Changing the source path for setup files
To change the source path for the Windows 95 setup files (.cab files), first run Regedit. Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup. On the right side of the screen, double-click the value "SourcePath". Then enter the path to your .cab files, and finally exit Regedit.
Now the next time you add or change hardware the system will know where to look for the drivers and other files that it needs!
Changing the user or company name
To change the user and company names use Regedit to edit the value entries "RegisteredOwner" and "RegisteredOrganization" under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.
Installing .CAB files on your hard drive
If yours is the CD version of Windows 95 simply copy the \Win95 directory off the CD to the hard disk.
If you have the floppy version, you can't copy the .CABs directly, you must use the extract command. To do this, first create a new directory called \Win95. Now copy the first disk (Setup Disk #1) to your new directory. Change to your new directory and type a command of the following form:
extract /c a:win95_xx.cab c:\Win95
Starting on disk 2 you need PRECOPY2.CAB and also WIN95_02.CAB. Now continue with the third and remaining disks, with only one file per disk called WIN95_xx.CAB (xx is 03, 04, 05 etc.).