API Computer help: Windows 95

WINDOWS 95

SO, you want a tip ha? Well, you came to the right place.

First things first, Windows 95 is not the real operating system. Dos is! Everyone seems to believe that Windows 95 is its own operating system, but they are wrong. You don't believe me? Well I can tell you wrong.
Make the following in a Batch file. (1.bat)
@echo off
if %1. ==. goto exit
if %1. == ren. goto ren
if %1. == noren. goto noren
:noren
ren %winbootdir%\win.co_ win.com
echo You can get into windows.
goto exit

:ren
ren %winbootdir%\win.com win.co_
echo You can't get into windows.
goto exit

:exit
echo    Remember to type '1 ren' to see that windows 95 isn't the operating system, or
echo    type '1 noren' to get back into windows 95.
echo    Type 'win' [enter] at the command prompt after typing '1 ren'.
echo.

^ copy the following into a file named "1.bat", but save it as "c:\1.bat", then test it out.

Another thing is that Windows 95 isn't version 4.00.(something...). But, you can find out the real version with this program: Sysinfo.exe. If that doesn't satisfy you, then e-mail me at [email protected] for more details and source code in C.

Lost your PASSWORD?

    Well, you forgot your password. Oh well. This doesn't mean that you have to restart everything all over again. It just means that you can loose your Internet password (if you have one on yourWindows Profile.), and maybe some other 32-bit log on password to something else, but everything else will still be there. What you have to do is:
    Click on...
    start
    Windows explorer
    [then, in Windows explorer...]
    get into the Windows Directory/Folder
    find the login name (ex: "Roberto")
    it will be known as "roberto.pwl"

    Know, if you delete it, it will ask for a new password when you Log on, but other passwords can be deleted as well. So, if you want to re-enter the other passwords, delete that file. When you have done that, go to
    shutdown
    Close all programs and log on as different user.

When you have done that, enter your Log on name and a new password. It will then ask you to re-enter your new password. Now, as I said before, you can loose a different password.

How is Windows 3.1/3.11 like Windows 95?

    Well, that's simple. Progman.exe was the shell for Windows 3.1/3.11, but, they decided to change it. It is now called Explorer.exe. Explorer.exe is also Windows Explorer. Either you can select run from the start menu and type progman.exe, or you can do the fallowing to make Windows 95, Windows 3.1.
    Choose Find on the start menu,
    type system.ini,
    then double click on it,
    find the text "shell=explorer.exe"
    it should be at the top of the file.
    Next, change it from "shell=explorer.exe" to "shell=progman.exe"

Then Reboot your computer and see the results. But, before you do that, copy the system.ini to another directory/folder just in case you don't know how you get into it and change it back.

Windows 95 too slow?