Demystifying Windows XP Hidden Skills

Magic "Task Manager" Quick Shutdown
In Windows XP, press "Ctrl+Alt+Del" to bring up the "Task Manager" window and activate the menu "Shutdown" Hold down the "Ctrl" key and select the "Shutdown" or "Restart" menu item. At this point you will find that the shutdown speed of Windows XP can be said to be an instant.

Let the system tray display the current date
By default, the Windows XP system tray only displays the current time and week. If we need to display the date, just increase the width of the taskbar appropriately. Move the mouse to the top edge of the taskbar and turn it into a drag symbol. Hold down the left mouse button and drag it up. If you can't drag it, right click on the taskbar to cancel the lock. The taskbar is OK.

Easily compress files
Direct compression method: Select the desired compressed file, then right click and select "Send to → Compressed folder";

Indirect compression method: on desktop or file Right click on the blank space of the window, select "New → Compressed Folder", then give the compressed package a good name, and finally drag and drop the file or folder to be compressed into the compressed package.

If you want to encrypt and compress the compressed file, double-click to open the compressed package, and then select "File → Add Password" to display the dialog box. Enter the password and click "OK" to complete the encryption. The next time you unzip or open the file in the archive, a prompt will appear asking you to enter your password. Even if you use other compression software to decompress, you will be asked to enter a password, which fully guarantees the security of the file.

Efficient decompression file
Decompress all files: Select the compression package, right click, select "Extract all..." pop-up extraction wizard, click Next, select extract file storage folder, and finally again Click "Next" to complete the decompression.

Unzip some files: Double-click to open the archive, then drag and drop the required files directly into other folders to complete the decompression; it is worth mentioning that in Windows XP, you You can directly cut and copy files in the archive.

Decompression with other software: When a compressed file package compressed with Windows XP is moved to a non-XP system computer, the file icon will become the corresponding icon of the default compression software in the system, and WinRAR can also be used. , WinZip and other compression software to extract!

Modify the maximum task bar multi-window grouping number
In Windows XP, a new taskbar button similar to the grouping is added. The grouping only shows when the taskbar is crowded when too many windows are displayed on the taskbar. It will be activated, at which point all open documents of the same program are combined into one button on the taskbar. We can use the registry to set a certain number of windows to a certain number, then activate the function, open the registry editor, then find the HKEY_CURRENT_Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced subkey, create a new double-byte key value item TaskbarGroupSize And assign a value to it, the number of general settings window is better in five or six.

Detecting whether Windows XP is activated
Activation is a copyright protection measure owned by Windows XP. Many users are very curious about this. So how do you know if your Windows XP has been activated? Open the "Run" dialog box, type "oobe/msoobe /a" (note that there is a space before /a), press the Enter key, and a window will appear pop up for a while, you can carefully understand the mystery. I fully understand that you can close the window by clicking the "OK" button.

Quickly copying mobile files
Windows XP's "Explorer" toolbar has two more buttons than the previous Windows system - the "Copy to" and "Move to" buttons, their function is Quickly move the selected file copy to the specified folder. In fact, we can move these two commands to the right mouse button menu.

In the "Start → Run" dialog box, enter "Regedit" to open the registry, expand the primary key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AllFilesystemObjects\\shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers], right-click this primary key, select the menu "New → Item", Then enter the name, the name can be customized, such as "copy to", then left click on the "copy to" primary key, double-click the "default" in the right window, enter "{C2FBB630-" in the pop-up "Edit String" dialog box. 2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}". In the same way, the new item "Move to" and the "Default" key value of the "Move to" primary key are assigned "{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}". Now just right click on a file or folder, you will find that the pop-up menu has two menu items "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder", which correspond to "Explorer" "Copy to" and "Move to" functions.

Clearly view system information
Open "Command Prompt", or enter "cmd" in the "Run" dialog box, enter "systeminfo" in the "Command Prompt" state, press back The car key, the system will start detecting relevant information and return to the current window, you can see whether Windows XP has the patch, initial installation time, virtual memory settings and other details.

Calling the graphical interface at the command prompt
If we need to repeatedly enter a long command in the Windows XP Command Prompt window, you can press the F7 key to display the graph. Interface, you can use the arrow keys to easily select, and then press the Enter key to execute the command.

I know the time on the Internet
I don’t want to know how long I spend online every day, so I can know how to pay the phone bill. In Windows XP, I can view the past through the Event Viewer. The online time is as follows: open the "Control Panel", double-click "Administrative Tools", then open the "Event Viewer", select "System" in the left window, right-click, and select "In the shortcut menu that pops up" Attribute", select the "Filter" tab in the "System Properties" window, select "RemoteAccess" in the "Event Source", click the "OK" button, return to the "Event Viewer" main window, in the right window It will show the start time and end time of the Internet. The earlier of the two adjacent time is the start time of your Internet access, and the later is the time you are offline. You can also click the right mouse button and select " Export lists" and import them into a separate file.