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Too much stuff running in backgroun
Name: kaos2me Date: July 14, 2004 at 08:08:30 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: PIII 127MB
Comment:
When I bring up task manager, there is lots of stuff running that I am not using. How can I access the stuff that boots upon start up and turn it off? It is causing serious issues with speed and sometimes performance.
Or, alternatively, does anyone have any other suggestions on how to improve speed and performance. I don't want to upgrade as I don't think the pc is worth it. Thank you.
Go to Start/Run...type in MSCONFIG & click OK...click the Startup tab...uncheck anything you don't need or want to start at bootup...click APPLY...reboot
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Response Number 2
Name: kipple Date: July 15, 2004 at 06:59:09 Pacific
Reply:
Some of the items in the start up are needed and most are not. There is a website I use to check to see what a startup item is http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
Hope that helps
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: July 15, 2004 at 10:47:42 Pacific
Reply:
The default processes used by Windows to operate itself are listed in this link:
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