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Hi, I have a few questions about Windows 9x which i would like answered. Sorry if some have been anaswered before, but after a few minutes searching I came up blank.
Question 1: I know to get a custom boot up screen you need to change a graphic in the Windows folder. I have forgoten what it is called
, so what is its name?
Question 2: Can Direct X run on Windows 95. (Sorry if this is a game type question, but since Im asking a few questions, I might as well throw it in).
Question 3: On boot up of his computer, I do not want explorer (the start menu) to load. Instead, I want a program that will give an option to run 5ish programs. So this question is split into 3 subcategories:
a) Is it possible to stop Explorer loading and if it is, how is it done?
b) How hard would it be for someone who doesnt know a line of code to create this program? I am doing IPT in school this year, in which we learn VB6, could I make the program in that? All the program needs to do is link to the executables of the games and look clean. I do not want the menu on the top, or the bar that contains the exit buttons. It would also need to have a blue base, not the standard blue.
c) I know (well, I think) it is possible to use Visual Basic to create a program that when a Button is pressed, the computer will shut down. How is this done? It will be incorporated into the program (discussed above).
Question 4: With the program needed to shut down select the program, with Direct X, Windows 95 if possible and the programs (they are prety small, under 20mb), what is the bare minimum size of the hardrive I need? The comptuer will only run the programs spoken above.
Question 1: I know to get a custom boot up screen you need to change a graphic in the Windows folder. I have forgoten what it is called
, so what is its name?Question 2: Can Direct X run on Windows 95. (Sorry if this is a game type question, but since Im asking a few questions, I might as well throw it in).
Question 3: On boot up of his computer, I do not want explorer (the start menu) to load. Instead, I want a program that will give an option to run 5ish programs. So this question is split into 3 subcategories:
a) Is it possible to stop Explorer loading and if it is, how is it done?
b) How hard would it be for someone who doesnt know a line of code to create this program? I am doing IPT in school this year, in which we learn VB6, could I make the program in that? All the program needs to do is link to the executables of the games and look clean. I do not want the menu on the top, or the bar that contains the exit buttons. It would also need to have a blue base, not the standard blue.
c) I know (well, I think) it is possible to use Visual Basic to create a program that when a Button is pressed, the computer will shut down. How is this done? It will be incorporated into the program (discussed above).
Question 4: With the program needed to shut down select the program, with Direct X, Windows 95 if possible and the programs (they are prety small, under 20mb), what is the bare minimum size of the hardrive I need? The comptuer will only run the programs spoken above.
