1) Installing Ultra- 133 hard disk acceleration expansion card or 8M cache ATA hard disk in the system can effectively reduce the startup time of the system.

2) Increase the memory to more than 5 12M.

3) Ensure that Windows XP uses NTFS file system. Check method: double-click "My Computer" and right-click drive C: select "Properties" to check the file system type. If it is FAT32, convert it to NTFS by backing up all important data, then select Run in the Start menu and enter CMD to confirm. At the prompt, enter convert c:/fs: NTFS and enter. In this process, it is best not to interrupt abnormally in the middle and ensure that there is no virus in the system.

4) Turn off the file indexing function. Windows indexing service should extract information from a large number of files on the hard disk and create a "keyword index". If there are thousands of files on the hard disk, this function can speed up the search for information from these files. But it takes a lot of time for Windows to create this index, and most people never use this function. The closing method is: double-click "My Computer", right-click on the hard disk and the subfolder below, select "Properties", and cancel "Find files quickly by index". If a warning or error message (such as "Access Denied") appears, just click "Ignore".

5) Upgrade the drivers of the motherboard and graphics card, and upgrade the BIOS.

6) Empty the Windows read-ahead folder (Windows\Prefetch) every three months or so. Windows stores frequently used data in a pre-read folder, and when it needs to use these data again, it can greatly speed up the reading. But after a long time, there will be a lot of useless junk data in this folder, which will increase the reading time of Windows and affect the system performance.

7) Run the disk cleaner once a month to delete temporary and useless files. Methods: Double-click "My Computer", right-click the mouse on disk C, select "Properties" and click the "Disk Cleanup" button.

8) Double-click the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in Device Manager and set the transfer mode of all connected devices to use DMA in the primary/secondary IDE channels (if available).

9) Update the wiring. After adopting a new hard disk, all IDE devices should be replaced with 80-wire Ultra- 133 cables at the same time. If only one hard disk is installed, the hard disk should be installed at the top of the cable, not at the interface in the middle of the cable, otherwise the signal may be abnormal. For Ultra DMA hard disk drives, these abnormal signals will affect the best performance of the drive.

10) Remove all spyware. There are many free softwares, such as AdAware, which can accomplish this task. After cleaning, all software containing spyware will not work properly. If you really need one of the softwares, please reinstall it.

1 1) Delete unnecessary programs in the startup group. Methods: Select Run from the Start menu, enter msconfig, enter the Start tab, and cancel the items that you don't want to load when the system starts. For uncertain projects, please check the WinTasks Process Library, which contains descriptions of known system processes, applications and spyware. It can also be found in online search engines such as Google.

12) Enter the "Add/Remove Programs" item in the control panel to delete unnecessary and unused programs.

13) Close all unnecessary animations and active desktops. Methods: Click the "System" icon in the control panel, enter the "Advanced" tab, and set the "Performance". On the Visual Effects tab, select the "Customize" radio box to set the related user interface functions to a disabled state.

14) Edit the system registry with Tweak-XP software to further improve the performance.

15) Visit the Microsoft Windows update website regularly and download all the updates marked with "Critical".

16) Update antivirus software every week. It is best to install only one set of antivirus software in the system, and installing multiple sets of software will adversely affect performance.

17) Do not install more than 500 fonts. Too many fonts will slow down the system.

18) Don't partition the hard disk. Windows XP's NTFS file system will run more efficiently on a larger partition. In the past, in order to facilitate data organization or reinstall the operating system, people would partition the hard disk without formatting the whole hard disk. In the NTFS file system of Windows XP, there is no need to reformat the partition when reinstalling the operating system, and data organization can be completed through folders. For example, you don't need to put a lot of data on another D: disk, but you can create a folder named "D disk". Putting the data in this folder will not affect the system performance, but also play a good organizational role.

19) Test whether the memory module (RAM) is in good condition. It is recommended to use the free program MemTest86. First, use this program to make a startup disk. After starting the computer with this disk, the program will run 10 different tests on the memory stick, and each test will be conducted three times. If you encounter an error in the test, turn off the computer, unplug one of the memory modules (if there is more than one) and try again. Replace the bad memory stick with the good one.

20) If a CD or DVD burner is installed on the computer, sometimes upgrading the driver can make the burning speed faster.

2 1) Cancel unnecessary services. Windows XP calls many services that users may not use at all. These services not only affect the running speed, but also are very unfavorable to protect the system security. Therefore, unnecessary system services can be disabled as needed. Methods: Select "Run" in the Start menu, enter "Services.msc" to open the Service Management Console, and start or stop the service by changing the startup type of the service.

22) If you think that the single-window browser of Windows is slow, you can open "My Computer" and click "Tools"->; "folder options"->; View, and select Open Folder Window with Independent Process. This can prevent slow devices from affecting the response speed of the user interface.

23) Open the case at least once a year to clean up the dust and sundries. At the same time, check whether all fans are working normally and whether the capacitor on the motherboard is expanding or leaking.

So far, all 23 moves have been used. Are you more satisfied with your system?

Reminder: Although "defragmentation" has a limited effect on improving computer performance, a hard disk without fragments always consumes less power than a hard disk full of fragments. And once the hard disk is damaged, it will be easier to recover if the data on the hard disk is stored continuously. Therefore, it is recommended to "defragment" the hard disk every once in a while (from several months to one year according to the usage of the machine).