Many users rely on system optimization software to easily optimize with a single button. But what if you don't have those system optimization software? How to optimize it? Let Xiaobian introduce to you how to optimize XP system by yourself.
First, remove the "garbage" in the taskbar; background program
first look at the system available resources: my computer -> control panel -> system, select performance, by "system" Resources & rdquo; can see the current system usage. Just boot, before running any program, this percentage is more than 90% to show that your system optimization is quite good, not occupied by some background garbage programs.
If it's a boot, this percentage is less than 50%, then your system's resources are wasted a lot. Open a few more windows, run a few programs, your system will enter and unstable state, it will take course to crash and automatically restart.
Although there are many system optimization softwares that can automatically optimize the system, it generally requires direct operation of the registry, which inevitably has certain risks. If the system cannot be started again, if you want to learn something, Let's do it yourself.
First look at the taskbar at the bottom right of the screen. There are several background tasks that are consuming system resources, and many of these programs are used less.
RealPlayer's StartCenter, Winamp Agent, Super Solution's automatic diagnostic test and other background programs, although claiming to speed up the startup speed of their own programs, and provide automatic monitoring of the open file related functions, but the actual use effect is not significant, Instead, it takes up a lot of system resources. It is recommended to keep only some of the necessary background programs, such as firewalls, anti-virus walls, and so on.
How to close some programs that are started and not needed? First look at: Start->Program->Start, basically everything can be deleted, especially like some "Office startup" ;, & ldquo; file retrieval & rdquo; and other programs that consume resources.
Many daemons in the taskbar are not launched this way. To delete them, the registry is processed. The registry is an important place for the Windows system series to store system hardware and software configuration information. Improper operation can lead to catastrophic consequences. Fortunately, Windows itself provides an application that can perform safe operations on projects involved in startup, that is, "system configuration use program". It can be started by: Start->Run, enter “msconfig”, OK.
There are six tabs for "General","sys”,"Autoexec.bat","System.ini","Win.ini” and “ We also need to deal with the three tabs "Config.sys", "Autoexec.bat", and "Start". In fact, the items in Config.sys and Autoexec.bat (www.xitongzhijia.net) can be unchecked, that is, all the hooks are removed. Restart, and then look at the available resources of the system, there will be a big change.
Some special background programs are still not handled by this method. For example, RealPlayer's StartCenter, although you can remove the option in the "Start" folder, but will automatically join a line after restarting. To get rid of it, you need to configure it in its running program.
Second, improve the performance of the file system
set the machine file system as a network server, which can make Windows use more memory for disk read-ahead (including CD). But Windows does not take up the memory required by its applications, but automatically adapts to the memory needs of various applications.
The specific approach is as follows: My Computer -> Control Panel -> System, select the Performance tab and click the File System button, select Netowrk Sever from the drop-down list, and then confirm. After the restart, the setting will take effect.
Third, open the file system DMA mode
This feature is for the hard disk and optical drive direct memory access (DMA, Direct Memory Access abbreviation) to maximize system performance, because now the biggest bottleneck of personal computers is On the input and output of the disk. DMA allows the PC to directly access the data on the hard drive, but does not take up too much CPU time (compared to PIO mode), so that your CPU can perform other tasks,
The specific approach is as follows: My computer ->Control Panel-> System, select the "Device Manager" tab, expand the hard disk controller or CDROM item, select the corresponding drive device in the deployment, click <;properties", then select “Settings> ; and select the DMA check box, you can reboot after rebooting. The following figure shows the interface for selecting the DMA mode for the CDROM.
Of course, you should use DMA mode, your CDROM and hard drive should support the corresponding functions. If your CDROM and hard drive are too old, you may not be able to enjoy the superiority of this feature.
Fourth, defragmentation of disk fragmentation
Windows9x series uses the FAT file system, due to the form of the link table, in the beginning, each sector of the file is stored continuously, but with more files established, After deletion, the newly created files are distributed over discrete disk sectors, with sectors and/or empty sectors of other files distributed in the middle. As more file operations progress, the discrete empty sectors are more scattered, which is called disk fragmentation. Defragmenting the disk is to process the file and so on, so that the file is continuously stored in sectors, so that the blank sectors are grouped together, which reduces the time for the head to move and locate when the system reads and writes files, thereby improving the reading and writing time of the file.
Although Windows also provides a "disk defragmenter" to defragment the disk, but the algorithm of this program is quite stupid, not only time-consuming, but also quite easy to appear after the disk fragmentation.
A number of third-party disk defragmentation tools, such as Norton's peed Disk, can be used, which is fast and efficient. It is also recommended to turn off any windows and background programs, such as anti-virus software, network firewall, etc. when defragmenting the disk. Because these daemons read and write to the disk from time to time. When the defragmenter detects that there is a disk read or write operation, it will restart the defragmentation.
Do it yourself to optimize the XP system, and improve the understanding of the XP system at the same time of optimization. After the operation described above, I believe that your system will be more optimized, and hurry up.