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Startup on Dell Inspiron 2200

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Just got this laptop for my wife, and booting takes forever and a day, cause like 12 things are running in the system tray. McAfee, MSN Messenger, built in pointing device, wireless connection icon, to name just a small handful.

My question is this: Can I disable all but the McAfee via msconfig, and will the other tasks still work (ie connecting to router, the builtin "mouse" etc...) not sure of all tasks running without asking her to get off, but can if helper needs the info.
 
post a screenie of the list and we can give better advice.

quick and dirty way is petty much anything that lives in Program Files is fair game to trash.
 
Dell loads their laptops with so much crap! Every time I get a new one the first thing I do is a fresh install of windows to get it running right...

To answer your question though, you should be able to kill most everything you should have something like wltray (I think) that does the wireless. That and McAfee should be all you need to keep. You can play with it and see what works and doesn't work when you disable stuff and can always go back and make changes in safe mode or whatever you need to do.
 
Originally posted by: PTCvette
Dell loads their laptops with so much crap! Every time I get a new one the first thing I do is a fresh install of windows to get it running right...

To answer your question though, you should be able to kill most everything you should have something like wltray (I think) that does the wireless. That and McAfee should be all you need to keep. You can play with it and see what works and doesn't work when you disable stuff and can always go back and make changes in safe mode or whatever you need to do.
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Thank you. I think I will just go through and turn off one at a time till I get it right.
 
Probably the notebook is running 256 mb of ram so maybe some more ram since its using the ram for the video also.
 
Originally posted by: mike3uz
Probably the notebook is running 256 mb of ram so maybe some more ram since its using the ram for the video also.
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Has 512MB RAM installed. I could add more, but my wife isn't a gamer. Fast enough for what she's using it for.

 
I do think dell does put a lot of crap. The problem with oem's is that they put a lot of junk on their computers. A clean install would be nice but you usually have to remove the restore partition on them. I was assuming it had 256 mb of ram since dell sells a lot of 256 mb ram pc's. I would just clean up the junk.
 
Here is the startup list. I am leaving out what I know (McAfee, MSN Messenger etc...)

IFGXTRAY igfxtray.exe is a process which allows you to access access the Intel Graphics configuration and diagnostic application for the Intel 810 series graphics chipset. This program is a non-essential system process, and is installed for ease of use via the desktop tray.

HKCMD hkcmd.exe is installed alongside Intel multimedia devices and allows configuration and diagnostic options for these devices. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems


IGFXPERS igfxpers.exe is a process associated with the Common User Interface module from Intel.

JUSCHED jusched.exe is a process installed alongside Sun Microsystem's Java2 suite and, and checks for/installs Java updates. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated.

SYNTPLPR syntplpr.exe is a process installed alongside the Synaptics TouchPad for laptop computer touchpads. It provides additional configurations and support. This program is a non-essential process, and is installed for ease of use.

SYNTPENH syntpenh.exe is a process installed alongside the Synaptics TouchPad for laptop computer touchpads. Provides additional configurations and support, and is essential on some machines for the functioning of this input device. This program is a non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

PRONOMGR pronomgr.exe is a process by Intel which allows accses to the configuration and diagnostic console for Intel PRO Ethernet adapters. This program is a non-essential system process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems

QUICKSET quickset.exe is a process belonging to Dell computers which allows you to access power management diagnostics and settings. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

WLTRAY WLTRAY.exe is a process installed alongside Dell Wireless WLAN Card and provides additional configuration options for these devices. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

MMTRAY mmtray.exe is a process belonging to MusicMatch Jukebox, an audio player which allows you to organize and play your MP3 music files and other media formats. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

MMTASK mmtask.tsk is a normally hidden process which is instigated by Microsoft Windows 9x and ME only. It allows Windows to operate a multi-tasking system for multimedia based data. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated

QTTASK qttask.exe produced by Apple, installs a tray bar icon which links to the Apple QuickTime video streaming tool. This program is a non-essential system process, and is installed for ease of use.

QBREMINDER* (Couldn't find)

ISUSPM isuspm.exe is a process that belongs InstallShield from Macrovision. The process automatically checks for the latest updates online. By removing this process you will not get informed about the latest updates for InstallShield.

ISSCH issch.exe is an update service relating to the InstallShield utility which keeps this software up to date. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

DMXLAUNCHER dmxlauncher.exe is a process belonging to Dell's Media Experience, a multimedia suite which offers the user functionality to organise and play music and digital video files. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.


I know not all letters are supposed to be in CAPS, but it was the best I could do writing them all down.

So which ones do I NEED on startup/boot?
 
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