WinXP routine maintenance eight rules

Although it is already the world of windows xp/2003, we know that windows itself is a very open and very fragile system. If you use it a little, it may cause system damage or even embarrassment. And if the installation and uninstallation of the application frequently occurs, the system will run slower, the system application conflict will increase significantly, and so on. The end result of these problems is that you have to reinstall windows.

Even Windows 98 does not provide very comprehensive system maintenance and optimization functions. The functions provided by the "Maintenance Wizard" are too limited. In addition, the system does not provide management functions for the registry control system settings. It would be very tricky for the users to deal with the various system problems that occur frequently. Based on the experience in practice, I recommend several ways to help ordinary users maintain windows.

1. Regularly defragmenting disks and scanning disk files

This is the easiest and most straightforward way. In general, you can use the "Disk Defragmentation" and "Disk Scanner" provided by the Windows system itself to optimize the disk files. Both tools are very simple. If you are a user with a certain understanding of the windows system, it is recommended that you use the norton disk doctor and norton speed disk provided by norton utilities 3.05. This is the latest disk maintenance tool introduced by symantec in 1998. Its remarkable feature is running. Fast and powerful. It is commendable that the disk defragmentation speed of Norton Speed ​​Disk is ten times faster than that of Windows built-in tools, and the program provides a lot of optimization control, which is a very worthwhile tool. The use of these two tools is very simple, you only need to select the drive that needs to be scanned or optimized, and execute the commands in the corresponding program interface to start the operation. In addition, in addition to optimization and error scanning of disk file arrangement. We can also use the space cleaner provided by Windows itself or the space wizard provided by norton utilities to scan various unwanted files on the disk. They can safely delete temporary files, useless files, backup files, etc. stored in each path of the system, completely freeing up disk space.

2. Maintaining the system registry

We know that the windows registry is the lowest level setting to control the system startup and operation. The files are system.dat and user.dat under the windows installation path. These two files do not display the system settings in plain text, and ordinary users cannot modify them at all. And we know that if you install/uninstall applications frequently, the settings added by these applications in the system registry are usually not completely deleted. After a long time, the registry will become very large and the system will run faster. affected. At present, there are many automatic debugging, compression and optimization tools for the Windows registry that are popular in the market. It can be said that the windows doctor provided by Norton utilities is the best, it not only provides a powerful automatic detection of system registry error settings. Features, but also provides automatic repair. Using this tool, even if you don't know anything about the system registry, you can do it very easily, because you can complete the system error repair by simply clicking the "next" button in the program interface with the mouse.
3. Backing up the system registry frequently

Backing up the system registry is the easiest and most effective way to ensure that the windows system can run stably, maintain the system, and restore the system. We know that the system's registry information is stored in the windows folder, and its file names are system.dat and user.dat. These two files have implicit and system properties. Now you need to do a backup of these two files. You can use regedit's export function to copy these two files directly to the backup file path. When the system fails, you will The backup file is directed to the windows path, and the source file can be overwritten to restore the system. In addition, if you are using windows98, you can use the scanreg.exe provided by it to perform system backup and recovery, which is simpler. You can quickly back up the current system registry by typing scanreg/backup directly at the dos prompt. When you need to restore the registry, you can press the scanreg/restore button at the dos prompt. For this tool, it should be used in the dos environment.

4. Clean up useless dll files in the system path

This maintenance work may not be familiar, but it is also a crucial factor affecting the system's ability to run quickly. We know that after the application is installed in Windows, some dll files are usually copied in the system folder under the Windows installation path. When you delete the corresponding application, some of the dll files are usually retained; when the dll file in the path increases, it will greatly affect the overall speed of the system. For ordinary users, it is very difficult to manually delete dll files.

For this situation, it is recommended to use the clean system automatic dll file scanning and deletion tool. The download URL of this tool is www. Ozemail.com.au/kevsol/sware.html, you only need to select the drive to scan in the program interface, then click the "start scanning" button in the interface, the program will automatically analyze the files on the corresponding disk Correlate with the dll file in the system path, and then give a list of dll files that are not associated with all files. At this point, you can click the ok button in the interface to delete and auto-backup. It has been used to safely delete 7m dll files, which does not cause application errors in the system, and the effect is very good.

5. Use the anti-system crash tool to maintain system stability

This is another way to maintain the system. When your system is unstable and you don't know the cause of the problem and don't want to reinstall windows, you can use it. This tool is used to maintain system stability. This approach protects your application at critical moments, saving data that is temporarily stored in system memory to disk, and is often useful when you are about to complete a design or create a work. At present, there are many tools in this area. After comparison, it is felt that the crushguard provided by Norton has done a good job in application crash recovery. It provides rich functions, simple operation mode, high degree of automation, and good recovery effect. In particular, the program can automatically monitor the current running application of the system, and then automatically start when the crash occurs. The user only needs to click the anti in the mouse dialog box. The -freeze button restores the app, which is very easy to use and is recommended to use it. In addition, there is a tool for bomb shelter in nuts & bolts, which is also a good anti-application crash tool. The feature of this tool is very small, and its recovery is also good.
6. Using online virus detection tools to prevent virus intrusion

This involves maintaining system security, although it is not very important, but if you are constantly exposed to data exchange, it is very necessary to use this tool. If you like to download software frequently, it is necessary to have a good online virus defense tool. In terms of virus defense software, it is highly recommended that you use pc-ciiiin, a top-level online defense virus tool. It provides very good results, and its use is very simple, the program will automatically run after the system starts and provide online monitoring, when the virus is found to invade the system will give a warning message and stop all system activities, you can Select anti-virus or related operations in the interface given by the program. In addition, webscanx provided by mcafee is also an excellent product in dealing with viruses from the internet. It is a tool for virus detection specifically for internet download files, e-mail reception, etc. The interface design of the program is also very cool. You can get it at http://www.mcafee.com.

7. Using windows assistive tools to optimize the system

Windows is a very large system, and the system requirements for cpu and memory are also increasing, and the current application is getting bigger and bigger, which is the system startup speed. Not a quick reason. To this end, there are now tools for Windows and its application startup acceleration. The most representative product in this regard is the speedstart provided by Norton utilities, which is a very good online tool for automatic optimization of system operation. In addition, there are many shareware offering windows enhancements. These tools are usually very small, but they largely fill the gaps in the system, such as providing enhanced system mouse right-click menus, system desktops, taskbars, shortcut menus, mouse functions, and more.

8. Optimizing windows itself

Since the automation of windows itself is already very high, in principle, users do not need to optimize settings themselves. However, we still have some experience in the process of using, which is also effective for improving the speed of the system, including the following points:

(1) Minimize in the autoexec.bat and config.sys files The loaded driver, because windows can provide good support for the hardware, if necessary, it is possible to delete these two files.

(2) Use fat32. This is also a very good way, although fat32 does not give you faster disk data access, but it can provide more disk free space, the effect is very good. It is also recommended that you use the "fat32 converter" provided by windows98. It has the advantage of converting fat16 to fat32 without destroying the existing data on the disk, which works well. If your level is higher, it is recommended to use partition magic for fat32 conversion. This tool provides more powerful functions and fast conversion speed.

(3) It is necessary to periodically delete applications that are no longer in use. When too many applications are installed in the system, it affects the speed of the system. So if an application is no longer being used, it should be removed in a timely manner. For the delete operation, we can generally use the uninstall program provided by the program itself. If it is not provided, it is recommended to use the uninstall deluxe provided by Norton. This is an excellent tool. The biggest advantage is that it is completely removed and provides system optimization. It is worth using.

(4) Delete fonts that are no longer used in the system.

(5) If the display card speed is not fast, do not use too high display settings, do not use too high display refresh rate settings, generally 75hz is a good choice.

(6) Turn off the cd-rom auto-sensing function provided by the system (set in the "System-Device Management" item).

(7) During the daily use, you should pay attention to the latest hardware drivers related to your own machine, and install them into the system in time. This is usually an effective way to improve system performance without spending money.