Originally posted by Kanawa
When you say check how many processes you have running in task manager....
I prob have way too many...i'd shut some down but how do youknow wich ones you can safely shut down when you dont really know what is all this stuff...?
I've had problems in the past after trying that....
FSAutoStart looks like a cool program. I've read their site and it looks like it should work OK, I don't use it because I approach things a little differently.
Being a tech geek for many years I am always suspicious of terminating services and processes. What I've seen in the past is that some of these, especially if they are not MS services/programs can leave traces of themselves in memory. I have even seen this with some MS programs in the past but not as much lately.
What I do is setup 2 hardware profiles, one for day-to-day use and one for AH. This allows you to designate whether a service is enabled for a given profile.
While this does work for services it does not work for programs started in your registries RUN keys nor for programs executed in your Startup folder on your Start menu. These programs have the most potential for problems. I do not start ANY program that is not absolutly necessary in my RUN keys or my Startup folder. If I need a program for something, i.e. my digital camera I start them manually.
I did some research on my system comparing a normal startup, stopping services and killing processes manually and starting up using my hardware profile. There was a slight difference in available memory between manually removing programs and not having them start at all. That slight difference could cause potential problems. Then again, it may not, I just don't wish to take the chance. As I said, my suspicious nature. Again, these results are from
my system running
my programs. Your results may be quite different.
I posted the process I use to setup the dedicated hardware profile a few months back in this forum. Here is a link to that post.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150447I'm not saying one way is better than another. I have seen an increase in the stability of my system using this process. This process will require you to reboot your system prior to playing AH, though rebooting is always a good idea anyways.
