How Accurate Is Samurize And Possibel Pc Prob....

Ok im running XP PRO on my laptop P4 2.66ghz 512 MB SDRAM and the rest is not really important.

Now on bootup ive got the usual windows stuff along with Style XP, ObjectBar, ObjectDock, WindowFX, Yz Toolbar and samurize making a total of 41 processes on the Windows Task Manager.

First of is there a way i can cut some of those processes out from the list that arent really need to run the system ??

Second according to samurize after boot with the 41 processes im using 207 MB's Ram BUT when i open Windows Task Manager and pause it and actualy calculate the ram used by all 41 of these processes it comes to 167.2 MB's Ram so theres a 40 MB difference there.

So my second question is can samurize be reading the ram usage on my computer right ?? I could pass on say 5 - 10 at the most difference but 40 MB's to me is a big difference.

Im not exactly the most technicaly minded person when it comes to computers and i dont understand all the technical side of computers but im not stupid either so can anyone give me some pointers on what can be causing this and what i can do to cut the processes right down on boot.

Also i want to use an app to keep track of the temp of the motherbard and possibly the CPU and ive heard that MBM can do this but you need to no exactly what kind of board you have so is there anyway to find that out without opening my laptop ??

I would appreciate any help anyone could give me on any of the above but in the easiest way to understand as possible and maybe teach me a thing or two with any ideas.

Thanks in advance.....

#102051

Well you need to setup services. Just go to start, run, and type in services.msc.

Now you can disable services you don't need. Here is a great guide:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/windowsxpservices.shtml

Also, task manger is wrong. Its normally off by about 17mb.

You have 41 processes at startup? Damn. I only have 15 which includes admuncher, zonealarm, and nortan ativirus.

I have wirelesess broadband as well so thats two extra serivices I have to use. Then again I dont use a printer, scanners, or anything like that.

So you should be able to have less than 30 easy. Anyways, the less programs you have running at startup the better.

And if you really want all these appz to run at startup then you should use script to delay them by like 15secs after startup so it does not trasictly slow down your boot time. Instant messenger programs being the worst, that and Nortan Anitvirus.

So what I do is tell my three progrmas not to start at startup but right after. That way windows still boots in under 15secs. Which is pretty damn good since I'm only using a 1.8ghz althlonxp 2200+ @ 2.2ghz.

And yes its easy to find out what motherboard. Think you can do it like start, run, cmd, then systeminfo.

Think it lists it there. Cant check atm. But if not many appz can tell you like SiSoftware Sandra Professional.

And yes motherboard monitor is a great app.

#102129

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

this guy is great at trimming system. especially your services

#102134

also I have 58 services at startup. I reinstalled xp and haven't gotten around to turning some of them off. I used to have it down near 30. But the difference in ram was from 260 to 210. not much. but the cpu difference more then made up for it.

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