Making it easy for the system to lose weight on Windows XP in summer

Source: Tianji yesky

Microsoft provides us with a lot of things in the Windows XP operating system, but not every function or service is useful to us. So let's take a look at the DIY spirit in the following article, remove all the things we don't need and relieve the pressure on Windows XP, so that it can easily survive the summer.

1. Delete unnecessary files in the system

(1) Delete system file backup

In the "system32dllcache" directory of the system file, there are nearly MB of files, which are Windows? Windows XP system file backup. When Windows XP system files are replaced, deleted, or modified, Windows XP can automatically extract the corresponding system files and restore them to ensure system stability. The folder cannot be deleted directly. Enter the sfc.exe/purgecache command in the command prompt to clear the file.

(2) Delete drive backup

Delete the driver. cab file under the "Driver cachei386" directory in the Windows XP system directory. This file stores the backup of the hardware driver, which is generally not required. You can insert the installation disc of Windows XP into the optical drive even if you need to install new hardware.

(3) Delete useless input methods

In the "Windowsime" folder, files related to input methods are saved. The traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean input methods are useless to most of us, we can delete the "chtime", "imjp8_1", and "imkr6_1" directories, which are traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean input methods, so that we can save 80 mb of hard disk space.

(4) Delete the Help File

In the early stage of Windows XP, the help of the system is very useful, but as you become more familiar with the system, the help files become more and more redundant, you can consider deleting them. XP Help files are stored in the Help folder under the system installation directory. You can delete all the files and directories under them.