47 Most frequently used system application tips

1. Reload windowsxp no re-activation required

If you need to reload the windowsxp, you will usually have to reactivate it. In fact, as long as the first activation, back up the WindowsSystem32 directory in the Wpa.dbl file, there is no need to activate the work. After reloading the windowsxp, you only need to copy the file to the directory above.

2. Close the Zip folder feature

Do you think the Zip folder in WindowsXP is too slow and not attractive? If so, you can open start → run, enter in the popup dialog: Regsvr32/uzipfldr.dll, the zip folder function can be closed after enter.

3. Landing screen background change color

Open Registry Editor and locate [Hkey-users. Defaultcontrolpanelcolors], change the value of background to "000" (without the quotation marks) so that the login background becomes black.

4. The system has straws.

When you suspect that the changes made to the computer before the system restarts may cause a failure, you can press the F8 key while booting the system and select Last Known Good Configuration to restore the changes made to the system.

5. Restore hardware Previous drivers

When a new hardware driver is installed and you find that the system is unstable or the hardware is not working, simply select the Driver Recovery button in Device Manager to revert to the previous normal system state. However, the driver for the printer cannot be restored.

6. Automatic Login

Click start → run, enter "Rundll32netplwiz.dll,usersrundll" (without the quotation marks), and then cancel in UserAccounts " Usersmustenterausernameandpasswordtousethiscomputer ", click" OK ", then enter the user name and password you want to login in the popup dialog box.

7. Shortcut keys for fast shutdown or restart (can be timed)

Right-click on the desktop, select New (shortcut, in the Popup Wizard, enter the location: C:windowssystem32shutdown.exe-s-t10 (where the-s can be changed to-R, that is, restart, and-t10 for 10 seconds delay, You can change this number according to your needs). After you have finished making this shortcut, specify an icon for it in the method above. This quick shutdown or restart technique will show a nice dialog prompt to shut down (restart), and you can add "-C" to the back of the machine I want to shut down! ", so this sentence will be displayed in the dialog box, of course, you can write the text, but note that not more than 127 characters.

8. Shutdown, restart for 1 seconds

If you want the windowsxp to shut down momentarily, you can press Ctrl+alt+del, then click "Shut down" → "Shut down" in the popup task manager, while holding down CTRL, in less than 1 seconds you will notice that the system is closed, almost in the blink of an eye. Similarly, if you select "Restart" in the "Shutdown" menu, you can restart it quickly.

9. Find the missing Quick Launch bar

Move the mouse to an empty area of the taskbar, right-click the menu that pops up to select Properties, select the Taskbar tab in the Pop-up window, and select the check box for show Quick Launch from the taskbar appearance box, OK.

10. batch file renaming

WindowsXP provides the ability to rename files in batches, select several files in the Explorer, press F2, and then rename one of these files so that all selected files will be renamed to the new file name (incrementing the number at the end).

11. Quickly lock the computer

Right-click on the Desktop, choose New Shortcut on the shortcut menu that appears, and then launch the Create Shortcut Wizard, rundll32.exeuser32.dll,lockworkstation in the text box, click Next, Enter the name of the shortcut in the Pop-up window and click "Finish". Of course the simplest way to lock a computer is to press winkey+l directly.

12. Let the double-button mouse have the scroll page function

Double-click the mouse item in Control Panel, and in the Mouse Properties dialog box that pops up, select the start click Lock Item in the Click Lock Bar. Then click "Settings" button, in the pop-up "Click Locked Settings" dialog box to set the mouse to the shortest, click "OK" to save. Open a Web page, click on the scroll of the page, move the mouse up and down the page reel, you can achieve this function. Click the scroll page again to turn off this feature.

13. Restore the Windows Classic interface

The first thing a lot of people do when they install windowsxp is that Windows becomes very beautiful. It's just a pity that the price of beauty consumes the memory and graphics that we're not rich in. To revert to an interface and usage that is similar to classic Windows, right-click on the desktop and choose the Properties command to go to the Settings window for display properties. There are five tabs for theme, desktop, screen saver, appearance, and settings here. On the tab of the current tab there will be a yellow color highlighting, the default is the "Theme" tab, where we simply select "Windows Classic" in the "theme" drop-down menu, you can immediately see the display in the preview window, as well as the contents of the Appearance tab will be changed accordingly.

Note: the theme and Appearance tabs in WindowsXP are closely related, and you will see changes in another tab as soon as you change either of these options.

14. Restore the Start menu

WindowsXP The new Start menu is quite handy and has little impact on system resources. If you like the classic menu of the past, right-click on the taskbar blank, select the "Properties" menu, go to "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" of the Settings window, select the "[Start] Menu" tab, select the "Classic [Start] menu" to revert to the previous appearance.

15. Optimize Visual effects

WindowsXP's none interface is really good-looking, good-looking behind is to consume a lot of memory as a cost, relative to the speed and aesthetics, we prefer to choose the former, right-click on "My Computer", click "Properties/Advanced", in the "Performance" column, click "Settings/visual Effects", Here you can see all the settings of the appearance, you can manually remove some of the unwanted features. We can save "a large amount" of memory by closing all visual effects such as fade, smooth scrolling, sliding open, and so on.

16. Reduce Load Project at startup

Many applications are automatically added to the system startup group at the time of installation, and each boot system will run, which not only prolongs the startup time, but also consumes a lot of system resources after the start-up. We can reduce the number of programs that are loaded at system startup by selecting Run on the Start menu and typing Msconfig "Start the System Configuration Utility" and go to the "Startup" tab, which lists the projects and sources loaded at system startup, and carefully check if you need it to load automatically, or clear the current check box, the less items you load, the faster you start. This entry requires a restart to take effect.

17. Turn off the System Restore feature

The System Restore feature is an important feature of the Windows family none system, and when Windows runs out of trouble, restore none as a system. System Restore is useful for people who often make mistakes, but it can keep your hard drive in a very busy state, and you'll find that your hard drive is always busy because windowsxp to record none for later restoration. If you have confidence in yourself, don't use it because it takes up a lot of memory.

To turn off System Restore: Click Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore, in the System Restore interface, click System Restore settings to go to the System Restore Settings window, and empty the turn off System Restore on all drives check box This windowsxp removes the backup System Restore point, freeing up the disk space it occupies.

Generally speaking, in order to take into account system performance and system security, the author suggests to open the System Restore function of WindowsXP's drive letter.

18. Turn off Automatic Updates

"Automatic Update" is a new feature windowsxp to facilitate users to upgrade the system, which can automatically remind users to upgrade their systems when Microsoft launches system upgrade patches or system security patches, but this feature has a requirement that users must always be online, But for those of us who are short of iron and silver "poor", this requirement is harsh, so we turn off the "auto-upgrade" function and change it to "manual upgrade".

Turn off Automatic Updates specific none as: Right-click My Computer/Properties/Automatic Updates, and in the Notification Settings section Select Turn off Automatic Updates. I will manually update the computer "one item.

19. Turn off Remote Desktop

One feature of this feature is the ability to allow others to access your desktop on another machine. This feature is useful in a local area network. For example, if you have a problem, you can ask your colleague for help, and he can use the Remote Desktop to access your machine to help you solve the problem. But for the average user of a single computer, this is a redundant feature, so let's turn it off and not let it waste memory there. None as: Right-click on "My Computer", select "Properties/Remote" and "allow users to connect remotely to this computer" in Remote Desktop.

20. Set up virtual memory reasonably

For the virtual memory file, windowsxp for the security of the default value is always set a large, wasted a lot of hard disk space, in fact, we can completely set its value smaller. The method is: Go to "Control Panel/System/Advanced/performance/settings/Advanced/virtual Memory/change", come to the Virtual Memory Setup window, first determine which drive letter your paging file is in, and then disable all paging files of other drive letter drives. It is recommended that you set it to a different partition than the default system, which can improve the read and write speed of the paging file and facilitate the system to run quickly. According to Microsoft's recommendations, The paging file should be set to 1.5 times times the memory capacity, but if your memory is larger, it occupies a considerable amount of space, so it is recommended that if the memory capacity is below 256MB, it is set to 1.5 times times, the maximum value and the minimum value, if above 512MB, set to half of the memory capacity is fully feasible.

21. Clean up the Acura file

windowsxp in the normal use of the process will produce the extension of TMP, BAK, old, such as the need for files, you can use the Windows search function, identify these files, and then delete them. In addition, windowsxp defaults to log error events when the system fails and writes debug information, which we can completely discard. This is done by clicking Start/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and recovery, emptying the write event to log file, and selecting None in the Write Debugging information drop-down box.

22. Disable MSN from booting with Windows

Every time you start Windows, Messenger always runs automatically, even if you don't want to start it, but it also runs automatically and is annoying, can we disable it and not let it start with Windows? The answer is yes.

1. Click Run on the Start menu, enter Msconfig in the Open box, and open the System Configuration Utility window after OK.

2. Click the Startup tab, in the Startup Project list, clear the check box before msmsgs, and click OK.

3. When you are prompted to "Restart your computer," click the "Yes" button.

23. Optimize Bandwidth

WindowsXP Professional has added QOSRRP (this is the abbreviation for Qualityofserviceresourcereservationprotocol, which means the Service Quality Resource Reservation agreement). In general, when trying to access information through available bandwidth, the application either passes through a QoS application interface or through another application interface called TCI. In the network communication, for business security to retain a certain bandwidth to the manager, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the QoS application, but the general user does not need this function, there is a part (the default is 20%) the width of wasted, so I am here to provide a way to cancel this function.

Select "Start" menu, click "Logout", go to the main screen of the login, in the main screen login to press Ctrl+alt+del two times the login window, enter the user name administrator (Note: to distinguish the size), the password bar to fill in the Custom password ( If you do not have a password to enter Windows, click "Start/Run" input gpedit.msc into the Group Policy window, in the left window, choose "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/qos Packet Scheduler", in the right window, double-click " Limit the bandwidth that can be retained, select enabled and set the bandwidth limit (%) to 0, click Apply, and then OK to restart.

Note: Users of the WindowsXP Home Edition do not have to change these settings.

24. Speed up menu display

Select "Start/Run", enter Regedit, pop up Registry Editor, look for [hkey_current_usercontrolpaneldesktop], select Menushowdelay in the right window, press the right mouse button, select "Modify", Change its value data to 100 or less (the default is: 400), it is recommended not to use 0, because so long as the mouse accidentally touches "All programs", the whole menu will run out, that this is a mess.

25. Speed up the shutdown

The boot speed of the windowsxp is indeed much faster than the previous version of None, but the shutdown speed is much slower. If you care about the speed of the shutdown, you can modify several registry keys to significantly reduce the time it takes to shut down Windows. First open the Registry Editor, find Hkey_current_usercontrolpaneldesktop, there is a key named Hungapptimeout, its default value is 5000 (if not, change it to 5000). Next, there is a waittokillapptimeout key to change its value to 4000 (the default value is 2000). Finally, locate the registry in the following location: Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetcontrol. In the same way, change the WaitToKillServiceTimeout key value to 4000. In addition, setting the NVIDIADRIVERHELP service in Control Panel/management tools/services to manual can also speed up Windows shutdown time.

26. Delete the excess account

If your computer is the only one you use, it is best to build only one account, because each account you build, you will be in the WindowsXP installation directory under the documentsandsettings under the name of the account you built a folder, which contains some information about this account, There are collections, documents, history, system settings information and other content, forever it occupies the space is also not to be underestimated, the solution is to "Start/Control Panel/user account" in accordance with their own circumstances to delete the extra account.

27.IE Web browser Acceleration Tips

WindowsXP comes with INTERNETEXPLORER6, there is a small trick, after the change to start fast (on my machine, it is an instant start). To do this: Right-click on the InternetExplorer shortcut icon (ie icon in the Quick Launch bar on the taskbar), and then add the "-nohome" parameter after "target" after opening the icon properties.

28. Display the week and date on the taskbar

This does not need to be set up, just pull up the taskbar a little higher. To do this: move the mouse to the top of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, and when the mouse indicator becomes a double arrow, press the left button and drag it up to two lines high. The time, date and day of the week are displayed at the system tray.

Note: Because the windowsxp preset locks the taskbar, you may move the mouse over the taskbar boundary, and the mouse will not deform, indicating that you are not dragging. In this case, please click the right mouse button in the blank space of the taskbar, and then remove the "lock taskbar" Check in the Quick Display menu.

29. Quickly lock the computer

If you need to leave because of an emergency, but you do not want the computer to log off the system. You can then select "New/Shortcut" and the system will start the Create Shortcut Wizard, enter "Rundll32.exeuser32.dll,lockworkstation" in the text box, click "Next" and enter the name of the shortcut in the popup window. For example, we can name it "lock the computer" or choose whatever name you like, click "Finish". Later, we can simply click on this shortcut to lock the computer.

30. Block pop-up ads window

When you open a website will find also pop up another ad page, page open more, the computer speed will be greatly slowed. Some prohibit pop-up ads page (commonly known as "blacklist") of the software came into being, in fact, in the WindowsXP comes with the IE6.0 also disable the blacklist function, open the browser, click "Tools/internet Options/Security", open the "Security" page, in "Security Settings" select " Restricted Sites ", and click on the" Site "button, in the pop-up window to enter the address of the pop-up ads page, and then click" Add "," OK ", annoying ads window is gone!

31. Cancel the arrow on the shortcut icon

When you install some software, there are usually some shortcut icons placed on the WindowsXP desktop, which makes it easy to start the application. Just the black arrows that appear on the shortcut icons of these applications, are very influential on the desktop aesthetics. If you want to remove the black arrows, simply make the following none:

Open Registry Editor, enter the Hkey_classes_rootlnkfile subkey branch, find the key value name Isshortcut in this sub-key branch, its type is REG_SZ, delete this value, you can remove the arrow on the shortcut icon. After you log off the current user and restart the computer, the settings take effect.

32. Remove the shadow from the desktop icon text

Previous versions of Windows used a custom desktop, and the icons were shaded under the text (which is your desktop color), which affected the desktop's visual effects. The original can only be solved with other software, but the performance is not stable, but also occupy the system resources. windowsxp help you solve this problem! As soon as you turn on the computer properties--right-click My Computer, select Properties in the pop-up menu, and then click the Settings button in the Performance box on the Advanced tab to use Shadow on the desktop for icon labels on the visual effects page The front box is hooked. Click OK to return to the system properties, and then click OK to return to the desktop. Look at the icons on your desktop and you've reached your desired effect! This will not only achieve good visual effects, but also save system resources.

33. Turn off the computer automatically

After installing windowsxp, some computers do not shut down automatically after tapping the computer, and need to be shut down manually, just like the previous at power. This is primarily windowsxp not enabled for advanced power management. The fix is: Click "Start/Control Panel/performance and maintenance/Power Options". In the Power Options property Settings window that pops up, click "Advanced Power Management" and tick "enable Advanced power Management support".

34. Empty the paging file at shutdown

Open "Control Panel", click "Performance and Maintenance"-"Administrative Tools" → "Local Security Policy" → "Local Policies" → "Security Options", double click "Shutdown: Clean up virtual memory paging file"

, click on the "Enabled" option in the pop-up menu, then "OK" to

35.WindowsXP after installation, how to convert FAT32 to NTFS

Use the Convert command to convert at any time using the convert.exe command in command-line mode. Example: Convertc:/fs:ntfs convert C drive to NTFS

36.Windows shortcut keys:

Win+m Display Desktop

Win+pause System Properties

Quick restart: Press Shift (not for 2k, XP) before pressing OK.

Completely removed: Shift+del

Do not let the disc run automatically: press shift

Ctrl+esc: Equivalent to "start" or win key

Ctrl+home: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the text editing area (Home single: Move to the top of the column)

Ctrl+end: Moves the cursor to the end of the text edit area (end single: Move to the end of the column)

ALT+F4: Close the current window (if you click on the desktop and then press to shut down)

F2: Changing the name

Windows+e Explorer.

Windows+r run.

Windows+f find.

Windows+u shut down the system.

Windows+d minimize All windows, and then press once win+d to return to the window before minimizing.

Windows+m minimizes all windows, but then presses again to not return to the window before minimizing.

SHIFT+F10, you can open the right-click menu for the selected item.

Press and hold Ctrl+shift to drag the file: Create a shortcut.

37.run->cmd or command.

You will see a DOS window. I wonder if you notice that little icon is not in the top left corner.

Click on this icon, you will see the drop-down menu, especially the edit under some of the features, very convenient

38. Do you want to make a list of files of one of your own folders? No, just type "tree/f>index.txt" directly under the command line. Open the Index.txt to see if it's clear.

39. Save the Borderless window page with CTRL + N new Window

40. If there are many files under a folder, if you want to quickly find the desired file, select a file, then select the first letter of the desired file on the keyboard.

41. Say a QQ stealth landing stupid way:

In Internet cafes, if directly from the Registration Wizard landing QQ is on-line landing, but sometimes do not want to appear, how to achieve stealth landing it?

is to take a useless QQ first login from the Registration Wizard, select the status of stealth, and then in the system parameters in the stealth way to log in, click OK, and then directly in this QQ Run Registration Wizard landing you want to log on QQ, you will find that QQ is now stealth.

42. Enter the URL in the address bar on the Internet, the system will be recorded, although convenient later no longer repeat, but if it is a common machine, and do not want to let others know where they have been, you can use "Ctrl+o (letter O, not 0)", then a pop-up dialog box, Enter the URL in the address bar, it will not be recorded.

43.IE shortcut keys:

Ctrl+w Close Window

F4 Open Address Block drop-down select URL

F6 or alt+d Select Address Block

SPACEBAR to page DOWN, shift+ space can be page up

44.QQ Add your own method: Add yourself to the blacklist, then drag yourself to my friends and then run the Registration Wizard.

45. Skip the splash screen

Press ESC at startup, or simply, modify Msdos.sys to add logo=0 in the options paragraph

46. Create a shortcut to the Browse directory

Create a shortcut on the desktop with the command: C:window***plorer. Exe/n,/e,c: When you double-click the shortcut, you will use Windows Explorer to browse C:. Of course, you can replace C in the command with a different directory name:

47. Change the shutdown screen:

Remember before you can change the boot screen, now you can turn off the screen hands Oh!logow.sys is waiting to shut down, Logos.sys is the last ugly "you can safely shut down the ^_^ are BMP files, quick hands, the original is 320x400,256 color!" But the last Win95 will relax him. 170% so you can prepare a picture of 544x400 and then resize this picture into 320x400 and then rename the file name! (only 256 colors) and it's best to pay attention to the problem of the color plate * The splash screen can also be Oh!