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Windows 98 From A to Z - R - Rebooting Windows 98 Recycle Bin Regional Settings Registering Windows 98 Resource Kit Sampler Resource Meter Run Rebooting Windows 98 Reboot is just another way of saying restart. So when Windows 98 prompts you to reboot your system, it just means that you need to shut it down and restart it. Simply do the following: 1. Click the Start button and choose Shut Down, as shown in Figure R.1. Figure R.1 2. The Shut Down Windows dialog, shown in Figure R.2, appears. Click the Restart radio button and then click the OK button to begin the rebooting process. Figure R.2 NOTE: Whichever radio button you selected the last time you shut down is selected by default (if this is the first time you've used this screen, the top option is selected). Recycle Bin When a file or folder is deleted from your computer, it first goes to the Recycle Bin, which is found on the Windows 98 desktop (see Figure R.3). Figure R.3 NOTE: When the Recycle Bin contains no files or folders, the Recycle Bin icon shown on the desktop appears to be empty. When files or folders have been placed in the Recycle Bin, the Recycle Bin icon appears to be stuffed with paper. NOTE: If you do not see the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop, it's probably just hiding behind one of your open folders or applications. Try right-clicking a blank area of the taskbar and choosing Minimize All Windows; the Recycle Bin icon should then be revealed. To view the contents of the Recycle Bin, double-click its icon on the desktop. If you decide that you no longer wish to delete a file or folder you've placed in the Recycle Bin, simply right-click the file in the Recycle Bin window and choose Restore from the ensuing shortcut menu. This returns the file or folder to the location where it resided before you attempted to delete it. To empty the Recycle Bin and permanently remove its contents from your computer, do the following: 1. Right-click the Recycle Bin icon and choose Empty Recycle Bin from the shortcut menu, as shown in Figure R.4. Figure R.4 2. The dialog shown in Figure R.5 opens. If you are certain you want to delete the contents of the Recycle Bin, click Yes. Figure R.5 NOTE: If the Recycle Bin contains only one file, the dialog shown in Figure R.5 provides the name of the file to be deleted. If the Recycle Bin contains multiple files, the dialog simply tells you how many files will be deleted. 3. You are returned to the Windows 98 desktop. As shown in Figure R.6, the Recycle Bin icon no longer appears to be stuffed with paper. Figure R.6 Regional Settings Windows 98's Regional Settings feature makes it much easier to change the default time, date, currency, and number configurations for your PC. To configure your PC using this feature, do the following: 1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, and then select Control Panel, as shown in Figure R.7. Figure R.7 2. Double-click the Regional Settings icon in the Control Panel window, shown in Figure R.8. Figure R.8 3. The Regional Settings tab of the Regional Settings Properties dialog opens, as shown in Figure R.9. Because I live in Chicago, I've left the default option, English (United States), selected. To select a different language (such as British English, Russian, Slovak, Polish, or Macedonian, to name a few), click the down-arrow button next to the text field and select the language you want to use. Figure R.9 NOTE: You might be prompted to reboot your computer immediately following a language change. Click Yes and reboot before changing more regional settings. 4. Click the Number tab to view the screen shown in Figure R.10. Here you specify exactly how numbers and decimal points are configured for their local environment. Two sample boxes near the top of the screen display how positive and negative numbers look with the new regional settings. Figure R.10 5. Click the Currency tab to view the screen shown in Figure R.11. Here you specify how currency figures are to be configured for your local environment. Two sample boxes near the top of the screen display how a positive and negative currency amount appears with the new regional settings. 6. Click the Time tab to view the screen shown in Figure R.12. Here you select the format of the system clock. 7. Click the Date tab to view the screen shown in Figure R.13. Here you select the format of the local calendar and date type, as well as the Year 2000 system settings. 8. Click the OK button to accept your changes and return to the Windows 98 desktop. Figure R.11 Figure R.12 Figure R.13 Registering Windows 98 After you have installed Windows 98 (or have set up a PC with Windows 98 pre-installed), you should register the operating system software with Microsoft. If you register Windows 98, you become eligible for product support, and are ensured that you will be updated on future product enhancements. To register, do the following: 1. Connect to the Internet. 2. Click the Start button, choose Programs, select Accessories, click System Tools, and then choose Welcome to Windows, as shown in Figure R.14. Figure R.14 3. Click the Register Now entry in the Contents menu of the Welcome to Windows 98 screen, shown in Figure R.15. 4. The first screen of the Registration wizard, shown in Figure R.16, tells you why you should register. To continue the registration process, click the Next button. 5. The wizard's second screen, shown in Figure R.17, informs you that the Registration wizard is about to inventory your system's hardware. Click the Next button to continue. Figure R.15 Figure R.16 Figure R.17 NOTE: Don't panic! Microsoft is not stealing information from your PC, nor is it gathering bits of information about competitive products you may be using. This is simply a harmless information-gathering procedure to help Microsoft customer support, should you require assistance somewhere down the road. 6. In the wizard's third screen, shown in Figure R.18, you type your first name, last name, and company name (type your company name only if your employer--not you--purchased this version of Windows 98). Click the Next button to continue. Figure R.18 7. In the screen shown in Figure R.19, enter your address information, including country. If you provide an email address, Microsoft will occasionally send you electronic messages informing you of changes to the product. Click the Next button to continue. Figure R.19 8. The screen shown in Figure R.20 enables you to specify where you bought your copy of Windows 98, and whether you want to be included in various offers of non-Microsoft products and services. Click the Next button to continue. Figure R.20 NOTE: Entering information in the screen shown in Figure R.20 is not required. 9. The screen shown in Figure R.21 contains the information the Registration wizard was able to glean from your computer system while you were filling in information on previous screens (sneaky, huh?). If you decide to forward this information to Microsoft by clicking the Yes radio button, you will receive more efficient product support. Click the Next button to continue. Figure R.21 The final informational screen, shown in Figure R.22, appears. Write down the Windows 98 product ID number that appears in the middle of the screen (this number is unique to your computer and will be required should you ever need product support from Microsoft). Click the Register button. You'll see a message box informing you that your registration information is being sent to Microsoft. Once the registration process is complete, you'll see a confirmation dialog like the one shown in Figure R.23. Click Finish. Figure R.22 Figure R.23 You are returned to the Welcome to Windows 98 screen, shown in Figure R.24. The Register Now entry now has a check mark to the right of it, which indicates that you have successfully completed the Windows 98 registration process. Click the x button in the upper-right corner of the screen to close this window. Figure R.24 Resource Kit Sampler The Windows 98 CD-ROM contains a set of programs known as the Windows 98 Resource Kit Sampler. This is a scaled-down version of the actual resource kit applications, which include the following component categories: Configuration tools Deployment tools Desktop tools Diagnostics and troubleshooting tools File tools Network automation tools Scripting tools Unless you are intent on purchasing the full Windows 98 Resource Kit or are unless you are inherently curious, it is not recommended that the beginning user work with any of these tools. If any of these tools are misused, even in their limited forms, it can destroy your existing Windows 98 operating environment (requiring you to re-install Windows 98 on your PC). That said, you can install the kit by doing the following: 1. Click the Start button and choose Run. 2. In the Run dialog, shown in Figure R.25, type D:\tools\reskit\setup.exe Figure R.25 3. Follow all the prompts to complete the installation of the kit. The kit, by default, is placed in the C:\Win98RK folder, but you can put these files anywhere you want. 4. When the installation is complete, click the OK button. 5. To use the various tools of the kit, click the Start button, select Programs, and choose Windows 98 Resource Kit, as shown in Figure R.26. Figure R.26 6. The Tools Management Console is the starting point for the use of each of the Resource Kit's tools. NOTE: Remember that these are not full versions of each tool (that is, their functionality is limited), so don't be surprised if something doesn't quite work the way you thought it would. Resource Meter You can use the Windows 98 Resource Meter to monitor the health of your computer system by displaying how much of your system's resources are available. To run the Resource Meter, do the following: 1. Click the Start button, choose Programs, select Accessories, click System Tools, and then choose Resource Meter, as shown in Figure R.27. 2. Read the informational box in Figure R.28 and then click OK to con-tinue. NOTE: Click the Don't display this message again check box if you don't want to be bothered with this dialog again. Figure R.27 Figure R.28 NOTE: To avoid draining system resources unnecessarily, run the Resource Meter only when you need to know how many of your system's resources are available. 3. You are now returned to the Windows 98 desktop. In the far-right portion of the taskbar, you'll find an icon that represents the Resource Meter. If you hover your mouse pointer over this icon (as shown in Figure R.29), you can view what percentage of the following resources are free: System A System resource is required by Windows 98 and will almost always be present. There is not much tuning or tweaking you can do to lower this number, other than to eliminate some Windows 98 features and functions. Figure R.29 User User resources are those that are consumed by the use of backgrounds, the addition of icons and HTML files to the desktop, the simultaneous opening of several programs, and so on. GDI GDI resources are consumed by the graphics capabilities of your PC. To decrease the consumption of GDI resources, you might reduce the number of colors your monitor shows from High (either 24-bit, which equates to 16.7 million colors, or 16-bit, which equates to 65,000 colors) to 256. If you have trouble seeing the percentages on the desktop, right-click the Resource Meter icon and click Details in the ensuing shortcut menu. This opens the screen shown in Figure R.30; click OK to close it. Figure R.30 Run The Windows 98 Run window enables you to execute Run commands to start programs or open folders, documents, or Internet resources. To use this window, do the following: 1. Click the Start button and choose Run, as shown in Figure R.31. Figure R.31 2. In the Run window, shown in Figure R.32, type the full path to the program you want to run, including the name of the executable file (if you don't know the full path, click the Browse button to find the file). In this example, I've typed the path to setup file of the Windows 98 Personal Web Server add-on product, which is located in my CD-ROM drive. Figure R.32 © Copyright, Macmillan Computer Publishing. All rights reserved. |