CAB Files
CD-ROM After a Win95 Break Down
Change Win95 to Win3.x
Characters
Conflicting Hardware
 Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
Context Menu - Finding
Crash Avoidance
Custom Dictionary - Edit
Custom Setup

Using Local CAB Files

If you change your Windows 95 settings frequently, you can copy all the CAB files from the WIN95 folder on your Windows 95 Installation CD to a folder on your computer (like WIN95CABS).
This way, you won't have to search for the Windows 95 CD every time you want to add a new program, driver, etc.
The CAB files take up about 34 MB. When Windows 95 looks for the CAB files, simply point it to the new folder!

CD-ROM After a Win95 Break Down

For non PnP CD-ROM drives. After Installing Windows95 copy in the start-up disk the MSCDEX.EXE file and any *.sys files supplied on your CD-ROM Installation disk, then Copy the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files and delete REM words in this two files related to CD-ROM. This Will keep you safe from loosing you CD-ROM connection if your computer Breaks and be able to reinstall Windows95 form its CD-ROM

Change Win95 to Win3.x

In your Windows directory there is a file called system.ini, which is system file. The first line in Win95 reads as shell=explorer.exe, which tells the computer to use a Win95 interface. If you are a person who prefers Win3.x interface over the new one, simply change the line until it reads as follows, under you system.ini file, the first line should read shell=progman.exe, and the next time you start Windows you will have the familiar Win3.x interface.

Characters ISO Latin-1

See alsoKeycode in my Javascript section

The following table contains the complete ISO Latin-1 character set, corresponding to the first 256 entries of the Unicode character repertoire in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 and later.
The table provides each character, its decimal code, its named entity reference for HTML, and also a brief description.

CharacterDecimal codeNamed entityDescription
---�---Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
---	---Horizontal tab
---
---Line feed
------Unused
------Unused
---
---Carriage Return
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
------Unused
 ---Space
!!---Exclamation mark
"""Quotation mark
##---Number sign
$$---Dollar sign
%%---Percent sign
&&&Ampersand
''---Apostrophe
((---Left parenthesis
))---Right parenthesis
**---Asterisk
++---Plus sign
,,---Comma
-----Hyphen
..---Period (fullstop)
//---Solidus (slash)
00---Digit 0
11---Digit 1
22---Digit 2
33---Digit 3
44---Digit 4
55---Digit 5
66---Digit 6
77---Digit 7
88---Digit 8
99---Digit 9
::---Colon
;&#59;---Semicolon
<&#60;&lt;Less than
=&#61;---Equals sign
>&#62;&gt;Greater than
?&#63;---Question mark
@&#64;---Commercial at
A&#65;---Capital A
B&#66;---Capital B
C&#67;---Capital C
D&#68;---Capital D
E&#69;---Capital E
F&#70;---Capital F
G&#71;---Capital G
H&#72;---Capital H
I&#73;---Capital I
J&#74;---Capital J
K&#75;---Capital K
L&#76;---Capital L
M&#77;---Capital M
N&#78;---Capital N
O&#79;---Capital O
P&#80;---Capital P
Q&#81;---Capital Q
R&#82;---Capital R
S&#83;---Capital S
T&#84;---Capital T
U&#85;---Capital U
V&#86;---Capital V
W&#87;---Capital W
X&#88;---Capital X
Y&#89;---Capital Y
Z&#90;---Capital Z
[&#91;---Left square bracket
\&#92;---Reverse solidus (backslash)
]&#93;---Right square bracket
^&#94;---Caret
_&#95;---Horizontal bar (underscore)
`&#96;---Acute accent
a&#97;---Small a
b&#98;---Small b
c&#99;---Small c
d&#100;---Small d
e&#101;---Small e
f&#102;---Small f
g&#103;---Small g
h&#104;---Small h
i&#105;---Small i
j&#106;---Small j
k&#107;---Small k
l&#108;---Small l
m&#109;---Small m
n&#110;---Small n
o&#111;---Small o
p&#112;---Small p
q&#113;---Small q
r&#114;---Small r
s&#115;---Small s
t&#116;---Small t
u&#117;---Small u
v&#118;---Small v
w&#119;---Small w
x&#120;---Small x
y&#121;---Small y
z&#122;---Small z
{&#123;---Left curly brace
|&#124;---Vertical bar
}&#125;---Right curly brace
~&#126;---Tilde
---&#127;---Unused
€&#128;
&#129;
,&#130;
ƒ&#131;
„&#132;
…&#133;
†&#134;
‡&#135;
ˆ&#136;
‰&#137;
Š&#138;
‹&#139;
Œ&#140;
&#141;
Ž&#142;
&#143;
&#144;
‘&#145;
’&#146;
“&#147;
”&#148;
•&#149;
–&#150;
—&#151;
˜&#152;
™&#153;
š&#154;
›&#155;
œ&#156;
&#157;
ž&#158;
Ÿ&#159;
 &#160;&nbsp;Nonbreaking space
¡&#161;&iexcl;Inverted exclamation
¢&#162;&cent;Cent sign
£&#163;&pound;Pound sterling
¤&#164;&curren;General currency sign
¥&#165;&yen;Yen sign
¦&#166;&brvbar; or &brkbar;Broken vertical bar
§&#167;&sect;Section sign
¨&#168;&uml; or &die;Diæresis / Umlaut
©&#169;&copy;Copyright
ª&#170;&ordf;Feminine ordinal
«&#171;&laquo;Left angle quote, guillemet left
¬&#172;&notNot sign
­&#173;&shy;Soft hyphen
®&#174;&reg;Registered trademark
¯&#175;&macr; or &hibar;Macron accent
°&#176;&deg;Degree sign
±&#177;&plusmn;Plus or minus
²&#178;&sup2;Superscript two
³&#179;&sup3;Superscript three
´&#180;&acute;Acute accent
µ&#181;&micro;Micro sign
&#182;&para;Paragraph sign
·&#183;&middot;Middle dot
¸&#184;&cedil;Cedilla
¹&#185;&sup1;Superscript one
º&#186;&ordm;Masculine ordinal
»&#187;&raquo;Right angle quote, guillemet right
¼&#188;&frac14;Fraction one-fourth
½&#189;&frac12;Fraction one-half
¾&#190;&frac34;Fraction three-fourths
¿&#191;&iquest;Inverted question mark
À&#192;&Agrave;Capital A, grave accent
Á&#193;&Aacute;Capital A, acute accent
Â&#194;&Acirc;Capital A, circumflex
Ã&#195;&Atilde;Capital A, tilde
Ä&#196;&Auml;Capital A, diæresis / umlaut
Å&#197;&Aring;Capital A, ring
Æ&#198;&AElig;Capital AE ligature
Ç&#199;&Ccedil;Capital C, cedilla
È&#200;&Egrave;Capital E, grave accent
É&#201;&Eacute;Capital E, acute accent
Ê&#202;&Ecirc;Capital E, circumflex
Ë&#203;&Euml;Capital E, diæresis / umlaut
Ì&#204;&Igrave;Capital I, grave accent
Í&#205;&Iacute;Capital I, acute accent
Î&#206;&Icirc;Capital I, circumflex
Ï&#207;&Iuml;Capital I, diæresis / umlaut
Ð&#208;&ETH;Capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ&#209;&Ntilde;Capital N, tilde
Ò&#210;&Ograve;Capital O, grave accent
Ó&#211;&Oacute;Capital O, acute accent
Ô&#212;&Ocirc;Capital O, circumflex
Õ&#213;&Otilde;Capital O, tilde
Ö&#214;&Ouml;Capital O, diæresis / umlaut
×&#215;&times;Multiply sign
Ø&#216;&Oslash;Capital O, slash
Ù&#217;&Ugrave;Capital U, grave accent
Ú&#218;&Uacute;Capital U, acute accent
Û&#219;&Ucirc;Capital U, circumflex
Ü&#220;&Uuml;Capital U, diæresis / umlaut
Ý&#221;&Yacute;Capital Y, acute accent
Þ&#222;&THORN;Capital Thorn, Icelandic
ß&#223;&szlig;Small sharp s, German sz
à&#224;&agrave;Small a, grave accent
á&#225;&aacute;Small a, acute accent
â&#226;&acirc;Small a, circumflex
ã&#227;&atilde;Small a, tilde
ä&#228;&auml;Small a, diæresis / umlaut
å&#229;&aring;Small a, ring
æ&#230;&aelig;Small ae ligature
ç&#231;&ccedil;Small c, cedilla
è&#232;&egrave;Small e, grave accent
é&#233;&eacute;Small e, acute accent
ê&#234;&ecirc;Small e, circumflex
ë&#235;&euml;Small e, diæresis / umlaut
ì&#236;&igrave;Small i, grave accent
í&#237;&iacute;Small i, acute accent
î&#238;&icirc;Small i, circumflex
ï&#239;&iuml;Small i, diæresis / umlaut
ð&#240;&eth;Small eth, Icelandic
ñ&#241;&ntilde;Small n, tilde
ò&#242;&ograve;Small o, grave accent
ó&#243;&oacute;Small o, acute accent
ô&#244;&ocirc;Small o, circumflex
õ&#245;&otilde;Small o, tilde
ö&#246;&ouml;Small o, diæresis / umlaut
÷&#247;&divide;Division sign
ø&#248;&oslash;Small o, slash
ù&#249;&ugrave;Small u, grave accent
ú&#250;&uacute;Small u, acute accent
û&#251;&ucirc;Small u, circumflex
ü&#252;&uuml;Small u, diæresis / umlaut
ý&#253;&yacute;Small y, acute accent
þ&#254;&thorn;Small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ&#255;&yuml;Small y, diæresis / umlaut
♥ ---&hearts; Heart
♣---&clubs;Club
♦---&diams;Diamond
♠---&spades;Spade
↑---&uarr;Up Arrow
→---&rarr;Right Arrow
←---&larr;Down Arrow
↓---&darr;Left Arrow
Δ---&Delta;
δ---&delta;

Conflicting Hardware

Do you get into one of those situations when your sound card, modem, game pads, or any other hardware stops functioning no matter how hard you try to make it work for you? Well, here's one of those tips that will help you get out of those jams. Just go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Systems, and then remove any of those devices that are not functioning correctly. Now restart your computer. After a few moments, Windows 95's plug and play capabilities will identify your non-functioning device and reactivate it again, making it function again like normal.

Config.sys and Autoexec.bat

Are they needed?
Windows95 comes with Plug-&-Play, as well as drivers for most of your hardware. This means, quite simply, that you can throw away most of the contents of your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files (despite what the folks at Apple tell you). The problem with the driver's you've got already loaded in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, is that they're most likely real mode, 16-bit drivers for DOS. The drivers that come with Windows95 offer easier installation, better compatibility, plug-&-play, and better performance.
Follow these guidelines for removing the old drivers from your start-up files (experienced users only):
Ideally, you should delete CONFIG.SYS altogether, and should have nothing but your PATH in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Generally, your CONFIG.SYS includes drivers for your disk cache, CD-ROM, sound card, syquest drive, scanner, as well as a myriad of parameters like Files=50, Buffers=20, and so on. Windows95 replaces most of these.

Make sure you back up both files before doing anything. Otherwise, you'll be sorry.

Start off by putting the word "rem" in front of every entry in CONFIG.SYS, and restart your computer. (this turns the lines into "remarks")
When Windows95 starts, it automatically scans your computer for any device without a driver, and install drivers as needed. The only problem is when Windows95 doesn't have the correct drivers. See the note below regarding CD-ROM drivers.
Once in Windows95, try out all your devices. If a device works, take out the driver from CONFIG.SYS. If not, remove the "rem" text you've placed in front of it.

The same process applies to AUTOEXEC.BAT, with the exception of the PATH statement. For some mysterious reason, it never occurred to the folks at Microsoft to include Windows support for the good 'ol PATH. (refer to your DOS manual for more information on the path statement.)
Slowly, as manufacturers release native Windows95 drivers for their hardware, you'll be able to do away with both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Note: If you have a CD-ROM drive, odds are that you have a CD-ROM driver in CONFIG.SYS. However, when you go to remove the driver, Windows95 asks for the original installation disks so that it can install its own CD-ROM driver. This doesn't work too well if you're installing from CD-ROM!
To get around this design limitation, you must install a Windows95 CD-ROM driver before removing the CONFIG.SYS driver. Double-click on Add/Remove Hardware in Control Panel, and add a driver for your CD-ROM. If your CD-ROM drive isn't listed, you'll have to contact the manufacturer for a Windows95 driver.

Once you've installed the driver, remove it from CONFIG.SYS before rebooting. Note that this will disable DOS support for your CD-ROM outside of Windows. Be aware that would won't have this problem if you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive. (more information from Microsoft)

Note: If you think that keeping these old drivers loaded is a good idea in case you need to re-install Windows95, you are mistaken. You will have better performance and stability if you use the native Windows95 drivers. However, I strongly recommend copying all your old drivers to a bootable floppy, so they are available in the event of an emergency, such as a disk crash. No, Windows95 does not do this automatically.

Note: Refer to Unsupported Devices in Windows95 for a growing list of unsupported devices in Windows95.
Note: To configure Windows95 to automatically load certain DOS drivers when you exit Windows95, right click on the Exit to Dos shortcut located in your Windows directory, and click Properties. Click on the Program tab, click Advanced, select Specify a new MS-DOS configuration, and enter any desired drivers as though they were loaded in CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Submitted by Brian Kimball

Finding the Context Menu

Right-clicking on top of file, folder, or disk icons will show you a context menu with options available for that item (such as cut, copy, paste, delete, etc.).

Crash Avoidance

To help avoid crashes, make sure that you have twice as much hard drive space available as you have RAM. For example, a system with 16MB of RAM should have 32MB of hard drive space available.
Your computer is constantly creating new temporary files (.TMP) to help with productivity. To help avoid crashes, delete all the .TMP files that are not current. Using your find feature, search for *.TMP files, sort the files by date, and delete all the .TMP files without today's date.
If your system does crash, make sure to reboot your system after the crash.

Edit the Custom Dictionary

When the spell checker cannot Identify a word you can enter that word into the custom dictionary.
Whilst the Spell checker will give you the option, you can enter words at any time by going to the following:-
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Custom.dic file
and enter your word into the text file

Using Custom Setup

Even though Windows 95 gives you different setup options, choose custom setup and verify all the settings it thinks you might want. You'll usually end up selecting a more exact driver for certain hardware devices.