Pete S. wrote:
> perthie wrote:
>
>> perhaps you can post a list of running processes? tasklist /svc
>>
>> should be able to look at the cpu time and memory useage in task
>> manager as a hint; also google some of the executable names to find out
>> specifically what they do.
>>
>> this page has some good hints (though ive not personally tested all of
>> them): http://www.fnds.net/WinXP/xpserv.html
>>
>> ...and msconfig can manage both startup programs and services.
>>
>> this all assumes you dont have viruses or significant spyware
>> interfering with cs.
>>
>> --- paddy <paddy@ij.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Can anybody recommend any utilities that will shut down the
>>> unnecessary programs that the developers of Windblows insist on
>>> running in the background, i.e messenger, outlook, ad nasuem. I am
>>> only running
>>> this horrible operating system because Photoshop CS2 runs on it and I
>>> cannot afford aMAC at this time. I tried "End it All" but that was
>>> not of
>>> much help because I had to figure which programs to close and the menu
>>> only gave me the names of programs I need to run.
>>>
>>> What I would hope to find is a program that will recognize the
>>> unwanted windblows background stuff and turn off anything that will
>>> not cause
>>> the
>>
Spybot Search and Destroy in advanced mode has tools.
One is Startup. It shows you all the startup items.
You can first off disable without removing them to see if
you need to have them running all the time. In my Win NT4.0
I have only 3 things that really run all the time.
I have seen many with 20 to 50 items running all the time
including known viruses.
Richard Smoot
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