Six taboos of Windows XP

After Microsoft officially released XP, it is estimated that there are quite a lot of people who install this system. XP's technical articles have also begun to increase, but use XP to be careful about the "taboos" mentioned below. If you don't pay attention, it will make your system unstable or troublesome, but it may damage your hardware. !

First, avoid virtual drive

Now most virtual drive is unstable in XP, it is easy to cause XP crash, because virtual drive is different from general software: it through special mechanism, I fooled Windows in the "Device Manager" and let Windows think that the physical drive was added. XP only designed the driver to restore the hardware. I didn't expect to "restore/delete" the hardware itself. Because XP is specially optimized for NTFS and network, and most virtual CD-ROMs are developed under the FAT32 environment. Currently, there are few virtual CD-ROM softwares that are compatible with XP. If you have to install them, you have to endure several crashes. Come slowly and try which one is stable, and XP may crash if you don't.

Special reminder is that even if you find a stable virtual drive software, if you virtualize more than 4 physical drive, it may trigger the XP activation check mechanism, asking you to activate XP again. Because Microsoft thinks that you have changed the four hardware is probably a machine change, so it is recommended that you do not install a virtual CD drive. If you really want to use a virtual optical drive, it is better to use multiple operating systems. It is better to use the 98 inside. It seems that only developers who write virtual CD-ROM software can write a new version that can run stably without causing activation, so that everyone can really use the virtual drive.

Second, avoid invalid date

XP also has a date test mechanism with the activation test. If your motherboard CMOS battery is powered down, or if you misuse or use other date-limited software, causing the date to become an invalid date in 1999 (99 has not yet developed XP), then XP will initialize the graphical interface. After the word "welcome", the system is locked, and there are no prompts and options, just like the crash of the mouse. If you don't pay attention to the effect of the date, no matter what operation you can't fix XP, the author has eaten the loss and reloaded XP. Later, I found out the real reason - so be sure to take care of the date you started XP and enter XP. After that, it is ok to change the date.

Third, bogey outside the cat's power supply is not open

XP is optimized for ISDN and broadband network design, for MODEM is not so "care". Many cats do not have proper drivers in XP. They can only be replaced by FOR 2000 or NT drivers, and dial-up exceptions often occur. Especially a lot of foreign cats, if you do not turn on the power of MODEM when you start XP, you will not find the hardware after entering the graphical interface and then open XP. You need to refresh the scanning hardware or restart XP again in the device manager. Trouble - some people don't know why, don't restart XP, but constantly download different versions of the program update, restore driver may cause the entire system to crash, so friends with foreign cats please pay attention: remember to open you before entering XP MODEM power supply.
Fourth, avoid the lack of security knowledge of the novice to open the default sharing and remote assistance

Because XP is part of the implementation of the Microsoft .NET strategy, the default is to open a lot of network functions. For example, share your drive, remotely solve Windows operation problems through the network, and so on. These network functions may be very convenient for people who know how to do it, but for beginners who don't have enough knowledge about network security, there is a certain danger, because sharing the drive and allowing remote assistance is the need to open the port of your computer and open certain permissions. Although XP has its own firewall, if you encounter a clever virus or a malicious hacker, these services may also expose you to data loss or compromise. People who are not familiar with network security knowledge are advised to turn off the sharing and remote assistance functions if they do not need to access the LAN (you need to turn off the server service in the management tool).

Five, avoid installing XP and then installing Windows9X in the same partition

XP is developed with NT architecture, but the default directory for placing files is not WINNT, on the partition where you install XP. Also named as the Windows directory. If you install XP98 in the same partition after installing XP, not only may destroy the boot menu of multiple operating systems, but also because the 98 installer overwrites the file to destroy XP system, because 9X default installation path is also Windows. . Therefore, it is recommended that you still have a separate partition for each operating system, and pay attention to installing a low-level version of the window, and then install XP, so as not to use the installer to repair the multi-boot menu.

Six, avoid using XP standby or hibernation on machines that support ACPI is not good

Support ACPI is not good on the machine, mainly the problem of power supply and motherboard, if you use sleep at this time Or the standby function, after the recovery, the sound card may sound abnormally, with a lot of humming noise; in addition, because the standby and hibernation are to shut down the hard disk, but in the system with poor ACPI support, the hard disk is turned off. The power is not cut off, or even the hard disk is not completely closed. It may take a few seconds for the hard disk to automatically turn on again, so that the magnetic head will be greatly affected by the current without being reset in a short time, and the life of the hard disk will be greatly affected. I suggest you find that your XP system standby or hibernation function has a BUG, ​​it is best to change a good power or a good motherboard, if you do not intend to replace, it is best not to use XP standby and hibernation.