every

printer in the world ah no for older

hardware legacy hardware we call it you

install printer yourself oh so that

means we have to use that very confusing

control panel icon like on old windows

no now we have printer installation

wizard well that's more inspiring than

printer installation ogre

we just double-click add printer into

the printer folder

look at screen on the left we have

manufacturers listing on the right we

have models oh getting it getting it

click on manufacturer and we see all the

models once we have a match we click

next

okay losing it losing it all we do is

follow the dialogue boxes in the visit

okay getting it back getting it back

truly impressive for that forest you can

stay and have a bite with us

lunch ooh i think i love you

male's here

hello boris hello miss kappelmann the

mail is here hey tipster even the

mailroom guys look like gates preppy pod

people hey the chipster at microsoft.com

to chipster microsoft.com

you know i think you're on something the

gypsy here is responsible for some of

the communications features of windows

95. so uh you want to take a little uh

backlit drive through the roads of the

microsoft network i'll keep both hands

on the keyboard i promise

smooth very smooth

but i think i'm gonna have to go with no

listen to what we say in advertising

where do you want to go today

think of windows 95

and me

as the vehicle to get you there

okay chipster here's a little tip i love

a man who gives up easy

uh communicating online is the hot thing

right now and the microsoft network is

your on-ramp to the information super

highway it offers everything from

shopping to discussion with other people

in areas like finance sports hobbies

books and movies so it's kind of like

issue specific party lines is she naive

or what no

i couldn't have said it better myself

would you like a.s side of bacon with

the egg on your face all right let's

click on the msn icon

i'll log on with my name and password

now we're dialing the network is

especially important for windows 95

users because it'll have software

support forums running all the time

okay the choices on screen include msn

today email and favorite places hey why

don't we send some email over the

internet to my buddy tim he'd freak if

he knew we were here oh no not that guy

in the grunge band grunge excuse me it's

alternative heavy metal vinyl redux

hello

cool

okay the record on the harsh label i

think i know his internet uh email

address tim harsh.com

okay let's type his name on the two line

then we'll come up with a message well

let's invite him over

okay this bill gates office not a rave

party this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing

okay tim we are hanging out in bill

gates office

why don't you come over bring the new cd

and video

and uh then just hit the send icon and

away it goes absolutely

now that we've done that let's explore

the microsoft network okay sports let's

download some ukrainian hockey cards or

hook up with some college football fans

and jennifer do you like cats uh no ah

then you're gonna love this

oh look and there's the pet's area i see

where this is going stop him please ah

the scratching post pull the plug is

there anybody in charge here got a boy

an entire gallery of cats owners photos

they have an audio tour with this let's

look at buttons

oh oh now you've lost any chance you

might have ever had

hey the freaking duck wagon is coming

your food's here you're saved uh i don't

think i'm really hungry anymore

20 minutes ago we were ready to throw

your telethon now you're not hungry

hey yeah it's jeff lee

uh listen pal steven seagal fan club is

down the hall

getting

southern california

i guess you are here

for some windows 95 interface therapy

no no i don't think my hmo covers that

hey listen to the man he's got a zen

spin on windows 95.

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look at

our menu

column a always complements column b

protein on the right carbs on the left

elements stay the same but the

combinations of choices are indeed in

fact

creativity is challenged wow

well it's kind of like an interactive

fortune cookie wouldn't you say yes i

would

the tools are same for everyone but no

two people view the world exactly the

same through the windows 95 system

you ever try any right clicking well

there was some peer pressure back when i

was a freshman

most right-handed people use the left

mouse key as their primary tool

since right-handed people rule the world

with the left side of their brain we are

trapped

inside their rigid rules but microsoft

windows 95 allows for the influence of

the right brain and the lefty in all of

us

right clicking is the end result of all

that in other words

do you want to get funky it's a little

early for funky and you uh happened to

be terrifying me to my very soul

windows 95 uses the right mouse button

for what microsoft calls power user

features

check this out

right click on the desktop

then properties

let's change the screen resolution on

the fly

that is so cool

now mess around with it

go to the taskbar and right click it

okay right click it

all right so i'll just uh i'll just uh

i'll tile horizontally here or maybe

i'll undo tile you know whatever i want

it's kind of my show here huh

now we go into my computer and open any

file all right

okay i got something bill calls the nova

from a black hole it's probably not

important we'll just probably just throw

that away okay

now drag the file out of the window onto

the desktop using the right mouse button

then create a shortcut oh no no there

are no shortcuts there are no shortcuts

in this world it's a very very long long

road

not in windows

let me show you windows explorer briefly

all right now i hear this replaces the

file manager

well i hope you found him a new position

in the company i mean that guy's got a

family you know

consider windows explorer the file

manager on steroids

let's go to it through the start button

wow

so now the left side shows the drives

and folders now just drag and drop any

file to any folder or drive you want

it's a great way to manage your files

okay now if memory serves you couldn't

do this in the old windows without

opening a bunch of file manager windows

that is correct grasshopper let me give

you one more tip take any shortcut and

drag it to the start button okay well

i'll grab the shortcut to nova from a

black hole

here we go now show me the start menu

survey says the shortcut is now on the

top of the start menu we are rocking the

desktop

you did not just say rock in the desktop

no

yes you did you said rockin with a

little apostrophe on the end

no i didn't

you

go to the task bar and right click any

program okay got it

now we can close just like that and

look it moves

now let's really get crazy go into the

control panel off the hard drive in my

computer let's check out desktop themes

what is this

actually it's not part of windows 95

there are some really cool displays that

come with a companion program from

windows 95 called microsoft plus

now dial up american 60s and hit display

oh psychedelic

people we have an announcement stay away

from the brown floppies

with windows 95 you can pretty much

impose your will on your pc and the

world i feel so empowered

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it's joystick johnny joystick johnny

what brings you to town

where's gates phil's not here johnny

we don't want no trouble

george johnny

what is a uh joystick johnny

the most feared video game warrior in

the territory he's probably heard that

the new multimedia support in windows 95

makes games fast and cool and of course

windows 95 is compatible with dos games

like flight simulator that's yesterday's

news to johnny somebody better step up

and volunteer we start fitting everyone

here for one man bungalows

how about that stranger over there

he looks like he's hiding something

okay first of all i'm matthew so that

takes care of the stranger thing and

second of all i'm not hiding anything as

a matter of fact i'm working on expose

right now to blow the lid off the sitcom

business yeah well nobody's leaving

until somebody's mad enough to play a

little 3d pinball with old joystick

johnny

okay junior

you're on

a girl

hearty heart heart oh no see that's a

coward's laugh

nobody calls joystick johnny a coward

ma'am

lee

bring up 3d pinball

so uh what's uh 3d pinball

you mean you've never played that no

no oh wait a minute

no nobody has it's a new game in

microsoft plus

so uh so the kid was bluffing well let's

hope so

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oh gosh

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[Applause]

target achieved isn't that what the kids

say you're on my list

missy

it's puff the magic dragon

yo matt how you doing brother tim you

brought the band i did

oh wow i thought i was being stalked

you guys bring your video

totally digital ooh but on a cd though

how can we play it uh not that you were

invited but you could use windows 95.

it's got full screen full motion video

no more of that postage stamp size

screen and cheesy 16-bit movement but

i'm warning you one's spinning you're

out of here just don't want to riot when

the boss gets back hey uh maybe we can

jam with the shareholders when we get

off work

not on my watch just pop it in and away

we go

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yo i'll tell you something i've learned

so much i feel like i've already been a

part of the windows 95 video yeah i know

it's an incredible program isn't it yeah

and the best thing is we've met some

incredibly freakish and frightening

people uh-huh and you know what maddie

i'm feeling kind of nutty and feeling

kinda kooky yeah so you know what i

think i'm gonna do what i think i'm

gonna press that red button

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[Applause]

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i told you people to stay away from the

brown floppies what what happened i

don't know i mean you pressed a button

and people got zapped into the computer

and now uh

what do we do

leave

yeah i guess we could see bill tomorrow

right okay

you know this is going to sound kind of

strange but i'm kind of going to miss

joystick john oh are you ready

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[Applause]

flappy why would i say flappy you say

potato i say potato you say floppy say

it say it

now that you've had a few laughs let's

review what we've learned about windows

95

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after you start your computer you'll see

a brand new desktop in windows 95 it's

made up of the taskbar found at the

bottom of the screen and various icons

my computer the recycle bin and

depending on your configuration it might

include the inbox where microsoft

exchange resides network neighborhood

and the microsoft network icon

point the mouse at the start button at

the bottom left and click there's no

need to double click a single click will

do this is called the start menu from

the top you've got programs which with a

little drag on the mouse cascades into a

sub menu listing many of the programs on

the hard disk you don't have to hold the

mouse button down just move it

this menu replaces program manager in

the old windows below that is your

documents menu which contains your

recently used documents that means you

can get back to work on a file faster

settings get you to the new improved

control panel your printer's folder and

allows you to customize the taskbar the

find feature is all new on windows 95

it's a fast way to find files or folders

help is right there at your fingertips

help is configured like find with three

different options you've got your

contents which looks like a table of

contents your index which lists topics

alphabetically and you're fine which is

a full text

search

run allows you to start up any program

with a command shutdown does just that

it allows for safe shutdown restart and

log off from a network

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let's get back to the task bar the

objective of the taskbar is to make

switching between multiple applications

and windows as simple as changing the

channel on a television set

whenever you open a window it resides on

the taskbar to change between windows

and tasks just click on the taskbar

button you want and you're in

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let's take a look at the new window

design in the upper right hand corner is

the new max and min feature to minimize

this document click on the left box

to maximize click on the middle box

to close any program or document click

on the x

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the my computer feature new to windows

95 allows you to manage stuff on your

computer like files and folders

double-click on the icon to open it up

it gives you access to all your drives

the new control panel the printer's

folder and other applications depending

upon your configuration it makes

browsing your pc fast and easy

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you can now rename any files that can be

renamed directly from the desktop just

click on the icon once then click on the

name a box will open up allowing you to

type in the new name this is a real time

saver when you are working on two

versions of the same document

one of the most anticipated advances in

windows 95 is support for long file

names for a lot of people this feature

alone is worth the price of admission no

more need for personal codes no more 8.3

character limits just name your files

and folders any way you like with

windows 95 you can use file names of up

to 250 characters

the recycle bin is also new to windows

95.

now deleted files are moved to the

recycle bin awaiting your further

instructions you can immediately get the

file back by going into edit and

clicking undo delete or you can drag it

out and put it into another location or

leave it in recycle bin for future

considerations until you decide to empty

the bin

everyone is talking about multitasking

while the old windows had some form of

multitasking windows 95 has true

multitasking it allows applications to

run at the same time without

interrupting each other

windows 95 in conjunction with microsoft

exchange allows for the user to send and

receive faxes directly from the desktop

in case you missed it the first time

here's how you send a fax

go into the program menu go to the

accessories sub menu go to fax and then

compose new fax

type in the name and fax number

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add a cover sheet

add a note

even attach a file

hit finish and away it goes

of course you'll need a modem to do this

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plug and play is a major new feature

that makes installing printers modems

sound cards and other new hardware a

snap windows 95 has been designed to

recognize thousands of hardware devices

the instant you plug it in to install

any device that is plug and play

compatible power

down attach it to your computer and then

power up watch the screen

insert the windows 95 cd or floppy and

the system having recognized the new

hardware will copy the drivers onto the

hard drive

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for older hardware legacy hardware we

call it you install the hardware

yourself to add a printer just double

double-click add printer in the printer

folder you can get to it through my

computer or settings on the start menu

look at the screen on the left we have

the manufacturer listing and on the

right we have models click on a

manufacturer and then scan through the

models

once you have a match you click next all

you have to do is follow the dialog

boxes in the wizard

you can install new hardware to your

system just as easily using the add new

hardware wizard

the microsoft network is your on-ramp to

the information super highway it offers

everything from shopping to discussion

with other people in areas like finance

sports hobbies books and movies

to access the microsoft network you'll

need a modem and a phone line once this

is set click on the msn icon you'll

receive instructions on how to register

electronically once you've signed up

anytime you want to surf the net

double-click on the icon log in with

your code name and password and you'll

be connected the choices on screen

currently include msn today email and

favorite places browse around you never

know who you'll meet

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one of the major features of the

microsoft network is the ability to send

and receive electronic mail or email

click on the email bar and a dialog box

will appear

in the to box type in the name of the

person you're sending mail to

type in his or her electronic address

write a letter

and hit the send icon you can receive

email as well through the microsoft

network and microsoft exchange

windows 95 contains what we refer to as

power user features this allows for the

user to customize his or her computer

one of the major tools is right clicking

go to any icon folder the desktop the

taskbar and right click it you'll find a

whole array of power user options here's

just a few

right-click on the desktop then

properties you can adjust your

background

load a screen saver

change the appearance of the desktop

even change the screen resolution on the

fly

go to the taskbar and right click it you

can cascade your windows tile your

windows horizontally or vertically then

undo tile to get back to normal

shortcuts are an extremely fast and

useful tool for the power user you can

create a shortcut to any object in the

user interface and place it anywhere

shortcuts are represented just like

regular icons except in the lower left

corner there is a small jump

arrow let's drag a file onto the desktop

using the right mouse button we can move

the file there or copy the file or

create a shortcut remember a shortcut

can be deleted without affecting the

object to which it points

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take any shortcut and drag it to the

start button

it will now reside on top of the start

menu for easy access

go to the task bar and right click any

application it will bring up a menu that

will allow you to close it just like

that

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let me show you windows explorer briefly

which replaces the file manager in

windows 3.1 you can get to it via the

start button and programs menu now the

left side shows the drives and folders

now just drag and drop any file to any

folder or drive you want it's a great

way to manage your files you can't do

this in the old windows without opening

a bunch of file manager windows

go to the task bar click and hold down

the left mouse button now move it

anywhere you want cool huh

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microsoft has created a companion

program to windows 95 called plus one of

its most spectacular features is the

ability to dramatically change the look

of the desktop if you have this loaded

go into the control panel off the hard

drive in my computer click on desktop

themes

there are many wonderful desktop themes

i particularly like american 60s

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multimedia support in windows 95 makes

games fast and cool because of windows

95 32-bit architecture it's ready to

support the new 32-bit games being

developed for the pc and of course

windows 95 is compatible with dos games

like flight simulator

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windows 95 has a wide range of

multimedia support the ability to play

digital video is built right into

windows 95 it supports full screen full

motion video no more postage stamp size

screens and cheesy 16-bit movement it

has a built-in cd player that allows you

to play audio cds right off your cd-rom

drive just pop it in and it will play

automatically

next up we'll review the 20 most

commonly asked questions about windows

95

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what are the system requirements for

windows 95

windows 95 is designed to work with

existing hardware if you run windows 95

on a 386 dx computer with four megabytes

of memory the minimum requirements then

your system will perform just as well as

one running windows 3.1

if you have a more powerful processor

such as a 486 or pentium processor or

more memory windows 95 will outpace your

current system under windows 3.1

what hardware upgrades are necessary to

use all of the new features of windows

95

if your computer meets the requirements

to run windows 95 you'll be able to take

advantage of many of the benefits of the

new operating system without upgrading

your machine

what do i look for to use plug and play

if you choose to upgrade hardware or

peripherals look for plug and play

compatible devices those bearing the

design for microsoft windows 95 logo on

the package that means you can plug in

the new equipment and the operating

system will configure it

automatically do i need to upgrade my

current programs for windows to take

advantage of windows 95

you don't need to upgrade your current

software programs to run them in windows

95 however the 32-bit programs designed

for windows 95 take advantage of the

added power and ease of use built into

windows 95 for example 32-bit

applications support preemptive

multitasking and long file names look

for software programs containing this

functionality marked with a design for

windows 95 logo

do i need new networking software to

connect windows 95 to my network server

no if you're currently running windows

3.1 and connecting to a server windows

95 will continue to run your existing

networking software

if you're running windows for work

groups operating system windows 95 will

enhance the 32-bit protected mode

networking components in windows for

work groups for faster network response

how does windows 95 connect to the

internet

windows 95 contains the plumbing to

connect to the internet therefore if you

have a modem on your computer you have

three options one you can connect

through the microsoft network

two you can add microsoft plus to your

system this companion for windows 95

gives you one button access to the

internet as well as some free time on it

to a preferred service provider three

you can manually connect by following

these steps

a obtain an internet ppp or slip account

including a username and password from

an internet service provider b use the

control panel in windows 95 to install

tcp ip in the network option

c

type your user account information into

the tcpip property sheets

t

install dial up networking from the add

remove programs option in the control

panel and define your service provider's

connection to the internet or install a

network adapter

is it compatible with macintosh can

windows 95 run macintosh software

you cannot use macintosh software on a

pc running windows 95

some computer networks such as windows

nt server running windows nt services

for macintosh allow windows based

computers and macintosh computers to

share files printers and electronic mail

what happens to my old version of ms-dos

and windows if i install the upgrade

version of windows 95

windows 95 will do some housekeeping

when your existing environment is

upgraded from ms-dos and windows 3.x

windows 95 will upgrade your existing

version of windows and remove any

unnecessary files in addition some

ms-dos command utilities will be

replaced with newer ones provided with

windows 95

can i stop monitoring system resources

in windows 95 will it rid my computer of

system resource limitations

windows 95 greatly improves on system

resource limitations you will be able to

run many more applications under windows

95 than under windows 3.x and you'll be

able to create more complex documents

system resources will no longer be a

practical limitation for most customers

in windows 95

will it finally do away with a 640k

barrier

applications for windows and windows 95

don't rely on real mode memory the kind

that lives in the first 640k of memory

and for even older style ms-dos based

applications and drivers that do windows

95 provides more memory to them than

ever before it'll depend on your

configuration but for most devices

windows 95 will have protect mode

drivers that don't use ms-dos for real

mode space you'll have about 620 to 630

k of memory free compared to 540 to 570k

before will it be on both cd-rom and

floppy

yes for the first time microsoft is

releasing a personal operating system on

cd

if you own a cd-rom drive installation

will be much more convenient with the cd

version of windows 95 plus the cd-rom

version of windows 95 will include a

game not included on the floppy disk

version

how much will it cost

the final street price of windows is set

by retailers microsoft estimates the

upgrade version of the operating system

will cost about 100

what is the fastest easiest way to get

it

the fastest way to get windows 95 is

through an authorized microsoft retailer

most retailers including mail order

companies will have copies of windows 95

and other windows 95 based products

available on the release date

how do i add programs to the top of my

start menu

the icons on the start menu are

essentially shortcuts to the actual

program there are two ways to add

programs to the top of the start menu

one from settings in the start menu

choose task bar select the property

sheet for the start menu programs choose

add then browse for the program which

you wish to add select the location in

the start menu you want the program icon

to reside for example right on the start

menu are in the programs list then click

ok

two from the programs folder left button

drag and drop the icon for the program

onto the start button

will my disk repair and maintenance

utility still work with windows 95

disk repair and maintenance utilities

that were designed for earlier versions

of dos and windows will probably not

function correctly on windows 95

this is a result of the enhancements

made to the file systems to support long

file names

you can use either scan disk which is

included in windows 95 or you can

contact your software vendor for

information on windows 95 utility

updates

can i use my existing disk compression

software with windows 95

windows 95 will run successfully with

most all of the major compression

drivers in the market today

simply install windows 95 over your

existing compression software and the

compressed drives will remain usable if

you have double space or drive space

installed windows 95 will automatically

update the compression driver your

software vendor may also have plans to

produce a protect mode compression

driver for windows 95 protect mode

drivers will significantly enhance

performance

should i install into my existing

windows directory or a different

directory

both are valid choices for setup the

advantage to installing into your

existing windows directory is that the

previous settings and applications are

migrated into the new installation

the advantage to installing windows 95

into a different directory is that it

preserves your previous dos windows

configuration allowing you to dual boot

between both versions the biggest

disadvantage here is that you'll need to

reinstall more of the applications on

your system in order to put the proper

support files in place as well as the

application settings in the any files

and or the registry

how do i install ms fax to install

microsoft fax during setup when the

accessory screen is displayed go to msfx

and put a check in the box

if you have not already selected ms

exchange it will notify you of this and

require that you select that option as

well

to install microsoft fax after setup go

to control panel double-click add remove

programs and select the windows setup

tab from that tab scroll the accessories

box to ms fax and put a check in the box

if you have not already selected ms

exchange it will notify you of this and

require that you select that option as

well

please note adding ms exchange and ms

fax will require at least 10 megabytes

of free space to install

how do i create shortcuts on the desktop

there are two ways to create a shortcut

on the desktop one right mouse click on

the desktop not on an icon or other

object and select new shortcut windows

95 will then ask you for the command

line for the shortcut type in the

correct command along with any special

parameters or browse to find the

application you want the shortcut to

click the next button and you'll be

prompted for a name for the shortcut so

enter a name you'll recognize when you

have done this click finish

two open explorer or my computer and

find the application file or folder you

want to create a shortcut for

once you've found it click the right

mouse button and hold down while

dragging the pointer to the desktop this

will bring up a menu with the option to

create a shortcut choose this option and

it'll create a shortcut on the desktop

with the name of shortcut to that

application name

how do i boot to a c prompt turn on the

computer or restart the computer to

restart a computer currently in windows

95 place the pointer on start and click

the primary mouse button select shutdown

and restart the computer press the f8

key when you see starting windows 95

which appears briefly before the windows

95 logo appears and this will bring up

the boot menu select command prompt only

and this will boot you to a c prompt

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hey

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hmm

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it's tough to find harmony when you're

all alone

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to make it happen

you have to use the right tools

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introducing

microsoft office for windows 95

the right tools for getting your job

done

it's an entirely new suite of software

applications for microsoft including

word excel access powerpoint and

schedule plus

designed across smoothly and easily over

the boundaries between software

applications office 95's integrated

tools let you access the full power of

your software so you can focus on

getting your job done

you