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Lowering the number of processes running on laptop

post #1 of 20
1/15/06 at 8:32pm
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How can I lower the number of services I have running? I know I can go into msconfig, but how do I know if they will affect my programs? Will they stay off? Thanks guys.
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post #2 of 20
1/15/06 at 8:34pm
you can turn off the ones you know you dont need at startup. did you do a clean xp install? that helps. right now im at 41 processes but im working to kill off some more.
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post #3 of 20
1/15/06 at 8:43pm
msconfig and uninstalling shit you dont need. Im at 36 right now, 31 at boot.
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post #4 of 20
1/15/06 at 9:13pm
16 at boot with Logitech SetPoint, RMClock, i9kfangui. Without those 12 processes.
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post #5 of 20
1/15/06 at 9:35pm
Be nice if we all didnt have to run stupid Anti-Virus programs!!!
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post #6 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by Chrysaor
16 at boot with Logitech SetPoint, RMClock, i9kfangui. Without those 12 processes.
did you just tweak the startup in msconfig or something else? im trying to get mine lower but i cant.
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post #7 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:11pm
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Not startup, but services, is 70 too many?
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post #8 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:12pm
I Use a Program called "SmartClose" ,it closes all the stuff you want off when you game, and then restore's them after ,it works really nice,heres the addy
http://www.bm-productions.tk/
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post #9 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:16pm
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Originally Posted by basso4735
did you just tweak the startup in msconfig or something else? im trying to get mine lower but i cant.
You have to disable most of the services, only the core services i need are running.
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post #10 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:16pm
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Originally Posted by jkeener71
Be nice if we all didnt have to run stupid Anti-Virus programs!!!
Gee, I'm not running one. ... Oh wait, you mean while using Windows. ...

Sorry I couldn't pass up the opportunity to plug Ubuntu.
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post #11 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by mohapi
Gee, I'm not running one. ... Oh wait, you mean while using Windows. ...

Sorry I couldn't pass up the opportunity to plug Ubuntu.
Sorry, but I haven't used an anti-virus program on any of my desktops or laptop for the past 2 years, without a problem. Don't be stupid, and don't use shitty applications (Outlook, Internet Explorer) and you won't have problems.
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post #12 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:35pm
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Originally Posted by Turkish
Sorry, but I haven't used an anti-virus program on any of my desktops or laptop for the past 2 years, without a problem. Don't be stupid, and don't use shitty applications (Outlook, Internet Explorer) and you won't have problems.
He's right. I apologize for being a snot. If you are careful and don't use inherently faulty software, you can run without a virus scanner.

Or you could use LINUX! YEAH!
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post #13 of 20
1/15/06 at 10:59pm
I'm not knocking Linux, I love SUSE and Ubuntu, they are great examples of how awesome Linux can be.
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post #14 of 20
1/16/06 at 12:53am
procexp, its free

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html

you can google what unknown processes are and turn them off, I can get down from 40 to 24 for gaming
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post #15 of 20
1/16/06 at 1:45am
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Originally Posted by ZX81
procexp

you can google what unknown processes are and turn them off, I can get down from 40 to 24 for gaming
I use http://www.exelib.com/
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post #16 of 20
1/16/06 at 11:38am
Black Viper's site is down, but MajorGeeks has a mirror.

http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

Trim the fat.
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post #17 of 20
1/16/06 at 12:43pm
If you have 2 gigs of ram like alot of us it won't make any difference at all. Perhaps you'll shave a few seconds off your boot time but other than that, nada.
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post #18 of 20
1/16/06 at 12:49pm
it makes a difference to gaming, and 3dmark5 scores (checking benchmarks)

reducing processes reduces the cpu load, you get a higher FPS in new intensive games

service reduction helps boot time, when I'm not gaming I just leave everything running as the lappie can handle it and more. I only use procexp to toggle off services when running games like cod2/fear It does make a noticable difference to my performance there.Well ok I still suck at the games but the game runs faster..
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post #19 of 20
1/16/06 at 3:36pm
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Originally Posted by ZX81
it makes a difference to gaming, and 3dmark5 scores (checking benchmarks)

reducing processes reduces the cpu load, you get a higher FPS in new intensive games

service reduction helps boot time, when I'm not gaming I just leave everything running as the lappie can handle it and more. I only use procexp to toggle off services when running games like cod2/fear It does make a noticable difference to my performance there.Well ok I still suck at the games but the game runs faster..
I understand the reasoning behind it; but if the stuff that you turn off is not needed for any gaming and such, why would it be needed when not gaming? Are you turning off all of your network stuff? What exactly are you turning off to reduce the services? Would it be logical to think that you could turn the same stuff off while just using normal programs without any side effects?
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post #20 of 20
1/16/06 at 4:43pm
mohapi or others how is linux if you wanted to still game. I am software retarded and dont know if running an odd OS would have problems running games like fear and hl2. always wondered about this. I know my buddy installed the current 64bit windows os on his system and couldnt play games. Uninstalled it and put on windows media pro and had no problems running games.
mike
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