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Registry Hacking - Win95 / Win98
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To Change or find the Location of the
Outlook Express mail box.
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Content Advisors, Disabling
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Not Prompted to disconnect when quitting
IE
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Removing shortcut bar at base of Outlook
Express
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Splitter.vxd is missing
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Internet Explorer 4 stays offline
or Navigation Cancelled
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Session Module Invalid
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Media INI file is missing
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To remove Remote Access
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Oleaut32.dll
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Vnetsup.vxd and Vnetbios.vxd are missing
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To clean thr registry
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Problems inporting registry
files
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Changing location of cab files
To Change or find the
Location of the Outlook Express mail box..
HKEY_Current_User\ Software \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express Store
Root = " blah blah blah " This will show where the mails are placed
in the current profile.. To view other profile's Store Root they will need
to reboot and go to the same place.. Also just by doing a find for Store
Root will find this key.
Removing Content Advisors
Quickest way...... do a search in the registry for "RATINGS"
(without the quotes) delete folder )
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version
\ Polices \ Rating Delete key..
When you quit Internet Explorer, you may
not be prompted to disconnect .
This behavior can occur if the EnableAutodisconnect value in the registry
is set to a data value of 00 00 00 00. To resolve this issue, modify the
data value of the EnableAutodisconnect value in the following registry
key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion
\Internet Settings Change the data value to 01 00 00 00. After you
make this change and quit Registry Editor, restart your computer.
Removing shortcut bar at base of Outlook
Express
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT \Software \Microsoft \Outlook Express and
the BodyBarPath key in the right pane. Highlight it and press delete
/ close restart your computer.
For IE5 users Try this reghack:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\ Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Toolbar | Delete
backBitmapIE5 , Brandbitmap , SmBrandBitmap.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Main
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delete Window Title WARNING
have not checked this!
SPLITTER.VXD:
Error message windows cannot find splitter.vxd
This is the first file loaded when re-installing DUN. Win 95 will keep
searching for the file but will not
be able to find it You must have correct win95 cd or the cab files on your
PC Go to control panel > add remove programmes.close all windows Go to start > run > type
regedit click OK
Back up registry to C:\regback. Go to:
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HKEY LOCAL MACHINE \ System \ Current control set \ Service \ Remote
access highlight folder, - Delete close files. Then to
Session Module Invalid
Refresh comms >>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Services\Remote
Access\ authentication // highlight folder and delete.
Refresh DUN >> reboot and retry. // If this fails rename rasapi32.dll
to rasapi32.xxx And refresh comms and dun again >> reboot and retry
Media INI file is missing
Backup registry / HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Services\Remote
Access\authentication // highlight folder and delete Remove and reinstall
comms and DUN or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services
\ RemoteAccess \ Authentication \SMM_Files key, and examine the "path"
string values in it's sub keys - ie. CSLIP, NWP, PPP, RAS and SLIP... each
"path" string's value data should be "rasapi32.dll". If they aren't, change
them to this. After a restart, everything should be working ok. If it isn't,
rename rasapi32.dll to (e.g.) .old, (via dos if you have to) and refresh
Communications...it's probably a good idea to delete all of the "remote
access" key if you're forced to do this. Assuming the csmr has no LAN
To remove Remote Access
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\current control set\services\remote access
> Highlight folder > Edit > Delete .Removed remote access key.
Oleaut32.dll
IE4Setup file also( Netscape caused an illegal page fault in Oleaut32.dll
) Extract the file to C:\windows\system from the CD or Cab files from
dos
EXTRACT /A /L C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM D:\WIN95\WIN95_02.CAB OLEAUT32.DLL
"ok" and if asked to overwrite say YES ........ If still not working delete
registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Activesetup >
re-install software
Vnetsup.vxd and Vnetbios.vxd are missing
when starting up windows
You must have the Win9x CD or cab files !!! HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ RemoteAccess ....Highlight folder
> Edit > remove Network stack
> restart > then remove communications > restart > re-install networks
( cfmn/dua/tcp/ip ) restart > retick communications >
Internet Explorer 4 stays offline or Navigation
Cancelled Every time you start Internet Explorer, it may be started
in Work Offline mode or you may receive the message "Navigation Canceled,"
and you may remain offline when you click Work Offline on the File menu
to deselect it. Start, Run, regedit. Click Registry menu, select Export
Registry file. Enter filename as c:\old.reg and save it. then set the GlobalUserOffline
DWORD value to the value 0 in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version
\ Internet Settings
NOTE: You must do this every time you are unable to disable Offline
mode in
Problems importing registry files
If you have ever exported a set of Registry entries to a REG file,
there's a good possibility you had trouble importing that same file back
into the Registry. What happens is that you get a warning about tampering
with the system, and the process terminates.
If this happens, your REG file contains the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control \ProductOptions\ProductType.
When you try to import anything at all into the ProductOptions subkey,
you get the aforementioned warning, and the import operation stops.
All you have to do to correct this situation is delete the ProductOptions
subkey from your REG file.
TELL REGISTRY ABOUT THE NEW *.CAB FILES LOCATION
In our last tip, we suggested that you may want to copy the 30 MB or so
of Windows 95 CAB files from the Win95 folder on the installation CD to
a folder on your local drive. (That way, you can install components or
drivers without the CD.) We also mentioned that when you open the Control
Panel, click Add/Remove Programs, and so on, to install components, you'll
need to point Windows to the correct path of the local *.cab files. With
one simple Registry change, you can avoid this extra step.
(Note: As always, back up your Registry files--System.dat and User.dat,
hidden files in your Windows folder--before proceeding.)
Open the Registry Editor by selecting Start, Run, typing | regedit
and clicking OK. Navigate your way to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup.
In the right pane, next to SourcePath, you'll see the path D:\win95 (or
the path from which you installed Windows originally). Right-click SourcePath,
select Modify, and type the path of the folder to which you copied the
CAB files on the Value Data line. Click OK, restart Windows 95, and the
next time you attempt to install a component, Windows will know exactly
where to look.
Clean the Registry
Microsoft gives you several utilities for checking and cleaning
the Registry--that file storing important system attributes. These include:
* Regedit.exe--to view and edit the Registry
* Cfgback.exe--to make backups of the Registry
* Hwdiag.exe--to view detailed registry information about
Emergency Recovery
Regedit and Cfgback are available on the Windows 95 CD- ROM and
Microsoft's Web site. Hwdiag is on the Win95B and Internet Explorer 4 CD-ROM
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