 
 Sunday, March 17, 2002
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Elizabeth Nephew
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To install
Win 95
& 98
cursors, Start by downloading the ".cur"
or ".ani" file to your computer.
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Right click and "save link as..."
(Netscape) or "save target as..." (Internet Explorer) to /windows/cursors
directory or one that you will remember.
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Then open the Control
Panel from the Start Menu
button, in the lower left portion of your screen. In the Start
Menu select Settings, then
select Control Panel.
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Next double click
on the Mouse icon, it shows a picture of
a computer mouse.
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Then select the tab
labeled Pointers in the Mouse
Properties dialog box (shown at right, click on link or image for
larger view.
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You will see a list
of cursors, each labeled with its usage.
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| Normal Select
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this is your regular mouse
pointer
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| Help Select
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the cursor you get when you
use the ? help button
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| Working In
Background
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the pointer you have when a
program is working, but you can still click
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| Busy
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the cursor when your
computer is busy and you cannot click on anything
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To change any of
the cursors to one of mine, select that cursor from the
list, click once.
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Click on the
Browse...
button in the lower right and locate the cursor you want
to use on your computer, select it, and click OK.
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This will bring you
back to the Pointers tab. To change more
cursors just repeat this process from the Mouse
Properties-Pointers tab dialog box.
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You may then click
Apply
to see your choice in action and or OK
to finish.
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***Animated cursors are best used for the Working In
Background or Busy cursors***
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To
install 95
& 98
icons download the icon file right click and
"save link as..." or "save target as..."
to a directory that you will remember easily.*
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Right click on a
shortcut on your desktop or task bar.
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At the bottom of
the menu that appears select "Properties".
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On the "Shortcut"
tab, click on the "Change Icon" button.
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In the next window
click on the "Browse" button, and find the icon
file you just downloaded to your computer.
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Select that icon
file "*.ico" and click "OK".
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Click "OK"
again in the next two windows and you are done!
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You should now see
the icon on your desktop or toolbar*.
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* some of the icons are shown
off-center, these are
specially designed for shortcuts on your desktop!
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To
install Win 95
& 98
screensavers, Start by downloading the
".zip", ".exe." or ".scr" file to your
computer.
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For a
screen saver to run it must be installed in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory. The default file extension for a screen saver
is " .scr".
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To install a screen saver from a
EXE
self-extracting file, just double click on the filename
in Windows Explorer.
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The file should automatically
install the screen saver in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory. Go to the THE LAST STEP.
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To install a screen saver from a
ZIP
file, you must have WinZip, to download
it click here.
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Once you have WinZip installed on
your computer, double click on the filename of the screen
saver in Windows Explorer.
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The WinZip dialog window will come
up, then you should extract the file to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory.
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THE
LAST STEP:
in an empty space on your desktop, right click and select
properties from the menu.
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Select the tab labeled Screen
Saver, and scroll down the Screen Saver menu to 'ppgsaver_bynephco', then click OK and your done!
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Installing
Microsoft Plus Windows Themes (Win 95 &
98).
For a Theme to run it must be installed or placed in the C:\Program Files\Plus\Themes\ directory. The default file extension for a theme is " .theme".
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To install a theme from a EXE self-extracting file, download the ".exe" file, then run it. Extract the files to a folder named after the PPG you selected in the "C\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\" folder.
Example: C\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Buttercup\
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All the sounds, icons, cursors and graphics should be in a folder named either Bubbles, Blossom or Buttercup in the "C\Program Files\Plus!\Themes" directory. Depending on which girl's theme you chose.
Example: C\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Bubbles\
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The ".theme" file should be in the folder: C\Program Files\Plus!\Themes
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Then you start Plus! and select from the menu the theme you want and click OK or APPLY and your done!
Example: ppgjapan_bubbles.Theme
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