Six undisclosed secrets in Windows XP

Supports large hard drives larger than 137 GB

To use a hard drive larger than 137 GB, you must use the 48-bit LBA mode. First, your motherboard BIOS must support 48Bit LBA, and then the SP1 Patch must be installed in WinXP Home Edition and Professional Edition. Open the registry, find the EnableBigLba option in the path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services Atapi Parameter" below, and change its value from "0" to "1 ". If this item does not exist, you can create a "DWORD Value" project and set it again. Restart the project.

Delete shared documents

If you do not need to share a file, you can remove it like this: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer My computer Namespace DelegateFolders and delete the key value "".

Lock Desktop

You can use many tools, such as TweakUI, to lock the desktop without being modified by others. However, you can make a small change in the Registry to access HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer, create the DWORD Value "NoDesktop" and change the value to "1.

Disable "Last Access Time Stamp )"

If you do not want this function, you can modify it as follows: Enter the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control File system, create the DWORD Value "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate", and change the value to "1.

Set "remote access to the server (RAS )"

If necessary, you can modify it as follows: Enter HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon, create the string value "KeepRasConnections", and change the value to "1.

Use the plaintext Password (Lain Text Password)

When accessing a UNIX or LINUX server, the plaintext password is sometimes required, which is easily implemented in XP: find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services lanmanworkstation parameter enableplaintextpassword" and set its value to "1.