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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: 1Boner on October 20, 2010, 06:31:26 PM
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Is there a list somewhere of unnecessary running processes and services for Windows 7?
Also some type of instruction on HOW to shut them down??
I'm not looking to strip it clean, but I know there have to many unnecessary resourse sucking things that I can safely get rid of.
I'm not sure where to even begin.
Thanks, Boner :salute
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Boner goto blackviper.com look at the win7 tab. Print it then follow the easy instructions. Be careful what u disable.
Semp
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Boner goto blackviper.com look at the win7 tab. Print it then follow the easy instructions. Be careful what u disable.
Semp
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While Blackviper does tell you the default processes you can disable from Windows 7 it does not include anything you've installed since then that starts automatically. The best way is to follow his guide loosely and also Google anything you are unsure of. I have mine down to about ~40 on start-up but I run a high load due to I use my system for everything (far too lazy to use a separate gaming and everyday partition). It's about ~680Mb Page File on start-up and 0-2% CPU usage.
The best way to shut things off is open Start Menu and type "Services" and hit <Enter> and select "Services (Local)" from the left list pane and read the description and disable anything you don't need (right click on something and hit Properties then change the "Startup type").
As a guide, these are services I have set to Automatic set-up and Disabled and a small portion of the Manual. If it's not on that list you can turn it to Manual or Disabled and the computer will run, but a program may stop working depending on what all you use. Always use lists such as these and BlackViper as guidelines, not definite rules.
You want SuperFetch off, it is a resource hog that does nothing to help you
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Disabling Superfetch seems to have a negative impact on performance on my system, so caveat emptor...
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also make note if you disable any of the diagnostic processesl. then windows help wont be of much help. in other words. now what you disable, before you do.
semp
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You can also use the AlacrityPC utility which as a bonus can put things right back where you started from once you finish playing AH (or whatever). It takes just as much time to setup as it does to figure out whats safe to shutdown plus it already has a Vista profile which doubles as a Windows 7 profile. You can also set it up to load trackir or FRAPS or Teamspeak before AH and so on. Its a lot less work and it will save you from making mistakes as time goes on.
http://alacritypc.kensalter.com/
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the best way to clean it up is to install LINUX :) :devil
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the best way to clean it up is to install LINUX :) :devil
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the best way to clean it up is to install LINUX :) :devil
Or, he could just take it to the car wash and power wash it. Both would render it equally usable (to the average user), and the car wash is a lot easier and takes less time.
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