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Sam__

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• Aug 14, 2007

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Hey I was wondering if there was any way to make a benching user on my Win XP pro 64 which only started the minumum things needed to run...like not even anti virus (as when i bench and extreme OC i run without network).

I want this so i can log on faster and make a few more death shots lol instead of the PC dying as i log on.

Thanks in advance for any help and ideas.

 

dudleycpa

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Sam___

I can't think of the exact thing but.....

Take a look at www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm - I think there is some info there.

 

mdameron

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• Aug 14, 2007

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dudleycpa said:

Sam___

I can't think of the exact thing but.....

Take a look at www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm - I think there is some info there.

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He's back?!

 

dudleycpa

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mdameron said:

He's back?!

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Been back for three or four months. I used this service tweaks and it didn't help my Super PI scores at all.

 

Neuromancer

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• Aug 14, 2007

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I could have sworn there was a how to on setting profiles with disabled services (you can not do it normally...) but I can not think of the keywords to google right now without bringing up all kinds of useless links

EDIT: DOH! ITs right there on viperjohns http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/xpprofiles.htm

 

dudleycpa

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Tweaktown.com also has a very good WinXP optimization guide.

As you can imagine it is OLD.

 

johnz

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mdameron said:

He's back?!

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Unfortunately He's probably one of the biggest causes of broken computers (other than virus') out there. His service tweaks don't accomplish anything for performance, and they end up breaking things that are hard to track down. I think your best bet is to disable all startup items, and leave it at that. You have enough memory to cover all the small stuff with XP. Stock is about as good as it gets. A fresh install boots up lightning fast for me.

 

dudleycpa

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He has a zip file on his site that restores WinXP if IIRC.

Check out the Tweaktown guide. I'll swear it helped my old rig.

 

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awesome guys....thanks for all the replies....will look a the links l8er and get back with results/comments.