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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: Coogan on January 10, 2009, 06:17:09 PM
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Why would you want to. I tried it once, and this thing ran like crap.
Sorry to ruin the "quick fix", but that is a fact. I'ved tried
all that stuff, Alacricty, Black Viper. IMOH, Please do not mess with your system.
This is just a man telling you that most of the stuff on your computer is there for a reason.
I ain't too smart, but I know which way the sun rises.
Coogan :salute
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Breaking stuff is half the fun.
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Why would you want to. I tried it once, and this thing ran like crap.
Sorry to ruin the "quick fix", but that is a fact. I'ved tried
all that stuff, Alacricty, Black Viper. IMOH, Please do not mess with your system.
This is just a man telling you that most of the stuff on your computer is there for a reason.
I ain't too smart, but I know which way the sun rises.
Coogan :salute
The majority of stuff is there "for a reason" but the question is "what's the reason"? For instance, I have an iPhone and had to load iTunes to support it. Do you really think you need iTunes to continue to run in the background, taking up system resources and using some of your connection bandwidth downloading iPhone/iTunes software updates while you're trying to gun someone's brains out?
Some of the stuff that will continue to run in the background on my system include Kaspersky Internet Security (looks like five or six processes), Memeo Backup (three processes), Power Alert UPS (two process), iTunes (four processes), InCD, DVD Launcher, Search Indexer, plus several more arcane processes totaling more than 40. Many of these not only take up resources but will periodically go out on the net checking for updates and, of course, there are the adware/spyware/malware programs that most people end up with that they're not even aware of.
When I shut these down and just run the essentials I've got less than half that running. I found Alacrity's recommendations (i.e., telling you which processes are necessary and which are not) is a good guide for what you can do and it does make a difference. There are lots of processes though that Alacrity doesn't know about so you can do a quick google search to find out what the process is supposed to do before you decide to shut it down or not. Even a conservative approach shutting down only that stuff that you know for sure you don't want can help.
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Guess I'm just a little frustrated. Just got this computer not too long ago and now they are coming out with Windows 7. The way I understand it, Windows 7 is kind of like a patch for Vista. That would be ok, but we have to buy it. lol
I do agree Mace2004, that there are many things on here that are really not needed.
Breaking stuff is half the fun.
:lol I wish I had a second computer to fall back on Chalenge. I'd be more comfortable shutting things down.
Didn't mean to come off like a donkey guys. :frown:
<S> Coogan
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You do realize, just stopping a service won't disable it nor will it break your computer?
Go to Start>Run. Type in: services.msc
Press OK. This brings up your services currently running on your system. The services running are a whole bunch of those processes running in the background that you either can't shut down or you're not certain about. If you right-click a service and select STOP it will typically stop that service and its associated process unless it's a critical service that must continue running. Please note, only disabling the service could cause potential complications, stopping it will not.
If for some reason you stop a service that seemed to be necessary to run the system, reboot your computer. That service will restart once the computer is powered on again. However, if you disable that service, it will not start itself on the next system reboot and you will have to find a way to re-enable that service.
Have fun playing, and remember: it's not going to hurt you if you stop something when it can turn itself back on with a restart. ;)
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stopping a service won't disable it nor will it break your computer
:salute
The reason I like Alacrity (or it's predecessor, FS-Autostart) is that I can make a profile for each task and experiment with them. If something goes totally wrong, I can always reboot and everything will be as before. Then I can modify my settings to get the most out of my rig for the task in question. As said, the services are there for a reason, but aren't needed during gameplay. Spooler service is a perfect example. It is never needed in AH, but I guess almost all of you like to print something every once in a while.
Recently I read some guru's tips for more fluent computing. Unnecessary processes and such were mentioned, but in several occasions he preferred getting more RAM rather than disabling a process or service. Although today some process may be unused, it may be essential for some update coming tomorrow. So temporary shutdown is in many occasions the cleverest alternative.