Customization and Configuration of Windows 95

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Customization and Configuration of Windows 95
Small Systems Technology
Intersession, 1998
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Lots of Desktops

• You can set up a lot of different desktops, each
  with its own look and feel, for various users of
  Windows 95.
• This is done by logging on as a particular user.
• Your user name (and password) will cause your
  particular User Profile to be referenced, which
  will then control the setup of the desktop.
• User names and passwords are also needed if you
  are going to be logging onto a network....

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The User Logon Window

• The logon box will quit appearing if
• 1. Your password is blank,
• 2. You disable User Profiles,
• 3. You cant log onto a network when Windows 95
  starts up.
• (User Profiles can be disabled as explained on a
  following slide.)

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Configuring User Profiles

• Follow these steps to set up User Profiles
• 1. When the logon box appears, enter a user name
  and leave the password blank
• 2. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel
• 3. Double-click the Passwords icon in teh Control
  Panel, then click the User Profiles tab. This
  will bring up the User Profiles Passwords
  Properties sheet.
• 4. Click the Users can customize... button,
  then click OK.
• Now various users can log on with their
  particular names, set up a desktop that has their
  preferred look and feel, and these desktops will
  come up automatically in the future.

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The Passwords Properties Sheet

• Used to set up the ability for each user to have
  a unique desktop
• Display this by Start, Settings, Control Panel,
  Passwords, User Profiles.

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Setting Up Your Start Menu

• Clicking Start, then selecting Programs displays
  a large number of program groups, which are set
  up automatically by Windows 95.
• This is highly customizable.