Wonderful and practical: Win XP hot tips big collection

  
                   1. Do not need to reinstall windows xp activation


if you need to reinstall windows xp, usually must be re-activated. In fact, as long as the first time you activate, back up the wpa.dbl file in the windows\\system32 directory, you don't need to activate it anymore. After reinstalling windows xp, just copy the file to the above directory.

2 How do I know if my windows xp activated


open the Start → Run, in the pop-up dialog box, enter:. Oobe /msoobe /a, carriage return After the system will pop up a window to tell you if the system has been activated.

3. For the missing blank area of ​​the Quick Launch bar


mouse over the taskbar, right-click and select "Properties" from the popup menu in In the pop-up window, select the "Taskbar" tab, and then select the "Show Quick Start" check box from the "Taskbar Appearance" box, and "OK" will do.

4. Login screen background color becomes


open the registry editor, found [hkey-users \\ .default \\ control panel \\ colors], the value of the background Change to "0 0 0" (without quotes) so that the login background becomes black.



5. Completely uninstall xp


some friends after you install Windows XP found I did not like the operating system, then you can use Boot the Windows 98 installation CD to DOS and type: format -ur to remove all XP files and reinstall Windows 98/Me.

6. The system has a life-saving straw


when the suspect system before you restart the computer for the changes made may cause a malfunction, you can press the F8 key when you start the system, select "Last Known Good Configuration" to recover changes made to the system.

7. Recovering the previous driver of the hardware


After installing the new hardware driver and discovering that the system is unstable or the hardware is not working, just in the "device" Select the "Driver Recovery" button in the "Manager" to restore to the previous normal system state. However,

cannot restore the printer driver.

8. Automatic landing


click Start → Run, enter "rundll32netplwiz.dll, usersrundll" (without the quotation marks), and then cancel the "users in the user acconts Must enter a user name and password to use this computer", click "ok", then enter the username and password you want to log in to in the pop-up dialog box.

9. Fast shutdown or restart shortcut keys (can be timed)


Right-click the desktop, choose New (shortcut wizard that pops up, enter the position For: c:\\windows\\system32 \\shutdown.exe -s -t 10 (where -s can be changed to -r, which means restart, and -t 10 means delay 10 seconds, you can change this according to your needs Number) After making this shortcut, assign it an icon according to the above method. This quick shutdown or restart technique will display a nice dialog box prompting shutdown (restart), and you can add "-" c "I want to shut it!" "so this sentence will be displayed in the dialog box, of course, you are free text, but be careful not more than 127 characters.




10. shutdown, restart as long as 1 second


if you want the instant shutdown Windows XP, you can press CTRL + ALT + DEL, and then in the pop-up task Manager Click "Shutdown" → "Shutdown", and hold down CTRL at the same time. To 1 second you will find that the system has closed the matter, it is simply the blink of an eye. By the same token, if you select "reset" in the "Shutdown" menu, you can quickly restart.



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