Accelerated plan

WinXP startup will have many functions that affect the speed. Although ms says it has been optimized, there are still many customization places for us. I usually do this.

1, modify the run key of the registry and cancel those things that are not commonly used, such as Windows Messenger. Enable Registry Manager: Start → Run →Regedit→ Find the key value of "HKEY _ Current _ User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Run \ MSMSGS"/background, right click → Delete, the world is much quieter, and kill all those cfmon by the way.

2. Modify the registry to reduce the waiting time of pre-reading and progress bar. The effect is that the progress bar will enter the login interface after running once. Start → Run →regedit starts the registry editor and finds HKEY _ local _ machine \ system \ currentcontrolset \ control \ SessionManager \ memory management \ prefetch parameter. There is a key that can make Prefetcher change its value to "1". In addition, friends who don't change their hardware often can set the device type above the bus device to none in the system properties.

3. Turn off the special effects in the system properties, which is a simple and effective acceleration method. Click Start → Control Panel → System → Advanced → Performance → Settings → In the visual effect, adjust the settings to the best performance → OK. In this way, the desktop will be very similar to win2000. I still like the blue window of XP, so I put a check on "Use visual styles on windows and buttons" so that I can see the beautiful blue interface and speed up.

4. I use Windows commadner+Winrar to manage files. The ZIP support of Win XP is even worse for me, because no matter whether I need it or not, the boot system will open a zip support, and the already idle system resources will be less. Click Start → Run, type "REGSVR32/U zipfldr.dll" in the middle of double quotation marks, and then press enter to confirm. The sign of success is that a prompt window appears, and the content is roughly as follows: Dll UnrgisterServer in zipfldr.dll is successful.

5. Enjoy a quick browse of the LAN.

Usually, when connecting to other computers, Windows XP will comprehensively check all scheduled tasks on other computers. This check will make you wait for 30 seconds or more. The way to get rid of it is to start → run →Regedit→ find HKEY _ local _ machine \ software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ current version \ resource manager \ remote computer \ namespace in the registry. Under this key value, there will be a key {d6277990-4c6a-11cf-8d87-00aa0060f5bf}. After deletion, restart the computer, and Windows XP will no longer check the scheduled tasks. Hoho ~ ~, the speed is obviously improved!

6. Close the debugger, Dr. Watson.

It seems that I haven't used this thing since the win' 90s. I can cancel it like this: open the book table, find the subkey branch of HKEY _ local _ machine \ software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ Current Version \ AE Debug, double-click the Auto key name below it, change its "numerical data" to 0, and finally press F5 to refresh the setting to take effect, thus canceling its operation. Following this idea, we can cancel all options with debugging function, such as memory.dmp that appears when the screen is blue, and "My computer → Properties → Advanced → Settings → Write debugging information → Do not select" and so on.

C. Power switch for accelerating XP * * *

Shorten the waiting time

Open the Registry Editor and find HKEY _ Local _ Machine \ System \ Current Control Set \ Control.

Set WaitToKillServiceTimeout to: 1000 or less. (Original setting value: 20000)

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Find HKEY _ Current _ User \ Control Panel \ Desktop key, and change the WaitToKillAppTimeout in the right window to 1000.

(Original setting value: 20000), that is, just wait 1 second when closing the program. Change the HungAppTimeout value to: 200 (original setting value: 5000),

Indicates that there is an error in the program, wait for 0.5 seconds.

e.

Let the system automatically shut down the program that stops loopback. Open HKEY _ Current _ User \ Control Panel \ Desktop key in the registry.

Set the AutoEndTasks value to 1. (Original setting value: 0)

6 "Make your hard disk faster and your system faster and more stable."

First, the rational use of hard disk.

What is the reasonable use of hard disk? First, we need to know the physical structure of the hard disk. Partitioning and formatted hard disks are based on sectors, and a partition consists of several sectors. So what is a department? As we all know, the disk rotates when it works, and the information it stores is recorded on its surface in the form of a series of concentric circles. Each concentric circle is called a track. In figure 1, we can see the distribution of tracks and sectors (of course, this is only a schematic diagram, and the physical object is much denser than the figure! ), many friends think that the red "big guy" is a sector, but the correct understanding should be that the yellow one is a sector. The size of a sector is 5 12 bytes, a whole circle is a track, and there are several sectors on a track, so it is not difficult to see that the larger the volume of a single sector on a track exceeding *, in other words, the smaller its density, because the hard disk is mechanically driven, the faster the head can find and read it, and the distribution of partitions is from the outer ring to the inner ring, so C.

With the above knowledge, we can use the hard disk reasonably! Take a new hard disk with a capacity of 60GB as an example: divide drive C into 3-5GB (depending on the operating system), adjust drive D to 1GB, and set drive E to1GB, depending on what is saved (it can be divided into drive F and drive G in half)-it has no effect on the system speed.

How to use it after dividing the area is the most critical:

1. Install the operating system on disk C. Install some commonly used small software such as MwIE, Foxmail, ICQ, QQ, FlashGet, Super Rabbit, player software and some picture reading software on disk C. If you use large Microsoft software such as Office, you should also install it on disk C.. Of course, because we don't use all the functions, we need to customize and install those useful parts to save C disk space! Then set the virtual memory to disk D (only temporarily _) and then use the system's own disk defragmenter to organize disk C.

2. Use the system modification software similar to "Micro Registry Optimizer" to set the folders that need to be written or deleted, such as My Documents, Internet Buffer, Internet History and Favorites, to disk D to avoid disk fragmentation in other partitions and reduce the performance of hard disk!

3. Install all kinds of application software on E disk. As for games, it can be installed on F disk, and G disk is used to store audio and video files.

4. Reorganize the fragment of disk C again, and then set up virtual memory on disk C after the second big step below!

Second, the setting of virtual memory.

Setting the virtual memory to a fixed value is a universal "truth", and it is quite correct, but most people set it as the partition where the non-system is located outside the C drive, and its value is mostly 2 ~ 3 times that of the physical memory. Most people think that the greater this value, the better the performance and the faster the system runs! But this is not the case, because the system relies more on virtual memory-if the virtual memory is large, the system will start to use virtual memory when there is a lot of free space in the physical memory, but those things that are no longer used are still stuck in the physical memory, which will inevitably lead to the decline of memory performance!

So I started with 32MB memory and went to 5 12MB memory, and found that the above facts were very correct. Virtual memory should be set from 0 to 65438+ 0.5 times of physical memory (what is 0 times? This is forbidden! _) is better, and the larger the physical memory, the smaller the multiple should be, not the larger. When the physical memory is equal to or greater than 5 12MB, most PCs can disable virtual memory, and the memory performance is the highest! ^_^

As for the specific size of your virtual memory, you have to try it yourself, because it is directly related to the number and size of memory resident software and the software you usually run, so I can't give any advice. You can set it equal to physical memory before running several large software. If there is no exception, you can set it to half of the physical memory before running those large software. If there is an exception, you should increase the value of virtual memory appropriately! By analogy, when you find the best value, just set this value to disk C and it will be OK! :)

Note: If you are using Windows ME or below, you can download "MagnaRAM 97" to optimize physical memory and virtual memory, which is better! In addition, I suggest that you stop using so-called software to optimize the memory!

Third, reasonably place "shortcuts"

In most cases, we run the software through the usual "shortcut" of the software. The hard disk is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more software is installed. Many friends like to put all shortcuts on the desktop, which will not only dazzle you, but also reduce the performance of the system, and will lead to instability of the system because of excessive occupation of system resources. So we'd better control the shortcut on the desktop at around 65,438+00, and others. In addition, try not to have duplicate shortcuts.

Fourth, be cautious in using "safe" software

The security software mentioned here refers to real-time antivirus software and firewall. This kind of software occupies a lot of system resources and CPU resources (some as high as 30% or more). If you don't often visit miscellaneous websites, this kind of software is completely unnecessary! This is much more practical and convenient than overclocking CPU! :)

Fifth, reduce unnecessary random startup procedures.

This is a cliche, but many friends don't know what programs can and can't be banned, so many people don't do this step. With the master of optimization, the work is much easier. In the "Boot Speed Optimization" interface in Figure 2, the optimization master will prompt you what can and cannot be prohibited!

The advantage of this is not only to speed up the startup, but also to improve the stability of the system operation!

Sixth, set up "icon cache" reasonably

Usually, the default icon cache of the system is relatively large, which obviously feels wasteful, so we need to adjust its value appropriately. We can use "Windows Optimizer" to check how much icon cache is used in the current system, and then we can set its value to about 2 times the actual size. Note: some computers may not be modified by the optimizer, but can be modified by the super rabbit magic settings!

In addition, the desktop background should not be too complicated (it is recommended to set it to "none"), and some friends even made an animated desktop. This practice has no practical significance, except that it will bring unstable factors to the system, and there is no good effect-after all, we only have little time to face the desktop! ^_^

Seven, set up a reasonable "disk cache"

The system default values are usually conservative and need to be modified. They can also be modified in the Windows Optimizer, but the numbers need to be entered manually. The minimum value of disk cache can be set to 2048(KB), the maximum value can be set to 25% of physical memory, and the reading and writing unit of buffer is 5 12.

Note: this practice will bring great benefits to the stable operation of multimedia software, especially the setting of the minimum value should not be too low!

Eight, try to simplify the right-click menu.

Many programs will stay in the right-click menu after installation, and many programs are not used, but they bring a burden to our system. To this end, we can simplify the right-click menu in software such as "Super Rabbit Magic Settings", and usually only keep the commonly used ones! In addition, you'd better delete useless items instead of simply removing the small tick in front!

Doing so can effectively reduce the response loss caused by the "new" menu!

Nine, the appropriate display refresh rate and resolution

Some friends always complain that their graphics cards are poor. Some graphics cards are really poor, but many times it is because of the "illusion" caused by the high refresh rate of the monitor. In general, the refresh rate of 15 and 17 inch color monitors should be set above 75Hz (higher if the bandwidth is sufficient), so there is no need to set it too high. The resolution is the same, usually set to 800×600 or 1024×768, as long as it is enough, there is no need to play "Ultimate" and "Ashes".

This is much more effective than overclocking the graphics card!

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In short, when you use the method in this article, you will find that the system is much faster than before! And much more stable! _ In addition to the content of this article, there is no harm in making the system simpler after some optimization. It's useless to be flashy Please have a try, and you will know that the rest is correct.