Cutting down XP Background Processes......

is there a menu using run command or something because i want to go from 55 to about 30. I know by pressing control shift escape you can Temporarily terminate processes but they will come back the next time. Any help? thanks.

 

at the run command, type "msconfig" without the quotes and go to the startup tab.
just deselect the offenders.

 

Yes they will .

And you can't just kill them at random , you have to know what you are doing or you'll hinder os functionality / stability .

I got mine down to about 22 ( including firewall , av ) , you can check black viper guide or similar lists of processes functions .

Then go to Run > services.msc > stop and disable what you don't need .

Some 3rd party processes can be stopped by Run > msconfig > startup > ticking them off .

 

man i have 43 but alot of them seem to be svchost. is there any way to cut down on these? I just went through and disabled what i thought was unnecesary but it only took of 10.

 

Google MSCONFIG there is a website that tells you which ones you can take off and which to keep

 

a safe way for people doing this for their first time would be to use Windows Defender and cut processes that way. You get to see what the items you disable are.

 

What is this with people's fixation on the number of processes they're running? Just run what you use. The actual number isn't as important as the useful functionality of the apps/services/daemons (I'm a Linux dork... so sue me ) that you're running.

 

faster startup, runs leaner, and alot of them aren't necessary or helpful

 

Well yes, but if you wanna have a firewall you can't cut the process. If you want to use certain comfort features you can't cut the service. So that optimization potential is very limited. And "runs leaner" is very unnoticeable. Esp. if you put some more RAM in. Boot time is longer thats true but how often do you reboot?

 

Some like havin a clean computer without having odd processes in the background. On an older computer, killing certain processes do help in terms of speed.

 

yeah its just a psychological thing for me

 

That was my point I used to do the same thing until I realized I was over-optimizing. I'd have to wait forever for common programs to start up because I disabled some services or made them manual start, killed the quickloaders, etc. My point was just that you should be cognizant of what you need, and not just strip it to the bare metal because you can. You still have a back seat in your car, don't you? You could take it out and get better performance...

 

Go to "run" an type "services.msc" to stop services from starting up, the BlackViper guide is a good guide but make sure you now what you are doing!!

I always run my optimsed system because its faster and snappier than a non optimsed system. The key is not to over optimise however that you lose functionality pitabred! Things like Nero and PowerDVD add start up tems that i have disbaled - they run/start fine but my start up is faster without their crap. I dont watch/burn DVDs everyday so why have them start everyday.

Also the useless windows services that i disabled i never needed anyway. I use windows exactly the way i want without any loss in functionality but the OS uses fewer system resources. That a bonus when taxing the system e.g. when playing games. I'd rather have the extra performance than not especially when i have no loss in functionality.