Windows XP Super Tips 16 Tips

1. Reinstall Windows XP does not need to be activated

If you need to reinstall Windows XP, you usually have to reactivate. In fact, as long as the Wpa.dbl file in the Windows\\System32 directory is backed up during the first activation, there is no need to activate it. After reinstalling Windows XP, just copy the file to the above directory.

2. How to know if your Windows XP is activated

Open Start → Run, enter: oobe/msoobe /a in the pop-up dialog box, the system will pop up after the carriage return Tells you if the system has been activated.

3. Turn off the zip folder function

Do you think that the zip folder function in Windows XP is too slow and the function is not attractive? If so, you can open the start → run, in the pop-up dialog box, type: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll, press Enter to close the ZIP folder function.

4. Let Windows XP also engrave ISO files

Windows XP does not provide the ability to directly burn ISO files, but you can download a third-party plugin to add this feature to your system. The plugin is available for download at http://members.home.net/alexfein/is...rderSetup.msi.

5. The background of the login interface becomes discolored

Open the registry editor, find [HKEY-USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Colors], change the value of the Background to “0 0 0” (without quotes), so the login background becomes black.

6.Uninstall XP completely

Some friends found that they don't like this operating system after installing Windows XP. At this time, you can boot to DOS with Windows 98 installation CD, then type: Format -ur This will delete all XP files and reinstall Windows 98/Me.

7. System life saves straw

When you suspect that the changes made to the computer before the system restarts may cause a malfunction, you can press F8 when starting the system, select “ the last correct Configure ” to restore changes made to the system.

8. Recovering Hardware's Previous Drivers

When the system is unstable or the hardware is not working after installing a new hardware driver, just in “Device Manager” Select the "Driver Recovery" button to revert to the previous normal system state. However, the printer driver cannot be restored.

9. Automatic login

Click Start → Run, type "rundll32netplwiz.dll, UsersRunDll" (without the quotation marks), and then cancel in User Accounts <;Users must enter a User name and password to use this computer”, click “OK”, then enter the username and password you want to log in to in the pop-up dialog box.

10. Shortcut for quick shutdown or restart (can be timed)

Click the right mouse button on the desktop and select New (shortcut, enter the location in the pop-up wizard: C:\\WINDOWS \\system32\\shutdown.exe -s -t 10 (where -s can be changed to -r, which means restart, and -t 10 means delay of 10 seconds, you can change this number according to your needs). After the shortcut key, assign an icon to it according to the above method. This quick shutdown or restart technique will display a nice dialog box prompting shutdown (restart), and you can add "&cquo;-c " Shut down! "”, this sentence will be displayed in the dialog box, of course, you can write the text at will, but be careful not to exceed 127 characters.

11. Shut down, restart as long as 1 second

If you want Windows XP to shut down instantly, you can press CTRL+ALT+DEL, then click on “Shutdown”→“Shutdown& rdquo; in the task manager that pops up. Hold down CTRL and in less than 1 second you will find that the system is closed. Just in the blink of an eye. For the same reason, if you select “Resume” in the “Shutdown” menu, you can quickly restart.

12. Find the missing Quick Launch Bar

Move the mouse to a blank area of ​​the taskbar, right-click and select “ldquo;properties” from the pop-up menu, select ““Taskbar” tab in the pop-up window, and then from the “Taskbar Appearance” & rdquo; In the box, select the check box for "Show Quick Launch", and "OK" is OK.

13. Batch file renaming

Windows XP provides batch renaming files. Function, select several files in Explorer, then press F2, then rename one of these files, so all selected files will be renamed to new file names (add increments at the end) Numbers.

14. Quickly lock the computer

Right-click on the desktop and select New“Shortcuts on the shortcut menu that appears, and the system will start Create a shortcut wizard and enter "lddll" in the text box 2.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation", click “Next”, enter the name of the shortcut in the pop-up window, click “Complete” Of course, the easiest way to lock your computer is to press WinKey + L directly.

15. Let the two-button mouse have the page scrolling function

Double-click the "mouse" item in the control panel and select "ld" in the pop-up "Mouse Properties" dialog box. In the "Lock" column, click the "Click to lock" item. Click the “Settings" button, and set the mouse to the shortest in the pop-up "click locked settings" dialog box, click “OK“Save. This can be done by opening a web page, clicking on the scroll of the web page, and moving the mouse up and down not far from the web scroll. Click the scroll of the page again to turn it off.

16. Let Windows XP read the English letters

Find the "accessibility>;"narrator” program in the group, click the "sound" button to enter & ldquo; Set the & rdquo; interface to make some settings and then save. When you point your mouse at a dialog box, menu, and button with English letters, you will hear a male voice reading English letters.