Little-known skills in Windows XP operating system

1. Let the system tray display the current date: By default, the Windows XP system tray only displays the current time and day of the week. If we need to display the date, just increase the width of the taskbar as appropriate. Move to the top edge of the taskbar and turn it into a drag symbol. Hold down the left mouse button and drag it up. If you can't drag it, right click on the taskbar to cancel the lock taskbar. & rdquo;
2. Modify the maximum number of groups: In Windows XP, a new taskbar button similar to the grouping is added. The grouping will only be activated when the taskbar is crowded when too many windows are displayed on the taskbar. All open documents of the program are combined into one button on the taskbar. We can use the registry to set a certain number of windows to a certain number, then activate the function, open the registry editor, then find the HKEY_CURRENT_Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced subkey, create a new double-byte key value item TaskbarGroupSize And assign a value to it, the number of general settings window is better in five or six.
3. Check if Windows XP is activated: Want to confirm if your Windows XP has been activated? Open the "Run" dialog box and type "oobe/msoobe /a" (note that there is a space before /a), press the Enter key, and the window shown in Figure 2 will pop up in a moment, click “ Confirm the ” button to close the window.
4. View detailed system information: Open “command prompt”, or enter “cmd” in the “Run” dialog box, enter “systeminfo” in the “command prompt” state ;, press the Enter key, the system will start detecting relevant information and return to the current window, you can see whether Windows XP has installed patches, initial installation time, virtual memory settings and other details.
5. Call the graphical interface in the command prompt: If we need to repeatedly enter a long command in the Windows XP "Command Prompt" window, you can press the F7 button and the graphical interface appears. You can use the arrow keys to make selections very easily, then press the Enter key to execute the command.
6. View online time: In Windows XP, we can view our past online time through the “Event Viewer” by opening the “Control Panel” and double-clicking “Administrative Tools”. , then open the "Event Viewer", select "ldquo; system" in the left window, right-click, select "ldquo; attribute" in the pop-up shortcut menu, in the "system properties" window Select the “Filter” tab, select “RemoteAccess” in “Event Source", click the “OK" button, go back to “Event Viewer” main window, in the right window It will show the start time and end time of the Internet. The earlier of the two adjacent time is the start time of your Internet access, and the later is the time you are offline. You can also click the right mouse button and select “ Export the list & rdquo;, import them into a separate file.