Windows XP installation and startup

  
Now, Windows XP users are getting more and more, and the problem will follow. So let's focus on the problems you might encounter in terms of installation, startup, and so on.

Q: I am using Windows Me, can I upgrade directly to Windows XP?

A: Windows XP upgrade installation on doing very well, it installed three ways: upgrade installation, dual system installation coexistence and a new installation. We can successfully upgrade to Windows XP based on the previous Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000 operating systems. Note that Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, and earlier Windows systems cannot be upgraded to Windows XP.

Q: Why is the process of system installation I have to convert a partition to NTFS?

A: This is because when you install under Windows installation could not be careful, just the beginning of the installation there is a "high level - the installation process allow me to choose the partition to install" option. Remember to select this, you can install to the specified partition, and choose whether to retain the original partition format, and format it as NTFS or FAT32 format and so on.

Q: Why is my Windows XP installed in Simplified Chinese language pack or in English?

A: Select "Chinese (China)" in "Control Panel → Date, Time, Language and Regional Settings → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options", and log in again. If you don't select all users to use this configuration in the "Advanced" option, you will find that other users' interfaces are still in English.



Q: Why does my Windows XP shutdown always become a reboot?

A: This question stems from some motherboard supports Advanced Power Management can not be Windows XP. Generally, the computer with the motherboard of the Award BIOS does not have this problem. So far, only the motherboard of the AMI BIOS has this problem. The solution is to upgrade your motherboard BIOS (ie refresh BiOS), this is a more "dangerous" operation, it is best to ask experienced people to help you.

Q: I installed Windows XP, make a boot disk did not find the program in the "Add /Remove Programs"?

A: Windows XP does not own directly and make a boot disk, you need to use other methods to achieve (see A42 version of the newspaper 37 this year).

Q: My computer is a dual system, Windows 98 in the C drive, Windows XP on D drive. If you want to format the C drive to reinstall Windows 98, if you do not reinstall Windows XP, is there any way to restore dual boot?

A: just format the C drive to reinstall Windows 98 Well, after the installation is complete you will find dual-boot menu lose, and lose it means you can not start a dual-boot XP. It doesn't matter, re-run the XP installer and select "Repair" to install. Rest assured, "repairing" the installation does not mean reinstalling.

Q: How to improve Windows XP run faster?

A: Windows XP, while providing a very nice look and feel, but it is undeniable, this also affects the speed of the system to a great extent. If your machine is not running fast, it is recommended to remove all additional desktop settings, that is, restore the Windows XP desktop to Windows 2000 style. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the Settings button in the Performance tab in the Advanced tab, and select Adjust to Best Performance in the context menu. You can choose the box. In addition, a hardware that has a major impact on Windows XP is memory. Running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM is smoother, and 512MB of memory allows the system to run very well.

Q: Why is IE running under my Windows XP is slow?

A: If your machine CPU and memory enough, then the general not the problem. However, I found that if you make changes to things in IE's advanced options, such as some effects, etc., IE will run very slowly, especially when displaying the menus and toolbars above. The easiest solution is to click "Default" on the "Advanced" option panel.

Q: I use Windows XP found that with increasing, delete applications, disk free space decreasing, why is this?

A: Starting with Windows 2000, Windows will create a "System Volume Information" folder on each hard disk partition, provided that folder is the default save system restore backup files. However, Windows 2000 has not officially provided system restore function. In Windows XP, you can see related options. The easiest way to prevent this from happening is to turn off the System Restore feature. If you want to delete the files saved in this folder, you need to log in to the system as an Administrator.
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