Re: [SLUG] Windblows background processes

From: Mavrick (icebergwaltz@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 08:24:28 EDT


On 7/27/05, Mavrick <icebergwaltz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/05, 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
> > machine to crash. I know that's asking for a lot because it does not
> > take much to crash Windblows.
> >
> > My machine has an Anthlon XP 3200 "Barton" CPU, a Maxtor 250 gb HD, 2GB
> > of PC 3200 400 DDR, Windows XP, Service Pack 2 and a few other nice
> > things. I'm tired of Windblows running a bunch of crap in the
> > background that are not needed, and useing up a lot of memory.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Paddy
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>
> With Windows alot of the backgroud stuff is coded in the registry to
> start on boot so simply modifying your Startup menu will take care of
> some but not all. There is a program that I use at work for
> anti-spyware reasons but it lists ALL of the processes running at the
> time of the scan. It is called HijackThis and can be found at the
> following link:
>
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>
> Go to the section "Official Downloads" and the first two items should
> be of help. One is HijackThis and the other is StartupMenu.
>
> Be aware that you need to know the function of the process before you
> nix it. You could very easily hose your system with this program.
> Google is your friend here. HijackThis is very useful because it
> edits the registry and stops processes from starting at a very low
> level.
>
> HTH!
>
> Mav
>

Sorry. The 2nd program on that link is called StartupList, not menu.
My aplogies.

Mav

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