Windows

16 Bit

I have now, once again, a computer running Windows 3.1 (actually, Windows for Workgroups 3.11), an IBM PS/2 57. On its page you will find a few links to Windows 3.1 games. I have windows 1.04 installed on another computer, an IBM PS/2 55SX. These are the only two versions of 16-bit Windows that I know. I must say that I like them both.

• 16-bit Windows games
• Woof's Windoze page
• Lightspeed's Reference Page – Everything Windows 3.1
• Windows 3.1x tuning page
• win31.de
• Calmira is a complete 16-bit shell that lets you manage files, launch applications and control tasks. It brings Windows 3.1 up to date with some of the advanced user interface enhancements from the Windows world, and for most people, provides welcome relief from the awkwardness of File Manager. – In other words, if you want Windows 3.1 to look like 95, there's nothing to stop you. Why anyone would want this, is beyond me. I'd rather have Windows 95 (or 98, or XP) look like 3.1.

32 Bit

• Shell Extensions: A Tutorial by MrShannon
• Windows registry and system file notes and tips
• litePC: Home of 98lite and xplite – system utilities to customize and tweak Windows for performance and embedded computers.
• Annoyances.org is the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows.

ME

• Creating a Windows ME boot disk
• Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows Millennium By Reines [MFD]

XP

Turn off zip file support

In Run, type:

regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

This will unregister zip files, so you will have to associate them again with the archive utility of your choice. To re-enable zip file support, type the above without the /u.

Disable File Protection

• Run regedit
• Find the key SFCDisable
• Set it to ffffff9d
• See Registry Guide for additional steps.

A brute force method is to simply delete the directory Windows replaces the system files from. By default, this is %systemroot%\system32\dllcache.

• Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP
• Creating Windows XP Icons

  This article discusses how to design and create colorful and dynamic icons for Windows XP using a vector program, such as FreeHand or Illustrator, and Photoshop. (19 printed pages)

• System Uptime is a small GUI utility that will display your current system uptime in weeks, days, hours and minutes. small GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility will display your current System Uptime in Weeks, Days, Hours and Minutes. Version 1.1.5 added system tray support with uptime displayed on mouseover.
• Consumer Alert

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Last modified 2006-02-08