How to identify processes needed for gaming

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Hi Respawnz,

Here's a list of processes to disable as suggested by a gaming group:
http://www.technobabble.com.au/tec [...] aming2.htm

And even more from that search are available here:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UT [...] for+gaming

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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"4SNG Respawnz" <4SNGRespawnz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AE1EEB5E-EE7F-43E7-AEC8-4AFBB5891C96@microsoft.com...
| Looking at some older posts, I really liked the hardware profile options (
| which i never saw a need for) that was suggested by Jimmy S. When I plan on
| just gaming online, I open task manager and stop the various processes that
| as ignorant as I am of thier functions ( trial & error gave me a bit of a
| list to work with) I have deemed not needed for my purposes. That has dropped
| the running processes from about 17 to 12, if I dont interrupt the RPC.
|
| So I guess I am asking what processes would yall consider the 'bare-bones'
| needed for online gaming? and how to identify & differentiate the many
| 'svchost.exe' that all have different PIDs. Is csrss, smss,lsass, really
| needed?
| or am i asking for a link that kinda acts as a glossary/dictionary of these
| processes, so i can make a 'bare-bones' online gamer profile.
|
| if this gets relocated for bordering on off-topic, plz let me know where to
| look
| My thanxz in advance

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.games (More info?)

Thanks, I'm part of this newsgroup - it's what we do. ;-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

"4SNG Respawnz" <4SNGRespawnz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD220ABC-02F6-43B3-ABA6-B44BDFF3180B@microsoft.com...
| Jimmy S. you ROX !!! I knew from reading older posts that you have a
| handle on what i want to do. Now to hit those links
| BTW- hasn't anybody @ MS considered a strictly 4 gaming OS after all these
| years of watching game titles literally mint money. I have yet to meet
| anybody who bought a cr8 for homeuse, buy it for anything but gaming. And
| being old enough to remember the Carter administration, you would think my
| social cirlce would have somebody with a spreadsheet/database/clerical
| application on thier home pc's. I just dont see how nobody has noticed this,
| or was that the difference between Home & Pro editions ? But I DO
| understand that yall have to deal with the problem of making a
| 'cookie-cutter' OS for all hardware etc... Just figured that a gamer OS at
| the core, with extensions for the variety of hardware, would have been the
| template to go by. instead we get the eye-candy of longhorn, which from
| my gamers perspective is just a mass of sub-routines, etc...that eat into my
| resources...even if my new cr8 will be an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 SLI rig. You
| know what i mean, a gamer really dont care for eye-candy Till he gets into
| his game. Wow got off point bad
| again U ROX Jimmy S.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Respawnz,
| >
| > Here's a list of processes to disable as suggested by a gaming group:
| > http://www.technobabble.com.au/tec [...] aming2.htm
| >
| > And even more from that search are available here:
| > http://www.google.com/search?ie=UT [...] for+gaming
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > Microsoft's Game Support Center: http://www.support.microsoft.com/games
| > MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| > "4SNG Respawnz" <4SNGRespawnz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE1EEB5E-EE7F-43E7-AEC8-4AFBB5891C96@microsoft.com...
| > | Looking at some older posts, I really liked the hardware profile options (
| > | which i never saw a need for) that was suggested by Jimmy S. When I plan on
| > | just gaming online, I open task manager and stop the various processes that
| > | as ignorant as I am of thier functions ( trial & error gave me a bit of a
| > | list to work with) I have deemed not needed for my purposes. That has dropped
| > | the running processes from about 17 to 12, if I dont interrupt the RPC.
| > |
| > | So I guess I am asking what processes would yall consider the 'bare-bones'
| > | needed for online gaming? and how to identify & differentiate the many
| > | 'svchost.exe' that all have different PIDs. Is csrss, smss,lsass, really
| > | needed?
| > | or am i asking for a link that kinda acts as a glossary/dictionary of these
| > | processes, so i can make a 'bare-bones' online gamer profile.
| > |
| > | if this gets relocated for bordering on off-topic, plz let me know where to
| > | look
| > | My thanxz in advance
| >
| >
| >