Killing processes i dont need

[bg_ie]

Hi all,

I wish to run a musical performance from my PC and I'm hoping you can
help me get my computer running faster. For the performance, I will be
outputting audio and opengl graphics from a C++ program. This program
also receives UDP packets accross the network. I've noticed that most
of times i run my program everything is fine, but some times my video
becomes a bit choppy because some other processes are running in the
background (anti virus stuff perhaps). How might I go about finding
what processes i dont need, and how can i then go about killing these
process. I have Symantec AntiVirus on this PC. Its also a new build of
XP so there shouldn't be any nonsense runnning in the background.

Thanks,

Barry.

 

[Alec S.]

I wish to run a musical performance from my PC and I'm hoping you can
help me get my computer running faster. For the performance, I will be
outputting audio and opengl graphics from a C++ program. This program
also receives UDP packets accross the network. I've noticed that most
of times i run my program everything is fine, but some times my video
becomes a bit choppy because some other processes are running in the
background (anti virus stuff perhaps). How might I go about finding
what processes i dont need, and how can i then go about killing these
process. I have Symantec AntiVirus on this PC. Its also a new build of
XP so there shouldn't be any nonsense runnning in the background.

Well the first step is to open the task manager (press Ctrl+Alt+Delete or right click on an empty space on the taskbar). Now you
can see the processes. You will want to sort them by the "CPU Time" column (you may have to show it by View->Select Columns). This
way you can see which processes suck the most cycles and should be the ones to focus on. The method to get rid of them depends on
the program itself, and whether or not it's even riddable (some are necessary).