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newCheck your resources
If you're itching to get into the meat and potatoes of Windows 95--we're talking the nerdiest of nerdy stuff, mostly for administrators--then you need the Windows 95 Resource Kit. If you have the Windows 95 installation CD, you already have this technical resource. If not, you can download the Resource Kit from Microsoft's Web site, or purchase it in your local bookstore.

Pop the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive and navigate your way to D:\ADMIN\RESKIT\HELPFILE. To view the Help files right off the CD, double-click WIN95RK.HLP. To access the Resource Kit from your hard drive, copy the WIN95RK.HLP and WIN95RK.CNT files to your C:\WINDOWS\HELP folder, then create a shortcut to WIN95RK.HLP. Either way, the Resource Kit's contents appear in a Help Topics window, complete with Contents, Index and Find tabs.

new"Click on start to begin" well, duh.
Does your system display an arrow that points to your Start button, with a "Click on Start to begin" message, every time you start Windows 95? With a little Registry editing, you can turn off this annoying reminder. (Remember, back up the Registry before you follow this technique.)

First, open the Registry Editor by selecting Run in the Start Menu, then type "regedit," and click OK. Navigate your way to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Right-mouse click a blank area in the right pane, select New, then select Binary Value in the popup menu. Name the new item NoStartBanner.

Right-mouse click NoStartBanner and select Modify to open the Edit Binary Value dialog box. The cursor will appear after the four zeros under Value data. Type "01 00 00 00." (No spaces, quotes or period--Windows puts in the spaces for you automatically.)Click OK. Close the Registry Editor, restart Windows 95, and that annoying arrow and message are gone!

newYou're off the list
When you right-mouse click the desktop or a window and select New, Windows 95 presents you with a menu of file types for which you can create a new item. Is there an item there that refers to an application you don't even have on your system anymore? Then remove it from the list.

In a My Computer or Explorer window, select Options under the View menu and click the File Types tab. Scroll through the list of Registered file types, select the one that refers to the item you want to remove from the New list, and click Remove. Click Yes to confirm, click Close, and go check out your revised New list.

newI'll never empty the trash again
If you never, ever retrieve items from the Recycle Bin, you may want to disable it altogether. Once you do, you'll never have to worry about emptying it again. (Of course, the trade-off is that you don't have a safety net in the event that you delete something inadvertently.)

Right-mouse click the Recycle Bin, select Properties and select "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately upon delete." Click OK.

newNo-cloud startups
Tired of seeing that cloud StartUp logo every time you boot Windows 95? You can get rid of it by editing your MSDOS.SYS file.

The first thing you need to do is remove this file's hidden and read-only attributes: Open up Explorer and locate MSDOS.SYS, right-mouse click it and select Properties, deselect Read-only and hidden, and click OK. Next, open MSDOS.SYS in Notepad and add the line "LOGO=0" to the [Options] section (or change the line LOGO=1 to LOGO=0). Select Save under the File menu and close Notepad.

Return the hidden and read-only attributes to MSDOS.SYS (using the same technique you did to remove them). Try restarting your system, and those clouds are gone with the wind(ows).

newFinders keepers
If you've just completed a Find that you know you'll need again, keep it around for future use. It's a lot quicker than having to type in all those conditions again.

Once you've completed your search, pull down the File menu and choose Save Search. Doing so places an icon that represents that find on the desktop. (Of course, you can move it wherever you want, such as into a folder you've set up just for finds.)

To conduct the same search in the future, double-click the shortcut. Find will open with all the conditions set--all you have to do is click Find Now.

newAlways choose double-paned windows
When you double-click a folder, it opens in a regular window view. But if you prefer, you can make every folder open in an Explorer view.

In an Explorer or My Computer window, select Options under View and click the File Types tab. Select Folder in the list of Registered file types, then click the Edit button. Select Explore in the Actions list, click the Set Default button, and click Close. Click Close one more time and go try out your change--double-click any folder and its contents appear in an Explorer view. (Note: To open a folder in a regular window view, right-mouse click it and select Open.)

newOut-of-place applications
Are there applications in the Install/Uninstall list (in the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box) that you've already deleted from your system? Or that, when you select them and click the Add/Remove button, give you a message that the uninstallation can't proceed? Sure, you could leave them there and forget about them, but if you like to keep things neat and tidy, you'll be happy to know you can remove unwanted items from this list.

The easiest way to remove items is using Tweak UI, one of the Microsoft PowerToys. (Point your web browser to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/powertoy.htm and follow the Download Instructions.) Assuming they're installed, in the Control Panel, double-click Tweak UI. On the Add/Remove tab, select an item you want to remove and click Remove.

If you don't have Tweak UI, you can remove items from the Install/Uninstall list by editing the Windows 95 Registry. (As always, back it up first.) Open the Registry Editor--select Start, Run, type "regedit" and click OK--and navigate your way to

HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Under the Uninstall key, right-mouse click the item you want to get rid of, and select Delete. Click Yes to confirm, then repeat these steps to delete other items. When you're finished, close the Registry Editor. The next time you open the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, you'll find that those unwanted items are gone.

newMore efficient file management
If you're working in a Windows 95-savvy application, such as Microsoft Word 7.0, you can manage your files right from its Save As or Open dialog box. Try it to see what we mean. Open up either one of these dialog boxes and right-mouse click a file. You'll see all the commands you would see if you right-mouse clicked the file on the desktop or in an Explorer window. For example, you can delete or rename files, all without ever leaving your application!

newExplorer refreshments
Want to restart Explorer? You could do it by restarting Windows 95 (select Start, Shut Down, select "Restart the computer," and then hold down Shift while clicking Yes) but there's an even faster way.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the End Task dialog box. Select Explorer, click End Task, and when you're asked if you want to shut down, click No. After a short wait, you'll be presented with an Explorer dialog box. Click End Task, and Explorer is officially restarted.

newOrganize your clippings
The Windows 95 installation CD holds a handy little program--ClipBook -- that allows you to store cut or copied items, such as text or graphics. From there, you can easily paste these items into other documents.

On the installation CD, navigate your way to Other\Clipbook. Double-click Clipbrd.EXE to open the ClipBook Viewer, made up of two windows--Clipboard, which displays the last item you cut or copied, and Local ClipBook, which acts as a storage area for previously cut or copied items.

Once you've cut or copied an item to the Clipboard, it's easy to add it to the Local Clipbook. In the ClipBook Viewer, select the Local ClipBook window and click the Paste icon. Enter a name for the new item and click OK. To paste a ClipBook page into a new location, select it in the Local ClipBook window and click the Copy icon. Then simply Paste the item wherever you'd like it.

newRestricted access - Part 1 of 5
Tired of other people messing with your computer? The System Policy Editor, located on the Windows 95 installation CD, allows you to set up restrictions, such as locking people out of the Display Properties dialog box or your Registry. While designed for network administrators, the Policy Editor works on non-networked systems as well.

To access the System Policy Editor, navigate your way to ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT (on the Windows 95 installation CD) and double-click POLEDIT.EXE. Select Open Registry under the File menu, then double-click the Local User icon.

You'll need to access this tool off the installation CD every time you want to set or deselect restrictions -- that is, unless you install the System Policy Editor on your hard drive. (Note: You'll only want to do this if the people you're protecting yourself against won't know how to undo your restrictions!) To install the System Policy Editor, with the Windows 95 installation CD in your CD-ROM drive, Open the Control Panel and double-click Add/Remove Programs. On the Windows Setup tab, click the Have Disk button, then click Browse and navigate your way to X:\ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT, where X is your CD-ROM drive. Click OK twice, then in the Have Disk dialog box, select Group policies and System Policy Editor. Click Install, and finally click OK.

To run the System Policy Editor, select Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and System Policy Editor. If you see the Open Template dialog box the first time you open the Policy Editor, navigate your way to the ADMIN.ADM file -- yours was in C:\WINDOWS\INF -- and double-click it.

newRestricted access - Part 2 of 5
In our last tip, we introduced the System Policy Editor, which allows you to set up restrictions on your computer. To access this tool, navigate your way to ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT (on the Windows 95 installation CD) and double-click POLEDIT.EXE. Select Open Registry under the File menu, then double-click the Local User icon. Now let's watch it in action.

Suppose you want to keep people from messing with the settings in your Display Properties dialog box. Inside the Policy Editor, double-click the Control Panel book, then the Display book; and select "Restrict Display Control Panel." In the list that appears at the bottom of the dialog box, select Disable Display Control Panel. (You could also select any of the individual options there.) Click OK, select Save under the File menu, and the restriction is set. From now on, anyone who attempts to open the Display Properties dialog box will see an error message. (If you've restricted access to individual tabs, they simply won't appear in the Display Properties dialog box).(To undo this restriction, deselect it and save your change.)

newRestricted access - Part 3 of 5
In our last tip, we introduced the System Policy Editor, which allows you to set up restrictions on your computer. To access this tool, navigate your way to ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT (on the Windows 95 installation CD) and double-click POLEDIT.EXE. Select Open Registry under the File menu, then double-click the Local User icon.

To restrict the programs to which people have access from the start menu, use the Policy Editor to replace the Programs folder. First, create a new folder that includes the items you'd like in the Programs folder. Inside the Policy Editor, double-click Shell and then Custom Folders. Select Custom Programs Folder, and at the bottom of the dialog box, type the path of the folder you just created. Finally, select "Hide Start Menu subfolders."

Click OK, and as always, save your changes by selecting Save under the Policy Editor's File menu. Restart Windows 95, select Programs under Start, and you'll find only those items you placed in the new Programs folder. (To undo this setting, deselect it and save your change.)

newRestricted access - Part 4 of 5
In a previous tip, we introduced the System Policy Editor, which allows you to set up restrictions on your computer. To access this tool, navigate your way to ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT (on the Windows 95 installation CD) and double-click POLEDIT.EXE. Select Open Registry under the File menu, then double-click the Local User icon.

If you don't want anyone messing with your Registry, disable the Registry editing tools. Inside the Policy Editor, double-click the System book, then Restrictions. Select Disable Registry editing tools, click OK, then select Save under File. (To undo this restriction, deselect it and save your change.)

newRestricted access - Part 5 of 5
In a previous tip, we introduced the System Policy Editor, which allows you to set up restrictions on your computer. To access this tool, navigate your way to ADMIN\APPTOOLS\POLEDIT (on the Windows 95 installation CD) and double-click POLEDIT.EXE. Select Open Registry under the File menu, then double-click the Local User icon.

Let's say you're going on vacation and want the temp using your computer to have access to only specific applications. Inside the Policy Editor, double-click the System book, then double-click Restrictions and select Only Run Allowed Windows Applications. Click on Show, then select Add and type the executable file name (not the entire path) of the application you'd like to allow. An example is POLEDIT.EXE. Click on OK, and repeat these steps until all allowed applications are on the list. Click on OK again, then select Save under the Policy Editor's File menu to save your changes. (To undo this restriction, deselect it and save your change.)

newHappy trails
If you have a hard time following your mouse pointer across the screen, ask Windows 95 to trail it. The pointer trails option displays a number of pointers along the pointer's path, making it easier to track visually.

Open the Control Panel and double-click on Mouse. Next, click on the Motion tab and select Show Pointer Trails. Finally, move the lever toward Long or Short, depending on the length of the trail you want, and click on OK. Try moving that pointer around and your mouse now has a tail!

newA prints-ly desktop
Want to print directly from your desktop? Then place a printer shortcut there. Double-click on My Computer, double-click on the Printers folder, and then right-mouse click and drag your printer icon onto the desktop. Let go, select Create Shortcut(s) Here, and voila.

When you want to print a file, just drag its icon onto the printer shortcut and let go. You don't even have to open the application in which the file was created (Windows 95 does that for you).

newLet 'em rip
Do you have sections of text or particular graphics that you plan to use in more than one place? As long as they were created in a Windows 95-savvy application (such as Microsoft Word 97 and beyond), you can turn them into document scraps--pieces of documents that can be used again and again. You can store these scraps anywhere you want (how about in a folder called Scraps?).

Creating a scrap is similar to creating a shortcut. Highlight the text or graphics you want to keep around, then drag it into your Scraps folder, or onto the desktop, or anywhere else you'd like to store it. Let go, and a shortcut with the word "Scrap" in it should appear. (If not, that application may not be as savvy as you think.) To use a scrap, just drag and drop it onto a document.

newCut to the taskbar--Part 1 of 2
Want instant access to all the contents of a folder, without having to open that folder? If you have Internet Explorer 4.0 installed, you can turn any folder into a Taskbar toolbar. Simply click and drag a folder, such as My Computer, to a blank area on the Taskbar. (You'll know it's a "blank" area because the black circle-with-the-line-through-it icon will disappear from your mouse pointer.) Let go, and each item inside the folder now appears as a toolbar item.

Once the folder's contents appear on your Taskbar, you can resize this new toolbar just like any other. Hold the mouse pointer over the vertical line on its left edge, and when the pointer changes to a double-pointed arrow, click and drag in either direction. To delete the toolbar, right-mouse-click this same vertical line (or any blank area on the Taskbar), select Toolbars, and deselect the folder name in the pop-out list.

newCut to the taskbar--Part 2 of 2
In our last tip, we showed IE 4.0 users how to create a Taskbar toolbar from any folder: Right-mouse-click and drag the folder to a blank area on the toolbar and let go.

If you followed the example we gave in this tip, and created a toolbar from your My Computer folder, you now have a handy list of My Computer icons on your Taskbar. The problem is, the toolbar's so darn long that you have to scroll way over to get to the items that don't fit on the Taskbar. The solution? Cut down on the amount of Taskbar real estate that the toolbar requires by getting rid of all of its text. Right-mouse-click the vertical bar on the left edge of the toolbar and deselect Show Title. Right-mouse click the same bar again, and this time select Show Text (to deselect this option). You're left with the icons and nothing but the icons--and a much shorter toolbar!

(Tip in a tip: Hold your mouse pointer over any icon on your new toolbar, and a little box pops up with its name--or in some cases, full instructions--inside.)

newThree cheers for sandra!
Looking for information on your system, as well as quick access to all your system files? Download and install SiSoft Sandra, an information and diagnostic tool for Windows 95 and 98 (free for home users, $29 otherwise). To obtain this utility, point your Web browser to http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/index.htm

If you're a home user, click the Download & Update Sandra Standard link, then select a download site. Commercial users, click the Buy Sandra Professional On-line link, and so on. Install and open the utility, then feast your eyes on more information than you could ever want. Pick an icon, any icon! (For example, click the System Summary icon for processor information.)

newIf you ask me to enter a password one more time
Part 1 of 2

If you just got your hands on a PC that was hooked up to a network in a former lifetime, chances are you still see the Enter Network Password dialog box each time you start Windows 95. You can bypass this dialog box by pressing Esc, but a more satisfying solution is to get rid of it altogether.

Right-mouse-click your desktop's Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties. (Alternatively, open the Control Panel and double-click Networks.) On the Configuration tab, under Primary Network Logon, click the down arrow and select Windows Logon. Click OK, wait while Windows builds its information driver base (zzz . . .), then click Yes to restart your computer (or restart at your convenience). That annoying log-in box will never bother you again.

Are you trying to get rid of TWO log-in dialog boxes--one for networks and one for Windows 95? Don't follow the above tip just yet. In our next tip, we'll show you how to ditch them both in one fell swoop.

newIf you ask me to enter a password one more time
Part 2 of 2

In our last tip, we told you how to get rid of the Enter Network Password dialog box: Open the Control Panel, double-click Networks, select Windows Logon under Primary Network Logon, and click OK (then restart Windows 95). Trying to get rid of the Windows 95 log-in dialog box, too? Here's how to ditch both dialog boxes at once:
Follow the steps above, but when Windows asks if you want to restart your system, click No. Back at the Control Panel, double-click Passwords, and on the Change Passwords tab, click the Change Windows Password button. Type the Old password, press Tab to move the cursor to the New password field, then press Enter. You'll see a dialog box telling you that the password has been changed successfully. Click OK, click Close, restart Windows 95 at your convenience, and enjoy your log-in-box-free startups!

(Note: To ditch only the Windows 95 log-in dialog box, just follow the second part of this technique: Double-click the Control Panel's Passwords icon and so on.)

newAttention, southpaws!
Are you a left-handed mouse user? Then you're probably getting good and tired of dragging your right hand all the way over to the left side of the keyboard to use Ctrl-X, Ctrl-C, and Ctrl-V--the Cut, Copy, and Paste equivalents. And no, not using them isn't an option! (Nor is picking your left hand up off the mouse.)

If you're hooked on keyboard combos, you'll be happy to know there are keyboard combo equivalents for Cut, Copy, Paste, and even Undo, on the right side of your keyboard. Still around from the days of Windows 3.0 and before (but just not documented), the following CUA (common user access) commands spell relief for sore wrists:

Shift-Delete = Cut
Ctrl-Insert = Copy
Shift-Insert = Paste
Alt-Backspace = Undo (also Ctrl-Z, for right-handers)

These commands are supported by many (but not all) applications and also by Windows 95. You'll have to try them out in your own applications. Of course, the one hitch is that you can't use Shift-Delete outside of an application (for example, to cut a selected icon from an Explorer folder). Remember, as far as Windows 95 is concerned, Shift-Delete means you want to delete the items without sending them to the Recycle Bin. So be sure not to use this combo unless you're inside an application, such as Word or Notepad.

newAn oldie but goodie
Want your old File Manager back? You don't have to switch back to Windows 3.x to access this oldie but goodie. Just click the Start button, select Run, type

Winfile

and click OK. File management, the old-fashioned way! (Note: This utility is part of Windows 95, so you have it even if you've deleted all your old Windows 3.x files.)

newKeyboard cheat sheet
Here are some of the handier shortcuts (in no particular order):

Shift-F10: Right-mouse-click selected item
Ctrl-Esc: Display Start menu
Alt-[underlined letter]: Select menu command
Alt-Esc: Switch to Taskbar's "next" open window
Alt-Tab: Switch among open windows (hold Alt and continue to press Tab)
Alt-F4: Close active window
Alt-spacebar, N: Minimize active window
Alt-spacebar, X: Maximize active window
Alt-spacebar, R: Restore active window
Alt-spacebar, C: Close active window
Ctrl-F10: Switch focus to menu commands (in any Explorer window)
Ctrl-Tab: Rotate through dialog box tabs
Ctrl-Shift-Tab: Rotate through dialog box tabs in reverse
Ctrl-Alt-Del: Display Close Program dialog box

Once you master the basics, try some of these keystroke combos:

Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Shift-F10: Right-mouse-click Start button
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Tab: Shift focus to desktop icons
Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Shift-F10, M: Minimize open windows

newHow much FAT-ter can you make your hard drive?
Want to know how much hard disk space you could regain if you switched to Windows 98 and converted to the FAT32 file system? (In case you haven't heard the scoop on FAT32, it stores files on your hard disk in smaller clusters than the older FAT16 file system, resulting in less wasted space.) Download the FAT32 utility and find out. Point your Web browser to http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/info/fat32.htm and click Download the FAT32 Utility. When the download is complete, extract the contents of Fat32.exe to your location of choice, then double-click the resulting Fat32win.exe file to run the utility. Once inside, just select a drive and click Scan.

newMake your own windows key
Wish you had a Windows key on your keyboard, just like your friends with Microsoft Natural Keyboards? Then make one. All you need to complete the operation is the Keyboard Remap Kernel Toy and your Right Ctrl or Right Alt key.

Point your Web browser at http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/info/kerneltoys.htm and click the Windows 95 Keyboard Remap link. Download the file to your location of choice, then double-click Keyremap.exe to extract its contents. Right-mouse-click the resulting Keyremap.inf file and select install.

To use this utility, open the Control Panel, double-click Keyboard, and select the new Remap tab. Under Right-hand Side, select the key you want to transform--such as Right Alt--in the left-hand box. In the right-hand box (still under Right-hand Side), select Windows. Click OK, and you now have a Windows key. See for yourself--press the key you transformed once and up pops the Start menu!

newStop, in the name of properties!
If you're trying to free up some hard disk space or speed up your Windows startup, you may opt to remove some unused fonts from your system. Good idea, but whatever you do, don't try to find out how much space they all take up by opening the Control Panel's Fonts folder, selecting all the fonts inside, right-mouse-clicking the selection and choosing Properties. Doing so will not open a single Properties dialog box listing the total size of all the selected fonts, as you might expect. Instead, Windows will proceed to open a Properties dialog box for EVERY selected font (yikes), most likely resulting in a system crash. (Go ahead, try it and see. We dare ya.)

Instead, right-mouse-click the Fonts folder (inside the Control Panel or your Windows folder), and select Properties. The resulting dialog box will tell you the total size of all installed fonts.

newEn-script-ed messages
Here's one for when you're really bored:
Want to spiff up the reminder/warning messages that pop onto your screen, such as, "You cannot move or copy this item . . . blah-de-blah-de blah . . "? You can make them look much nicer by changing the font Windows uses to write them. (Just be careful not to choose something that's almost impossible to read, such as NuptialScript!) Right-mouse-click the desktop, select Properties, click the Appearance tab, and under Item, select Message Box. At the bottom of the dialog box, change the Font (and Color, too, if you dare), then click OK.
To test your change, open the Control Panel, then click and drag any item onto the desktop. A stylin' error message will appear!

newBeware: new drivers ahead
"How do you remove drivers for a device once they're installed? An easy solution is to remove the device from your system, then reinstall it. You can remove any device from your system using the System Properties dialog box. Right-mouse-click My Computer, select Properties, and click the Device Manager tab. Click the plus sign next to the category of the device you'd like to remove, then select the exact device. Click the Remove button, click Yes to confirm, and Windows will remove the device from your system.

Now just start the installation over from scratch. Turn off your computer and unplug the device you just removed. (Note: Unplugging the device may not be necessary, but you may as well do it, just in case). Plug the device back in, turn your computer back on, and repeat the steps you followed to install the device the first time--selecting different drivers, of course!

newDitch those lingering apps
How do you delete a program name from the Add/Remove Programs list once the program has been removed?

It's annoying, isn't it? Often, programs you've already removed from your system still appear in the Install/Uninstall list of the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box.

If you have the Tweak UI PowerToy, cleaning out this list involves nothing more than a few quick clicks. You can download this handy utility from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/info/powertoys.htm. Open the Control Panel, double-click Tweak UI, and click the Add/Remove tab. Select an item you want to remove from the list, click the Remove button, then click Yes to confirm. Repeat these steps until all unwanted items are off the list, then click OK to close Tweak UI.

Without Tweak UI, cleaning out the Install/Uninstall list involves editing the Registry. (As always, back up your Registry files--System.dat and User.dat--before proceeding.) Open the Registry Editor: select Start, Run, type

regedit

and click OK, then navigate your way to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. In the left pane, under Uninstall, right-mouse click an item you want to remove from the list and select Delete. Click Yes to confirm. Right-mouse click another item you'd like to remove, select Delete, and so on, until you've deleted all unwanted items. When you're finished, close the Registry Editor.

newBeef up your buttons
Can't seem to grab hold of those tiny little caption buttons--the three buttons in the upper-right corner of every open window? Then beef them up a bit.

Open the Display Properties dialog box: right-mouse click the desktop, select Properties, and click the Appearance tab. Under Item, click the down arrow, then scroll up a bit and select Caption Buttons. Click and hold the up arrow next to Size, and when the buttons in the preview arrow look big enough to you, let go. Click OK to make the change stick. (Note: You'll notice your Taskbar items get a little larger as well. Them's the breaks.)

newAnd... Print it!
How can you print the current screen? I press the Print Screen key and nothing happens!

Actually, pressing the Print Screen key only sends the current screen to the Clipboard. From there, the easiest way to print the image is to copy it into Paint, and use Paint's Print command.

After you've pressed the Print Screen key, open Paint by selecting Start, Programs, Accessories. Select Edit, Paste, and if you see a message stating that the image is larger than the current bit map, click Yes to confirm that you'd like it to enlarge the bit map. The screen you're trying to print now appears inside your Paint window.

Before printing, be sure to switch Paint's Page Setup to Landscape mode, so the entire screen will print on a standard letter-size page. Select File, Page Setup, select Landscape, and click OK. Now select File, Print, and you'll see your screen roll off the printer. (Now why can't Windows manage that all by itself?)

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