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GasX

GasX

Lifer
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Man, I just went nuts tweaking my system settings and my PC is WAY faster.

I followed the guidelines in MaximumPC magazine's May issue as well as disabling a long list of unnecessary services.

:D
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Man, I just went nuts tweaking my system settings and my PC is WAY faster.

I followed the guidelines in MaximumPC magazine's May issue as well as disabling a long list of unnecessary services.

:D
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Yeah, I did notice that blowing a bump of tweek into the intake fan on my computer boosts performance.....for a few hours, then it gets slower than it was before. ;)
 
GasX

GasX

Lifer
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I am now going out to get some Type R stickers to make it REALLY fast! :D
 
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amnesiac

Lifer
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What "unnecessary services" did you disable?

Also can you sum up what they suggested you do to speed up windows?
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
I am now going out to get some Type R stickers to make it REALLY fast! :D
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The huge "Powered By AMD/Intel" sticker works good too. ;)
 
GasX

GasX

Lifer
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Originally posted by: atom
Is the article online?
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Nt that I am aware of. Here is the list of services I disabled:

Disable the following services and free up tons of memory.
Either use services under administrative tools, or go to START ? RUN and type msconfig (enter) and go to the services tab.




Routing and Remote Access
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service** (only if firewall is not used)
Application Management
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Clip Book
COM+ System Application
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Help and Support
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service** (only if do you not use the cd-rw xp record support)
IPSEC Services
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider
Net Logon
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
NT LM Security Support Provider
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number
QoS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Remote Registry
Removable Storage
Server
Smart Card
Smart Card Helper
SSDP Discovery Service
System Restore Service
Telnet
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Volume Shadow Copy
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Installer
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adapter
Fast User Switching Compatibility ** (only if fast user switching is not used or the machine has one user only)
Protected Storage
Windows Time
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Task Scheduler
Secondary Logon
Print Spooler ** (only if the pc do not have or use a printer)
Indexing Service
Error Reporting Service
Computer Browser
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

 
MaxDepth

MaxDepth

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whoa. you cut off LDM (Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service)???
doesn't that screw with those hard drives that use a controller (like my ATA100 Promise and SCSI RAID)?


hmm. must find that article you speak about.
 
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XZeroII

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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Originally posted by: atom
Is the article online?
Click to expand...
Nt that I am aware of. Here is the list of services I disabled:

Disable the following services and free up tons of memory.
Either use services under administrative tools, or go to START ? RUN and type msconfig (enter) and go to the services tab.




Routing and Remote Access
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service** (only if firewall is not used)
Application Management
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Clip Book
COM+ System Application
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Help and Support
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service** (only if do you not use the cd-rw xp record support)
IPSEC Services
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider
Net Logon
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
NT LM Security Support Provider
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number
QoS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Remote Registry
Removable Storage
Server
Smart Card
Smart Card Helper
SSDP Discovery Service
System Restore Service
Telnet
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Volume Shadow Copy
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Installer
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adapter
Fast User Switching Compatibility ** (only if fast user switching is not used or the machine has one user only)
Protected Storage
Windows Time
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Task Scheduler
Secondary Logon
Print Spooler ** (only if the pc do not have or use a printer)
Indexing Service
Error Reporting Service
Computer Browser
Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
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You didn't turn off all of those serivces, did you? some of them are actually useful
 
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atom

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Oct 18, 1999
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I think theres 4 requests for scans of the article here...........;)

I think I have all those diusabled except the RPC services, the removable media service, and the indexing service (I like the fast searching).
 
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Acanthus

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server, protected storage, windows installer, and indexing are all important services. You can do without windows installer and indexing, but they are nice. Server and protected storage i would never disable.
 
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dawks

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Uhh.. Wow. You disabled all of that stuff? Good luck I guess..

BTW, 99% of that stuff only runs when the OS or programs need it. You dont really save anything by disabling them. I guess its alright if you want to kill most of the functionality of your OS.

If you start seeing lots of system errors, you'll know why.
 
GasX

GasX

Lifer
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Some key recommended tweaks:

Device Manager Settings:
IDE Channel: set ALL transfer modes from PIO only to DMA if available

Set your Swap file to a static size
System Properties / Advanced Tab / Performance Settings
If you have 256MB - 1GB of RAM set it to double your RAM size.
If you have > 1GB set it to 1.5
e.g. check custom size and set both initial and max to 1000

Shrink your Recycle Bin
set to 1 or 2 % for a large drive or around 200-300MB

Control your GUI
System Properties / Advanced Tab / Performance Settings / Visual Effects
Leave the following uncheck only
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Smooth edges of screen fonts
Use visual styles on windows and buttons
 
UglyCasanova

UglyCasanova

Lifer
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Ok, since I don't know what most of those things do, can someone tell me which ones I should keep or a place to find out what they are? :)

edit: nm, found one here.
 
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atom

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I'm using windows 2000 so I have to use the services window in the control panel. They give pretty good descriptions of the services there. Some things are pretty obvious you can shut down (remote registry manipulation, distributed link if you aren't on a network, telnet service if you aren't gonna use telnet, etc.).
 
GeekDrew

GeekDrew

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I would leave the following enabled (manual if you want, but definitely not disabled):
Alerter
Clip Book
Net Logon
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
NT LM Security Support Provider
QoS RSVP
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
Server
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Windows Installer
Windows Time
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Task Scheduler
Error Reporting Service
Computer Browser
Most of these services are run only when needed... I always set things to "manual" instead of disabled.
 
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