As a server-oriented operating system, Windows 2003 has made great progress in security, but this has also caused inconvenience in using the system. This article gives you ten tips for configuring the Windows 2003 operating system, which can make you more convenient to use the Windows 2003 operating system.
1. Adjust virtual memory
The virtual memory required for Windows to run normally exists as the "backup force" of physical memory. Although the hard disk is not as good as memory in terms of running speed, memory cannot be compared with the hard disk in terms of capacity. So we have always believed that the larger the virtual memory, the better. In fact, this is not the case. Especially when Windows server 2003 is installed as a workstation, we can try to disable virtual memory. The premise is that you must have more than 512M physical memory. Many friends are worried that if virtual memory is disabled, the system will not be unable to standby and sleep normally like in Windows 9x environment. In fact, this will not be the case, because starting from Windows XP, its virtual memory (i.e.,) is dedicated to data exchange. The data is still retained in physical memory during standby mode. The sleep mode also has its own dedicated sleep file (), so there will definitely be no problem that the system cannot sleep. Some friends who use Windows server 2003 are often helpless about its slow shutdown and logout. My solution here is to disable virtual memory, so that your logout and shutdown time may be much faster.
Right-click "My Computer" -> Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced, click "Change" in the "Virtual Memory" section, and then select "No paging file" in the window that appears. Just restart the system.
Note: There is no problem with adjusting the virtual memory section after personal testing, but it is not guaranteed to be the same on your machine, so I am not responsible for any consequences caused by this setup. It is only recommended that friends who have complaints about the shutdown speed of Windows Server 2003 try it.
2. Automatically enter the Windows Server 2003 system
Every time you boot and run the Windows Server 2003 system, you need to press and hold the Ctrl+Alt+Delete compound key at the same time and enter the login password to enter the system. If you need to log in to the system frequently, you may not be able to stand such long-lasting steps. At this time, you might as well follow the steps below to let the system automatically complete the login operation:
1. In the Run dialog box, enter the registry edit command regedit to open the registry edit window;
2. In this window, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESSOFTWAREMicrosoft WindowsNTCurrent VersionWinLogon key value in sequence;
3. In the corresponding sub-window on the right, right-click the blank space, and from the pop-up shortcut menu, execute the "New"/"String" commands in turn to create a string-type key name, and set the key name to "AutoAdminLogon" and set the value of the key name to "1";
4. Find the "DefaultDomainName" key name, and double-click it with the mouse. In the subsequent window, enter the domain name to log in, such as Department;
5. Double-click the "DefaultUserName" key name, and in the window that opens later, directly enter the user name to log in to this domain, such as "test";
6. In the sub-window on the right side of WinLogon, right-click the blank space, and from the pop-up shortcut menu, execute the "New"/"String" commands in turn to create a string-type key name, and set the key name to "DefaultPassword", and set the value of the key name to the user's login system password, for example, the login password of the user test is "123456";
7. After completing the settings, when restarting the computer, we will find that we can automatically enter the Windows Server 2003 system without logging in again. If you want to cancel the automatic login function in the future, you can set the "AutoAdminLogon" key value to "0".
3. Cancel the security check of the website
After newly installed the Windows Server 2003 operating system, when I opened the browser to query online information, I found that IE always prompted us "did not tire of" whether we need to add the currently visited website to the site we trust; if we don't trust, we cannot open the specified web page; if we trust, we must click the "Add" button to add the web page to the list of trusted websites. However, every time you visit a web page, you have to go through such steps, which is obviously too tedious. In fact, we can use the following methods to make IE cancel the website security check:
1. Execute the "Start"/"Settings"/"Control Panel" commands in turn. In the open control panel window, double-click the "Add and Delete Programs" icon with the mouse to switch the interface to the "Add and Delete Windows Components" page;
2. Select the "Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration" option with the mouse, continue to click the next button, and you can delete the option from the system;
3. Click the "Finish" button again to exit the component deletion prompt window.
In the future, when I go online again, IE will not automatically check the security of the website, which will reduce a lot of trouble.
4. Tips for canceling the shutdown reason
When shutting down the Windows Server 2003 operating system, a prompt window will pop up, asking everyone to choose the reason for shutting down the computer; although this method can enhance the security of the system and ensure that users manage and maintain the computer more effectively; however, every time the system is shut down or restarted, it is really unnecessary. Therefore, in order to quickly turn off the computer, you can follow the steps below to cancel the prompts for shutdown reasons:
1. Open the control panel window, double-click the "Power Options" icon, and enter the "Advanced" tab page in the subsequent power properties window;
2. At the "Power Button" setting item on this page, set "When pressing the computer power button" to "Shut down", click the "OK" button to exit the settings box;
3. When you need to turn off the computer in the future, you can directly press the power button to turn off the computer directly. Of course, we can also enable the hibernation function key to achieve rapid shutdown and boot;
4. If sleep mode is not enabled in the system, you can turn on the power option in the control panel window, enter the Hibernation tab page, and select the "Enable Hibernation" option.
5. Add new users to the specified group
When I want to add a new user to the Windows Server 2003 system, I found that the "User" icon we are very familiar with in the control panel window of the system. So where should we start to add a new user to the designated group of the system? Haha, Windows Server 2003 seems to be different! After several explorations, the author found the method of adding new users to the specified group. The specific steps are as follows:
1. Right-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop, execute the "Manage" command from the opened shortcut menu, and a computer management window pops up;
2. Expand the "Local Users and Groups" folder in this window, and then select the "User" option below the folder. At this time, in the sub-window on the right, we can see all users already in the current system. The user marked with a red cross indicates that it has been created but not enabled;
3. Right-click the blank space in the right sub-window, execute the "Add New User" command from the right-click menu, enter the relevant information of the user you need to add in the subsequent window, and finally click the "Create" button to end the addition of new users;
4. If you want the user to add to the specified group, you can select the "Group" option, then select the name of the group you want to add from the sub-window on the right, and right-click it with the mouse to execute the "Add to Group" command in the shortcut menu;
5. In the subsequent interface, click the "Add" command and add the user created earlier.
6. Call Windows XP style interface
After installing Windows Server 2003, when we enter the desktop, we will find that the display style of the system desktop is "Windows Classic Style". After getting used to this style, you will feel a little boring. Do you want to change the display style of the desktop? If you try to call other style interfaces by displaying the appearance settings of the properties, you will find that this "way" is blocked; when you call it through Group Policy, you will find that only the current style can be selected. So is there a way for us to call other styles, such as Windows XP style? By following the following method, we can easily achieve the purpose of calling:
1. In the system start menu, expand the control panel, management tools and service windows in turn. In the sub-window on the right of the corresponding service, select the "Themes" option with the mouse;
2. When you carefully check the parameters of this option, you find that the service is prohibited by default, so we cannot call other styles;
3. To do this, we must start the service; double-click the service option with the mouse, then open the general tab, set the startup type of the corresponding service to "Auto", and then click the "Apply" button;
4. At this time, the "Start" button in the "Service Status" setting item will be automatically activated. Click the "Start" button to enable the Themes service in the system;
5. Return to the system desktop, right-click the blank space with the mouse, execute the "Properties" command from the shortcut menu, and then open the Appearance tab page. At the "Window and Buttons" in it, select Windows XP style or other display styles.
6. At this point, the toolbar menus, windows and other styles in the system will be displayed in the specified style.
7. Skip disk maintenance waiting time
Once the computer is unexpectedly caused, such as a sudden power outage or crash, the next time the computer restarts, the system will take about 10 seconds to run the disk scanner to check whether there are any errors in the disk. If you were a person who cherished time, you would definitely not wait for it in vain. Then come with me and skip this check waiting time:
1. In the Start menu, execute the "Program"/"Attachment"/"Command Prompt" commands in turn to switch the interface to the DOS command line state;
2. Directly enter the "CHKNTFS/T:0" command, and after clicking the Enter key, the system can automatically change the waiting time of the check disk to 0;
3. The next time you encounter an abnormal situation, after restarting the computer, and the system calls the disk scanner program, there is no need to wait.
8. Allow sound to accelerate
If you are using Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, please do it from the second step xx, because the standard edition has allowed sound services.
Open "Start" -> "Run", type " ", find "Windows Audio" in the window that appears and double-click it, then select "Auto" in the drop-down menu in the startup mode, and click "Apply" -> "Start" -> "OK"
Open Start -> Run, type "dxdiag" and press Enter to open the "DirectX Diagnostic Tools", on the "Sound" page, pull the "Hardware Acceleration Level of Sound" scroll bar to "Full Acceleration".
9. Create a new user account
Windows server 2003 does not support a login welcome screen similar to Windows XP. You can create a new user account with your personality after entering the system for the first time.
Open Start -> Run -> Type " , and you will see the local users and groups,
Right-click "User" in the left window and select "New User". Enter account information in the pop-up dialog box, and then click "Create". This way your account will be available. Of course, you can choose to add your account to the administrator group and right-click on your new user. Then select "Properties" -> Click "Affiliate" -> "Add" -> "Advanced" -> "Find Now".
Double-click Administrator in the Find Results dialog box, close Local Users and Groups after clicking "OK" twice. Now you will be able to log out the Administrator user and log in to the system with your own account.
10. Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
The IE security plug-in that appears as a new windows component - Internet Explorer Enhanced urity sets your IE security to the highest by default. In this way, you will pop up an inquiry box when visiting the site and block your browsing of web pages and file downloads. We don't actually need this component.
First, we prohibit the appearance of the query box. In the pop-up dialog box, check "Do not show this message" (In the future, do not show this message). Then, we can customize the security level of IE in the IE tool options. Pull the scroll bar on the "Security" tab to set Internet Area Security to "Medium". This level will be suitable for most people. If you have special requirements, this step will not be suitable for you.
With IE security settings, you can now install Sun\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Of course, you can even uninstall Internet Explorer Enhanced Security in Control Panel - Add Programs - Add or Remove Windows Components.
1. Adjust virtual memory
The virtual memory required for Windows to run normally exists as the "backup force" of physical memory. Although the hard disk is not as good as memory in terms of running speed, memory cannot be compared with the hard disk in terms of capacity. So we have always believed that the larger the virtual memory, the better. In fact, this is not the case. Especially when Windows server 2003 is installed as a workstation, we can try to disable virtual memory. The premise is that you must have more than 512M physical memory. Many friends are worried that if virtual memory is disabled, the system will not be unable to standby and sleep normally like in Windows 9x environment. In fact, this will not be the case, because starting from Windows XP, its virtual memory (i.e.,) is dedicated to data exchange. The data is still retained in physical memory during standby mode. The sleep mode also has its own dedicated sleep file (), so there will definitely be no problem that the system cannot sleep. Some friends who use Windows server 2003 are often helpless about its slow shutdown and logout. My solution here is to disable virtual memory, so that your logout and shutdown time may be much faster.
Right-click "My Computer" -> Properties -> Advanced -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced, click "Change" in the "Virtual Memory" section, and then select "No paging file" in the window that appears. Just restart the system.
Note: There is no problem with adjusting the virtual memory section after personal testing, but it is not guaranteed to be the same on your machine, so I am not responsible for any consequences caused by this setup. It is only recommended that friends who have complaints about the shutdown speed of Windows Server 2003 try it.
2. Automatically enter the Windows Server 2003 system
Every time you boot and run the Windows Server 2003 system, you need to press and hold the Ctrl+Alt+Delete compound key at the same time and enter the login password to enter the system. If you need to log in to the system frequently, you may not be able to stand such long-lasting steps. At this time, you might as well follow the steps below to let the system automatically complete the login operation:
1. In the Run dialog box, enter the registry edit command regedit to open the registry edit window;
2. In this window, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESSOFTWAREMicrosoft WindowsNTCurrent VersionWinLogon key value in sequence;
3. In the corresponding sub-window on the right, right-click the blank space, and from the pop-up shortcut menu, execute the "New"/"String" commands in turn to create a string-type key name, and set the key name to "AutoAdminLogon" and set the value of the key name to "1";
4. Find the "DefaultDomainName" key name, and double-click it with the mouse. In the subsequent window, enter the domain name to log in, such as Department;
5. Double-click the "DefaultUserName" key name, and in the window that opens later, directly enter the user name to log in to this domain, such as "test";
6. In the sub-window on the right side of WinLogon, right-click the blank space, and from the pop-up shortcut menu, execute the "New"/"String" commands in turn to create a string-type key name, and set the key name to "DefaultPassword", and set the value of the key name to the user's login system password, for example, the login password of the user test is "123456";
7. After completing the settings, when restarting the computer, we will find that we can automatically enter the Windows Server 2003 system without logging in again. If you want to cancel the automatic login function in the future, you can set the "AutoAdminLogon" key value to "0".
3. Cancel the security check of the website
After newly installed the Windows Server 2003 operating system, when I opened the browser to query online information, I found that IE always prompted us "did not tire of" whether we need to add the currently visited website to the site we trust; if we don't trust, we cannot open the specified web page; if we trust, we must click the "Add" button to add the web page to the list of trusted websites. However, every time you visit a web page, you have to go through such steps, which is obviously too tedious. In fact, we can use the following methods to make IE cancel the website security check:
1. Execute the "Start"/"Settings"/"Control Panel" commands in turn. In the open control panel window, double-click the "Add and Delete Programs" icon with the mouse to switch the interface to the "Add and Delete Windows Components" page;
2. Select the "Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration" option with the mouse, continue to click the next button, and you can delete the option from the system;
3. Click the "Finish" button again to exit the component deletion prompt window.
In the future, when I go online again, IE will not automatically check the security of the website, which will reduce a lot of trouble.
4. Tips for canceling the shutdown reason
When shutting down the Windows Server 2003 operating system, a prompt window will pop up, asking everyone to choose the reason for shutting down the computer; although this method can enhance the security of the system and ensure that users manage and maintain the computer more effectively; however, every time the system is shut down or restarted, it is really unnecessary. Therefore, in order to quickly turn off the computer, you can follow the steps below to cancel the prompts for shutdown reasons:
1. Open the control panel window, double-click the "Power Options" icon, and enter the "Advanced" tab page in the subsequent power properties window;
2. At the "Power Button" setting item on this page, set "When pressing the computer power button" to "Shut down", click the "OK" button to exit the settings box;
3. When you need to turn off the computer in the future, you can directly press the power button to turn off the computer directly. Of course, we can also enable the hibernation function key to achieve rapid shutdown and boot;
4. If sleep mode is not enabled in the system, you can turn on the power option in the control panel window, enter the Hibernation tab page, and select the "Enable Hibernation" option.
5. Add new users to the specified group
When I want to add a new user to the Windows Server 2003 system, I found that the "User" icon we are very familiar with in the control panel window of the system. So where should we start to add a new user to the designated group of the system? Haha, Windows Server 2003 seems to be different! After several explorations, the author found the method of adding new users to the specified group. The specific steps are as follows:
1. Right-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop, execute the "Manage" command from the opened shortcut menu, and a computer management window pops up;
2. Expand the "Local Users and Groups" folder in this window, and then select the "User" option below the folder. At this time, in the sub-window on the right, we can see all users already in the current system. The user marked with a red cross indicates that it has been created but not enabled;
3. Right-click the blank space in the right sub-window, execute the "Add New User" command from the right-click menu, enter the relevant information of the user you need to add in the subsequent window, and finally click the "Create" button to end the addition of new users;
4. If you want the user to add to the specified group, you can select the "Group" option, then select the name of the group you want to add from the sub-window on the right, and right-click it with the mouse to execute the "Add to Group" command in the shortcut menu;
5. In the subsequent interface, click the "Add" command and add the user created earlier.
6. Call Windows XP style interface
After installing Windows Server 2003, when we enter the desktop, we will find that the display style of the system desktop is "Windows Classic Style". After getting used to this style, you will feel a little boring. Do you want to change the display style of the desktop? If you try to call other style interfaces by displaying the appearance settings of the properties, you will find that this "way" is blocked; when you call it through Group Policy, you will find that only the current style can be selected. So is there a way for us to call other styles, such as Windows XP style? By following the following method, we can easily achieve the purpose of calling:
1. In the system start menu, expand the control panel, management tools and service windows in turn. In the sub-window on the right of the corresponding service, select the "Themes" option with the mouse;
2. When you carefully check the parameters of this option, you find that the service is prohibited by default, so we cannot call other styles;
3. To do this, we must start the service; double-click the service option with the mouse, then open the general tab, set the startup type of the corresponding service to "Auto", and then click the "Apply" button;
4. At this time, the "Start" button in the "Service Status" setting item will be automatically activated. Click the "Start" button to enable the Themes service in the system;
5. Return to the system desktop, right-click the blank space with the mouse, execute the "Properties" command from the shortcut menu, and then open the Appearance tab page. At the "Window and Buttons" in it, select Windows XP style or other display styles.
6. At this point, the toolbar menus, windows and other styles in the system will be displayed in the specified style.
7. Skip disk maintenance waiting time
Once the computer is unexpectedly caused, such as a sudden power outage or crash, the next time the computer restarts, the system will take about 10 seconds to run the disk scanner to check whether there are any errors in the disk. If you were a person who cherished time, you would definitely not wait for it in vain. Then come with me and skip this check waiting time:
1. In the Start menu, execute the "Program"/"Attachment"/"Command Prompt" commands in turn to switch the interface to the DOS command line state;
2. Directly enter the "CHKNTFS/T:0" command, and after clicking the Enter key, the system can automatically change the waiting time of the check disk to 0;
3. The next time you encounter an abnormal situation, after restarting the computer, and the system calls the disk scanner program, there is no need to wait.
8. Allow sound to accelerate
If you are using Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, please do it from the second step xx, because the standard edition has allowed sound services.
Open "Start" -> "Run", type " ", find "Windows Audio" in the window that appears and double-click it, then select "Auto" in the drop-down menu in the startup mode, and click "Apply" -> "Start" -> "OK"
Open Start -> Run, type "dxdiag" and press Enter to open the "DirectX Diagnostic Tools", on the "Sound" page, pull the "Hardware Acceleration Level of Sound" scroll bar to "Full Acceleration".
9. Create a new user account
Windows server 2003 does not support a login welcome screen similar to Windows XP. You can create a new user account with your personality after entering the system for the first time.
Open Start -> Run -> Type " , and you will see the local users and groups,
Right-click "User" in the left window and select "New User". Enter account information in the pop-up dialog box, and then click "Create". This way your account will be available. Of course, you can choose to add your account to the administrator group and right-click on your new user. Then select "Properties" -> Click "Affiliate" -> "Add" -> "Advanced" -> "Find Now".
Double-click Administrator in the Find Results dialog box, close Local Users and Groups after clicking "OK" twice. Now you will be able to log out the Administrator user and log in to the system with your own account.
10. Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
The IE security plug-in that appears as a new windows component - Internet Explorer Enhanced urity sets your IE security to the highest by default. In this way, you will pop up an inquiry box when visiting the site and block your browsing of web pages and file downloads. We don't actually need this component.
First, we prohibit the appearance of the query box. In the pop-up dialog box, check "Do not show this message" (In the future, do not show this message). Then, we can customize the security level of IE in the IE tool options. Pull the scroll bar on the "Security" tab to set Internet Area Security to "Medium". This level will be suitable for most people. If you have special requirements, this step will not be suitable for you.
With IE security settings, you can now install Sun\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Of course, you can even uninstall Internet Explorer Enhanced Security in Control Panel - Add Programs - Add or Remove Windows Components.