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    Process/Services Clean Up

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gengerald, Dec 31, 2007.

  1. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Hey everyone, I am running Vista Home Prem and getting some slower performance than I hoped. I have done the defrag, ccleaner, startupinspector,... I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good program that would find and disable services and process/startup trees? I am currently just using startup inspector and regmechanic for some lite help, but I was thinking something more robust would be best, as I have apx 88 running process and unkown amount of services running
     
    gengerald, Dec 31, 2007
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  2. James

    James Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    theeldergeek.com is probably one of the best sites for looking up and understanding the services that can be disabled. Even though the site is for XP mostly, I used it to tweak my g/f's vista laptop with no problems at all.
     
    James, Dec 31, 2007
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    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Silas Awaketh, Dec 31, 2007
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    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Search tons of threads here about the same topic. Start from the top most search box.
     
    coolguy, Jan 1, 2008
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