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Disable background tasks and applications.

Their are 4 places background tasks and applications can load when you start Win95.

1.) Your StartUp folder:

"Right"click on the start button, and choose "Open." Double Click on the "Programs" folder, and then on the "StartUp" folder.

2.) Your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files:

Choose "Run" from the Start Menu and type SYSEDIT and hit the "OK" button. There you will find your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
You can (usually) safely delete all the contents in both your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, Win95 does not need them.

I recommend *completely* clearing out your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Make sure after you clear your Autoexec.bat and Config.sys you do not see a slider on the side of their windows. If you see a slider the files still contains spaces, highlight the dead space and delete it until the slider disappears.

3.) Your Win.ini file:

Open the Win.ini file by typing "win.ini" in the Win95 Run line, and click "OK."

Make sure you have nothing after "Load=" or "Run=" in you Win.ini file.

4.) Your registry

Go to the Run command and type REGEDIT

In the Registry Editor go to:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Look for any useless entries and remove them.

Note: Always backup your registry before making changes!

 

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