When shutting down in Windows XP, the system will send messages to running programs and remote servers, telling them that the system should be shut down, and wait for a response before the system starts to shut down. To speed up the startup, you can set the task to end automatically first. First, find HKEY _ Current _ User/Control Panel/Desktop, and set the key value of AutoEndTasks to 1. Then there is a "HungAppTimeout" under this branch, and its value is changed to "4000 (or below), and the default is 50000; Finally, find HKEY _ local _ machine/system/current control set/control, and also set WaitToKillServiceTimeout to "4000"; Setting the shutdown speed in this way is obviously much faster.
2. Optimize the hardware
If there are no redundant USB devices at home, please disable all USB devices in Device Manager-Universal Serial Bus Controller. This method can reduce your XP startup time by about 15 seconds.
Similarly, if your home has only one hard disk or optical drive, you can set the "Device 1- Device Type" in "Device Manager-IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" in "Primary/Secondary IDE Channel-Advanced Settings" to none.
3. Optimize visual effects
As we all know, the menu effect of Windows XP is much more beautiful than that of win9x and other brothers, but for users with small memory, it is too gorgeous and takes up too much memory (even my 256MB memory can only basically meet the demand ~ ~). So how to modify it? Please follow me:
(1). Right-click my computer and select Properties, and then select Advanced-Performance in category view to open the performance options window. Select "Adjust to Best Performance" here to delete all animation effects from the menu. You should feel that the speed has improved significantly. If you still feel that it is not fast enough, please look down.
(2) Open the Registry Editor, find the branch of HKEY _ Current _ User \ Control Panel \ Desktop, and double-click the key name of MenuShowDelay in the right window. The value range of this item is 0 ~ 100000 (in milliseconds), and then the default value is changed to 0.
4. Optimize online neighbors
When using Windows XP, the system will search its own * * * shared directory, which can be used as a printer for the network * *, as well as the planned tasks related to the network, and then it will be displayed, which will obviously be much slower. These functions can be deleted if they are of little use to us. Find HKEY _ local _ machine/software/Microsoft /Windows/ current version/resource manager/remote computer/namespace in the registry editor, and delete (printer) and the {D6277990-4C6A-11F87-00060F5 BF} under it (plan).
5. Speed up the startup.
Speed up the startup of Windows XP. You can achieve this goal by modifying the registry. In the registry editor, find HKEY _ local _ machine/system/currentcontrolset/control/sessionmanager/memory management/prefetch parameter, find the EnablePrefetcher primary key on the right, and change its default value of 3 to 1, so that the scrolling time of the scroll bar will be reduced.
6. Automatically close the stop response program.
Sometimes XP will prompt you that a program stops responding, which is very annoying. By modifying the registry, we can close it ourselves. In HKEY _ Current _ User/Control Panel/Desktop, we can change the data whose key value is AutoEndTasks to 1, and then log off or restart.
7. Speed up the menu display.
In order to speed up the menu display, we can set it as follows: We can find the "MenuShowDelay" primary key under HKEY _ Current _ User/Control Panel/Desktop and change its value to "0" to speed up the menu display.
8. Clear the unused DLL files in the memory.
In hkkey _ local _ machine/software/Microsoft/Windows/currentversion of the registry, add an AlwaysUnloadDLL in Explorer, and the default value is set to 1. Note: If the default value is set to 0, this function will be disabled.
9, speed up the pre-reading ability to improve the boot speed
Windows XP pre-reading settings can improve the system speed and speed up the boot. The CPU efficiency can be further utilized by modifying the right window according to the following methods: HKEY _ local _ machine/system/current control set/control/session manager/memory management/prefetch parameters, and modifying the numerical data of EnablePrefetcher as follows. For example, if you use a CPU with PIII 800MHz or above, it is recommended to change the numerical data to 4 or 5, otherwise it is recommended to keep the numerical data as the default value, that is, 3.
10, reducing the number of projects loaded at startup.
Many applications will join the system startup group when they are installed, and the system will run automatically every time it is started, which not only prolongs the startup time, but also consumes system resources after the startup is completed!
Start the system configuration utility, and list the projects and sources loaded when the system starts in the "Start" project. Check carefully whether it needs to load automatically, otherwise clear the check box in front of the item. The fewer projects you load, the faster you start. The project needs to be restarted to take effect.