Windows XP optimization settings system articles

1. Remove the attachments imposed by Windows:

1) Modify winntinfsysoc.inf with Notepad NOTEPAD, use the Find/Replace function, type in the search box, hide (an English comma followed by hide), Replace the “ with “ box to null. And select all replacement, so that all, hide are removed,

2) save and exit,

3) run again & ldquo; add-remove program & rdquo;, you will see There are several options in "Add/Remove Windows Components"; so you can delete some unused attachments

2. Turn off the debugger Dr. Watson;

Dr. Watson is a built-in system maintenance tool that displays when a program fails to load or crashes. Run drwtsn32 and remove all but the "dump all thread context". Otherwise, if there is a program error, the hard disk will be loud for a long time, and it will take up a lot of space. If you have encountered this situation before, please find the user.dmp file and delete it, it may save tens of M space. This is the scene of the error program and it is useless to us. Then open the registry, find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAeDebug subkey branch, double-click the Auto key name under it, change its "Value data" to 0, and finally press F5 to refresh the settings, so completely cancel its operation. It is.

The memory.dmp that appears in the blue screen can also be deleted. DUMP when you turn off BSOD in my computer/properties

3, close “system restore<quo;: right click on the desktop “my computer”, select “ ”, find “ system restore & rdquo;, can be removed, this can save a lot of space

4. Close "sleep support": because the hibernation function accounts for a lot of hard disk space, so close comparison Ok,

Console-->Power Options-->Sleep (don't tick)

5, turn off unnecessary services

Click “Start&rdquo ;→“Settings&>→“Control Panel”. Double-click “Administrative Tools”→“Service”, after opening, you will see the list of services, some services have been started, some are not. Right-click the service you want to configure and click “Properties”. On the “General” tab, select “automatic","manual" or "disable", where "auto" indicates that Windows XP automatically launches the service each time the system is started; &ldquo ; Manual & rdquo; means that Windows XP does not automatically start the service, but manually starts the service when you need the service; and "disable" means that the service is not allowed to start. In the actual configuration, select “manual" or “disable" to disable the service. It is recommended to use the manual function, so that you can start some temporarily needed services at any time.

Some services are required for Windows XP and cannot be turned off. Otherwise, the system will crash. As for the function of each service, we can view it by double-clicking the service or hovering over the service name. The description of the specific service is simple, you can understand it, you can choose those who want it. The modification method is: select the disabled service, right click, select "property" "stop", set "startup type" to "manual" or "disabled".

6, speed up the XP switch

1) shorten the waiting time

Open the registry editor, find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControl,

Set WaitToKillServiceTimeout to: 1000 or less. (Original setting: 20000)

Locate the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop key and change the

WaitToKillAppTimeout in the right window to 1000, (original setting: 20000), only wait 1 second when closing the program. . Change the HungAppTimeout value to: 200 (original setting: 5000), which means that the program waits for 0.5 seconds when an error occurs.

2) Let the system automatically close the program that stops responding.

Open the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop key and set the AutoEndTasks value to 1. (Original setting: 0)

3) MsConfig. This tab shows all the programs that are running when Windows starts. Boldly remove the unwanted ones, Windows will start faster, and there will be more idle system resources.

7, XP Prefetcher

Windows XP comes with a service called Prefetcher. This service manages the initial startup of the program when Windows starts. The specified program can be loaded quickly in the future. In. Prefetcher is turned on by default, but its performance can be further improved. Open the Registry Editor and find it in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory

ManagementPrefetchParameters, which has a key name named EnablePrefetcher, and in most cases its value is 3. The recommended setting is 5, which works best on my machine when set to 5. Try different values ​​as you like until you find the one that works best for your machine.