* You can adjust the mouse movement rate by setting global vars in your start-up file.  See mouse scale.

* You can set your local time zone by setting the local_time_offset global var in a start-up file.  It's units are CDATE_FREQ. 
 See local time.

* You can change the palette using the PaletteSet functions. Pressing <CTRL-ALT-f> toggles standard and VGA ROM font.

* Get rid of this message here.