Two taboos in Windows XP

Now most virtual drives are unstable in XP, which is easy to cause XP to crash, because virtual drive is different from general software: it uses special mechanism in &ldquo "Device Manager" in Windows, let Windows think that the addition of physical CD-ROM, XP only designed to restore the hardware driver, did not expect to "restore /delete" hardware itself. Because XP is specially optimized for NTFS and network, and most virtual CD-ROMs are developed under the FAT32 environment. Currently, there are few virtual CD-ROM softwares that are compatible with XP. If you have to install them, you have to endure several crashes. Slowly try which one is stable, and XP may crash if you don't.

Special reminder:

Even if you find a stable virtual drive software, if you virtualize more than 4 physical drive, it may trigger the XP activation check mechanism, asking you to activate XP&mdash again. ;— Because Microsoft thinks that you have changed the hardware for four machines, it is recommended that you do not install a virtual CD-ROM.

If you really want to use a virtual optical drive, it is better to use multiple operating systems. It is better to use the 98 inside. It seems that only developers who write virtual CD-ROM software can write a new version that can run stably without causing activation, so that everyone can really use the virtual drive.

Second, avoid invalid date

XP also has a date test mechanism with activation test. If your motherboard CMOS battery is powered down, or if you misuse or use other date-limited software, the date becomes an invalid date in 1999 (no XP has been developed in 1999)