23 Strokes to build the speed Windows XP

1 in the system to install Ultra-133 hard disk acceleration expansion card or with 8M cache ATA hard Drive, can effectively reduce the system startup time.

2) to increase the memory to more than 512M.

3 Determine that Windows XP is using the NTFS file system. Check the method: Double click "My Computer", on the C: disk, right-click the mouse, select "Properties", check the file system type. If it is FAT32, convert it to NTFS by first backing up all the important data and then selecting "Run" from the "Start" menu and then confirming it after you enter CMD. At the prompt, enter convert c:/fs:ntfs and carriage return. In this process, it is best not to interrupt in midstream, and to ensure that there is no virus in the system.

4 Turn off the file indexing function. The Windows Indexing Service extracts information from a large number of files on your hard disk and creates a "keyword index," which speeds up searching for information from these files if you have thousands of files on your hard disk. But it takes a lot of time for Windows to create this index, and most people never use this feature. You can close by double-clicking My Computer, right-clicking on the hard disk and subfolders below, choosing Properties, and canceling the use index for quick Find files. If there are warnings or error messages (such as "Access Denied"), click "Ignore".

5 Upgrade the motherboard and graphics driver, upgrade the BIOS.

6 every three months to clear windows of the pre-read folder (Windowsprefetch) once. Windows stores frequently used data in a pre-read folder, which can greatly speed up reading when it needs to be reused. But for a long time, this folder will have a lot of garbage data no longer in use, but increased windows read time, affecting system performance.

7 Run a Disk cleanup every month to remove temporary and unwanted files. Method: Double click "My Computer", on the C: disk, right-click the mouse, select "Properties", click the "Disk Cleanup" button.

8 in Device Manager, double-click the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller to set the transfer mode of all connected devices to use DMA (if available) in the Primary/secondary IDE channel.

9) Update wiring. With a new hard drive, you should also have 80-line Ultra-133 cables for all IDE devices. If only one hard drive is installed, the hard drive should install the top of the line cable, and do not install the interface in the middle of the cable, otherwise there may be an abnormal signal. For Ultra DMA hard drives, these abnormal signals can affect the best performance of the drive.

10 Clear All Spyware (Spy program). There are a lot of free software, such as AdAware, that can accomplish this task. Once cleared, all software that contains spyware will not work properly, and if you do need one of those, reinstall it again.

11 Remove unnecessary programs from the Startup group. Methods: Select "Run" from the Start menu, enter "msconfig", go to the "Startup" tab, and cancel items that you do not want to load at system startup. For items that are not identified, review the WinTasks process library, which contains descriptions of known system processes, applications, and spyware. It can also be found in web search engines such as Google.

12 Enter the "Add/Remove Programs" item in the control Panel to remove unnecessary and unwanted programs.

13 Close all unnecessary animations and active desktops. Methods: Click the System icon in the Control Panel, go to the Advanced tab, set the performance setting, and on the Visual Effects tab, select the Custom Radio box to set the user interface feature to disabled.

14 Use TWEAK-XP software to edit the system registry to further improve performance.

15 regularly visit the Microsoft Windows Update site and download all the updated items labeled "Critical (Major)" logo.

16 Update the anti-virus software every week. It is best to install only one set of anti-virus software, and installing multiple sets of software will adversely affect performance.

17 the number of installed fonts do not exceed 500, the number of fonts will make the system slow.

18 do not partition the hard disk. The NTFS file system for Windows XP is more efficient to run on a larger partition. Previously, people did not have to format the entire hard disk to partition the hard disk in order to facilitate data organization or reinstall the operating system. In the NTFS file system for Windows XP, reinstalling the operating system does not have to reformat the partition, and the data organization can be done through folders. For example, there is no need to put a lot of data on a separate D: disk, you can create a named "D Disk" folder, the data in this folder does not affect system performance, but also play a good organizational role.

19 Test the Memory bar (RAM) is intact. The proposal uses the free program MEMTEST86, first uses this program to make a startup disk, uses this disk to start the computer the program will run 10 different tests to the memory strip, each test carries on 3 times. If you encounter an error in your test, turn off the computer, unplug one of the memory strips (if there are multiple), and then test again. Throw away the bad memory strips and put on a good one.

20 if you have a CD or DVD burner installed on your computer, sometimes upgrading the driver can make burning faster.

21 cancellation of unnecessary services. Windows XP invokes services that many users may not be able to use at all, and these services affect not only the speed of running, but also the security of the system. Therefore, you can disable unnecessary system services as needed. Methods: Select Run from the Start menu, enter Services.msc to open the Service Management console, and start or stop the service by changing the startup type of the service.

22 If you feel Windows Single Window browser speed is slow, you can improve it by opening "My Computer", click "Tools"-> "Folder Options"-> "View", select the "Use a separate process to open the folder window." This prevents a slower device from affecting the response speed of the user interface.

23 Open the chassis, clean the dust and debris, do at least once a year. Also check that all fans are working properly and that the capacitor on the motherboard has no expansion or leakage.