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Warnings and Stuff
Warnings and Stuff
All of this stuff has been personally tested on Intel/AMD PC's
running clean installs and upgrades of Win98©®?©®,
Windows95b?, and Win95a© OEM from Packard Bell (some of
these tips are unnecessary in Win98, or just won't work).
WinMe...well, who cares? Go to the System Restore
and make a checkpoint first. As always, YOUR machine
may melt into a big puddle of plastic, so always make a
backup of the registry and make sure you know how to use it.
Play it safe. Make only one change at a time,
restart the computer, and make sure everything
works as it should. Close any open applications
before messing around with the registry, have your
backup handy (including a boot floppy disk that lets
you access your CD-ROM).
Nero boot CD
Roxio boot CD
Much of this can be done with TweakUI
or [First edition Win98 CD-ROM drive letter]:\tools\reskit\powertoy) and/or
Poledit ([CD-ROM drive letter]:\tools\reskit\netadmin\poledit), but
what fun is that?
If you use Poledit, set it to only run specified applications, and
don't include Poledit as one of the applications, you can't
use Poledit to change anything else...including changing
the list of allowed applications. Got it? Good.
Most changes to the registry won't take
effect until you reboot. Making only one
change at a time isolates any problems that may develop.
If you mess something up anyway, boot into
DOS and type: regedit /D
where is the path to the registry key
you want to delete.
Use this carefully, as it can hose your registry
completely. This is where your knack for remembering
obscure data kicks in.
Here's how you're supposed to restore your
registry from //www.the(slang for nude)pc.com/:
regrestore.txt
It's probably a good idea to review it
before...well, you know...boom. :-O
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