Windows XP Tips - Application

In order to better use Windows, the author will introduce some tips for searching for applications.

1. Turn off the debugger Dr. Watson;

Dr. Watson will display when the program fails to load or crash. Run drwtsn32, and remove all the thread contexts from the “ dump, otherwise the hard disk will ring 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, which can save tens of M space. 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.

2, compressed folder

Windows XP has built-in support for .ZIP files, you can view the zip file as a folder. However, in order to support this operating system to use some resources to achieve this feature, disable this feature can improve system performance. To disable this service you need to unregister zipfldr.dll: Click Start —— Run, type: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll .

3, set the startup information or increase the warning information

If you want to display some customized information when you start Windows XP, you can follow the steps below: Open the Registry Editor Find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinLogon subkey branch, double-click the LegalNoticeCaption name under it, open the "Edit String" window, and enter the title of the information dialog box in the "Value Data" text box, for example, "welcome" , then double-click LegalNoticeText, in the subsequent "Edit String" window, enter the warning message you want to display, such as "Please do not modify the settings of this level", click the "OK" button to re- Start to see the modified effect.

4, automatic call is prohibited at startup "Windows Messenger"

In order to promote its live chat program "Windows Messenger", the default setting is to call the program when Windows XP system starts. If you turn it off in the startup item for the first time, it will automatically revert to booting with the system once it is used. If you want it to never start with the system, you need to set it up: delete the "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunMSMSGS" key to achieve .

5, solve the taskbar suspended animation

“ control panel "->" regional and language options "->"language"->"details", In the pop-up "Settings window", select "Preferences" "Language Bar", close “display the language bar on the desktop", in the third item" display other language fields in the notification area Put a check mark on the icon " checkbox.

6. Temporary files will affect the performance of the system

Enter the “Internet Options" In the box, click “Move Folder” to move the Internet Temporary Folder to another extent. Do not leave it in the same panel as the system file. This is because the temporary files are small, multi-chased, and will generate a lot of Fragmentation, if it is put together with system files, will affect the performance of the system.

7. Free System Tutorial

The free system tutorial is “Roaming Windows XP”, most users are accustomed to setting it to “when it is installed” when it is installed. But for the novice it is still a good tutorial. Its location is in System32 under the Windows folder, and the file name is tourstart.exe.

8.Special symbol input

In some Windows programs, it is often necessary to insert some special symbols, and find them one by one, then use the "character mapping table" program to help . You can view which characters are in the selected font by clicking the “Character Mapping Table” and then click the “Select” >quo; and “Copy” button to copy the selected characters to the Windows clipboard. The location of the "character mapping table" is in System32 under the Windows folder, and the file name is Charmap.exe.

9, change the smart ABC style

Open the key value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SoftWare\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Current Versiong\\Smart ABC sub-key "Style", click Modify, the data value is “0” changed to “1”.

10, set the hotkey for the application

It is very convenient to use the hotkey that comes with Windows to open the resource manager and other programs, but for some later installed programs, such as WORD, there is no provision. Hotkeys, in order to start the program quickly and conveniently, we need to add it manually: find the shortcut that needs to set the program (such as WORD), right click and select "Attributes", in the "Attributes" & ldquo; ; shortcuts & rdquo; you can see the shortcut key in the interface, add a custom hotkey (such as Ctrl+Alt+W) and confirm it, then just press “Ctrl+Alt+ W” You can open WORD to write the text.