Five security policies for Windows XP operating system

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With the popularity of Windows XP on personal computers, more and more people are beginning to be inseparable with Windows XP, despite the strong stability and reliable security of Windows XP. However, the vulnerabilities that have been discovered in succession have made Windows XP a threat to attack. It is necessary to make a patch in time for Microsoft releases, but beyond that, what can our users do for the safety of our own computers? The author on the Internet to read the feeling, summed up five points network security small knowledge, DIY our own security.

First, close the unwanted services

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Ordinary users usually use a limited number of service components, and hackers often use some of the service programs to invade the computer vulnerabilities. In addition, in the case of relatively tight system resources, additional services can cause system resources to become more tense and cause system instability. Therefore, ordinary users should try to stop those temporarily do not need services. To: Locate My computer in the start of Windows XP, right-click to open the Administration item, and then click the Subordinate subdirectory service for services and applications. Information about the service appears on the right side of the window, and you can turn off or turn on the service as prompted.

Second, important information need to encrypt

Important information encryption is too important! The information we store in our computers can be leaked from a variety of vulnerabilities, including a computer being attacked directly, a Trojan horse, an insider using the author for a while while peeking, and so on. Therefore, the simplest way to deal with the above threats is to encrypt them. Perfect encryption can let others see the file can not open, get the file also see, this achieved the purpose of secrecy. Windows XP provides encryption of folders and files when using NTFS format. The action is: Locate the folder or file that you want to encrypt. Right-click to pull up the property page.

Third, lock your own computer if necessary

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If in the process of using a computer, there is urgent need to leave the computer for a short time, many people know that you can use Ctrl+alt+del key combination or screen saver to achieve the goal of locking the screen. But here are some complex, the following way you can simply through the establishment of shortcuts, to tap, you can lock the effect of the machine. Refer to the following procedure: Right-click the Windows XP desktop, select New/Shortcut in the right-click menu, and then follow the ScreenTip to enter Rundll32.exe user32.dll in the command line text box. Lockworkstation command character, and then enter a specific name for the shortcut in the wizard window that follows, you can just name the shortcut "Lock computer."

Windows XP self-firewall features

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Windows XP comes with the Internet Connection Firewall feature, which enables Windows XP to dynamically packet-filter all information that is accessible to the system, minimizing the ability of hackers in the network to access their networks. The procedure is as follows: Click the Settings/Network Connections menu item in the Start menu, and then select the appropriate connection from the pop-up window, right-click the connection, select Properties, and then click the Advanced tab in the Dialing Properties window that pops up, and select the Internet Connection Firewall option. Then click the "Settings" button on the corresponding firewall to set up a firewall to suit your requirements so that the firewall can work more efficiently, and you can generally not tick all the options.

Five, ready to use the screensaver program

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Generally only when the computer does not operate to the pre-set time, the system starts the screensaver, and if we want to start the screen saver at any time, the implementation process is as follows: In the Windows XP Start menu, click Start/Search/files or folders And in the corresponding file name of the text box entered the "*.SCR" character, the last of all the search out of the files are mostly screensavers files, as long as the screensaver to create a shortcut on the desktop, nature allows you to see your own lovely screen screensaver anytime and anywhere.