Everyone has been using Windows XP for a long time. It is already very familiar with the Windows XP operating system. Have you summarized some experiences to share with you? The author will use the Windows XP operating system. Sharing some of the accumulated experience will also allow you to get started quickly while using the Windows XP operating system. Mastering the skills of XP can better enjoy the powerful features that XP system brings to you.
1, restore the damaged Win XP system files
If the Windows XP system files are corrupted by viruses or other reasons, we can recover those corrupted files from the Windows XP installation disk.
Specific method: Search for corrupted files in the installation disk of Windows XP. It should be noted that the last character of the file name is replaced by the bottom line <;&", for example: if you want to search “Notepad.exe” You need to search with “Notepad.ex_”.
After searching, open the command line mode (enter “cmd” in "run"", then enter: “full path to the EXPAND source file The full path to the target file”. For example: EXPAND D:\\SETUP\\NOTEPAD.EX_ C:\\Windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE. One thing to note is that if there are spaces in the path, you need to include the path in double quotes (quotation marks).
The search is of course the best, but sometimes we can't find the files we need when searching on the Windows XP disk. One reason for this is that the file you are looking for is in the "CAB” file. Since Windows XP treats "CAB" as a folder, for Windows XP, just drag and copy the "CAB” file right and copy it to the appropriate directory.
If you are using another Windows platform, search for the ""CAB” file containing the target file name. Then open the command line mode and enter: <;EXTRACT /L target location The full path of the CAB file ”, for example: EXTRACT /L C: \\ Windows D: \\ I386 \\ Driver.cab Notepad.exe. As before, as if there are spaces in the path, you need to enclose the path in double quotes.
2, refusal "group similar taskbar"
Although Windows XP "set similar taskbar button" setting can make your taskbar less open window, keep clean, but for some need to open the same kind The work of multiple windows is very inconvenient. If you use QQ communication software to chat with people online, if there are more than two friends talking to you at the same time, you will immediately feel the inconvenience caused by the default settings of XP DD every time you want to switch the conversation object. You must first click on the group, then select the friends you want to talk in the pop-up menu, and each friend displays the same icon in the group. When there are many conversation objects, you may have to click one by one to see exactly Who replied, waiting for your reaction, and choosing the wrong one, has to choose from the group, it is very troublesome. Obviously, this is not as good as opening a few windows, and clicking on each small window in the taskbar can start chatting. Change method: Click “ Start & Rarr; Control Panel & Rarr; Appearance and Theme & Rarr; Taskbar and & lsquo; Start & rsquo; Menu & rdquo;, in the pop-up window, will be grouped similar to the taskbar button & rdquo; Remove it.
3, through the registry to uninstall useless dynamic links
resource manager often leaves useless dynamic links in memory, in order to eliminate this phenomenon, you can open the registry editor, set the key value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\ SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\EXPlorer \\AlwaysUnloadDLL=DWORD: 1 Set it to 0 and this feature will be turned off. Note: In order for the settings to take effect, you will need to restart your computer.
4, clear pre-read files in the prefetch folder
When Win XP is used for a period of time, the files in the pre-read folder will become very large, there will be dead chain files, which will slow down the system time. Recommendation: Delete these files on a regular basis. (Windows\\prefetch)
5, Windows XP weight loss method
The following method is my current winXP diet method. After use, I feel safer and effective, at least 300m space can be reduced. Note: It is not recommended for beginners.
Delete Driver Backup: Driver.cab file (73MB) in the Windows\\Driver cache\\i386 directory. However, we must insert the Windows installation CD each time we install new hardware.
Delete system file backup (usually not used): Run the command line sfc /purgecache
Delete the alternate dll file: As long as you copy the installation file or have the installation CD, you can do so. Files under Windows\\system32\\dllcache (minus 200——300mb).