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Third, optimize the visual effects

Select the "Advanced" tab in the "System Properties" to enter the "Performance Options" interface, which can be selected in "Visual Effects": automatically set to the best, most Good appearance, best performance, customization. The more effects you select, the more system resources you use. Selecting the Best Performance item will turn off all visual effects such as fades, smooth scrolls, and slide openes listed in the list.

Fourth, turn off system restore

By default, system restore function is enabled, each drive is occupied by up to 4% to 12% of hard disk space, and the system restore system will Automatically create restore points so that running in the background consumes more system resources.

Method:

Right-click on "Properties" in the desktop "My Computer" to enter the "System Properties" settings window, select the "System Restore" tab, and "Close on all drives" System Restore is set to selected.

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V. Speed ​​up menu display speed

Run Registry Editor and enter "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop", the data value named MenuShowDelay is changed from the original default of 400 to 0. After the modification, the start menu of XP and even the display menu of the application software will obviously speed up.

Sixth, enable DMA transfer mode

The so-called DMA, that is, direct memory storage mode, refers to computer peripherals (mainly refers to the hard disk) can directly exchange data with the memory, which can speed up the hard disk read and write speed , to increase the speed of the data transmission.

Method:

Select the "Hardware" tab in "System Properties" to open the "Device Manager", where "IDE Controller" has two "Primary IDE Channel" and "Secondary" IDE Channel", go to "Properties → Advanced Settings", the dialog box will list the transmission mode of the device connected to the current IDE interface, click the list button to set the "Transmission Mode" to "DMA (if available)