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[Prince Vlad]

Is there a way or a simple program (hopefully) that will edit each process that starts up with Windows XP temporarily? By this I mean even internet connections, anti-virus, anti-spyware & the like....
The reason I ask is because I have an older computer that I like to play games on. I play against the computer (usually) and I want the computer to use those resourses towards the game rather than the other things that I am not using.
I tried making another user with the start-up, but that didn't get me anywhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Peace 2 all.

[Insomniac]

You could try typing msconfig into 'run' and selectively disabling anything you don't want running. What sort of games exactly are you playing?

[exile360]

There are a few ways to possibly do what you want, but to help we'd really need to know what you're running. The easiest way I could see to check would be for you to download Microsoft Sysinternals Autoruns and save it to your desktop.

To use Autoruns:

• Double-click Autoruns.exe and accept the license agreement
  
• It will begin scanning your computer, just wait until it finishes
  
• Once it's finished scanning, click on File and select Save and save the Autoruns.arn file to your desktop
  
• Right-click the Autoruns.arn file you saved and highlight the Send to menu and select Compressed (zipped) Folder
  
• Attach the Autoruns.zip file you just created to your next post

After I have a look at what AV etc that you use I can most likely advise you on how to accomplish what you ask. As far as network connections goes, you can do what I do, just create a shortcut to your connection on the desktop. To do so, click on Start and select Run and type or copy/paste the following exactly as written:

RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl

That will open the Network Connections folder, just right click your network connection and click on Create Shortcut. When it asks if you want the shortcut created on your desktop click "Yes". Now you can easily right-click the shortcut you created and select Enable or Disable to turn your connection(s) on or off. If you disable your connection before shutting your computer down it will remain disabled when you boot up again so that will take care of that part.

[YoKenny1]

Insomniac, on Apr 26 2009, 02:35 AM, said:

You could try typing msconfig into 'run' and selectively disabling anything you don't want running. What sort of games exactly are you playing?

Please read:
Slow Computer? Fixing the Boot and Why You Should not Use Msconfig to Edit the Startup Files
http://www.articlesbase.com/computers-arti...les-717508.html

Autoruns is good and so is Startup Inspector for Windows:
http://www.windowsst...upinspector.php <== inforamtion
http://download.cnet.com/Startup-Inspector...4-10291346.html <== download

[Jacktivity]

Hi, don't know if this would be suitable for you or not. It's a program called GameBooster from IObit.
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html#


Description from the IObit site:

Game Booster
Better Play Experience!

Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. That means you can keep all the features of Microsoft® Windows Vista® and XP® ready for when you need them, but turn them off when you are ready to get down to serious business – gaming. Game Booster makes it simpler to enjoy the latest games and take your experience to a new level. All systems go!
The best part. It's 100% free and safe!

1 Click
Game Booster is extremely easy to use. Its intuitive interface makes Game Booster the perfect tool for complete computer dummies.

Speed up Game Play
Game Booster gives more CPU and RAM to your games, making your games running at the peak performance.

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Game Booster prevents and avoids possible conflicts and incompatibility, by temporarily closing background processes and unnecessary Windows services.

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Game Booster does not overclock your hardware, does not change your Windows Registry and system settings. Game Booster is 100% freeware, without any virus, adware, and spyware.


Download Link
http://www.majorgeek...ster_d6148.html

Do take up Exile360 on his Autoruns offer. He can most likely make some suggestions that that you may want to change permanently as well.