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Managing processes running in backgroud?

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by datenth

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I need to know how do I manage my background processes. With Win98 you have msconfig and you can kill processes that run. I need to know how do I do this with Win2k? I went to manage and found out I have 19 items running at startup most of which I am not even using. It takes 3 minutes to get windows started after login. How can I rid myself of this problem?

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by cg it

I have 40 processes running on my W2K pro computer which when idle uses 0% of the processor and about 182MB of my 512 MB memory. My machince gets the the Log on screen in just under 45 seconds. I think that changing you system performance properties(control panel, system,system properties, advanced, performance options will help you in gaining some performance gains on your computer. Also a consideration is how much physical memory you have and virtual memory. Remember, free space on the C: drive is used by Windows for page files, swap files, virtual memory and such. Declining free space on your c drive can cause your system to slow down.

by cg it

To manage process running on a W2K machine use the task manager [CTL+ALT+DEL to the log on screen then under the log off button you'll see the task manager button. click on that. From there, you'll see three tabs, Applications, Processes and performance.Click on the processes button. That will open up a window where you can view running processes and if necessary, end the process.]

by cg it

Further, this task manager can show you how much memory background processes are utilizing. If your available physical memory is low because of these background processes you can end some of them. A better option is to just add more physical memory.512 MB of memory is a good standard for W2K even though the minimum requirements are 128 MB and the recommended is 256 MB.

by ann777

There's no msconfig in win2000, but there are alternatives.

You can use the 98 or XP version, see:
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm

or:
http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip475.htm

You can configure individual services to start automatically, manually or disable them in:
computer management --> services and applications --> services

You can use third party software:

http://is-it-true.org/nt/nt2000/utips/utips22.shtml

Or:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

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