Win XP Performance Enhancments

dpnaugle · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:59 pm Post subject: Win XP Performance Enhancments

I’m trying to get a lil bit better performance out of my machine by stopping some background apps that Win XP runs at start up. I am basically taking some of the suggestions from this article at PCStatS

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1494

My question is what are these apps found in the msconfig/startup and do they need to be running?

1. Telephony (Microsoft Corp)
2. Ghost start service (Symantec) -- I don’t use Ghost Maybe I should
3. Remote Access (Microsoft Corp)
4. Connection Mgr (MS)
5. Print Spooler (MS) I don’t have a printer
6 Themes (MS)
7. Distributed Link tracking Client (MS)

Thanks in advance
DN
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Never EVER disable any service through MSconfig.

Always disable your services through services.msc
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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:39 am Post subject:

yeah due dont use msconfig for services use msconfig to stop programs from starting up like quicktime or aim or something like that.

dpnaugle · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:34 am Post subject:

Why? What is the problem with using msconfig?

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zhensem · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:41 am Post subject:

MSConfig is more of a 'back-end' kind of setting changer. If you get what I mean.

Services.msc is more user friendly front-end. Plus when you disable something through services.msc the rest of the operating system is normally aware of the change and msconfig doesn't work quite like that. Msconfig is basically the last resort.

My 2p..
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dpnaugle · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:55 pm Post subject: ok

Ok how does this sound I go back into msconfig reset to normal startup. then go to services.msc and make the changes there ? No can I only change the Services here or do I have control over the startup as well?
b/c it looks like services only , and much of what i am stoppin is start up stuff
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Yes, you can disable it from starting up.

www.blackviper.com

lotsa windows service information
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