Neat tidbits of info about Windows NT and Windows 95

• If you have a ZIP drive that isn't always present, you get messages when it isn't.  You can turn off these messages by setting

            HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Service\ppa3nt\ErrorControl
to 0 (it is 1 by default).  I found that this worked equally well for a tape drive that I didn't always have connected - find the same key (ErrorControl) under the driver for the tape.
• Screen capture - just hit "Print Screen" to capture a bitmap of the screen into the clipboard. hit "ALT + Print Screen" to capture a bitmap of the current window. (Can paste into 'Paint')
• The taskbar can be enlarged - just grab the "inside" edge and stretch. Great when you have beaucoup windows.
• Faster Control Panel access: Right click "My Computer", "Network Neighborhood", "Start", or just the background screen, then Properties to bring up System, Network, start menu, or display controls (respectively). Add a shortcut to control panel (on Start or desktop) with a folder named

           Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
• Start menu structure on NT: %SystemRoot%\Profiles is where it's all stored - top list is from specific user profile, next is "All Users".
• Rather than using "Open With" and "Open", can use "Send To" to view a file - put notepad.exe and/or wordpad.exe shortcuts in the SendTo directory of the specific user profile (or other programs).
• Right-click a DLL or EXE and select properties - often a second pane is available to give version info (and more). QuickView will show even more.
• F3 (when no win has focus) brings up search for files.
• ALT-double click brings up "properties" faster than using the pop-up menu in Explorer.
• *.FTS and *.GID files can allegedly be deleted safely - they're left over from HELP searches. *.CNT may also be expendable. Windows95 has a bunch of ultra-simple tutorials as .AVI files in it's tree - no need to keep them.
• IE 4.01 supposedly has a general purpose task scheduler.
• WinKey tricks: Winkey + E = Opens Explorer, +F = Find (same as F3 w/o focus),

+Pause = System Properties,  +D Maximize/Minimize all windows,  +M = minimize all windows,
+shift+M = Maximize all "WinKey + E" minimized windows,  +Tab = Flip between open apps in the taskbar
• Microsoft Outlook - you can get a vcard plugin, and a 3 pane addon that lets you see a message's contents without opening it from microsoft.com

• Restarting Windows without total reboot - hold SHIFT while hitting "restart computer".
• Turning off Password at start-up -   If you have a network installed, each time you log on you will be asked for a password. To disable this:

    1.Under Network Properties, Configuration Tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary Network Logon box. Don't restart yet.
    2.Under Passwords icon on Control Panel, Change Passwords tab, click the Change Windows Password button, click OK, then set a blank password.
•    To have Windows 95 Log on a specific username automatically every time you start Windows 95, use TweakUI, Network Tab, and specify a Username and Password.