Poll: How many start up programs do you run?

[DearKook]

Synchronization Manager in win2k will keep coming back to the start up list unless you goto:"My Computer" "Tools" "Folder Options" "Offline files" then disable them.
And the question was also asked what other services in win2k well there a big list in admin tools- services go see for yourself.

O and I have 2 startup items in win2k
TweakUI
Nvidia NVCPL

Kook

 

[Soccerman]

umm...you want the whole list?

uhh, yeah! after all, I have to justify a move to Windows 2K if I ever think of getting it, the only reason I know why I should move right now, is simply becuase it's more stable plus a few updates etc..

 

[Nohr]

WebCamRT.exe (for webcam)
LVComs (also for webcam)
StillImageMonitor (another for the webcam)
Iomega Drive Icons
Tweak UI (loads tweaks)
Tweak UI (auto logon to my network)
MBM 5 (Motherboard Monitor 5)
PersFw (Tiny Personal Firewall)
distributed.net client (cracking RC5 since '99)

This is using Windows 98 on an Athlon 1000@1377MHz (9x153) with 256MB memory.

 

[HansXP]

<< uhh, yeah! after all, I have to justify a move to Windows 2K if I ever think of getting it, the only reason I know why I should move right now, is simply becuase it's more stable plus a few updates etc.. >>



How does a list of W2K services help you justify that? They're just a bunch of background processes that regulate different stuff - network connections, power management, device drivers, multimedia, etc.

 

[kmmatney]

I have 5 icons, but only one that matters: RC5 cracking for Team Anandtech!


Running Win2K. I only run &quot;non-intrusive&quot; stuff in the systray, like sound volume, and Direct CD icon, and the RC5 icon. Norton Antivirus is there too, but disabled a lot of the time.

Keep in mind that the number of icons in the systray has NOTHING to do with how many programs are actually running in the background. Most of these are hidden. For instance in Win2K right now, I have a total of 278 threads running, and 31 processes.

 

[b0mbrman]

One day when I get a better computer, I'll put AIM, Outlook, and 4 different internet explorer windows pointed at CNN, Espn, Ebay, and Anandtech (and what a world that would be)

For now, with my P2 433, I have nothing. :<

 

[bonkers325]

none

 

[HansXP]

I very much doubt you two have nothing running. There may be nothing in your system tray, but it's almost impossible not to have something running in the background.

 

[Jvolm]

Besides systray &amp; msconfig, just ZoneAlarm...gotta DSL connection. Scared the bejesuz outta me the first day I installed it.

 

[Snipa]

zonealarm
weatherbug
net stat live (analog-x)
ati lauchpad
asus prob utility (monitor fans, mobo, procs.)

 

[Generalen]

ICQ netdetect Agent
Zone alarm
Rc-5
Icondesk (program that changes icon text)
AudioHQ
PC-cillin
Systray.exe

 

[Soccerman]

How does a list of W2K services help you justify that?

easy! the more features an OS has, the more I might like it. if it has services that I don't have access to in Windows 98, I think I'd like to see whether or not I'd like them!

 

[Daniel]

In win2k pro:
VNC
TweakUI
Updreg (huh?)
Synchronization manager (why?)
ICQ

Anyone know about those other 2?
thanks,
Daniel

 

[CompNerd]

umm 5-7

norton crashguard
telocity gateway status
msn messanger
aim
black ice
scan reg

 

[HansXP]

<< easy! the more features an OS has, the more I might like it. if it has services that I don't have access to in Windows 98, I think I'd like to see whether or not I'd like them! >>



You don't seem to understand what services are. They aren't new features, they are just background apps that manage things.

See this page for a description of the different services that can run.

 

[MikeO]

umm... answer would be &quot;too much&quot;, it's annoying to wait, but..

1 Cacheman Cannot live without it..
2 ScanRegistry
3 TaskMonitor
4 SystemTray
5 AtiPTA ATi Desktop
6 AudioHQ SoundBlaster Live
7 Tweak UI Windows tweaking..
8 WinampAgent
9 RegTweak
10 em_exec Some Logitech mouse system
11 IDesktop Immersion Desktop (Logitech I-Feel)
12 TrueVector ZoneAlarm Pro
13 ZoneAlarm Pro
14 distributed.net RC5
15 SetGamma Created by registrytweak


Whee... I cleaned my startup few weeks ago, there would have been lot more then.

 

[Pepsin]

Intellimouse software, and the SBLive AudioHQ (not the Creative Launcher, it sux), and of course the volume control.

 

[Biggs]

Only TweakUI aside from the &quot;standard&quot; stuff.

 

[Soccerman]

Updreg (huh?)
Synchronization manager (why?)
ICQ

Anyone know about those other 2?
thanks,
Daniel

I don't know, but I'll give this thread a bump and hope someone else knows..

btw thanks for the linke!

 

[HansXP]

Sync manager always runs. It is used by Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer to sync network files and web pages. Why it runs even when you have both of those disabled, is beyond me. But it quits as soon as it realizes it has nothing to do, and uses so little of your CPU's time that it's not worth worrying about. Besides, if you remove it, it'll come back on its own.

Updreg...I haven't heard of this before. Do you have Norton Utilities or some equivalent on your system? Do you have a registry cleaner? It sounds like it has something to do with those.

 

[DearKook]

I answered the Sync manager in my post above. The Updreg is something left over from a Creative soundcard install go ahead and get rid of that no use for it.




Thanks
Kook

 

[Chaotic42]

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