To many processes running

[428CJ]

Skuzzy, TC or any of you tech gurus.

Gamebooster, Enditall, Alacricity ...


What is the recommended program to use for AH ?  I have to many processes runnning.

Thanks in advance,
CJ

[Skuzzy]

I do not recommend any of them.  I simply shut down the services the computer does not need.

[RTHolmes]

for XP - FSAutoStart

I tried gamebooster, it did almost nothing

[Chalenge]

FSAutoAtart (now AlacrityPC) is a replacement for the manual process of shutting down the processes to play and then restarting them afterwards. It also allows you to setup programs to be run along with AH like fraps or your head tracking software. You still have to go through the procedure of figuring our which processes are safe to shut down and so on.

[BrockS]

I do not recommend any of them.  I simply shut down the services the computer does not need.

Not everyone is as tech saavy as Skuzzy or not comfortable with researching and shutting down services themselves. A program for those folks that does the work for them is helpful. I use Gamebooster and it typically frees up about 248 to 350 MB of my 6GB. I'm not even sure if it has an impact or not. My issue is that I am running a 1.8 quad core and I feel it is pretty taxed. Anyway, I digress. Maybe if you could point folks to a list or a website to help them determine what they can shut down it would benefit the folks that aren't IT wizards.

[Chalenge]

Its called Google. 

[Skuzzy]

BrockS, I do not need a WEB site.  The default services that are started by the OS are easy enough to Google for and find out what they are and if they are absolutely needed in the specific application.  Therein lies the rub.  Every computer has its own specific requirements as to what is running in the background based on the application the computer is used for and what applications are installed.

What I do is clean up the OS processes, inmmediately after an OS installation.  After that, I carefully monitor the processes after every application I install and note what processes are started by that application.  Those can all be shut down safely.  After shutting down the process, I start the application, and if the application runs fine, I leave the process disabled.

Most applications do not need the background processes they start up when they are installed.  Some do.

Once I make a list, I place the list in the installation CD/DVD box with the application disk.  That way I never have to look again.

It is just a matter of being very methodical in the process of getting a computer up and running.  The time taken upfront, can solve a lot of headaches down the road.

[428CJ]

OK let me elaborate, its my wifes laptop, she has lots  of stuff on it that i think slow it down.

I use it when we are out of town to play AH

I want to leave her programs on it - just shut them off when im in game.

Its an toshiba qosimo x505 an i7 processor with an NV gts250  vid card

[gyrene81]

what operating system?

for windows 7 a quick google search for keywords "windows 7 services that can be disabled"

http://www.computingunleashed.com/list-of-services-in-windows-7-that-can.html

[guncrasher]

check out blackviper.com

semp

[100Coogn]

BrockS, I do not need a WEB site.  The default services that are started by the OS are easy enough to Google for and find out what they are and if they are absolutely needed in the specific application.  Therein lies the rub.  Every computer has its own specific requirements as to what is running in the background based on the application the computer is used for and what applications are installed.

What I do is clean up the OS processes, inmmediately after an OS installation.  After that, I carefully monitor the processes after every application I install and note what processes are started by that application.  Those can all be shut down safely.  After shutting down the process, I start the application, and if the application runs fine, I leave the process disabled.

Most applications do not need the background processes they start up when they are installed.  Some do.

Once I make a list, I place the list in the installation CD/DVD box with the application disk.  That way I never have to look again.

It is just a matter of being very methodical in the process of getting a computer up and running.  The time taken upfront, can solve a lot of headaches down the road.

I agree with this one, but since my computer didn't come with an OS disk of any kind, I have to be very careful on the things I do.  I do have Vista cut back quite a bit though and does make difference.  I just can't do anything that would warrant a reinstall.  No disk.

Coogan

[guncrasher]

laptops have the os in a partition our whatever you call it.  google the model to find out how to restore the os.

semp

[TequilaChaser]

Heya CJ,

sorry I just now seeing this.......   check ya email, Bro

we'll get the wifey's laptop fixed up so you be ready to go by tomorrow evening ( thursday evening )

cheers

TC

[Ghosth]

You can do it the way skuzzy does it. In fact it is the best in many respects.

If you don't know how to google processes and gain control of your start menu I recomend Glary Utilities.
Very nice set of tools, but the reason it gets my recomendation is that it makes it easy for the user to google start menu and processes.

So it is teaching you how to research and gain control of your computer.

Now there is other stuff out there, but this one is the most user friendly I've found.

FYI one thing to consider when installing OS is to make 2 partitions.
One is stripped down bare walls for flying, other is anything goes is used for surfing, etc.

[lulu]

I use advanced System Care. It seems to do its job.