August 2003
Beginner
416 pages
12h 47m
English
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Halt Startup Programs and Services
Increase your PC’s performance and speed up startup times by shutting off applications and services that you don’t need.
One of the best ways to speed up your PC without having to spend money for extra RAM is to stop unnecessary programs and services from running whenever you start your PC. When too many programs and services run automatically every time you start up your system, startup itself takes a long time, and too many programs and services running simultaneously can bog down your CPU and hog your memory.
Some programs, such as antivirus software, should run automatically at startup and always run on your computer. But many other programs, such as instant messenger software, serve no purpose by being run at startup. And while you need a variety of background services running on your PC in order for XP to function, there are many unnecessary services that run on startup. For example, on many systems, the Wireless Zero Configuration Service runs to automatically configure a WiFi (802.11) network card, even though no such card is present in the system.
Eliminating Programs that Run at Startup
Stopping programs from running at startup is a particularly daunting task, because there is no single place you can go to stop them all. Some run because they’re put in the Startup folder, others because they’re part of logon scripts, others because of Registry settings and so on. But with a little bit of perseverance, you should be able to stop them ...
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