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Topic: to much stuff running |
jim milewski
From:
stowe, vermont
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Posted 16 Aug 2004 5:13 am |
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| when I go to task manager the list is a mile long, and the pc is slow, exactly what needs to be running, I don't want to disable something that will cause the pc not to boot, is there a good utility to scan for unneeded programs and clean this thing up? |
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Doug Brumley
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2004 5:37 am
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| You might try this page on answersthatwork.com for some direction. And there's a similar page at blackviper.com, specifically for XP users. I've never used either site so I can't vouch for their usefulness, but they might get your started sorting through all those tasks. |
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sonbone
From:
Waxahachie, TX
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Keith DeLong
From:
Dartmouth NS Canada
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Posted 17 Aug 2004 3:27 pm
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| "Answers that Work" seems to really work! It may be a temporary situation, but I got rid of some things on startup like WinTools and my computer is working much better. Even got the Freecell game working again! One interesting thing was that although something called Rundll was reccommended to get rid of, my McAfee firewall reccommended letting it have access to the Internet. Anyone had any experiences with this? |
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Nate LaPointe
From:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2004 1:08 am
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go to your start menu, click on "run"
type in "msconfig"
click on "startup" tab
all you need running is SysTray.exe and Explorer(and Norton if you got it)
everything else is just slowing your computer down.
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www.natelapointe.net |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 18 Aug 2004 10:31 am
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| When you install an application program on a PC, one of the real annoyances is all of the extra junk that gets installed in the startup folder, the registry, and elswhere, that really gunks up the works. I even turn off the "autorun/autoplay" function to the CD drive. I don't want a CD to start until I ask it to. Several times I've had programs install themselves from the CD Drive when all I wanted to do was examine the disk contents. |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2004 10:57 am
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Ray, you can hold down the Shift key when you insert a CD that you don't want to auto run.  |
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Gary Shepherd
From:
Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2004 5:13 pm
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Forget all the stuff above. Do the following.
1 Order or buy DriveImage 7
2 Reinstall Windows
3 Make an image of your new windows installation using DriveImage 7
4 Reinstall all your software and files - make another image after each program is installed
5 Enjoy you newly found speed until you encounter the problem again.
6 Use DriveImage to revert back to a fresh installation of your choice (remember you made images at every new program installation). It will take about 10 minutes to totally reinstal everything.
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Gary Shepherd
Sierra Session 12
www.16tracks.com
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Wayne Carver
From:
Martinez, Georgia, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 5:45 am
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| My pc was slow and I noticed all the stuff running with task manager. Most of it turned out to be spy & ad ware. I installed Spybot and Adaware and tigether they found about 185 files that needed deleting. My pc is much faster now. |
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