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StonedCabbage
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Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 2273 Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom Country: Browser: Age: 37
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 19:45 Post subject:
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Thought I'd just post this for any remaining XP users out here, a great guide for disabling unneeded background services -
http://www.scribd.com/doc/128816/Windows-XP-Services-That-Can-Be-Disabled
If your a bit tech savy you can go Start > Run and type msconfig, then disable some of the crap in the start up section.
For instance I use Itunes which in background services alone can have 3 running when its not open.
Heres my task manager now -
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Nutz
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 713 Location: A forest near you. Country: Browser: Age: 50
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 20:57 Post subject:
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That nice and lean. I haven't killed too many. Normally running 33 processes.
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Lawitz
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Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 2337 Country: Browser: Age: 34
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 21:14 Post subject:
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I usually have 50-60 processes running, pretty much all need to run.
creative xfi drivers and software
logitech mouse and keyboard
antivirus
google desktop
nvidia drivers
router monitor app
taskbar and keyboard tweak tools
and some other things.
uses about 500mb of ram. right now with firefox I´m at 844mb.
thats almost half of my memory filled just with windows and firefox!
need to go over the list again to see if I really need all of them.
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gtamike_TSGK
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Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 2991 Location: Mapper since 2007 YouTube: gtamikesvideos Country: Browser: Age: 34
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 21:40 Post subject:
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For my other old pc I did make a simple .bat file that stops lots of useless processes.
Just open up notepad and type in the processes you want stopped.
E.g. if you have "Ituneshelper.exe" you see in taskmanger.
Type in notepad
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tskill Ituneshelper |
Then Save as type "All files"
and save as e.g "speed_up_pc.bat"
This way is safe as all processes will be back on pc start up, but just double click the "speed_up_pc.bat" to stop the processes you don't want.
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Freetux
Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 691 Country: Browser: Age: 36
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 22:51 Post subject:
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gtamike123 wrote: |
For my other old pc I did make a simple .bat file that stops lots of useless processes.
Just open up notepad and type in the processes you want stopped.
E.g. if you have "Ituneshelper.exe" you see in taskmanger.
Type in notepad
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tskill Ituneshelper |
Then Save as type "All files"
and save as e.g "speed_up_pc.bat"
This way is safe as all processes will be back on pc start up, but just double click the "speed_up_pc.bat" to stop the processes you don't want. |
The point is that they don't start at all, as most of them are useless programs that serve no real purpose.
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Shimmy_TSGK
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Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 2444 Location: Dubai, 2 clicks away from Burj Khalifa Country: Browser: Age: 40
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 23:49 Post subject:
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I use a liquid pepsi cooling system. It works so well!
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Lawitz
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Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 2337 Country: Browser: Age: 34
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 02:19 Post subject:
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think real for a second, would a pump be able to work with pepsi and its stickiness? would be funny if someone tried that
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Freetux
Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 691 Country: Browser: Age: 36
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 02:21 Post subject:
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Shimmy_TSGK wrote: |
I use a liquid pepsi cooling system. It works so well! |
I'd give it about a week before you drank the pepsi...
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