The Documents Menu is a clever idea (Click "START" and scroll down to "Documents") - it displays a list of the last dozen-or-so programs and files opened on your computer. You can clear the menu temporarily; the only problem is that there's no way to turn it off. This is not only a hole in security, but a major irritation, and the the lack of a way to turn this feature off is embarrassing. Microsoft calls this a "feature," and claims that there is no way to disable it - but I have come up with a way disable it:  

To disable the Documents menu permanently, follow the following directions:
OR Download this Registry patch and Skip steps 4 - 10

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Click on the Download link and select "Open it" and it's installed.
Netscape Navigator: Click on link, Save file to your hard drive and double-click on the saved file.
Other Browsers: Most Browsers will follow the Netscape Instructions. 

1. Right-click on the Recycle Bin on the Desktop, and select Properties from the menu. 
2. Under the "Global" Tab, select the "Use one setting for all drives". 
3. Turn on the option labeled "Do not move files to the recycle bin". 
4. Next, run the Registry Editor (Click START go to RUN and type REGEDIT and then press ENTER). 
5. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ explorer\ Shell Folders. 
6. At the right side of the window, there should be a list containing one or more of your "special" folders. 
7. If an entry named Recent doesn't already exist, select New from the Edit menu, and then select String Value. Rename the new item to "Recent." 
8. Next, double-click on Recent, and under Value Data, type c:\recycled. Press OK when finished. 
9. Important: Next, in the key named User Shell Folders, just below Shell Folders, add a new entry, duplicating the one you just changed (or added). 
10. Close the Registry Editor when finished. You will probably have to restart Windows for this change to take effect. At that time, you can safely delete the Recent folder. 
11. Note: In order for this to work, you must set the Recycle Bin so it deletes files instantly, or you'll have a bunch of deleted files in your Documents menu. (Refer to 1 - 3.) If you still can't get this to work, you probably didn't add the new entries to the User Shell Folders key as described above (see "Important"). 
12. Now Completely shut your computer OFF. (Rebooting will not work.)

Leave your computer OFF for at least 30 seconds then turn your computer back on.
Your "Recent Documents Menu" should be permanently disabled 

2. If you want to do this the easy way, download this easy to use Program. 

Close RegEdit and restart Windows 95. 
There is yet another Registry setting you can mess with to speed up your modem TCP/IP connection. Bellow you'll see the same two methods of doing this: 
1. Start RegEdit, and go to: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP 
In the right hand pane, look for (or create it if it's not there) this string: 
"DefaultRcvWindow"="8196" 
The number you should have is 8196 (Win95 default is 1500). Right-click on the above string, click Modify, and change the number to read "8196". 
Under: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP 
there might be another string you can tweak: 
"DefaultTTL"="64" 
Create the "DefaultTTL" string if it's not already present, and assign it the value of "64" (default is 32). 
NOTE: Again, do NOT type the quotes! 
2. Close the Registry Editor, and restart Windows 95. 
These three settings mentioned above should speed up your Internet or/and your online service TCP/IP connection, bringing up your modem to its intended full speed. 
NOTE: You might also see modem speed improvement by upgrading to the newer version of Unimodem Win95 drivers from Microsoft (provided freely, and ONLY valid for Windows 95 OSR1, versions: 4.00.950 and 4.00.950a, since OSR2 comes with all these upgrades built-in): http://www.microsoft.com/kb/softlib/mslfiles/UNIMODV.EXE 
Other two Microsoft Win95 updates you might want to consider installing are (in this specific order): 
1. The Winsock update: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/info/PPTPdownWinsock.htm 
AND THEN: 
2. The DialUp Networking (DUN) update: 
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/info/PPTPdownNow.htm 
NOTICE: For more details on this topic, check the Win95 MaxMTU Fix Site: 
http://www.sns-access.com/~netpro/maxmtu.htm#rwin author of all these Registry hacks. 

AGAIN !If you want to do this the easy way, download this easy to use Program. 

WARNING!!! 
With Internet Explorer 4.0/4.01 out, Microsoft no longer supports Tweak UI and if someone has IE 4.0/1 it can cause some major damage to the Windows95 operating system. So, the customers are without support and are in some deep water. 

Tip Courtesy Of:
Dave Foster
MindSpring Tech Support 

The settings that need to be changed are found in the Registry under: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS Templates 
To edit the Registry, run Regedit, and go to the key above. 
Click on Server, and in the right-hand pane you'll see two entries called NameCache and PathCache. 
Here are the values that you need to enter/modify for each one of them: 
1. For NameCache modify the numeric values to read: 
a9 0a 00 00 
2. For PathCache modify the numeric values to read: 
40 00 00 00 

These values are written to the wrong entries by default and you have to manually fix them to get a boost in performance when setting your machine to "Network Server". 
Because these values are written in wrong many people see no difference in performance when changing to "Network Server". 
But this Registry hack fixes it, and when you're done making these changes, go set your system to "Network Server" and see if you notice any improvement 
(you'll need to restart Win95 first for the changes to take effect).