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Jake Henderson

I have a HP zd8230us laptop. I know HP puts alot of pre-installed software
on the computer that I don't need. I have tried to remove most of the
software without doing a XP reinstall. In taskmgr it says that there are
over 70 processes. I don't think that the PC is maximizing it's proformance.
So do you guys know of any way to cut down on the stuff running in the
background. Like a tool or somthing. Thanks

Jake Henderson
 
|>I have a HP zd8230us laptop. I know HP puts alot of pre-installed software
|>on the computer that I don't need. I have tried to remove most of the
|>software without doing a XP reinstall. In taskmgr it says that there are
|>over 70 processes. I don't think that the PC is maximizing it's proformance.
|>So do you guys know of any way to cut down on the stuff running in the
|>background. Like a tool or somthing. Thanks

download and run Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

Double click on the process(s), reading it's image and command line
will tell you where to find them. stop the process and delete the
file/directory.

Run Regedit and search for the file name(s) deleting them as you find
them.

Right clicking on the Process and selecting Google will describe the
process.

Also some programs can be disabled in their options from starting up
until needed.

And a process list:
http://www.processid.com/processes.html
 
All about disabling programs at startup
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

Also see:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
and
www.dougknox.com
Win XP Utilities, Startup Programs Tracker. This utility tracks the common
startup vectors and will show you what is loading at startup and from where. The
included Help gives a brief tutorial with some good information on removing the
entries that the program finds.


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|I have a HP zd8230us laptop. I know HP puts alot of pre-installed software
| on the computer that I don't need. I have tried to remove most of the
| software without doing a XP reinstall. In taskmgr it says that there are
| over 70 processes. I don't think that the PC is maximizing it's proformance.
| So do you guys know of any way to cut down on the stuff running in the
| background. Like a tool or somthing. Thanks
|
| Jake Henderson
|
|
 
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