By default, icons are 32x32 pixels in size and occupy 43x43 pixel space. You can easily adjust these settings by right clicking on the Windows Desktop and selecting "Properties | Appearance" tab. Icon size can be changed by selecting "Icon" from the "Item" drop-down list and the icon spacing can be changed by selecting "Icon spacing (horizontal)" / "Icon spacing (vertical)" items.
Are you having trouble booting your Windows 95 or DOS 5.x-6.x system after modifying CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Of course, you could try to create a system boot disk and boot from it, but here's an easier way:
* Simply hold SHIFT key down while Windows or MS-DOS is bootig.
If one of your 16bit Windows programs is crashing often or if you suspect it is causing other 16bit Windows programs to stop responding, try giving it it's own memory space.
Select the shortcut of the 16bit Windows program in question and go to it's properties ("Right click | Properties"). Go to the "Shortcut" tab and make sure "Run in Separate Memory Space" is checked.
Following steps could speedup your < 4X CD-ROM run as much as twice as fast:
1. Right click on "My Computer" and choose Properties
2. Select "Performance | File System | CD-ROM" and follow the instructions.
Feel like your Start Menu takes just too long to open pop-up (sub) menus? This could delay could add up if you have to travel through a few pop-up menus to get to your word processor every day. Here's how you can speed thing up a little:
