What services do not need to be running in Windows XP

[protonic65]

Hello All;

I have a dedicated to music laptop, Dell Latitude D600, 1.6Mhz, 1 GB of RAM and a 7200 RPM 60 GB internal Hard drive. I recently wiped the drive clean and reinstalled XPSP2, Live 5 , Reason 3 and Proteus LX . Pro Tools is installed but rarely used. I am using an MBOX USB as my sound card and I only connect to the internet with this laptop to download drivers then I disable the connection.
I also notice that my CPU is toped out at 100 % With either Ableton or Reason or Reason running as a ReWire to Ableton, when viewing Windows Task Manager. Memory usage seems fine never uses more than 370.
I would like to know what startup services do not need to run . Im technical so do not be afraid to reply technically

Thanks
ProtonicSystems

[protonic65]

Hello All;

I have a dedicated to music laptop, Dell Latitude D600, 1.6Mhz, 1 GB of RAM and a 7200 RPM 60 GB internal Hard drive. I recently wiped the drive clean and reinstalled XPSP2, Live 5 , Reason 3 and Proteus LX . Pro Tools is installed but rarely used. I am using an MBOX USB as my sound card and I only connect to the internet with this laptop to download drivers then I disable the connection.
I also notice that my CPU (in Task Manger , Not the upper right hand corner indicator) is topped out at 100 % With either Ableton or Reason or Reason running as a ReWire to Ableton, when viewing Windows Task Manager. Memory usage seems fine never uses more than 370.
I would like to know what startup services do not need to run . Im technical so do not be afraid to reply technically

Thanks
ProtonicSystems

[jezar]

Hello.

What services do not need to be running in Windows XP

The answers that you seek, can be found HERE:

http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php

Regards,
Jezar.

[Nod]

Or here:

http://web.archive.org/web/200411280841 ... icecfg.htm

TBH once you've ditched all but the 7-8 automatic services the only way left to improve performance is either to a) get better hardware or alternatively b) do your own custom Windows install. With a default installation XP can clock 250Mb of RAM - with a custom installation you can get that down to 50Mb and a with a really small registry the machine will appear more responsive.

[Musashi]

I've found this site informative and useful:

http://www.processlibrary.com/

Basically, open up your Task Manager, see what processes your system is running, then look them up on this site to see if they're critical to keep around. It's a comfort finding out what some of these cryptically named processes are actually good (or not good) for.

[djastroboy]

with a really small registry the machine will appear more responsive.

That's one thing I've never tried: cleaning the registry.
Does it help to clean an existing default registry after you've used a machine for a while?
What's the best reg cleaner now?

[kennerb]

with a really small registry the machine will appear more responsive.

That's one thing I've never tried: cleaning the registry.
Does it help to clean an existing default registry after you've used a machine for a while?
What's the best reg cleaner now?

If it is a machine that you have been running for a while then you will never get it to the minimal again. The only real way to do it is to install a fresh OS, install your needed apps and then make a back up of the registry. You can then use a tool like reg compare to see what gets added and remove left over keys after you do an add/remove programs uninstall. I usually like to keep a ghost image around as it is so much faster than hunting around for all the stuff that gets orphaned after an uninstall. There is no such thing as a clean uninstall.

[Nod]

If it is a machine that you have been running for a while then you will never get it to the minimal again. The only real way to do it is to install a fresh OS, install your needed apps and then make a back up of the registry. You can then use a tool like reg compare to see what gets added and remove left over keys after you do an add/remove programs uninstall. I usually like to keep a ghost image around as it is so much faster than hunting around for all the stuff that gets orphaned after an uninstall. There is no such thing as a clean uninstall.

Agreed - better to do it from Day One of installation and it stays managable. DJastroboy - In terms of regcleaners there's loads out there. Have a look at this: http://www.ccleaner.com/

As always when messing with the reg - read the instructions, back up before you start cleaning, at every stage of cleaning and keep proper account of the back up files so you can rebuild if required.

HTH