140 Windows XP Tips for Novice Beginners

  
1. Reinstall Windows XP without re-activation
If you need to reinstall Windows XP, you usually have to reactivate. In fact, as long as the Wpa.dbl file in the WindowsSystem32 directory is backed up during the first activation, there is no need to activate it. After reinstalling Windows XP, just copy the file to the above directory.
2. How to know if your Windows XP is activated
Open Start → Run, enter: oobe/msoobe /a in the dialog box of the bomb, after the carriage return, the system will pop out the window to tell you whether the system is Already activated.
3. Close the zip folder function
Do you think that the zip folder function in Windows XP is too slow and the function is not attractive? If so, you can open the start → run, in the bomb out In the dialog box, type: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll, press Enter to close the ZIP folder function.
4. Let Windows XP also engrave ISO files
Windows XP does not provide the ability to directly burn ISO files, but you can download a third-party plugin to add this feature to your system. The plugin is available for download at http://members.home.net/alexfein/is...rderSetup.msi.
5. Login interface background color change
Open the registry editor, find [HKEY-USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelColors], change the value of the Background to "ld 0; 0 0 0” (without quotes), so login background It became black.
6. completely uninstall XP
Some friends found that they do not like this operating system after installing Windows XP, then you can use the Windows 98 installation CD to boot to DOS state, then type:
format -ur
This will delete all XP files and reinstall Windows 98/Me.
7. System life saves straw
When you suspect that the changes made to the computer before the system restarts may cause a malfunction, you can press the F8 key when starting the system, select “ the last correct configuration & rdquo; to restore the Changes made by the system.
8.Recovering the previous driver of the hardware
When the system is unstable or the hardware is not working after installing the new hardware driver, just select “Driver recovery in “Device Manager” With the ” button, you can revert to the previous normal system state. However, the printer driver cannot be restored.
9. Automatic login
Click Start → Run, enter “rundll32netplwiz.dll, UsersRunDll" (without the quotation marks), and then cancel in the User Accounts <;Users must enter a user name and password to use This computer”, click “OK”, then enter the username and password you want to log in to in the dialog box.
10. Short-cut or restart shortcuts (can be timed)
Click the right mouse button on the desktop and select New (shortcut, enter the location in the wizard: C:WINDOWSsystem32shutdown.exe -s -t 10 (where -s can be changed to -r, which means restart, and -t 10 means delay of 10 seconds, you can change this number according to your needs.) After making this shortcut, follow the above method for it. Specify an icon. This quick shutdown or restart technique will display a nice dialog box prompting shutdown (restart), and you can add "&cquo;-c " I want to shut down!"” The sentence will be displayed in the dialog box, of course, you can write the text at will, but be careful not to exceed 127 characters.

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