Ive got Windows XP and was wondering what programs I can end so that my computer runs the best. Any one know??

 

Two good places to start.

1) http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

This site will tell you what's running on your pc, and then you can use

2) http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml

A "Startup Monitor" is a tool that notifies you when software has inserted itself into your PC's startup sequence. If the software is something that should run at startup, you can allow the change. But if the software is setting itself up surreptitiously--some browser hijackers do this, for example--you can disallow the change, and thus protect your system.

Perhaps the best known such tool is simply called StartupMonitor, from Mike Lin. He describes it as "a small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It prevents those utterly useless tray applications from registering themselves behind your back, and it acts as a security tool against Trojans like BackOrifice or Netbus.... StartupMonitor watches the Start Menu's Startup folders and the Run entries in the registry."

StartupMonitor is free, and available for download here

 

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Probably threbest I've seen so far.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DiamondDave2005
Two good places to start.

1)

 

Good freeware. Will keep the bugs clean.

 

sounds useful, gotta get it for my computer when I get home. thanks

Jason

 

disable useless services as well.

 

This is the batch file I use at work to disable unnecessary services. You might need some of these services enabled, but we don't. SC.exe is an external program.

@echo off
Echo Automatic Updates
sc stop "wuauserv"
sc config "wuauserv" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Distributed Link Tracking Client
sc stop "TrkWks"
sc config "TrkWks" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Error Reporting Service
sc stop "ERSvc"
sc config "ERSvc" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Fast User Switching Compatibility
sc stop "FastUserSwitchingCompatibility"
sc config "FastUserSwitchingCompatibility" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Indexing Service
sc stop "cisvc"
sc config "cisvc" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
sc stop "SharedAccess"
sc config "SharedAccess" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Portable Media Serial Number
sc stop "WmdmPmSp"
sc config "WmdmPmSp" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
sc stop "RDSessMgr"
sc config "RDSessMgr" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo System Restore Service
sc stop "srservice"
sc config "srservice" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Telnet
sc stop "TlntSvr"
sc config "TlntSvr" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Uninterruptible Power Supply
sc stop "UPS"
sc config "UPS" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Windows Time
sc stop "W32Time"
sc config "W32Time" start= disabled
Echo.

Echo Wireless Zero Configuration
sc stop "WZCSVC"
sc config "WZCSVC" start= disabled
Echo.

pause

 

huh?!? I gotta look into this stuff....

 

so is there any simple way I can just press ctrl-alt-delete
and get rid of all the useless programs that windows doesnt require to run?