Six ways to speed up WinXP startup
Windows operating system with the development of today's more and more powerful, more and more simple to operate, but the system's startup speed is also getting slower and slower. Take the most popular Windows XP to say that really do not dare to praise, so a lot of friends to try to reduce the startup time, using a variety of optimization techniques or software to speed up the startup process. The author today combined with the long-term use of experience, talk about a few practical skills to help you instantly accelerate the windows xp system startup.
1. Disable idle IDE channels
Principle of acceleration: Windows XP automatically detects IDE devices on the computer during the startup process, so disabling the detection of idle IDE channels accelerates the system startup. However, for the network circulated on the wrong claims need to be corrected: many people think that simply in the BIOS to disable the idle IDE channel can be, and some people suggest that both in the BIOS and the system at the same time to close. First of all, the first method is simply ineffective, because the XP operating system can bypass the motherboard's BIOS and independently monitor the various states of the computer hardware; the latter method is redundant. Therefore, you can only disable the idle IDE channel if you also disable it on Windows XP.
Do the following: Right-click on "My Computer - Properties", then click on "Hardware" and then click on "Device Manager". In which to open the "IDE ATA/PATA controller" (different chips vary slightly), and then enter the primary and secondary IDE channel, as shown: select "Advanced Settings", where to find the "current Transmission Mode" is "Not Applicable" (which corresponds to the idle IDE channel), set the "Device Type" of this item to "None", and then OK. Set the "Device Type" of this item to "None" and confirm.
2. Manually setting an IP address
The principle of acceleration: Windows XP is based on Windows 2000, and therefore supports a rich set of network functions. Windows XP automatically detects whether a computer is connected to a local area network (LAN) after booting up, but the average user has a single computer on the Internet and basically sets up the network connection to obtain an IP address automatically. In this case, the system will search for a DHCP server in order to assign an IP address to the machine, but the average user will not configure it at all. This results in every boot, the system will spend a long time to search for DHCP servers until the IP address or service timeout will stop, during this period, even if you come to the desktop, double-click the program does not reflect any. This is what many Windows XP users have reported that after entering the desktop, the program appears to be "dead" for 10 seconds or so! In fact, by manually assigning an IP address to a "local connection" you can simply solve this problem, avoiding the automatic network detection that occurs every time Windows XP is turned on, and speeding up startup!
Practice is as follows: Right-click on "Online Neighborhood" - select Properties, enter the window and right-click on "Local Connection" - select Properties, double-click on "Internet Protocol (IP)" - select Properties, double-click on "Internet Protocol (IP)" - select Properties. "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", select "Use the following IP address" and then enter an IP address (for example: 192.168.0.1), the subnet mask can be default. (This will not cause any conflict with your interconnection network, this address is only used in the local area network) so that the system search again will quickly find the IP and quickly enter the system.
3. Disable temporarily unused devices
The principle of acceleration: Now that computer peripherals are much cheaper, many people buy USB flash drives, portable hard drives and other products, but many of my friends always forget to disconnect these USB devices from the host computer after using them, because the Windows XP system startup automatically detects the USB port, so these devices, if connected to the host computer when booting up, will not be able to connect to the host computer. When booting with the host connected to the system will cause slow startup. I have personally experienced a friend's computer connected to a portable hard disk can not enter the system after booting, only disconnect the connection cable to enter the situation. Therefore, we have finished using the USB flash drive, mobile hard disk after these USB devices, timely disconnect from the host, but also to prevent the boot current shock and other unforeseen circumstances such as damage to the device (because many chassis manufacturers in order to reduce the cost of the front USB interface is not necessary to protect the circuitry, and even without the necessary grounding). In addition, the use of notebook friends if the temporary use of infrared and wireless network card and other devices, should also be disabled in the device manager. This is because these extensions, especially the network card, have a huge impact on the speed of system startup. By disabling them, you can speed up the boot process by skipping the system startup detection.
Additionally, it is important to note that the system automatically reads the CD-ROM drive by default, so the CD-ROM drive is detected at startup, and if a CD-ROM has been placed in the drive, it is automatically read, and if it is a multimedia CD-ROM, then it takes longer to read, which can also lengthen the startup time of the computer. So it is recommended that you remove the CD-ROM from your computer after use.
4. Turn off the theme to clear the desktop
Many friends like beautiful themes or wallpapers, but beautiful has a price, that is, consumes a lot of memory, and at the same time there are too many icons on the desktop is the same. Because every time the system starts to display the desktop, the first thing you need to check is whether the theme is enabled or not, and once you find it, you will load it, and a lot of themes just eat up a lot of memory (in addition, a lot of netizens make their own body is not perfect, and after using it, there will be a lot of compatibility problems resulting in system failures). At the same time, the system will also find and verify the validity of desktop shortcuts, so the more shortcuts, the longer the time spent on verification. It is recommended that you usually try not to use the theme, at most, set a beautiful wallpaper can be. Then put the desktop shortcuts into a special folder for easy management and speed up startup!
5. Turn off extra startup programs
Quite a few software programs will automatically run in the background after system startup, such as Winamp, office, etc.
These programs will slow down the startup process, and you should run them through the "Start-Run" function. " Type "msconfig" and enter - "startup" here to close the extra startup items. In general, just leave the input method and firewall on (according to your personal settings).
Additionally, it is recommended that you do not set your memory optimization software to boot up. This is because bootable memory not only has little effect, it also has a serious impact on startup speed. The right way to do this is to use memory optimization after running software that requires a lot of memory, such as PhotoShop, which will have a much more impressive effect. If you have turned on the real-time monitoring function of the antivirus program and regularly check the system, then scanning the system at startup is a bit redundant, or disable this function!