19th October 1996

Ever get that message "You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect." mesage? Don't restart your computer! I've found that you don't necessarily need to do that. =) If you have networking capabilities installed (which I'm assuming you do, if you're using Dial-Up networking, you're set). Just choose the option on the Shut Down menu to "Close all programs and log on as a different user." Viola, if you have a username/password, enter that, if you don't normally have a password, just click "okay". Then Windows 95 will think that it has indeed rebooted and your settings will have changed. This technique is extremely helpful if you're doing a lot of troubleshooting with hardware problems! =)