Utilities (win95/98)

A brief explanation of various Windows^®' utilities as part of Troubleshooting a modem.

Find

There's a couple of ways of opening this dialog:

F3 (function key 3)
Windows Start key + "F" (both keys at the same time)

or if you are boring:

Start

Find

Files or Folders...

Editing the Registry

Start

Run

regedit

OK

The hives can be opened by clicking on the "+'s" inside of the little square boxes.

Take Care! Mistakes made with the Registry Editor can, at best, stop a program from working, or at worst, can stop Windows from working. There is no 'undo' or 'save' options. Once a change is made, it is made permanently.

There is a menu option under 'Registry' to export/import all or part of the Registry. Highly cautious/error-prone people may wish to use this.

Renaming Files

As always, there are a number of ways to achieve this:

Select the file, go to the File menu & choose Rename
Click on the file with the other mouse button, & choose Rename from the context-menu
Select the file, then click again on the name (not the icon)

System Properties

The General tab of this dialog gives some important info, amongst which is the precise version of Windows in the system, plus the amount of physical RAM installed. The slow way to get there is:

My Computer

Control Panel

System

The quick way to get there is:

Windows

Pause/Break

Utilities (win95/98)

Contents

Find

Editing the Registry

Renaming Files

System Properties