fixed it...

[The Fugitive]

Originally posted by bj229r
I've an inquiry about FSautostart--I see TONS of 'processes' I can manually stop from task bar, but only 'services' and 'programs' can be fiddled with via FSauto...what is best way to do this? (I presently start off with some 46 processes and 4-5 programs, it gets down to some 25 processes....about 5 of which are attributed to Norton and refuse to stop)

The "services" are the ones your shutting down.  I have an older version of FSautostart (1.0 i believe) On mine when you open the services window, there is a panel that you can open on the right side. When you mouse over an item in the main window, it puts up info on it in the right panel IF it has any. I've found in my version, that it doesn't recognize many, most like due to the age of my version.

A great resource for what to shut down, and what not to is Vipers site In the "popular content area, select your operating system, and have at it. He has list of the main windows process services that are on most computers. Most of the names are clickable for more info on each process. He list whether to enable, disable, or leave alone all of the processes. On the far right of the listing is his recommendations as "bare bones" (as lean as you can get it), "power user" ( a few more bells and whistles), and "safe" for those chickens who are a bit nervous about this stuff

For any processes you have on your computer that are NOT listed, just google them and read the top few hits on them. In most cases you'll find them all saying the same thing about it, either leave it alone, or its ok to disable, I just go with the majority here. If you don't feel like there is a good majority, leave it alone.

Remember, you can screw any thing up with FSautostart. If you turn off something you shouldn't have and your computer crashes, just reboot, and everything is back to normal.

My process would be to go through vipers "power user" list, and setting FSautostart with that.  See how things run, If I need more stuff turned off (I like to get my processes down into the "teens") I'd start googling the rest. I would add the ones I'm sure about to FSautostart and try it again. If things still run good, but I need more I'll start adding the one I wasn't so sure of one at a time till I find one that crashes my system, or I get down enough in the processes I have running.

[Speed55]

Thanks for writing all that and saving me the trouble..

The Fugitive pretty much summed up exactly the same way i do it.

As far as Norton. When i had it on my old computer it was a pain in the arse to shut down.  I can't say if this will work for you or not, but i would have to disable norton from the task bar first.  Then i'd have to open up the task manager and shut down each individual norton process that was running. After playing i'd have to reboot to get everything back to normal.

[Urchin]

Well, I lied about the 1024 textures.  Works well in the DA in the little furball area, doesnt work so well in the MA.  When I drop down low the FPS drops into the 30's - low 40's... and I get little mini freezes sort of at random.  Think I'll drop it back down to 512, the eye candy isnt worth the performance hit.

[bj229r]

Originally posted by bj229r
I've an inquiry about FSautostart--I see TONS of 'processes' I can manually stop from task bar, but only 'services' and 'programs' can be fiddled with via FSauto...what is best way to do this? (I presently start off with some 46 processes and 4-5 programs, it gets down to some 25 processes....about 5 of which are attributed to Norton and refuse to stop)

Problem is, as I can best tell, is that the PROCESSES and the SERVICES don't have the same names...tedious