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    Which services in MSconfig that are lenovo specific that can be disabled without any negative side-effects?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by i3eezenotch, Aug 5, 2007.

  1. i3eezenotch

    i3eezenotch Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone know which services in MSconfig that are lenovo specific that can be disabled without any negative side-effects?

    I found this website:
    http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=tp4serv



    but I feel like it would be more helpful to get user opinions because I'm afraid of screwing something up :p
     
    i3eezenotch, Aug 5, 2007
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    everything for the most part, i have everything but my antivirus disabld
     
    aan310, Aug 5, 2007
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    hmm...seems risky cuz some programs I may want running wouldn't I? Those that may not be necessary but helpful?
     
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    get rid of everything but windows defender, thinkvantage active protection system, thinkpad power manager, smax4pnp, synaptics pointing device, thinkvantage productivity center, on screen display and intel flash cache logic chip(if you have turbo memory)

    EVERYTHING else can be disabled, except your antivirus. AVG is very resource friendly btw.

    PLEASE NOTE that I use the connection manager, easy eject and most of the other Fn+__ shortcuts, and they work just fine.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 5, 2007
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    hard to answer because it depends what Lenovo applications you want to use. Best bet is to first decide which utilities you want, uninstall the rest, then go back and look at the list of processes.
     
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    Wait, you said keep everything but windows defender, etc---do you mean keep windows defender, etc rather than not?

    I don't think I will be installing the active protection system driver any time soon as I heard it gave people issues. Watcha think?
     
    i3eezenotch, Aug 5, 2007
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    Where in the wide world of sports did you hear that?
     
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    whoops, thanks for pointing that out, i edited my post.

    As for the active protection driver...if I was only able to keep one thing, it WOULD be the active protection driver. People with turbo memory with both ready boost and ready drive enabled were having BSOD problems with the active protection.

    An updated driver has been released to correct the problem.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 6, 2007
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    You're better off at formating the factory install rather then trying to fix it. It'll run like crap no matter what you do.

    It's better to just install what you want after the format since the Thinkvantage software is actually useful when you only have the parts you need.
     
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    I have freshly formatted the vista x61 and made it XP. What thinkvantage software would you consider useful? I haven't installed anything from that category yet and I'm not sure I want to just yet :-/
     
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    Well theres a list on the faq here.

    In my case, I installed the Thinkvantage system update, ran it and updated my drivers. Then I installed the productivity center for the blue button, next was the active protection system for the hard drive and the power manger for the battery icon along with the better power profiles.

    I also got all the critical updates along with the recommended stuff. I ignored all the optional stuff along with the extras. The update system didn't install my wifi driver though, but I downloaded it right off Intel's site and it seems like it transfers files faster then the stock Lenovo driver. The wifi hardware switch works good also, so it seems like its best to use the driver from the manufacturer.
     
    Tailic, Aug 6, 2007
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