Msconfig - services

[arc@css]

Hi,
As above, was wondering if disabling as many running services as possible would be worth it before playing online? I know of others who have though I wouldn't be entirely sure what or how much to temporarily disable. Anyone else tried this, benefits worth it?

Cheers

 

[ChileanLlama]

Try http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

It's free and will disable processes/services when you want to play a game, and then switch them back on when you've finished.

Probably not as thorough as managing it yourself, but it's pretty simple and takes less time if you want to switch between configurations.

 

[arc@css]

Thank you

 

[theheyes]

Unless a particular service is pounding the CPU or using lots of physical memory I would advise you to leave them alone. Most of them are idle and sat there using an insignificant amount of resources - even combined - and turning something off might cause unforeseen problems for no performance gain.

 

[Ascendancy]

I've never bothered fiddling about with services, I imagine any potential gains will be insignificant.