Win XP has become the preferred operating system for many computer players with its gorgeous operation screen and stable performance, but in the process of using Windows XP, you will find that the operating system is getting slower and slower over time. . How to improve the speed of Windows XP has become a topic of great concern to users.
1, speed up the startup speed
Every time you start Windows XP, the blue scroll bar will tirelessly walk a few laps, for the pursuit of high efficiency, is it very hope that it can take a few laps What? In fact, we can completely reduce its scrolling time to speed up the startup. To do this, open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Session Manager Memory Management PrefetchParameters branch, find the EnablePrefetcher subkey in the middle window, and change its default value of "3" to "1". . Next, right-click on the desktop, click "My Computer", select the "Properties" command, select the "Hardware" tab in the window that opens, and click the "Device Manager" button. Expand "IDE ATA/ATAP Controller" in the "Device Manager" window, double-click the "Secondary IDE Channel" option, select the "Advanced" tab in the pop-up dialog box, and the "Device Type" in "Device 0" In the middle, the original "automatic detection" is changed to "none", and "OK" is exited. The "main IDE channel" modification method is consistent. Now restart your computer and see if your scroll bar scrolling time is reduced? Note: Friends who use the VIA chip motherboard must not modify the "VIA BUS MASTER IDE CONTROLLER" option.
In addition, if you do not choose to create multiple different hardware profiles, or if you want to automatically load the default hardware profile during startup without displaying the list items, you can set the "seconds" in the "Hardware Profile Selection" section. Enter "0" in the middle. Pressing the space bar while you need to select will display the list.
2, optimize the network neighborhood
Windows XP Network Neighborhood when using, the system will first search for its own shared directory and printers that can be used as a network share and scheduled tasks related to the network in the task, and then displayed, This will directly affect the speed of the computer. If it is not necessary, it should be deleted. The specific steps are as follows: In the Registry Editor, find HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\sofeware\\ Microsoft\\Windows\\Current Version\\Explore\\RemoteComputer\\NameSpace, delete the (printer) and {D6277990-4C6A- 11CF8D87- 00AA0060F5BF} (planned tasks). Then restart your computer and when you visit My Network Places again, you've found that the speed has increased.
3, speed up the switch speed
When shutting down in Windows XP, the system will always send a message to the running program and the remote server, notify them that the system should be shut down, and wait for the response to receive the system before the system shuts down. If we want to speed up the boot, we can first set the time to automatically end the task. To do this, open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_CURRENT _ USER Control Panel Desktop branch, and locate the AutoEndTasks subkey, setting it to 1. Then set the "HungAPPTimeout" subkey under the branch to "1000" and the "WaitTOKillService" to "1000" (the default is 5000). By resetting this way, the shutdown speed of the computer can be significantly accelerated.
4, speed up the read-ahead ability to improve the boot speed
After using Windows XP for a long time, we will find that the system running speed is significantly slower, with multiple optimization software, uninstall the installed software can not solve the problem. Why on earth? The original culprit was the read-ahead setting. There are many files with PF extension in the “Windows\\Prefetch” folder. This is the pre-read file. If you empty the files, you will find that the system is running again! It seems that the pre-reading settings can increase the speed of the system, but after a period of use, the files in the pre-reading folder will become much more, and the time it takes for the system to search becomes very long. Moreover, some applications generate dead link files, which increases the burden of system search. Therefore, we should periodically delete these pre-read files to increase the boot speed.
Of course, Windows XP resets the read-ahead object is allowed. To do this, open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SYSTEM\\ CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters branch, and double-click EnablePrefetcher in the right window. In the Open DWord value edit window, You can pre-read the Windows XP:
set the value to "0", which is to cancel the pre-read function; set to "1", the system will only pre-read the application; set to "2", the system will Only pre-read Windows system files; set to "3", the system will pre-read Windows system files and applications. Generally, we can set the value to "2". Of course, if your computer is configured very high, if you change the value data to 4 or 5 using the PIII 800MHz CPU or above, you can also leave the value data as the default value. . This will speed up the system.
5, quickly switch between different working environments
In order to meet a variety of different needs and adapt to different working environments, you can create multiple different hardware profiles at the same time. Press the “Copy” button in the “Hardware Profile” dialog box to back up the current hardware configuration file and rename it, and do it in different working environments. Go to the "Hardware Configuration File" dialog box, use the up and down arrows to move the configuration file, put the most commonly used at the top, select "Wait for the user to select the hardware configuration file" in the "Hardware Configuration File Selection" section, restart the computer. See the "Hardware Profile Selection Menu". This setting method is more practical for users who use laptops. It can create multiple hardware profiles for different occasions. It is convenient to switch and greatly improve work efficiency.
6, improve broadband speed
As we all know, the professional version of Windows XP defaults to 20% of the bandwidth, in fact, this is not a big effect for our individual users. Instead of being idle, use it as follows: Enter gpedit.msc in Start → Run to open the Group Policy Editor. Locate Computer Configuration→Administrative Templates→Network→QoS Packet Scheduler. Select Restrict Bandwidth on the right. Select Properties to open the Restrict Bandwidth Properties dialog box and select Disable. After this reset, you can release the reserved 20% of the bandwidth.
7, empty the redundant hardware information in the system
use of plug-in hardware devices in daily work is a common thing, so the process of repeatedly installing the driver will leave a lot of hardware registration information in the system, resulting in the system Slow down, how to empty this redundant hardware information? First click on the "Copy" button to back up (Profile 2), then rename it, for example to Profile, and then restart the computer, there will be a prompt for you to choose: "1, Profile. 2, Profile1 3, None of the Above ”, where “1” and “2” are the hardware configuration files that already exist in the system. Of course, we choose “3”, so that Windows can re-detect the hardware, and the “Detect Hardware” dialog box will appear on the screen. And prompt "about a few minutes", the "Configuration Settings" dialog box that appears later, prompts "Successfully set the configuration of the new computer, the name is Profile1", click the "OK" button to reinstall the driver of the hardware device program. Finally, remove the two hardware configuration files except Profile1 to prevent you from still asking which hardware configuration file to use when booting.
Well, after our carefully adjusted WIN XP is faster and more user-friendly. Interested friends may wish to give it a try!