Make Windows XP run more smoothly (1)

Microsoft's XP system is called by most netizens to be the best operating system in history, with dazzling features, faster speed, and of course all of this Higher requirements are placed on the hardware of the computer. If you want Windows XP to take up as little of your limited system resources as possible, you may want to perform a "small surgery" on your own.

Although XP is known by Microsoft as the most stable and powerful Windows operating system ever, and it runs fast - even faster than Windows 2000, which is the same configuration, you may still not Satisfied with this, I hope that XP can play its best performance, or your hardware configuration is not too high, want to make Windows XP run more smoothly.

This article will give a detailed introduction to some settings that can improve the efficiency of the system. I hope that friends who have already installed Windows XP can help.

First, use the plain interface

The default interface after XP installation includes the taskbar, start menu, desktop background, window, buttons, etc. are all XP's luxurious, dazzling style, but The shortcomings are obvious, they will consume a lot of system resources, but the practical significance is not great.

Method:

Right-click on the blank space of the desktop, click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu to enter the display property settings window, set the "Theme, Appearance" to "Windows Classic", and Set the desktop background to "None" and press OK to save and exit.

Second, reduce loading project at startup

Many applications will add their own claims to the system startup group during installation, and each time the system is started, it will automatically run, which not only extends the startup time, but also After the startup is completed, the system resources have been eaten a lot!

Method:

Select "Run" from the "Start" menu, type "msconfig" to start the "System Configuration Utility", enter the "Startup" tab, and this window lists the system startup. Load the project and source, carefully check if you need it to load automatically, otherwise clear the check box before the project, the less loaded the project, the faster the startup speed. This item needs to be restarted to take effect.