I've used this one
http:myquickpc.com
and it worked ok for me :)
-Ann
April 12, 2006
Computer too slow?
If you have not had yet the experience of working on a PC that moves like a snail, you are a unique, rare human being.

Photo credit: BBspot
Even the New York Times asked the same question a few days ago.
"The problem, it seems, is largely that Microsoft's past success and its bundling strategy have become a weakness."
David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School, also told New York Times reporters Steve Lohr and John Markoff that:
"Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down..."
Windows PCs have had a long tradition of not managing well long and uninterrupted use across different applications, too many applications when installed and removed from a PC and a slew of processes and services running at all times inside your PC RAM memory but which maybe actually completely unneeded by your computer.
Your computer is indeed filled with hidden functions and services whose existence you may barely know.
Most of the times, such a large number of unnecessary background programs is likely to slow down your computer to a crawl without any valid reason or necessity to do so.
You probably have heard people telling you that you can speed up your computer by stopping unwanted services. But when you look at the list of services running, you are unsure of what to shut down and what not to.
Here, thanks to Harsh J Chouraria, aka Qwerty Maniac, who generously contributed his research work is a small, but effective guide to help you identify those popular Windows services that you need to shutdown to regain some speed in your PC.

Uneeded Windows services that you can turn off:

Notes:
1. To enter service manager, go to Start > Run > Type services.msc and hit enter.
2. To toggle the startup type of a service between Automatic, Manual and Disabled, double-click on the required service and choose the specific option from the listbox titled ‘Startup Type’ in the General tab.
3. If you are unsure about a service or for some reason, think it's important, leave it alone or turn it to manual instead of disabling. It will help protect from damage.
4. Completely mastering service management is a task possible only by trial and error.
5. There are risks involved in turning down important services, better read the description before attempting to change a service’s startup type.
I hope I have been clear enough for you to understand what to disable and what not to. Enjoy a faster and healthier computer.
Photo credits:
Turbo Turtle: Scott Weichert
Baby & Notebook: Guimus
| 2008-04-25 11:00:38 |
I've used this one
http:myquickpc.com
and it worked ok for me :)
-Ann
| 2008-04-23 20:33:48 |
Dont Do it
It messed up my computer and it doesnt speed ur computer up wat so ever. it stayed the same
| 2008-04-23 06:23:23 |
Couln't agree more!
However, it should also be noted that computers slow down because their users wantonly install applications and fill up both memory and disk space. So many applications add either a service or start up a program in the background or put something in the system tray.
Everything you put on to it just burns up more resources!
| 2008-03-26 11:39:45 |
Thanks this really helps.To the people that said that it made your computer run slow than you disabled programs that your computer relys on that is why you really need to know how your programs effect your computer one of my computers is setup just for games and fun while the other is setup for work it helped the one for fun so be careful and know what programs your computer is set for.
| 2008-03-17 10:16:06 |
I have started to use processlibrary.com's ProcessScanner on a regular basis. It tells you exactly what you have running, what each process is and which program it's associated with. It also tells you how resource-heavy each is, so you can see what is taking up capacity. It helps me to keep things running optimally.
http:www.processlibrary.com
| 2008-03-07 23:01:43 |
There are two sides to this story:
1) People who turn off the right programs and use caution should experience an increase in speed if the problem isn't cause by an unkonwn service that is run as a result of a virus. The increase is determined by the amount of RAM that is available to the computer. Low RAM = a greater increase in speed as a result of this.2) People who don't use caution and shut down the wrong programs. YES, I'm talking about you, the people who are probably reading this on there friends computer because theirs crashed as a result of their stupidity.
| 2008-02-23 14:17:16 |
I disabled most of what is recommended here.
Browsing through folders is a LOT faster. Most softwares (word, adobe, explorer, ect) still open and run slowly.
Disabling the Security Center is the best thing ever!
| 2008-02-21 08:54:26 |
This shouldn't affect your computer negatively, but as always make sure you have your important stuff backed up and possibly set a system restore point for if it all goes tits up.
| 2008-02-08 05:53:37 |
OMG!This thing sucks.I tried it but my pc speed is still the same..........Negaive 10 stars!
| 2008-02-03 23:19:22 |
This really screwed my computer up. ALl my shortcuts are gone. Most of my stuff won't start up, hope fully after I restore these settings, Itll work again.
My tip: DONT USe
| 2008-01-23 03:43:53 |
If you use this be very careful...I had to restore as many things crashed...not for everyone, but good if you know what you are doing...do not play with settings unless you KNOW what you are doing!
| 2008-01-11 23:39:26 |
I thought this was just one of those worthless speed-up your PC stuff. But this one really works. Helped a lot.
Thanks for posting this. ^^
| 2007-12-21 18:02:29 |
WOW, what a difference. Wish I had done this a long time ago. The guy with the problems must have changed the wrong thing. I almost did by opening one next to the one I wanted.
| 2007-12-19 09:07:28 |
I tried this man- my pc don't work no more, it makes it very very slow not faster. I turn on and it just goes brrr brrr and some stuff comes up and then nothing, I'm still waiting for the repair man, he say I shouldnt have meddled in the pc, marta my wife says I'm just a good for nothing. Man you really screwed up my life with your clever stuff here...
| 2007-11-23 12:11:59 |
wow.... it really works
| 2007-11-18 05:35:18 |
wow... my PC performance much faster than before... thanks a lot for being post this thread...
| 2007-10-30 11:58:53 |
This has been a huge help for me. I am wondering if there are any UPDATES to this as we near the 2 year mark since this first came out? I have so much that simply isn't listed I'm not sure what to do with.
Thanks big time, Slydog22
| 2007-10-16 12:52:50 |
WOW, I can't believe the difference, can you update this article every year!
| 2007-09-28 16:02:43 |
Thank you for the thorough help on disabling uneeded features, much appreciated.
| 2007-09-09 05:01:33 |
geezz! thanks a lot! very informative indeed! thank you so much!=)
| 2007-09-09 04:36:42 |
Thanks for sharing these tips. I found out that my computer runs much smoother after shutting of un required services.
I have XP and after I switched to classic windows theme I saw an instant improvement in speed. Win XP super cool colors, themes, shadows and that nice stuff makes it run slow.
Thank You!
Karl
| 2007-09-06 02:52:02 |
Excellent information, I noticed a big difference in my computer speed after going through the list, making the adjustments and rebooting. Thank you.
| 2007-07-18 09:24:39 |
Hey Livia,
Thanks for that great article. Makes you value the net all over again.I do however have a query that I hope you can help me with - The Remote Procedure Call service in my comp, is set to automatic. I tried to change it but the options are greyed out. What and how can I go about changing that? Please help.
Thanks,
Juhi
| 2007-07-09 01:51:01 |
Wonderful article. Knew to do those defragment/cleanup utilities, but never knew how to disable windows services. Thanks a lot!
| 2007-06-20 06:16:07 |
Wonderful article. Helped me boost my system speed. Also found that my drive was badly fragmented,never realised that its another important cause of slowdown.After a defrag, the performance improvement was very obvious.
| 2007-06-05 17:19:17 |
since i disabled them i cant print on my pc wirelessly (i use the windows network thing i dont have wireless printer) anyway i did all the reccomendations for netwrks and all andd i changed them to auto w/ no success can u help me?? (just list all the possibilities of servics that could cause the problems) plz e-mail me at atbball98@aol.com
| 2007-05-29 06:22:26 |
Thank you for the fantastic info. My computer is now running much faster after disabling unnecessary Windows services. You're doing the world a great service.
| 2007-04-23 17:33:25 |
Thanks very much for your work on this; I've always tried to keep up to date on unnecessary services info, and your article allowed me to make adjustments to settings which had not been so clearly explained elsewhere. (In particular the
| 2007-04-05 23:36:44 |
Thanks!!! Very Helpful.
| 2007-04-05 00:54:16 |
Thanks ! It was really helpful.
| 2007-03-24 01:03:41 |
Kudos to you man!!!! This is really cool and glad that you were (by trial and chance) able to figure out what it is that we need to do to keep systems running more efficiently!!! My machine is only a year old and believe me, a 2.6GB processor slowing down only after a year's time isn't funny, or even having almost 3G on memory for that matter...I'm so glad my machine is running like new again and why the heck windows has to keep adding unnecessary junk to run in the background is beyond me. Now my graphics designing work is ultimately rendering faster and so forth. Thanks a Bunch! and do feel free to contact me about any other things that can contribute towards keeping my PC at its peak performance!
| 2007-03-09 22:06:46 |
this is super cool.. my system is now like an fi car. man its damn fast...
| 2007-03-03 22:36:46 |
thank you i nevr knew you could that with your computer it saved me about a good 200 dollars!
| 2007-02-16 22:39:05 |
Thank you for this very informative page. I have an older Acer 2.6ghz Pent4 that was running so slow, and having lock ups. I followed the instructions, and it's running with noticeable improvement on speed and stability.
| 2007-01-09 09:00:27 |
But there is a Spanish version as well.
See the link on top of the page above the title.
http://tinyurl.com/yk5ky5
| 2007-01-09 07:31:31 |
This really helped, even though my PC is in spanish so I had to do some deciphering. Thanks a lot!
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