General information
Windows 98 Configurator is a registry tweaker program which lets you change hidden settings in Windows 98 system. This program is completely free of charge (freeware).
Attention! It is possible (however I have never experienced it), that system may be unstable after using my program. This program calls the registry very often, so in theory something may go wrong, and the system will crash. BUT Windows Explorer, for example, calls the registry almost all the time, and it doesn't crash the system (very often... :) ). So, for this reason Windows 98 Configurator shouldn't be bad for your system.
Detailed description tab by tab
Start menu
On this tab you can hide Start Menu items like 'Favorites', 'Documents' etc., change submenu display delay, disable context menu and edition of Start Menu.
Desktop
On this tab you can disable Active Desktop features, hide different icons from desktop, allow user to change recycle bin name, completely disable desktop etc.
Explorer
On this tab you can force Explorer to show bitmap thumbnails, restrict user access to File and Folder Options menu items, hide all drives, as well as entire network and workgroup contents.
Restrictions
On this tab you can disable registry editing tools, prevent users to run MS-DOS mode, disable context menus of Taskbar, Desktop and Explorer, change Windows Update settings and disable Network Properties window.
Restrictions 2
On this tab you can hide tabs or completely disable such Control Panel's windows as System, Printers, Display and Passwords.
Hints
On this tab you can change hints which are displayed when user points one of the system icons like My Computer, My Documents, Control Panel, Internet Explorer etc.
System
On this tab you can change registered user, organization, installation path and title in Internet Explorer.
Icons
On this tab you can change 38 system icons like My Computer, Recycle Bin, Control Panel, Desktop, Folder, Diskettes, Printer etc.
Add / Remove
On this tab you can uninstall programs from your computer, or delete its entry from the registry if it remains there after uninstallation.
About
On this tab you can choose your language and protect Windows 98 Configurator with password. Language files (with 'WCL' extension) must be in the Windows 98 Configurator folder.
Other stuff
Open profile / Save profile buttons - you can save your settings to a file and then load them on other computer. Please do not edit manually these files (with 'WCP' extension).
Apply / Read buttons - only the things you have changed (marked in blue) will be saved to the registry. If you uncheck an option, the appropriate value will be deleted (not just set to zero) from the registry.
Operating system
Windows 98 Configurator, as you can imagine from its name, was written for Windows 98 system from Microsoft. It has been tested in the polish and English version of the system.
Majority of options works properly in Windows 95 with Internet Explorer installed (version 4.0 and higher), but my program doesn't recognize the system, so some options may not work in Windows 95.