Windows XP is a new generation of Windows operating system introduced by Microsoft. Although Windows XP is the most powerful operating system to date, like the previous Windows operating system, the newly installed Windows XP system is not in the best state. There are programs that users don't have to use and never use. You can use some tips to modify the original settings to optimize Windows XP. Below we will explain the optimization of Windows XP from several aspects.
One. Start optimization
1, turn off some along with the Windows startup programs and resident program. Select the "Start" menu --> "Run", enter msconfig into the "System Configuration Application", close the unnecessary program in the [Start] column, cancel the check box in the box, and close the unnecessary program. Uncertain programs can't be hacked, so as not to cause Windows errors. (Try first whether you can cancel the resident in the software itself, you can not use this method.), press [Apply] after completion, restart.
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2, set a fixed IP address for Windows XP. Windows XP is quite fast when it comes to the desktop, but the running action is a step by step, you have to wait a while to actually run the program. If your machine is equipped with a network card, Windows XP will automatically search for the IP address when it enters the desktop, so if you do not set a fixed IP address, it will waste a lot of time searching for the IP address.
3, reduced disk scanning time. If Windows XP shuts down abnormally, the system will automatically perform the ScanDisk process when it starts again. It will take 10 seconds to wait before starting the scan. At this point, you can open the "Start → Run" dialog box and type "CMD", click the "OK" button to enter the Windows XP command prompt mode. Enter "CHKNTFS /T:x" at the command prompt (the input does not contain quotes, x is the wait time), for example, enter "CHKNTFS /T:0", it means no waiting time; enter "CHKNTFS /T: 3" means the waiting time is 3 seconds.
4, to reduce the waiting time of Caozuoxitong. If multiple operating systems are installed, the default waiting time will be 30 seconds in the multi-OS boot menu. Click "My Computer", select the "System Properties" dialog box, click the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button in the "Startup and Recovery" area, and check the "Display Operating System List" in the Settings page. Check the box in front of the "Time" and "Time to display recovery options when needed" option, and then enter the corresponding time into the corresponding values to reduce the waiting time, click the "OK" button.
In addition to these four methods, we can also be in the registry to start the project settings, turn off unnecessary system services, in addition I usually use the Disk Cleanup tool, Disk Defragmenter can also be in a Programmatically increase system startup speed.
II. Login Optimization
1. Shorten the waiting time when closing the "Processing Program". Select "Start" menu --> "Run", type regedit, pop up the registry editor, look for [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\ControlPanel\\Desktop], select WaitToKillAPPTimeout in the right window, right click and select "Modify" to When the value is changed to 1000, wait for 1 second when the "Handler" is closed (default: 20000).
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2, shorten the waiting time when the "handler" error. Select "Start" menu --> "Run", enter regedit pop-up registry editor, look for [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\ControlPanel\\Desktop] in the right window, select HungAPPTimeout, press the right mouse button, select "Modify", set its value Change the data to 200, which means that the "Processor" error waits for 0.5 seconds (default: 5000).
3, let the system automatically shut down to stop responding. Select "Start" menu --> "Run", type regedit, pop up the registry editor, look for [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\ControlPanel\\Desktop], select AutoEndTasks in the right window, right click and select "Modify" to Change the value to 1 (default: 0).
4, speed up menu display speed. Select "Start" menu --> "Run", type regedit, pop up the registry editor, look for [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\ControlPanel\\Desktop], select MenuShowDelay in the right window, press the right mouse button, select "Modify", and then The value is changed to 100 or less (default: 400). It is recommended not to use 0, because as soon as the mouse accidentally touches "all programs", the entire menu will run out, which is messy. set.
5, shorten the waiting time. Select "Start" menu --> "Run", type regedit, look for [HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control] in the pop-up registry editor, select WaitToKillServiceTimeout in the right window, right click and select "Modify" , change its numerical data to 1000 or less (original setting: 20000).
III. Memory Optimization
Windows XP is a very good operating system, but its memory requirements are amazing, even with 128 megabytes of memory, there will be problems with slow system memory. In Windows XP, a lot of new features have been added. These functions are huge memory users. We only need to turn off these unusable functions, then 128 megabytes of memory is more than enough for us.
1, cancel the "automatic update", updated automatically remind users to upgrade their systems, it will be permanent memory, so we "automatic upgrade" function close off, to "manually upgrade." The specific operation is: right click on "My Computer", click on Properties, click "Automatic Update", select "Close Automatic Update" in the "Notification Settings" column.
2. Cancel "System Restore", XP The system restore function is not very useful for most users, so we decided to close it to save memory. The specific operation is: right click on "My Computer", click on Properties, the system properties dialog box will pop up. Click "System Restore" and tick the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" option.
3. Close "Remote Desktop". This function of XP only provides interoperability on the network. For ordinary users Saying this function is superfluous, so we turn it off and don't let it waste memory there.
4, turn off the "automatically send errors" function, send errors to Microsoft, this is XP "Automatically send errors" function, for us, the error sent to Microsoft does not make any sense, so we should turn this feature off without hesitation. Right click "I "Computer", click on Properties, click on "Advanced" → "Error Reporting", select the "Disable Error Reporting" function.
5. Turn off the unwanted effects in "Visual Effects", Windows XP's operating interface is indeed It's very nice to look at. It's the cost of consuming a lot of memory. Compared to speed and beauty, we prefer to choose the former, right click on "My Computer", click on Properties, click on "Advanced", in "Performance" In the column, click on "Settings", click on "Visual Effects", and all special appearance settings are turned off here, we can save "a lot of memory".
6, close " "Internet time synchronization" function, "Internet time synchronization" is to make your computer clock synchronize with the Internet time server once a week, so your system time will be accurate, but this function is not very useful for us. And it may also cause a crash. So we have to turn it off.
7, close the redundant service, Windows XP and Windows 2000 Can be used as http services, smtp services, FTP services, these services are resident memory, so whenever Windows XP starts, it also starts many services, there are many services for us ordinary users is completely useless , they are turned off so a good choice.
four hard disk optimization
1, using the NTFS file system format mounting .Windows XP NTFS file system Compared with FAT32, it has more file security, compression, usage rights and disk quota management functions. Therefore, it is higher than FAT32 in terms of file security and confidentiality. The operating system installed under NTFS file system will compress less frequently used files. Up, so it saves a lot of space compared with FAT32, so if you use the operating system (such as Windows98...) installed under the FAT32 file system, you may not be able to read the files in NTFS correctly. Also in the case
install the more the more data in the sector, NTFS in performance compared with the FAT32 file system running on a lot of good. Therefore, it is recommended that you use the NTFS file system to install Windows XP.
2, the IDE device is provided for the DMA transfer mode. For some reason, Windows XP sometimes uses the PIO parallel I/O transfer mode on the IDE channel instead of the DMA mode. If this is the case, the user can manually change the IDE channel to DMA mode, which can reduce the CPU cycle occupied by the device. Open Device Manager (right click on My Computer, select Properties, click on the Hardware tab, click on "Device Manager" to open), then click on the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" branch, double-click on "Primary IDE Channel" and click advanced settings. Check the "Transport Mode" drop-down menu, set them all to DMA If Available, and click OK. Modify each IDE controller in the same way.
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3, delete the web cache content. Go to the control panel, double-click "Internet Options" to enter "Internet Properties", click "Delete Files" under "Temporary Internet Files" in [General], and tick "Delete all offline content", press "OK" ".
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Also in [General] there is a [History] (History) is also deleted by the way. Delete some Temp scratchpads: like "E:\\Windows\\TEMP" (Note: my XP is installed on the E drive.), "E:\\DocumentsandSettings\\(username)\\LocalSettings\\Temp" and some software exclusive The Temp (most of which should be set in the software itself) is also removed.
4, Disk Defragmenter regularly. When the hard disk is used for a long time and the program software is installed and deleted, the continuous files in the sector will be broken, so that when the hard disk searches for data, it takes more time and affects the performance. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to do a good job of defragmentation on a regular basis. This time Windows XP has a significant improvement in defragmentation compared to the Windows 98 defragmentation program, at least not as much time as before. If the user suspects that the Windows itself is not well organized, Norton's Speeddisk can also be used.
V. Network Optimization
1. Quickly browse the sharing of local area network
Under normal circumstances, Windows XP will check all the scheduled tasks on the other machine when connecting to other computers. This check will let you Wait 30 seconds or more. Remove the method from the registry to find "HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace".