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 CyberMedia’s
recommendations for a trouble-free install
Decompress
before upgrading to Windows 98
Everyone
has their favorites
Making
a Windows 95 Emergency Startup Disk
Changing
the case of a sentence in Microsoft Word
Having
trouble locating "existing" files or you do not see the file extensions?
CyberMedia’s
recommendations for a trouble-free install
A failed
installation can cause software problems that are difficult to track
down. The major causes of installation failure are:
- Hard drive errors
- Temporary files
that conflict with the installation
- Attempting to install
while other software is running
Follow the procedure
outlined below and minimize the affect that these common conditions
may have on your installation.
Step 1: Clean up
your drive
1. Run the Windows
hard drive utilities ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to identify
and fix any errors on your hard drive:
Click Start on the
Windows taskbar, and then click Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Scandisk.
The ScanDisk window appears.
In the ScanDisk window, select Standard and Automatically fix errors
(these are the default settings).
Click Advanced.
The Advanced Settings dialog box appears. Make sure the following
settings are selected:
- Only if errors found
- Replace log file
- Delete Free
Ignore the other options,
and click OK.
Click Start.
ScanDisk begins scanning your drive for errors. Depending on the
size of your hard drive, ScanDisk may take several minutes to complete
its job. When ScanDisk is finished, close ScanDisk and start Disk
Defragmenter (located in the same place as ScanDisk). Click OK to
start Disk Defragmenter. Depending on the speed of your computer
and the size of your drive, disk defragmentation may take several
minutes to complete. Exit Disk Defragmenter when it is finished
defragmenting your disk.
Step 2: Remove temporary
files
Delete the contents
of the Windows/Temp folder:
Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. The My Computer
window opens.
Double-click the C: drive.
You are now viewing the contents of your hard drive. Double-click
the Windows folder.
The Windows folder opens. Double-click on the Temp folder, which
will appear beneath the Windows folder.
Click Edit>Select All.
All of the items in your Temp directory are now selected. Press
the Delete key on your keyboard to delete the files.
If Windows asks about deleting files, click Yes.
Click Start/Shut Down, select Restart the computer, and click Yes
to restart your machine.
Step 3: Close other
software
Disable all running
software:
Close all open applications. Use Alt-Tab to switch to each open
window. You are now ready to install your new software.
Decompress
before upgrading to Windows 98
If you're
using hard disk compression software on your Windows 95 system,
you should seriously consider decompressing your disk before you
upgrade to Windows 98. The Windows 98 installation routine must
have access to your entire hard drive in order to work correctly,
and it may not complete the upgrade successfully on a compressed
disk.
Everyone
has their favorites
Have you
ever switched computers (or had to completely reload the same machine)
and wished you could have saved your old Internet Explorer favorite
locations?
You can copy your
Internet Explorer Favorites to another system: Copy your Favorites
folder to a floppy disk, then copy its contents onto the same location
on the second PC. In Internet Explorer 3.x or 4.0, you'll find your
Favorites folder in your Z:\Windows folder (where Z is the letter
of the drive on which Windows 95 is installed).
Windows
95 Startup Disk
When Windows 95 is installed it offers an opportunity to create
a Startup Disk (a Windows 95 boot disk). If you skipped that step
or Windows 95 was pre-loaded for you then you may later want to
create that Startup Disk (assuming you have a high-density floppy
diskette drive).
But, how do you do that without reinstalling Windows 95?
- Open the Windows 95 Control Panel and double-click on Add/Remove
Programs.
- Select the Startup Disk tab and click the Create Disk button.
- When prompted, insert a blank formatted disk into your floppy
drive, then wait as Windows 95 copies all the proper information
to the disk.
A
Case of Capitalization
Have you ever needed to change the case of a sentence
in Microsoft Word ?
To change the case quickly for a whole sentence, select the sentence
and press Shift-F3.
Shift-F3 will alternate the case as follows:
1st time = all caps; 2nd time = all lowercase; and 3rd time = standard
capitalization (begin with cap, others lowercase).
Having
trouble locating "existing" files or you do not see the file extensions?
Often the problem is Windows has been told to
not show file extensions or certain types of files… From any folder
window, choose View, Options, and Click on the View tab. Click on
Show All Files button. Uncheck the box that hides MS-DOS file extensions.
Choose View, Options, and select the single-window choice on the
Folders tab.
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