Different MSConfig Profiles?

I have two logins, one for daily use and one for gaming. I thought that if I disabled startup item in my gaming profile I would get better performance. The problem is that it disables the same processes all around for my other user.

Is there a way to set different processes for different users? If not what is the best way of going about this?

XP Pro byt he way

 

By profiles, are you talking about User IDs, or Hardware Profiles? Assuming you just mean User IDs...

If you run MSCONFIG, you'll see in the startup tab there are 2 locations in the registry where processes are set to start - HKLM (Local Machine) and HKCU (Current User). Anything in HKLM is global for all users, so you can use Regedit to export the machine's \Run key, edit the .reg file w/ Notepad to say [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] instead, and import it back while logged in as that user. Once done, you can remove the entries from HKLM (or disable them in MSCONFIG) if you know you don't need them under all profiles.

 

Sounds good. Don't know how I missed that. Thank you!