Is your computer shared with people? If so, you will be worried about the security of your personal files. If you are using the Windows XP operating system, you can use some simple and efficient settings provided by Windows XP to maintain your file security.
1. How to make XP automatically connect to the Internet
IE—Tool—Internet Options—Connect, check "Dialing when the network does not exist", pull IE to "Start up" After each startup is completed, you are already online! There is another method: enter the connection content, cancel the "prompt name, password, credentials, etc.", and then pull the connection to "Start".
2. Quickly browse the sharing of LANs
Usually, when Windows XP connects to other computers, it will comprehensively check all scheduled tasks on the other computer. This check will make you wait for 30 seconds or more. The method removed is found in the registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace".
Under this key value, there will be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} key. After deleting it, restarting the computer, Windows XP will no longer check the scheduled tasks, and the speed will be significantly improved.
3. Encrypt files and folders
Encrypting files and folders can prevent unauthorized users from reading the files and folders. The method to encrypt files or folders in Windows is: open "Windows Explorer", right-click the file or folder you want to encrypt, select the "Properties" option, click the "Advanced" button in the "General" tab, and select the "Encrypt content to protect data" check box (this operation is only applicable to NTFS file systems).
When encrypting a folder, the system will ask whether to encrypt all files and subfolders in the folder at the same time. If you choose to do this, all files or subfolders that are currently and in the future to be added in the folder will be encrypted; if you choose to encrypt only folders, the current files and subfolders in the folder will not be encrypted, but any files and subfolders added to the folder will be encrypted in the future when added. When encrypting a single file, the system will also ask whether to encrypt the folder containing it at the same time. If you choose to do so, all files and subfolders added to the folder will be automatically encrypted in the future.
Under this key value, there will be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} key. After deleting it, restarting the computer, Windows XP will no longer check the scheduled tasks, and the speed will be significantly improved.
4. Increase the transmission rate of 10/100M network card
Select "Start → Connect to → Show All Connections", double-click the connection used by the network card, click the "Properties" button, open the "Properties" dialog box, and select the "Advanced" tab. Select "Link Speed/Duplex Mode" in the "Properties" column, and then change "Auto Mode" to "10 Half Mode" in the "Set Value" column.
In this way, the attributes of the 10/100M adaptive network card are manually forced to 10M half-duplex mode, so that no automatic negotiation is carried out between network cards, so that the network cards always perform at a speed of 10Mbps when transmitting data, greatly improving the transmission efficiency between networks. This setting is only valid for some network cards.
5. Settings of shared drives or folders
Using Windows XP, it is easy to set drives or folders to "share". Moreover, if you do not want these shared drives or folders to be seen by remote computer users, just add a "$" after the "shared name" of the shared drives or folders, such as "C$". However, when the remote computer user knows the computer's name and the username and password of the administrator and server operator, any remote computer user can access the computer through the local area network or the Internet, undoubtedly, this also poses a security risk to computers with shared drives or folders. To ensure the security of shared drives or folders, we should disable server services. After disabling the server service, all remote computers will not be able to connect to any drive or folder on that computer, but the administrator of the machine will still be able to access shared folders on other computers. The operation method to disable server services is: enter "Control Panel" - "Performance and Maintenance" - "Administrative Tools", double-click the "Services" icon, double-click the "Server" item in the "Services" window, and you can see the dialog box as shown in Figure 1, and select the "Disabled" or "Manual" item in the "Startup Type" list.
6. Solve the problem of pausing during WinXP execution
Start - Network Connection - Local connection, right-click, select properties, select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", click properties, use the following IP address: 192.168.0.1, and subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. That's fine, and there will be no pause when the computer is turned on in the future.
7. Set the folder as a dedicated folder
By default, all folders in Windows XP are open, i.e. all users on the machine can use them, which undoubtedly puts some users’ important personal data at a serious threat. To this end, Windows XP has added a new function called "Folder Dedicated", which means that in the NTFS file system, after a folder is set to be a "dedicated folder" by the user, the folder can only be used by that user, while other users cannot use it after logging into Windows XP, which provides convenience for protecting important personal information. To make a folder dedicated to it, just move the folder to the "x:\Documents and Settings\Username\" folder (x refers to the partition where the Windows XP installation file is located), then right-click the folder, select the "Properties" option, and select the "Set this folder as personal so that only I can access it" check box in the "Share" tab. In this way, when other users log in to Windows XP and want to enter this folder, they will be alerted that "access denied".
8. Accelerate sharing
This is a great optimization, and before I find this optimization, I often knocked my head out in a long wait window to show the shared directory on other machines.
Normally, when Windows XP is connected to another computer, it checks all scheduled tasks on the other computer - this is really redundant and will make you wait for 30 seconds, which is really bad.
Fortunately, this process is easily banned. First, find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows/Current Version\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace in the registry. Here, there should be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-87-00AA0060F5BF} key. Just delete it, and after restarting the computer, Windows no longer checks the scheduled tasks, and the speed is significantly improved!
1. How to make XP automatically connect to the Internet
IE—Tool—Internet Options—Connect, check "Dialing when the network does not exist", pull IE to "Start up" After each startup is completed, you are already online! There is another method: enter the connection content, cancel the "prompt name, password, credentials, etc.", and then pull the connection to "Start".
2. Quickly browse the sharing of LANs
Usually, when Windows XP connects to other computers, it will comprehensively check all scheduled tasks on the other computer. This check will make you wait for 30 seconds or more. The method removed is found in the registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace".
Under this key value, there will be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} key. After deleting it, restarting the computer, Windows XP will no longer check the scheduled tasks, and the speed will be significantly improved.
3. Encrypt files and folders
Encrypting files and folders can prevent unauthorized users from reading the files and folders. The method to encrypt files or folders in Windows is: open "Windows Explorer", right-click the file or folder you want to encrypt, select the "Properties" option, click the "Advanced" button in the "General" tab, and select the "Encrypt content to protect data" check box (this operation is only applicable to NTFS file systems).
When encrypting a folder, the system will ask whether to encrypt all files and subfolders in the folder at the same time. If you choose to do this, all files or subfolders that are currently and in the future to be added in the folder will be encrypted; if you choose to encrypt only folders, the current files and subfolders in the folder will not be encrypted, but any files and subfolders added to the folder will be encrypted in the future when added. When encrypting a single file, the system will also ask whether to encrypt the folder containing it at the same time. If you choose to do so, all files and subfolders added to the folder will be automatically encrypted in the future.
Under this key value, there will be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} key. After deleting it, restarting the computer, Windows XP will no longer check the scheduled tasks, and the speed will be significantly improved.
4. Increase the transmission rate of 10/100M network card
Select "Start → Connect to → Show All Connections", double-click the connection used by the network card, click the "Properties" button, open the "Properties" dialog box, and select the "Advanced" tab. Select "Link Speed/Duplex Mode" in the "Properties" column, and then change "Auto Mode" to "10 Half Mode" in the "Set Value" column.
In this way, the attributes of the 10/100M adaptive network card are manually forced to 10M half-duplex mode, so that no automatic negotiation is carried out between network cards, so that the network cards always perform at a speed of 10Mbps when transmitting data, greatly improving the transmission efficiency between networks. This setting is only valid for some network cards.
5. Settings of shared drives or folders
Using Windows XP, it is easy to set drives or folders to "share". Moreover, if you do not want these shared drives or folders to be seen by remote computer users, just add a "$" after the "shared name" of the shared drives or folders, such as "C$". However, when the remote computer user knows the computer's name and the username and password of the administrator and server operator, any remote computer user can access the computer through the local area network or the Internet, undoubtedly, this also poses a security risk to computers with shared drives or folders. To ensure the security of shared drives or folders, we should disable server services. After disabling the server service, all remote computers will not be able to connect to any drive or folder on that computer, but the administrator of the machine will still be able to access shared folders on other computers. The operation method to disable server services is: enter "Control Panel" - "Performance and Maintenance" - "Administrative Tools", double-click the "Services" icon, double-click the "Server" item in the "Services" window, and you can see the dialog box as shown in Figure 1, and select the "Disabled" or "Manual" item in the "Startup Type" list.
6. Solve the problem of pausing during WinXP execution
Start - Network Connection - Local connection, right-click, select properties, select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", click properties, use the following IP address: 192.168.0.1, and subnet mask: 255.255.255.0. That's fine, and there will be no pause when the computer is turned on in the future.
7. Set the folder as a dedicated folder
By default, all folders in Windows XP are open, i.e. all users on the machine can use them, which undoubtedly puts some users’ important personal data at a serious threat. To this end, Windows XP has added a new function called "Folder Dedicated", which means that in the NTFS file system, after a folder is set to be a "dedicated folder" by the user, the folder can only be used by that user, while other users cannot use it after logging into Windows XP, which provides convenience for protecting important personal information. To make a folder dedicated to it, just move the folder to the "x:\Documents and Settings\Username\" folder (x refers to the partition where the Windows XP installation file is located), then right-click the folder, select the "Properties" option, and select the "Set this folder as personal so that only I can access it" check box in the "Share" tab. In this way, when other users log in to Windows XP and want to enter this folder, they will be alerted that "access denied".
8. Accelerate sharing
This is a great optimization, and before I find this optimization, I often knocked my head out in a long wait window to show the shared directory on other machines.
Normally, when Windows XP is connected to another computer, it checks all scheduled tasks on the other computer - this is really redundant and will make you wait for 30 seconds, which is really bad.
Fortunately, this process is easily banned. First, find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows/Current Version\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace in the registry. Here, there should be a {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-87-00AA0060F5BF} key. Just delete it, and after restarting the computer, Windows no longer checks the scheduled tasks, and the speed is significantly improved!