2. Accelerate plan
1. No matter which system, canceling flashy theme functions is the first choice for users who pursue performance (if you like beauty very much and are not a performance enthusiast, this is not suitable for you). XP users recommend choosing the best performance, so the effect is obvious. Control panel - System - Advanced - Performance Settings - Select the best performance. Although it sacrifices a lot of beauty, it works very well, which is still very beautiful compared to 98. In addition, in all systems, set the desktop background and screen saver, and cancel the "Show Web Content on Active Desktop" check box in the "Web" page, and cancel the "Animation Display Menu and Tool Tips" in the "Effects" page. While these can make your desktop personalized, they will swallow valuable resources from your system.
Sometimes people ignore one thing, turning off the "Mouse Properties" - Pointer - "Enable Pointer Shadow" function can also save a lot of memory.
2. Rationally configure virtual memory. The same as above, enter the advanced performance settings of the system properties - Advanced - Select "Program" in the first item, and pay attention to the second item. If there are recommended programs below 512, select system cache above 512, so as to reduce the system's use of virtual memory and improve the speed. After all, physical memory is much faster. "I have more than 512 memory, so I'll just disable virtual memory." Maybe you will say that. Many people recommend doing this, and even many well-known newspapers and magazines are the same, but I have found that this does more harm than good in long-term use.
A. Consider the operating system factors:
Under different operating systems, the settings or disabling of virtual memory are also different and cannot be generalized.
Due to architecture issues, Windows 9x/Me has a inherent deficiency of memory larger than 256MB. If it exceeds this amount of memory, Windows 98 will be unstable and the startup speed will become slower. If large memory is used and virtual memory is disabled, the unstable factors will increase further. The memory capacity that Windows 2000/XP can effectively manage is about 1GB. If it exceeds this number, it will also be unstable, and it varies depending on the motherboard BIOS model and chipset performance.
In addition, Windows itself is designed to be that once a process is found to be inactive, it will map the memory space allocated to it into the swap file, and empty the physical memory as much as possible to other active threads. It does not start to use the swap file if it is used up. Because it is too late to call it until the physical memory is used up, and data transmission and processing will inevitably stagnate on machines with lower configurations. Therefore, in principle, banning virtual memory is most likely to cause Windows exceptions. Even if there is no failure to run, it will frequently prompt that the virtual memory is insufficient. Please reset it, which will make you very annoyed.
B. Consider the frequently used software factors
Generally speaking, if you want to perform tasks with large data volumes such as large flat images and 3D animation rendering, virtual memory should not be disabled; if you often want to print documents with large numbers of pictures, banning virtual memory will also cause errors to the program. Because software like Word needs to generate buffer files before printing and then transfer them to the printer, when the image size is larger and the resolution is higher, the buffer capacity required is also very large. When I helped advertising artists produce design drawings, I encountered the situation where I printed a picture to generate nearly 300MB temporary files. Because Windows and applications themselves also require a certain amount of memory to run, if you have a 512MB configuration and disabled virtual memory, it is very likely that you will report insufficient virtual memory in the middle, and forcibly exiting will cause waste of printing paper and ink.
I once asked my friend to borrow a 512 and disable virtual memory with my own 256. The acceleration effect achieved is very limited. In addition, the default settings of Windows are more appropriate, especially the Windows 2000/XP default settings manage virtual memory very well. Try not to change it at will, otherwise it will be difficult for you to judge and analyze problems.
3. Return to the advanced performance settings window of system properties - enter the lowest setting - unless you have multiple systems, cancel the option here except "Write events to system log", which not only reduces the startup waiting time, but the most important thing is that the system will not automatically restart due to problems. However, I recommend that you keep that item, which is very practical. You should know that there is an "event viewer" (2000/XP is in the management tool, 98/ME seems to be in the attachment, I can't remember it). Once there is a problem in the future, you can easily understand the source of the problem through this thing. It is very reference-based and recommended to friends with a certain level. There is also the first "Write debug information" to select "None".
4. Return to the previous window - enter "Error Report" - select "Disable Error Report"
5. 98/Me and XP users run Msconfig (system configuration using program) - select "Selective startup" - minimize startup items. My approach is to turn off all the input method automatically open next time, the small speaker can be frozen and open in the control panel, and the same is true for the firewall. In this way, you will further reduce the waiting time for the system to enter the desktop (many of them are slow to enter the desktop and even drivers have this problem)
6. Control panel - Internet options - Temporary file settings - Select "Don't check" to reduce the waiting time when IE is opened. Of course, you can set the homepage to empty. This method is a perfect solution for friends who want to have a homepage. (Personal knock on the door)
7. There are many people who change the registry optimization. If you feel troublesome or difficult, here we recommend the domestic high-quality product - Windows Optimization Master (it is best to choose "Looking at the Rain in the Desert Village". This master is completely green version, and it is easy to use directly without registration and installation. It is very simple. Optimization master covers almost all the formal and effective methods, and the effect is also very good. Optimization and distance are all changed by changing the registry, which reduces the possibility of errors. It is very convenient and powerful.
8. Disable idle IDE channels:
For some reason, Windows XP sometimes uses PIO parallel input and output transfer mode on the IDE channel, rather than DMA mode. If this happens, the user can manually change the IDE channel to DMA mode, which can reduce the CPU cycle occupied by the device. Open Device Manager (right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click on the Hardware tab, click on "Device Manager" to open), then click to expand the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller" branch, double-click on "Primary IDE Channel", and click Advanced Settings. Check the "Transfer Mode" drop-down menu, set them all to DMA If Available (use DMA if allowed), and click OK. Then modify each IDE controller in the same way. In addition, people close the idle channels. For the ICH5/6 south bridge, Nforce's system will increase the startup speed, which is more obvious, especially the latter.
9. Disconnect the network and log in
Many friends now use ADSL to surf the Internet, and basically turn on the computer together with the host. However, because the modem we use is different, many friends’ cats support routing function. Once the cat turns on the power, it takes a while to perform hardware and network break detection. At the same time, the XP network adopts the same real-time monitoring network mechanism as 2000. Therefore, when the computer is turned on, if the network cable is connected to the host and the cat’s power is turned on, start it together. This will cause slow startup. It is recommended that you almost disconnect the network or turn off the power of the cat to start and turn on it after entering the system.
10. Quickly browse the sharing of LANs
Normally, when XP is connected 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 way to remove it is to start → run → Regedit → find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace in the registry. 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!
11. I would like to remind you: often defragment disks.
This topic is a cliché. Since a large amount of fragments seriously affect the read and write performance of the hard disk (even if you use the NTFS file system, it is not spared), regularly organizing disk fragments has become a necessary task to ensure normal use and improve system work efficiency.
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