140 tips for using Windows (1)

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1. Re-activating Windows XP
To reinstall Windows XP, you must reactivate it. In fact, as long as the WPA. DBL file in the Windows/system32 directory is backed up during the first activation, no activation is required. After Windows XP is reinstalled, copy the file to the directory above.

2. How do I know if my Windows XP is activated?

Open start → run. In the displayed dialog box, enter oobe/msobe/a. After you press enter, the system will pop up window to show you whether the system has been activated.

3. Disable the ZIP folder function.

Do you think the ZIP folder function in Windows XP is too slow and the function is not attractive? In this case, you can open Start> Run, enter regsvr32/u zipfldr. dll in the pop-up dialog box, and press enter to disable the ZIP folder function.

4. Enable Windows XP to engrave ISO files.

Windows XP does not provide the function of directly burning ISO files, but you can download a third-party plug-in to add this function to the system. The plug-in is http://members.home.net/alexfein/is...rdersetup.msi.

5. The background changes color on the logon page.

Open Registry Editor, find [HKEY-USERS/. Default/control panel/colors], change the value of background to "0 0 0" (without quotation marks), so that the login background becomes black.

6. completely uninstall XP

Some friends find that they do not like the operating system after installing Windows XP. Then, you can use Windows 98 to start the installation CD to the DOS state, and then type:
Format-ur

In this way, you can delete all XP files and reinstall Windows 98/ME.

7. System Saving
If you suspect that changes made to the computer before the system restarts may cause a failure, you can press F8 when starting the system, select "Last correct configuration" to restore the changes made to the system.

8. Restore previous hardware drivers

When a new hardware driver is installed and the system is unstable or the hardware cannot work, you only need to select the driver recover button in Device Manager, you can recover to the previous normal system status. However, the driver of the printer cannot be restored.

9. Automatic Login

Click Start → run, and enter "rundll32netplwiz. DLL, usersrundll (without quotation marks), cancel "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" in user accounts, and click "OK ", in the displayed dialog box, enter the username and password you want to log on.

10. Shortcut for quick shutdown or restart (timed)

Right-click the desktop and select new (shortcut, In the displayed wizard, enter the following position: C: /Windows/system32/shutdown.exe-S-T 10 (the-s can be changed to-R, that is, restart, and-T 10 indicates a delay of 10 seconds, you can change this number as needed ). After the shortcut key is created, specify an icon for it according to the above method. This quick shutdown or restart technique will display a pretty dialog box prompting you to shut down (restart), and you can add "-c" to the end to shut down! "", This sentence will be displayed in the dialog box, of course, you can write the text at will, but note that it cannot exceed 127 characters.

11. Shutdown and restart take only 1 second

If you want to instantly shut down Windows XP, press CTRL + ALT + DEL, then click "Shut Down"> "Shut Down" in the pop-up task manager, and press Ctrl at the same time, in less than one second, you will find that the system has been shut down, and it is almost in the twinkling of an eye. Similarly, if you select "restart" in the "shutdown" menu, you can restart quickly.

12. Find the missing Quick Start bar
Move the mouse to the blank area of the taskbar, right-click the task bar, select "properties" from the pop-up menu, and select the "Task Bar" tab in the pop-up window, select the "show Quick Start" check box from the "Taskbar appearance" box and click "OK.

13. batch file rename

Windows XP provides the ability to rename files in batches. In resource manager, select several files, press the F2 key, and rename one of these files, in this way, all selected files will be renamed to the new file name (adding an increasing number at the end ).

14. quickly lock the computer

User32.dll, lockworkstation ", click" Next ", enter the shortcut name in the pop-up window, and click" finish. Of course, the simplest way to lock a computer is to press winkey + L directly.

15. Give the double-Key mouse the page rolling function

Double-click the mouse icon in the control panel. In the displayed "Mouse properties" dialog box, select "Start click lock" in the "Click lock" column. Click the "Settings" button. In the "Click locked Settings" dialog box that appears, set the mouse to the shortest value and click "OK" to save the settings. Open a webpage, click the scroll of the webpage, and move the mouse up and down not far from the scroll of the webpage to implement this function. Click the scroll of the webpage again to disable this function.

16. read English letters for Windows XP

Find the "Speaker" program in the "Auxiliary Tools" group, click the "sound" button, go to the "sound settings" Page, set it, and save it. When you point the mouse to a dialog box, menu, and button with English letters, you will hear a male reading English

17. Restore the Windows classic interface

After installing Windows XP, many people feel that Windows has become very beautiful. It is a pity that the cost of beauty will consume the memory and memory that we are not rich. To restore the interface and usage habits similar to those of classic windows, right-click the desktop and select the "properties" command to enter the "Display Properties" setting window. There are five tabs: "theme", "desktop", "Screen Saver", "appearance", and "Settings. The tab of the current tab is highlighted in yellow. The default tab is "topic". Here we only need to select "Windows classic" from the "topic" drop-down menu ", you can immediately see the Display Effect in the preview window, and the content of the appearance tab is also changed.
Note: in Windows XP, the "theme" and "appearance" tabs are closely related. You only need to change any of the options, and the corresponding changes will be displayed on the other tab.

18. Restore the Start Menu

The new "start" menu of Windows XP is quite convenient and has little impact on system resources. If you like the classic menu in the past, right-click the blank area of the taskbar and choose "properties" to go to the "Taskbar and Start Menu properties" setting window, select the "[start] menu" tab and select "classic [start] menu" to restore it to its original appearance.

19. Optimize Visual Effects

The operating interface of Windows XP is indeed very nice. Behind it is the cost of consuming a large amount of memory. Compared with speed and beauty, we would rather choose the former, right-click "my computer" and click "properties/advanced". In the "performance" column, click "Settings/Visual Effects". All settings of the appearance are displayed, you can manually remove unnecessary features. Here, all the special visual effects, such as fade-in and fade-out, smooth scrolling, and sliding-on, are disabled, which saves us a lot of memory.

20. Disable redundant Service Components

Windows XP and Windows 2000 can be used as HTTP servers, email servers, and FTP servers. Therefore, many services are started whenever Windows XP is started, there are a lot of services that are useless to common users, so turning them off is a good choice. To disable unnecessary service components, right-click my computer and choose manage/service and application/service from the shortcut menu.
Note: Some services are required for Windows XP and will cause a system crash when it is disabled. Check the detailed instructions and then disable it.
Editor's note: for the 90 common services of Windows XP, this article will have a special chapter for analysis.

21. Reduce project loading at startup

Many applications are automatically added to the system startup group during installation. Each time the system is started, the system runs automatically. This not only prolongs the startup time, but also consumes a lot of system resources after the system starts! We can reduce the programs loaded during system startup by selecting "run" in the "Start" menu and entering "msconfig" to start "System Configuration Utility ", go to the "Start" tab. In this window, list the projects and sources loaded when the system starts. Check whether you need them to automatically load. Otherwise, clear the check boxes before the project, the fewer loaded projects, the faster the startup speed. This item must be restarted to take effect.

22. Disable system restoration.

The "System Restore" function is an important feature of Windows operating systems. When a problem occurs during windows running, restore the operating system. Although "System Restoration" is useful to people who often make mistakes, it puts your hard disk in a highly busy state and you will find that your hard disk is always busy, because Windows XP records the operation for future restoration. If you have confidence in yourself, do not use it because it can occupy a lot of memory.
To disable the system restoration function, click Start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system restoration. On the System Restoration page, click "System Restore Settings" to enter the "System Restore Settings" window and clear the "Disable System Restore on All Drives" check box. In this way, Windows XP deletes the Backup System Restore Point, to release the disk space it occupies.
In general, to ensure both system performance and system security, we recommend that you enable the system restoration function of the drive letter of Windows XP.

23. Disable Automatic update

"Automatic update" is a new feature launched by Windows XP to help users upgrade the system. This feature can be used when Microsoft releases system upgrade patches or system security patches, users are automatically reminded to upgrade their systems. However, this feature requires users to always be online. However, this requirement is not harsh for the "poor" who have a lack of iron and silver, therefore, we disable the "Automatic Upgrade" function and change it to "manual upgrade ".
To disable auto update, right-click my computer/properties/auto update and select disable auto update in the notification settings column. I will update the computer manually.

24. Disable Remote Desktop

This feature allows others to access your desktop on another machine. This function is useful in LAN. For example, if you have a problem, you can ask a colleague for help. Instead of getting to you, you can directly access your machine through remote desktop to help you solve the problem. However, for ordinary users who only have one computer, this function is redundant, So we turn it off to prevent it from wasting memory. Right-click "my computer" and select "properties/remote" to remove the "allow users to remotely connect to this computer" check box in "Remote Desktop.

25. Disable sleep

Windows XP sleep allows you to completely Save the current system status in the memory to the hard disk. When you start the system next time, the system does not need to be loaded or initialized, but directly go to the status when you were sleeping last time, so it starts very fast. However, it will occupy a lot of hard disk space (the same size as your memory). You can turn it off in "Control Panel/power options/sleep" to release the hard disk space, you can enable it when necessary. Click Start/control panel/power management/sleep to remove the check box before enabling sleep.

26. Disable the "auto send Error Report" Function

You must have such an experience in Windows XP. Once a program ends abnormally, the system automatically jumps out of a dialog box asking if you want to send an error to Microsoft, this is the "auto-send error" function in XP, which can send error messages to Microsoft's website. Although Microsoft has repeatedly vowed to provide powerful security protection without disclosing personal privacy, the information sent to Microsoft may contain the document information you are browsing or editing, this may include personal privacy or company secrets. Therefore, if you want to protect your rights, we should turn this function off without hesitation. Click Start/control panel/system/advanced, click Error Report, and select Disable Error Report ", the "notify me when a serious error occurs" below can be selected.

Disable "Internet time synchronization"

"Internet time synchronization" means that your computer clock is synchronized once a week with the Internet time server, so that your system time will be accurate, but this function is of little use to us, it may also cause a crash. Generally, you only need to synchronize time after installing Windows XP. So we need to turn it off. Click Start/control panel/date, time, language, and Region options, and then click date and time/Internet time ".

27. Reasonably set the virtual memory

For virtual memory files, Windows XP Always sets a lot of hard disk space for the sake of security default value. In fact, we can set it to a smaller value. The method is to enter "Control Panel/system/advanced/performance/settings/advanced/virtual memory/Change" and go to the virtual memory settings window, first, determine the drive letter of your page file, and disable all the page files of other drive letters. We recommend that you set it to another partition, rather than the partition where the default system is located. This increases the page file read/write speed and facilitates the system to run quickly. According to Microsoft's suggestion, the page file should be set to 1.5 times the memory capacity, but if your memory is large, it also occupies a considerable amount of space, so, if the memory capacity is below 1.5 MB, set it to times. The maximum value is the same as the minimum value. If the memory capacity is above MB, it is feasible to set it to half of the memory capacity.

28. Delete unnecessary documents

Windows XP has many files that we seldom use at ordinary times. They are stored on hard disks, which wastes space and reduces system performance. We can delete these unused files. The files to be deleted include:
Help File: in the C:/Windows/help directory.
Driver backup: Driver. cab file under the C:/Windows/driver Cache/i386 directory.
System file backup: Generally, sfc.exe/purgecache is disabled.
Backup DLL file: in the C:/Windows/system32/dllcache directory.
Input Method: In the C: Windows/IME folder, you can directly Delete the three directories chtime, imjp8_1, and imkr6_1, which are traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

29. Delete the hidden components in Windows XP

After Windows XP is installed normally, many components will be automatically installed, many of which are not commonly used. installation in the system will occupy a lot of space and reduce system performance, you can use the following methods to delete unused components.
Use NotePad to modify the sysoc in the C:/Windows/INF/directory. INF file, use the search/replace function, enter ", hide" in the search box (an English comma follows hide), and set "Replace with" to null. And select replace all. In this way, all ", hide" is removed, the disk is exited, and then click "Start/control panel/add or delete programs ", you can see many components that you cannot see at ordinary times. You can choose to delete them without a program.

30. Clear junk files

During normal use of Windows XP, junk files such as TMP, Bak, and old are generated. You can use the Windows Search function to find these files and delete them. In addition, by default, Windows XP records error events when the system fails and writes debugging information. We can discard these file information. You can click Start/control panel/system/advanced/start and fault recovery to clear and write events to log files ", select "NONE" in the "Write debugging information" drop-down box.

31. Disable startup of MSN with Windows

Every time you start Windows, messenger always runs automatically. Even if you don't want to start it, it runs automatically, which is very annoying. Can we disable it and prevent it from starting with windows? The answer is yes.
Method 1:
1. Click "run" in the "Start" menu, enter "msconfig" in the "open" box, and click "OK" to open the "System Configuration Utility" window.
2. Click the launch tab. In the launch project list, clear the check box before MSMSGS and click OK.
3. When the system prompts "restart the computer", click "yes.
Method 2:
1. Open the registry editor window.
2. expand the "key_current_usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionrun" branch, right-click "MSMSGS" in the right pane, and click the "delete" command in the shortcut menu. When the system prompts to confirm deletion, click "yes.
After setting, MSN will no longer start with Windows XP.

32. Optimized bandwidth

Qosrrp (short for quality of service Resource Reservation Protocol) is added for Windows XP Professional Edition ). In general, when attempting to access information through available bandwidth, the application either uses the QoS application interface or another application interface called TCI. In network communication, a certain amount of bandwidth is reserved for managers for business security. This is undoubtedly a good thing for QoS applications, but generally users do not need this function, virtually some (20% by default) of the bandwidth is wasted, so I am here to cancel this function.
Select the "Start" menu and click "logout" to go To the logon main screen. In the logon main screen, press CTRL + ALT + DEL to display the logon window twice, enter "Administrator" in the user name (Note: size should be differentiated), enter the self-set password in the password column (if no password is set blank), and press "OK" to enter windows, click Start/run and enter gpedit. MSC enters the "Group Policy" window. In the left window, select "Computer Configuration/management template/Network/QoS packet scheduler ", double-click "restrict retainable bandwidth" in the window on the right, select "enabled", set "Bandwidth limit (%)" to 0, and click "Apply ", then, click "OK" and restart.
Note: Users of Windows XP Home edition do not have to change these settings.

33. Delete unnecessary Fonts

The more fonts installed in Windows XP, the more memory system resources will be occupied, slowing down the running speed of the system. Therefore, for infrequently used fonts, we 'd better delete it from the system. The font files are stored in the C:/Windows/font directory. You can select some fonts as needed. For more unused fonts, delete them.

34. Change the temporary ie folder

A large number of temporary files generated when surfing the Internet are stored in the IE Temporary Folder. By default, the Temporary Folder is on the system partition. A large number of temporary files will affect the performance of hard disk read/write system files. You can change the location of the temporary file to avoid this situation. Click Start/control panel/Internet Options, click set on the General tab, and click Move folder in the displayed window, specify a folder in a non-system partition. Click OK to move the temporary file to the specified folder.

35. Accelerate the sharing of "Network neighbors"

I don't know if it takes a long time to share resources in "Network neighbors" using Windows XP, because it will check the settings on other computers, sometimes it even stops for nearly a minute, which is quite annoying. You can use the following method to cancel the check process: Select "Start/run", enter regedit, in the pop-up Registry Editor, find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/
Explorer/remotecomputer/namespace], right-click to delete the {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} at this location.

36. Clear pre-read files

When Windows XP is used for a period of time, the files in the pre-read folder (C:/Windows/prefetch) under the installation directory will become very large, and there will be dead link files, this slows down the system time. We recommend that you delete these files regularly.

37. Set pre-read to improve speed

Windows XP uses the new pre-read setting technology to speed up the system. If your computer is well configured and has a piII 800,512 M memory or above, you can make the following changes: Click Start/run and enter Regedit to open the registry, find the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/control/Session Manager/memory management/prefetchparameters/enableprefetcher] and set the values 0, 1, 2, and 3 (0-disable, 1-Pre-read application, 2-start pre-read, 3-the first two are pre-read), we recommend that you use "3" to reduce the start time.

38. Cancel unnecessary network service components

Click Start/control panel/network connection/local connection to open the local connection status window, click Properties to open the Properties dialog box, and click the Advanced tab, select the "Protect my computer and network by limiting or blocking access to this computer from the Internet" option, and then click the "set" button, you can see all installed services that can be accessed by Internet users and run on your network, unless you want to set up an FTP or SMTP server, otherwise, you may wish to cancel all the selected statuses of these projects.

39. Enable DMA Transmission Mode

The so-called DMA, that is, the direct memory storage mode, refers to the computer peripheral devices (mainly refers to the hard disk) can directly exchange data with the memory, which can speed up the hard disk read/write speed and improve the data transmission rate. For some reason, Windows XP sometimes uses Pio parallel input/output transmission mode on the IDE channel, rather than DMA mode. In this case, you can manually change the IDE channel to the DMA mode to reduce the CPU cycle occupied by the device. The method is as follows: Right-click "my computer", select "properties", click the "hardware" tab, and click "Device Manager" to open "Device Manager ", click to expand the "Ide ATA/atapi controller" branch, where "Ide controller" has two items: "Main ide channel" and "secondary ide channel", respectively selected, go to "properties/Advanced Settings". This dialog box lists the transmission modes of the devices currently connected to the IDE interface. Check the "transport mode" drop-down menu, set them all to "DMA (if available)" and click "OK ".

40. Speed up menu display

Select Start/run, enter regedit, and edit the Registry. Find [HKEY_CURRENT_USER/controlpanel/desktop], select menushowdelay in the window on the right, right-click and select modify ", change the numeric value to 100 or smaller (default value: 400). We recommend that you do not use 0, because as long as the mouse accidentally touches "All Programs ", the entire menu will run out, which is messy.

41. Speed up Shutdown

Windows XP boot speed is indeed much faster than the previous version of the operating system, but the shutdown speed is much slower. If you are concerned about the speed of shutdown, you can modify several registry key values to greatly reduce the time used for WINDOWS shutdown. Open the Registry Editor and find HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/desktop/. There is a key named hungapptimeout, which defaults to 5000 (if not, change it to 5000 ). Next, there is a waittokillapptimeout key, and its value is changed to 4000 (the default value is 2000 ). Finally, locate the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/control /. Similarly, change the value of waittokillservicetimeout to 4000. In addition, setting the NVIDIA driver help service in "control panel, administrative tools, and services" to manual can speed up WINDOWS shutdown.

42. automatically end the task when the computer is disabled

When shutdown, an annoying dialog box is displayed to remind you whether a program is still running and whether to stop the task. In fact, you can make a few modifications to enable Windows to automatically end these programs that are still running. Open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER/control panel/desktop directory in the Registry and change the augoendtasks key value to 1.
Note: The autoendtasks key value may not be found. If so, create a string value and change it to this name. Set the value to 1.

43. Shut down Dr Watson.

Click Start/run, enter the drwtsn32 command, or start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system information/tools/Dr Watson ", call Dr Watson from the system. watson only retains the "dump all thread context" option. Otherwise, the hard disk will read for a long time and occupy a large amount of space in case of a program error. In this case, find the user. dmp file, which can save dozens of MB after deletion.

44. Reduce disk scan wait time

Although Windows XP is known as stable, it does not never stop, and occasionally gives you a blue face. After an illegal operation, the system will automatically scan for a large segment of e-text, it tells you that the system has ended abnormally. Now we need to check whether there is an error, but it will take some time to start. So we can type "CHKNTFS/T: 0" in DOS ", the waiting time is 0 seconds.

45. Delete unnecessary accounts

If your computer is only used by you, it is best to create only one account, because each account you create, there will be a folder named after your account under/Documents and Settings/in the installation directory of Windows XP, which contains some information about this account, there are favorites, documents, historical records, system settings, and other content. The space it occupies for a long time cannot be underestimated, the solution is to delete unnecessary accounts in "Start/control panel/User Account" as needed.

46. enable the system to automatically shut down the program for stopping the response

Click Start/run, enter regedit, and the Registry Editor is displayed. Find [HKEY_CURRENT_USER/controlpanel/desktop], select autoendtasks in the window on the right, right-click and select modify ", change the value to 1 (default value: 0 ).

47. ie Web browser acceleration skills

Windows XP comes with Internet assumer6, and it has a small trick. After modification, it starts fast (on my computer, it just starts instantly ). Specifically, right-click the Internet Explorer shortcut icon (such as the IE icon in the shortcut menu on the taskbar ), open the icon property and add the "-nohome" parameter after the "target.

48. encrypted files and folders

Right-click any files or folders to be encrypted, select the "properties" command, and click the "General" tab, select "Advanced Encryption content to protect data" and click OK. It must be noted that the encryption operation of Windows XP is only for Disk Partitions In the NTFS format. It does not support encryption for partitions in the traditional fat16 and FAT32 formats. If you want to use encryption, you need to convert the disk to NTFS format.

49. Custom folder Images

In Windows XP, the folder image function is added, which provides more abundant image resources than the original icon content for users to choose from, you can use this function to set any image you like as a folder icon by right-clicking any folder in the resource manager and selecting the "properties" command, in the displayed dialog box, select the "Custom" tab, click the "select image" button to select a graphical file for the folder image, and click the "change icon" button to display the folder icon, click "OK". When you select to view the file in the "thumbnail" form in the resource manager, you will be able to see the folder image you have defined.

50. Quickly move and copy files

In resource manager, select the file you want to move or copy, right-click the file, drag the target folder, and release it. A menu is displayed, you can choose to copy, move, or create a shortcut, or even cancel.

51. Open windows Resource Manager Automatically

In some cases, browsing folders with Windows Explorer is more intuitive and convenient than simply opening each folder and viewing its content. Generally, you can right-click a folder and select the resource manager from it. However, if you have the habit of double-clicking the mouse, you can open the folder more quickly. Open my computer, select "Folder Options" from the tool menu, and click the "file type" tab. In the file type list, select "folder" and click "advanced". In the edit file type dialog box, select resource manager and click "set as default. Click OK, and then click Close. Now, when you double-click any folder, the Windows Resource Manager view is automatically opened.

52. delete an object from a hidden Bin

The default position of the Windows XP garbage bin is in the lower-right corner of the desktop and above the system tray at the bottom. If you open multiple windows, the recycle bin is blocked, so that you cannot drag files and folders to the recycle bin. To this end, Microsoft has made a very user-friendly design. When you drag a batch of files and move them to the bottom right corner of the desktop, you can drag the mouse and move all files to the blank area of the task bar at the bottom of the desktop, and stay there for a few seconds, then all opened windows will be automatically minimized, allowing users to drag files to the garbage bin. In addition, regardless of whether multiple opened windows are maximized, you can perform the preceding operations to minimize all windows.

53. Set shared folder Permissions

In Windows 2000, you can easily set the shared attributes of a folder. You only need to right-click the folder and select attributes to find the shared settings tag, to set folder access permissions, only allow specific users to access, but cannot find this function in Windows XP. Cannot this function be used in Windows XP? Otherwise, you can open "Tools" in "My Computer" and select "folder properties" to bring up the "View" tag, in the "files and folders" section, deselect the option before "use simple file sharing (recommended, in this way, you can easily modify the folder attributes like Windows 2000.

54. Copy files quickly

We usually sort out the files on the hard disk in a short time, put the images in the picture folder, and put the MP3 files in the music folder. However, copying and pasting back and forth is really cumbersome, now let's use a simple method to quickly copy files. Select a folder, such as music, and right-click it to create a shortcut. Copy the shortcut and paste it in the C:/Documents and Settings/username/sendto folder.
Sendto is a Windows XP system folder. It is used for the "send" function. Right-click any mp3 file and select "shortcut to music" from the shortcut menu. The MP3 file is copied to the music folder! We can also create software, txt, and so on based on our own needs.

55. Customize the new icon of your folder

Is a directory important to you? Let it have a distinctive icon, so it is easy to identify. Use NotePad to create a new file in your directory named desktop. ini. Enter the following two lines:
[. Shellclassinfo]
Iconfile =
Iconindex =
Iconfilepath can be used as a graph file such as .icow..exe and. dll. You can write down absolute or relative paths. Which icon does iconindex select? If the specified EXE or dll contains more than one icon, You need to select, if you want to use the first icon, write iconindex = 0. If this row is not defined, the fourth icon is used by default, that is, iconindex = 3, this is the reason why ICO does not display it in many cases (there is only one icon in it). Then, go to DoS and set this directory as a system attribute by using the attrib + S folder, press F5 to refresh it. A brand new icon represents your folder.

56. completely hide the file

Everyone's machine has something more or less unwilling to be seen by others. What should we do to hide it directly? You can see everything when you open the hidden file. In fact, you only need to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/
In Explorer/advanced/folder/hidden/showall, the value of DWORD checkedvalue is set to 0 (if this item does not exist, a new one can be created). In this way, when an invalid user enables the show hidden file function, your files will not be displayed.

57. Cancel sharing documents

By default, open my computer in Windows XP and you will see some folders above the hard disk icon. These are "Shared Folders", which are used to share files. We can make these folders disappear in my computer, the principle is very simple, as long as you open the Registry to find the location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/
Explorer/mycomputer/namespace/delegatefolders, delete the {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} key value. The annoying folders will no longer exist when I open my computer next time.

58. Start the resource manager according to the specified folder

In Windows XP, you can use "Resource Manager" and "my computer" to manage files and folders, but I prefer "Resource Manager ". By using the structure of the "directory tree", you can quickly find the desired files or folders. If you are copying or moving files or folders, it is more convenient. However, by default, the "My Documents" folder is always opened every time you locate "Resource Manager". Can you specify a folder by yourself?
First, in "Start/all programs/programs" (If your Windows XP is installed on the C drive, it should be "C: window?plorer.exe"), you just need to make a few modifications to meet the requirements. For example, if I often open the userfolder in the H drive, change the target content to "invalid systemroot‑policer.exe/e, H: User", and add a space between "EXE" and "/E. Good! Now you can open "Resource Manager" and directly enter the user folder. Another solution is to start the "user" folder as an example. First, create a shortcut for the "user" folder on the desktop and right-click the folder, select the "Resource Manager" command in the pop-up menu, open "Resource Manager", and then directly go to the "user" folder.

59. display the week and date on the taskbar

This does not need to be set. You only need to pull the taskbar a little higher. The method is to move the mouse to the top line position of the taskbar under the screen. When the mouse indicator turns into a double arrow, press the left button and drag it up to the height of the two rows. The time, date, and week are displayed at the system tray.
Note: Windows XP locks the taskbar by default, so when you move the mouse to the taskbar boundary, the mouse will not be deformed, indicating that you will not be dragged. In this case, right-click the blank area of the taskbar and remove the check box before "lock the taskbar" in the shortcut menu.

60. quickly lock the computer

If you need to leave because of an emergency, but do not want the computer to cancel the system. In this case, you can select "New/shortcut". Then the system starts the create shortcut wizard, enter "rundll32.exe user32.dll, lockworkstation" in the text box, and click "Next ", in the displayed window, enter the shortcut name. For example, you can name it "lock the computer" or select any name you like and click "finish ". Later, we can simply click this shortcut to lock the computer.

61. Disable regular update of IE

After we access the Internet, Windows XP will often pop up a message on the taskbar prompting you to upgrade the system file. In fact, this is a strange task of the IE browser's regular update check, about every 30 days, for Windows XP systems, ie6.0 regularly checks whether new software has been upgraded. If so, the above prompt dialog box appears, we can use the following method to disable regular update check for ie6.0: Open the "run" dialog box and enter "gpedit. MSC, open the "Group Policy" setting window, and find "Computer Configuration/management template/Windows Components/Internet Explorer" in the tree directory on the left ", in the window on the right, find the "Disable regular check for Internet Explorer Software Updates" option, enable this option, select "started" in the displayed window, and click "OK.

62. Retrieve the XP installation password

In the 9x era, if you forget the Windows installation password, you only need to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion and check the productkey, but why can't I find it in the XP registry? In fact, you do not need to go to the Registry and open windows/system32. Here is a configuration file named $ winnt $, which has been clearly recorded.

63. Full Screen mode of IE

It is generally known that you can quickly switch to full screen mode by pressing the F11 key in IE, but the full screen mode we mentioned here refers to a pure full screen mode that does not include the toolbar or status bar. To achieve this, you need to add a parameter to start IE and enter "C:/program files/Microsoft Internet/iw.e. EXE "-K, you can open a full screen IE.

64. Time Synchronization with Internet

I wonder whether you have noticed that many software can make the clock on your computer more accurate. The principle is that the software chooses a server, when you access the Internet, the clock in your computer is compared with the server clock. If it is not accurate, it can be automatically adjusted. This feature is now integrated in Windows XP. You can double-click the clock in the lower-right corner of the taskbar and adjust it in "Internet time. Note: If a firewall is installed on your computer, you may not be able to adjust the Internet time.

65. Disable hidden inactive icons

After using Windows XP for a period of time, it will automatically detect and hide the inactive icon. We can use the following method to disable it: Right-click the blank area of the taskbar, in the pop-up shortcut menu, select "properties" and click "Hide unactive icon" in the "Taskbar" tab. If you do not want to disable this function, you can click the "Custom" button to hide and display projects.

66. Maximize the window each time IE is opened

Start ie by using shortcuts. For example, when you start IE by using the icon in the Quick Start toolbar, you can right-click "shortcut icon" and select "properties ", on the shortcut tab, select "maximize" in the "running mode" option bar, and click "OK. After that, no matter when you start IE using this shortcut, the browser window is always in the maximized state.
When you start IE using the "Internet Explorer" icon on the desktop, there is no maximization option because this is not a standard shortcut. Fortunately, this icon remembers the settings of the last window in your browser. Therefore, if you maximize the window before exiting ie, the next time you start IE, the window settings will be kept for this exit.

67. Clear the welcome window

The Display Effect of Windows XP has been greatly improved, mainly based on the cleartype technology, this technology allows users using laptops and LCD monitors to experience different effects when running Windows XP operating systems. However, this clear effect can only be called after Windows is started. Therefore, the welcome window during system startup still cannot achieve this effect. To make the welcome window clearer, you can use the Registry Editor to modify the two primary keys:
HKEY_USERS/. Default/control panel/desktop/fontsmoothing
HKEY_USERS/. Default/control panel/desktop/fontsmoothingtype
Change the key value to "2" to achieve a clear display.

68. shield the pop-up advertisement window

When you open a website, you will find another advertisement page popped up. When the page is opened too much, the computer will run slowly. Some software that prohibits the pop-up of advertisement pages (also known as "Blacklist") came into being. In fact, in Windows XP's ie6.0, the blacklist function is also disabled to open a browser, click Tools/Internet Options/security to open the Security Page, select Restricted Sites in security settings, and click site, in the pop-up window, enter the address of the forbidden pop-up ad page, and click "add" and "OK". The annoying ad window will disappear!

69. Restore the System icon on the desktop

Many users are still accustomed to keeping "My Documents" and other frequently accessed folder shortcuts and frequently used Program Shortcuts on the desktop. If you want to display "my computer", "My documents", "Network neighbors", and IE shortcut icons on the desktop, you only need to perform the following operations: Right-click the desktop, right-click the "properties" command, select the "desktop" tab in the "Display Properties" dialog box, and click the "Custom desktop" button to open the "desktop" project dialog box. On the "General" tab, select the check box for the desired project in the "desktop icon" column, click "OK" to return to the upper-level dialog box, and then click "application.

70. Set the corresponding policy for Windows XP when the system stops unexpectedly

When the system is normal, we can also set the Windows XP response when the system stops abnormally. For example, we can specify that the computer restarts automatically. The procedure is as follows: right-click "my computer", select "properties" from the shortcut menu, open the "System Properties" setting window, and select the "advanced" tab to open the "advanced" tab, in "Start and fault recovery ??" In the options area, click the "Settings" button to open the "Start and fault recovery" dialog box. In the "system failure" option area, you can use the Enable check box to select the policy to respond to system failures, in the "Write debugging information" option area, you can set the processing method for writing system debugging information. After the settings are complete, click "OK" to return to the "System Properties" dialog box, click OK.