Note: Windows XP's six taboo _windowsxp

After Microsoft's official XP release, it is estimated that the number of people installed this system. XP tips are also beginning to start more, but use XP to be careful to talk about the "taboo", do not pay attention to, light will make your system unstable or troublesome, heavy may let your hardware damage!

　　 One, bogey virtual optical drive 　

Most virtual optical drives are now unstable in XP, easy to cause XP panic, because the virtual optical drive is different from the general software: it through a special mechanism, in the "Device Manager" cheated windows, so that Windows thought that the addition of physical optical drive, XP only designed to restore the hardware driver, did not expect to " Restore/Remove the hardware itself. Because XP is specifically optimized for NTFS and the network, and most virtual optical drive is developed in the FAT32 environment, and the current and XP compatible with a good virtual CD-ROM software less, we must be installed, you have to endure several crashes to slowly try which stable, do not well XP may collapse.

Especially to remind you that even if you find a stable virtual optical drive software, if you virtual more than 4 physical optical drives, you may trigger the XP activation test mechanism, requiring you to activate xp--again because Microsoft thinks you changed the four hardware is probably changed the machine, so, suggest you still do not install the virtual CD-ROM is good. If you really want to use a virtual CD-ROM, it's best to have multiple operating systems, with 98来 installed inside. It seems that only when the developer who writes the virtual CD-ROM software writes a new version that is stable and does not cause it to be activated, can we really use the virtual optical drive successfully.

　　 second, avoid the date of invalid 　

XP also has a date-checking mechanism that activates the test kit. If your motherboard CMOS battery is out of power, or wrong operation or use of other restrictions on the date of the software, resulting in the date into 1999 years of such an invalid date (99 has not developed XP), then XP will initialize the graphical interface after the "Welcome" word to lock the system, without any hints and options, In addition to the mouse to move outside the same as the crash. If you do not pay attention to the impact of the date, no matter what operation is unable to repair XP, I have to eat the loss of XP, and then found the real reason-so be sure to be careful when you start XP date, enter XP, and then change the date is OK.

　　 third, bogey outside the cat's power did not open 　

XP is optimized for the design of ISDN and broadband networks, and is not so "cared for" by modem. Many cats do not have an appropriate driver in XP, they can only be replaced with a for 2000 or NT driver, and often there is an unusual problem with dialing. Especially a lot of foreign cats, if you do not open the modem power when you start XP, enter the graphical interface and then open XP will not be able to find the hardware, need you again in the Device Manager Refresh scan hardware or restart XP, very troublesome-some people do not know why, did not restart XP, Instead of constantly downloading different versions of the program update, the restore drive may cause the entire system to crash, so friends of the external cat please note: Before entering XP remember to turn on your modem power.

　　 Iv. avoid the novice with insufficient safety knowledge open default sharing and Remote Assistance 　　

XP, which is part of the implementation of Microsoft. NET strategy, is open to many network functions by default. For example, share your drive, Remote Assistance over the network to solve Windows operation problems, and so on. These network functions may be convenient for knowledgeable people, but there is a certain risk to novice users who don't have enough network security knowledge, because shared drives and Remote Assistance are required to open your computer's port and open certain permissions, although XP has its own firewall, But if you're faced with a clever virus or malicious hacker, these services can also put you at risk of data loss or leaks. People who are generally not familiar with network security knowledge if you do not need to be on the LAN, it is recommended that you turn off the sharing and Remote Assistance feature (you need to turn off the Server service in Administrative tools).

　　 v. Avoid installing XP and install windows9x on the same partition. 　　

XP was developed with an NT schema, but the default directory for placing files is not Winnt, which is also named Windows directory on the partition where you install XP. If you install XP in the same partition after installing a Windows98, not only may damage the multiple operating system boot menu, but also because 98 of the installer will overwrite files to destroy the XP system, because the 9X default installation path is also windows. So it is recommended that you or each of the operating system for a separate partition good, and note that the first install a lower version of the Windows, and then installed XP, so as not to use the installation program to repair the multiple boot menu.

　　 VI, bogey in the support of ACPI-poor machine with XP standby or hibernate 　　

　　On a machine that supports ACPI-poor mainly the power supply and motherboard problems, at this point if the use of hibernation or standby function, after the recovery of the sound card may be abnormal, with a large rush of the murmur; In addition, because both standby and hibernate are to turn off the hard drive, in a system that is not good for ACPI support, Turn off the hard drive but did not cut off the power, or even the hard drive is not completely closed, you may leave a few seconds after the hard drive and automatically open, so that the head in a short period of time has not been reset by the current very big impact, hard disk life will be greatly affected. Suggest you find your XP system standby or Hibernate function has a bug, it is best to change a good power or a good motherboard, you do not intend to replace, it is best not to use XP standby and Hibernate function.