System optimization, making computers run faster, personalized computers, etc. have always been of concern to home users. In order to enable us to better use the Windows XP system, it is inevitable to transform it. Here are some tips for 10 xp systems, making it even more convenient when using windwos!
1. The software is not compatible with Windows XP
Drag and drop the installation file of the software that cannot be installed to the Windows XP desktop, then right click on the file icon and select the "Properties" option. You can install the software normally by selecting the desired operating system compatibility mode.
2. Change the default directory of Window XP<quo; command modifiers
When you start the "command formula" in Windows XP, the default working directory is: “C:Documents ang settings\\ Machine name & rdquo;, to change its working directory, just find it and view its properties. In the pop-up "Command Typography" window, change the path in the "Work Directory" column to your desired working directory.
3. Change the background color of the login interface
Open the registry, find "HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Color", and find the key value of "Background" on the right side of the window, "Edit characters" In the string & rdquo; dialog box, enter the desired color key value in the box under "Value data", and "OK", restart the system. (The system default is 58 110 165, white is 255 255 255, red is 255 0 0, black is 000).
4. Change the login background pattern of Windows XP
Find HKEY_USERS\\ in the registry editor. DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Desktop subkey branch, double-click on Wallpaper, type the path of the favorite image, click “OK", then find Tilewallpaper, double-click the input key value “1”, and then restart the system.
5. Automatically close the program that stops responding
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop\\Auto End Tasks in the Registry Editor and change its key value to 1.
6.Automatically turn off the computer
Click “Start →Control Panel →Performance and Maintenance→Power Options”. In the Power Options Properties Settings window that pops up, click “Advanced Power Management" to enable “Enable Advanced Power Management Support>
7. Speed up the startup speed
Right click "My computer" & rdquo; → & ldquo; attribute & rdquo; & rarquo; & ldquo; advanced & rdquo;, in the "start and recovery" click "set" ”, you can set the time to display the operating system list, click “ edit & rdquo; you can also manually edit the boot option, change the timeout=30 to timeout=6.
8. You can also apply the modified registry without restarting.
After modifying the registry, save the changes to the registry. Then press “Ctrl+Alt+Del” at the same time, in the pop-up Windows task list, highlight “Explore”, click “end task”, display the shutdown screen, click “no”, After a while, an error message pops up, click “End Task”, Windows Explorer will reload with the new registry.
9. Boot music every time update
first create a new directory will be used to put the sound wav file into this directory, and named
times sound01.wav, sound02.wav… … And so on. Then
Open the "sound" property in the “Control Panel" "Start Windows"; click
“Browse”, select a sound file and confirm exit.
Secondly, create a batch file with “Wordpad'; the content is as follows:
cd C:\\Windows\\Start Sound
ren sound01.wav soundxx.wav
ren sound02.wav sound01 .wav
ren sound03.wav sound02.wav
ren soundxx.wav sound03.wav
copy soundxx.wav C:\\Windows\\Media\\Chord.wav
where xx sees the sound of your choice The number of files depends. Save this batch file and add it to Autoexec.bat to be automatically activated at boot time.
10. Virtual desktop management, easily have 4 desktops
Point the mouse to the taskbar, right click-->Tools-->desktop manager (virtual desktop manager, some versions do not have this feature) In the lower right corner of the taskbar, there will be 5 buttons representing 4 desktops and a preview (4 desktops appear on the screen together). The first time you use this feature, the settings for these four desktops are the settings of the current desktop, and you can design a personalized desktop based on this.