Windows 2003 operating system optimization skills

For the needs of the server, Windows 2003 has dealt with the default settings of the sound card, graphics card and other hardware, but personal users often encounter some "faults" when using

1. The picture is rough when playing a movie

Many friends have such an "encounter": their computer configuration is quite good. After installing Windows 2003, the graphics card can be automatically recognized and installed, but the screen is played when the movie is played. Very rough, the picture quality is still the same after installing the latest version of the graphics card driver.

Solution: Right click on the desktop, go to "Display Properties"\\"Settings"\\"Advanced"\\"Troubleshooting", drag the "Hardware acceleration" cursor to the right to "Full", click "OK" to exit, then select "System Tools"\\"System Information" in "Accessories", select "Tools"\\"Directx Diagnostic Tool" (since the program collects system information, so you need to wait a little, there may be a splash screen) , select the "Display" tab, and then turn on the "DirectDrw Acceleration" and "Direct3D celeration" items.

2. Sound card does not work or sound lags

In Windows 2003, most sound cards can continue to use their drivers in windows 2000/XP, while older sound cards (such as Emperor The driver of the S90, etc.) is only manually installed. After installing the sound card, users often encounter the following two problems:

1) The sound card does not work

Solution: Go to “Control Panel”\\“Sound and Audio Control Device”, check "Audio Service" option, click "OK" and restart your computer.

2) The sound is seriously delayed when playing the game

Solution: Enter the “directx diagnostic tool”, select the “Sound” tab, drag the cursor to the right in the “Acceleration level” "Full acceleration", just OK.

3. IE always reminds you of potential security risks

When browsing a web page under Windows 2003, every time you visit a page, IE will remind you of potential security risks and ask if you want to continue accessing. The reason is that the default security level setting of IE in Windows 2003 is too high.

Solution: Start IE, select "Tools"\\"Internet Options", and set the security level to "Medium" in the "Security" tab.

4. System response is slow when running large software

Server and workstation requirements for system resources are different. If we want to run software such as Photoshop, we should redistribute system resources. , modified to a state similar to windows xp.

Solution: Go to the "Control Panel"\\"System"\\"Advanced" tab, click "Settings"\\"Advanced" in the "Performance" column, in "Processor Planning" and "Memory Usage" "Select "Programs" in both columns, and finally click "OK" and restart the computer.