Question: What specifically has to be done to PCs to make sure they function when the Year 2000 arrives? Do I need to upgrade the BIOS, the motherboard or any other cards? Can I assume that any 286, 386, and some 486 machines would require outright replacement instead of upgrading? – L.M. Answer: If you […]
The Pentium II processor reports the same processor family number as the Pentium Pro (CPU family #6). The Pentium II was released after Windows 95, so it doesn’t know the CPU model number and identifies it as a Pentium Pro. This doesn’t hurt your computer’s operation. Software that uses MMX technology or a Pentium II […]
Question: I have noticed that many of the Pentium systems have identical parts and equipment such as video cards, hard drives, cache, CPU speeds, etc. Why does performance vary between systems? What factors account for the performance difference? Why are some systems more reliable than other systems even though they have the same parts? For […]
TechnologyTips Note: This tip is for either Windows 95 or 98. Here’s how to restore your registry with a backup copy that exists on your hard drive. If you are running Windows 98: Restart the computer. When the message Starting Windows … appears, hit the F8 key. Choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu. […]
Question: Can an older DOS boot disk be used on a computer that runs Windows 95 as the operating system? Answer: There was no clear consensus among my fellow workers on this matter. Sure, you can boot the machine with an older version of MS-DOS. The question is: Do you want to? –Dan M. I […]
