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    FYI: which Thinkpad processes you can disable.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Kwisatch, Jul 5, 2006.

  1. Kwisatch

    Kwisatch Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    I was asked this by a reader of the T60 review. I would like to share the info should anyone find it useful.

    I have the following Thinkpad processes enabled:

    synaptics processes
    tpshocks
    tphkmgr
    lpmgr
    pwrmgrtr
    batlogex
    acwlicon

    All other Thinkpad processes (there are lots) are disabled and I have not noticed any functional difference.

    This should help a new Thinkpad buyer to speed up booting and to free some RAM.
     
    Kwisatch, Jul 5, 2006
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  2. glentium

    glentium Notebook Evangelist

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    What do you use to disable the 'unnecessary' processes? Did you disable them at startup? Is there a built-in utility to disable them? Or you have to use third party utilities like award-winning Autoruns by Sysinternals?
    ( http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html)
     
    glentium, Jul 6, 2006
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  3. Smith2688

    Smith2688 Notebook Evangelist

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    msconfig | startup
     
    Smith2688, Jul 6, 2006
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