Stupid question?

[arosmith79]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to run a "gaming profile" and was wondering if there is a way
to shut-down programs and applications only on one profile in windows vista?
Thanks in advance

 

[Jon]

Hi everyone,

I am looking to run a "gaming profile" and was wondering if there is a way
to shut-down programs and applications only on one profile in windows
vista?
Thanks in advance

Yeah you could do that quite easily.

You could create a batch file that stops various superfluous services, and
put a link to it in your startup folder (and remove any other entries eg

net stop spooler
net stop wsearch
..........

 

[Jon]

Yeah you could do that quite easily.

You could create a batch file that stops various superfluous services, and
put a link to it in your startup folder (and remove any other entries eg

net stop spooler
net stop wsearch
.........

Actually you'd need to run something like that elevated, so scheduling it
as a task, triggered by the logon of a particular user, is probably a better
approach - setting the task to run with highest privileges.

 

[DP]

Best I can suggest right now is creating a new User, and then
selectively changing its services and startup programs in that profile.

That was going to be my suggestion, too. Create a new user and strip away
all the stuff the gamer won't need.
If you're not going to be playing online, you might want to turn off the
internet connection for that user. Don't eliminate it completely because
you'll probably need the net to get updates and patches to your game(s).