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Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98?
Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98?
I've set the desktop and start menu to classic mode, remoevd the dog cartoon on "Search", added shortcuts to the desktop to common files, but what else can I do. I want to make this look and act like Win98 as much as possible. Rather than spend days looking on the web, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. Thanks |
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Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look likeWin98?
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:12:58 -0700, wrote:
Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98? I've set the desktop and start menu to classic mode, remoevd the dog cartoon on "Search", added shortcuts to the desktop to common files, but what else can I do. I want to make this look and act like Win98 as much as possible. Rather than spend days looking on the web, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. Thanks Move to a PC with a 10MHz clock ? Seriously, you will need to bring the PAINT and NOTEPAD program tools from your Win98 to your WinXP version. MS 'improved' them NOT! |
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Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look likeWin98?
RobertMacy wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:12:58 -0700, wrote: Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98? I've set the desktop and start menu to classic mode, remoevd the dog cartoon on "Search", added shortcuts to the desktop to common files, but what else can I do. I want to make this look and act like Win98 as much as possible. Rather than spend days looking on the web, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. Thanks Here is the method I used. Henry WA0GOZ ================================================== =================== To make WinXP look like Win98, do the *five* things listed below. All folders will have the files listed as Win98 did. Then if there are any folders where you would like to see the icons instead of the listings, in that folder, go to "view" and then click on icons instead of details. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ 1: Right click on lower task bar. Select "Properties". Select Start Menu. Select Classic Start Menu. OK yourself out. 2. In Control Panel, select Tools/ Folder Options / General / Use Windows Classic Folders. Select Open each folder in the same window. OK yourself out. 3. In Control Panel, select "Display" / Appearances. Under Windows and buttons select Windows Classic style. Under Color scheme, select Windows Standard. OK yourself out. 4. In Windows Explorer go to Tools / Folder Options / View and click so a dot shows before Show hidden files and folders and OK yourself out. Make sure you also untick "Hide file extensions for known file types" if that is an option that is ticked. 5. Go to Start/Settings/Taskbar/start menu tab/customize and in the advanced start menu options, Uncheck "use personialized menus". OK yourself out. I think that those are the only things that need changing to make it look pretty much like windows 98. You may have to go to Windows Explorer and under View, check Details. I'm not sure if the above does that or not it's been so long that I did this. ================================================== =============== There is a simple way to get the Start Menu to scroll from one panel to another without clicking on the double arrows to open the whole menu. Right-click on the Start button and select "Properties". On the Start Menu tab, you are using "Classic Start menu" as what you are seeing isn't available with the XP Start menu style. Click on the Customize button. In the bottom scroll window, scroll to the bottom and uncheck "Use Personalized Menus". |
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Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98?
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:56:38 AM UTC-6, Robert Macy wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:12:58 -0700, wrote: Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look like Win98? I've set the desktop and start menu to classic mode, remoevd the dog cartoon on "Search", added shortcuts to the desktop to common files, but what else can I do. I want to make this look and act like Win98 as much as possible. Rather than spend days looking on the web, I thought I'd ask for suggestions. Thanks Move to a PC with a 10MHz clock ? Seriously, you will need to bring the PAINT and NOTEPAD program tools from your Win98 to your WinXP version. MS 'improved' them NOT! I got the Win98 version of paint and could not see any difference with the XP version. Andy |
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Is there a step by step web document to make XP to look likeWin98?
On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:35:20 -0700, Andy
wrote: ...snip... I got the Win98 version of paint and could not see any difference with the XP version. Andy WinXP's version of PAINT will change your working area WITHOUT asking you and without your permission, by simply 'assuming' you want it changed. very irritating when it is done to a carefully selected cropping, to have all that effort suddenly undone. If you bring a larger than your working space picture over using prt scrn, or alt-prt scrn, or have saved an image on the ?? and then go to place it onto your open app of PAINT; WinXP PAINT version assumes you want a larger work space to accomodate that larger image and will automatically enlarge your work space to accept the larger image, and you will have to 'recrop' to get back to your original workspace size. Win98 PAINT version does NOT assume you wish to change the work space size and will ASK you BEFORE you drop it in whether to enlarge the work space or whether to leave the work space the original size. Then, dropping the image in by either enlarging or cropping excess. Very irritating 'improvement' to PAINT. And, to me, rather arrogant on the part of MS SW people. At the time of discovering that 'major flaw', no one had a solution or a workaround, so I simply brought over the Win98 PAINT version and solved the problem. Regarding NOTEPAD, in WinXP vs Win98's Notepad, don't quite remember the details, but the wraparound constantly fails to operate properly, very irritating, too. so had to go back and bring over the Win98 version of Notepad. Yes, there are other text editors that do everything I want, I have them, use many of them, but sometimes Notepad is faster, and just handy. Remember, I said run your Win98 on a PC with a 10MHz clock? I see it everywhere. Playing chess, the image motion dramatically lags behind the position of the cursor. WINDOWS EXPLORER changed, too, but have no fix for that. ...as I'm looking about in the left panel and expand a folder trying to remember where an errant file has gone and deciding on where it should then be placed, as I move to a different folder, WE keeps un-expanding that previous folder, even though I had desired to have that folder left expanded. Very irritating, because I WANT them left expanded when I'm in that type of search and place mode. It's like having a spring loaded drawer snap shut in your face every time you you go to a new drawer, folder! So, I have to take concentration AWAY from my search task to 'coddle' quirks in the Windows Explorer tool. |
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Making XP to look like Win98? Yes
"Andy" wrote in message ...
Making XP to look like Win98! http://www.wintipz.com/XP/WindowsClassic.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV7Cjot8ZNc Dam same way in making Win 98 look Like XP Seriously, you will need to bring the PAINT and NOTEPAD program tools from your Win98 to your WinXP version. MS 'improved' them NOT! I got the Win98 version of paint and could not see any difference with the XP version. Andy Paint® looks the some but not More Save As and more Colors to pick from Like of True Color NotePad® looks the some but not Can view in the Big MB's of Text And will not ask would you like to View is MS Word® |
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