Whats that program that kills off background apps in windows for gaming?

Draeger · 3 Apr 2007 at 20:15

I seem to remember someone talking about a program that you can install that kills off all unneeded background apps in Windows XP task manager that can slow down your gaming experience?.

Anyone got any ideas what its called?.

Cheers.

Nate--IRL-- · 3 Apr 2007 at 22:30

Enditall or for more functionality use fsautostart

Nate

mctiny · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:05

Draeger said:
I seem to remember someone talking about a program that you can install that kills off all unneeded background apps in Windows XP task manager that can slow down your gaming experience?.

Anyone got any ideas what its called?.

Cheers.

Game xp?

silversurfer · 4 Apr 2007 at 01:05

Enditall is good, it'll protect some it doesnt think you should close and you change that quite easily. Its similar to tsk mgr. I often got down to 100meg on win xp with that in a few seconds.
Its just about possible to run some BF2 64 player maps in half a gig

OzZie · 4 Apr 2007 at 10:10

Start > Run - "msconfig" > Startup > disable all that arent needed.

Then whilst in Windows CTRL + ALT + DLT and shut down other unwanted apps. You should aim for 25 or less depending on what you got installed etc.

Sleepery · 4 Apr 2007 at 10:18

OzZie said:
Start > Run - "msconfig" > Startup > disable all that arent needed.

Google the process names to find out what they do, that way you won't shut down anything important. You'll also learn a bit about what your computer is doing, and if it's running anything it shouldn't be

Draeger · 4 Apr 2007 at 10:23

Yeah, I know all about msconfig and task manager fellas, but I was looking for a "one touch" solution that could be toggled on and off quickly.

Its not actually for me, I rarely play games on the PC, its for a mate running CandC 3.

V4NT0M · 4 Apr 2007 at 10:58

I've always found that unless you're running a massive memory intensive or cpu crunching program killing off background tasks and getting rid of serivces probably gives you no noticable increase in fps and any other problems are much better handled by buying more or better ram.

Jimbo · 4 Apr 2007 at 11:52

Process explorer, is great.

GFX707 · 6 Apr 2007 at 01:26

Skyfall said:
I've always found that unless you're running a massive memory intensive or cpu crunching program killing off background tasks and getting rid of serivces probably gives you no noticable increase in fps and any other problems are much better handled by buying more or better ram.

Tell that to someone with Norton AV installed....