Windows XP Application Skills Set (6)

Windows XP system will appear to be shut down for too long, disk usage is high, and some operations do not have problems such as Windows 98. This article starts from the details, and describes in detail some of the use techniques of Windows XP system, which will definitely help you improve your application skills. In the last two issues, we published the first, second, third, fourth and fifth parts of the Windows XP Application Skills Collection. In this issue, we published the ten techniques in the sixth part.

1. Make the desktop graphic clear with a magnifying glass

Win XP is designed with different people in mind, so there is an “accessory tool” under the Win XP accessory for hearing and vision. Poor people use the operating system. In fact, in addition to these, the taskbar itself has a magnifying glass tool (not the same as the one in the auxiliary tool, which is displayed above the desktop screen, the area is large, and this is displayed in the taskbar, the area is small) . Right click on the taskbar, select the toolbar, select "taskbar magnifier" in the lower menu, and then a "small box" will appear on the right side of the taskbar, which has a magnified view (pointed by the mouse), this image The magnification is customizable. Right click on the “small box” and select the magnification in the pop-up “zoom” submenu. This "small box" is small, if you want to be bigger, you can widen the taskbar.

2, access to the file page is more convenient

Right-click on the blank space of the taskbar, select "Toolbar" in the pop-up menu, and then select "Address" in the submenu, " Link" and "Desktop".

Putting these tools on the taskbar can be a lot easier. For example, if you want to visit a website, you can type the URL directly in the address bar (if you are connected to the internet), you can also type "D:" here. U8221" to directly access each disk, to read the floppy drive type "A: u8221", to read the CD-ROM directly type "G: u8221" (if the drive is G), to send mail? Just type "mail to +mail address" in the address bar. You don't have to talk about the role of the link, everyone knows. The stuff that is called the desktop is easy to use. If you access the file (if you have a lot of files, you need to find it), you can find it here. This "desktop" puts all the files into a tree structure, all the files and their structures are It is easy to see at a glance.

You can also directly visit the website. In general, when we want to log in to a website, we must first start Internet Explorer. In fact, as long as we click "Start" → "Run" (or, Win key + R), and directly enter the URL on the "Open" item, the system will connect to the corresponding website for you. If you set up automatic dialing in the system, it will automatically dial for you, which is very convenient.

3, one key to complete the network diagnosis

To perform network diagnosis, you can use the relevant commands in the command prompt, such as ping, but these diagnoses are not complete, to be a complete Network diagnostics can only be implemented in the Win XP Help Center. Open "Start" > "Help & Support" and find the network diagnosis (search for it, if you can't find it), just click "Scan" "System", you can complete all network diagnostics, after the scan, it will give a very beautiful report (much better than the command prompt, this is called xp (experience)?) This report is given The results of the text also give very detailed data, both for the average user and the system engineer.

4, turn off the fast switching function

One of the most compelling features of Win XP is called "quick switching", this feature is available for many people at the same time using the computer, but Note that each function is always accompanied by a loss of resources. If your memory is less than 64M, Win XP is automatically disabled when it is installed, because it will put more pressure on the already stretched memory. For 128M users, it doesn't matter if you open this function, but you don't need this feature very much, so it is recommended to turn this feature off. The method is as follows: Control Panel > User Account, click "Change User Login or Logout Mode", and remove "Use Fast User Switching".

5, optimize program running

Programs run their own priorities, all programs must occupy processor resources, processor processing tasks have a sequence, general computer There are 31 priority levels, and the kernel of the system occupies the highest level, which ensures the stability of the system, while the average application is generally compared to the later level. There is also a prioritization among the normal applications. They are all equal in front of the processor, but there are still some subtle differences. The foreground program (currently in use) has a higher priority than the background program.

You can adjust the priority of the application yourself, open the task manager, click on the "Process" tab, select an application process, right click, a shortcut menu will pop up, select "Set Priority" ", there are 6 levels: real time, high, high and standard, standard, below standard, low. You can force your program to force a level higher or lower (naturally freeing up resources for other programs). If you don't know the specific process of an application, you can do the following: Click on the "Applications" tab, right click on a task, select "Go to Process", it will go to the process of the program, so you Found the process of the program.

6, lock the start menu

In Windows by default, we can customize the "Start" menu according to your habits by dragging (for example you can put "Favorites" "Drag to the "find" below). If you don't want your colleagues to tamper with your customized Start menu, you should lock it.

Click "Start - Run", fill in "regedit" in the "Open" dialog box, and then "OK" (the same below) to open the Registry Editor. Locate the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer subkey in the left window, and create a new double-byte value (DWORD) named "NoChangStartMenu" in the right window and change the value to "1".

7, lock the control panel

"Control Panel" is very important, through it you can set the input method order, can modify the Windows password, can also add /remove programs, of course, more The crash of the Windows system is not what we want. How to do? Lock it!

Locate the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}InProcServer32" subkey in the left window and fill in the data "shell32.dll" of the "default" item in the right window. The number (a) makes it "shell32.dll-" as shown.

8. Lock my computer

How to protect your files effectively and safely? That is to lock the "my computer".

The method is the same as above, find the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}InProcServer32" subkey in the left window, and fill in the data of the "default" item of the right window "shell32.dll-" The previous minus sign (one) makes it "shell32.dll".

9, fast copy file

If you want to sort out the files on the hard disk for a while, put the picture in the picture folder, the mp3 file is placed in the music folder Wait, but copying and pasting back and forth is really cumbersome. Now let's quickly copy the file in a simple way. Select a folder such as music-click the right mouse button to create a shortcut - copy this shortcut -> paste this shortcut in the SendTo folder.

SendTo is the system folder of windowsXP, and the "send to" function is implemented by it. Now we select any mp3, click the right mouse button and select "Shortcut to music" in the send to, the mp3 file will be copied to the music folder, is not very easy! You can also create software, txt, webpage, etc. according to your needs, just look at yours!

10. Speed ​​up the shutdown

The shutdown speed of Windows XP is slower than the startup speed. In particular, some tasks need to be manually terminated, which further delays the shutdown speed. Therefore, to speed up the shutdown, you must first turn on the Windows XP auto-end task. The specific steps are: find "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop" from the registry, and set the key value of "AutoEndTasks" to 1.

Then modify "HungAppTimeout" to "4000 (or smaller)" (default is 5000), the key value is also under "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop"; the last step is to find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControl", also WaitToKillServiceTimeout is set to "4000"; the shutdown speed after this setting is obviously faster.