RAM hogs

DanLatimer · 07-25-2005, 06:27 PM

hey guys,
hmm i was looking at my task manager the other day trying to shut down as many programs i dont need to try to give a video converter as much ram as it wanted, and i noticed that i have alot of useless little programs runnig that i dont want running such as 2 diffrent wizards for photoshop elements and another wizard for my camara and other little programs that come with programs that run all the time even when the origonal progam was never ran since boot... anyways does anyone know of a way to stop them from starting up? i cant remember the name of the file that holds a list of little progams to start them up when windows starts... lol anyhelp would be appreciated.

**Cromewell** · 07-25-2005, 06:31 PM

run msconfig, look at the start up tab and uncheck what you dont want running

DanLatimer · 07-25-2005, 06:58 PM

thanks cromwell, im kinda new to XP i used to use 98SE until this christmas

alanuofm · 07-25-2005, 07:51 PM

also go to control panel and look for useless programs that might be installed.

DanLatimer · 07-25-2005, 08:00 PM

yes i did check to make sure that i got rid of programs that i dont use anymore, but my problem was really the programs that I like that have stupid useless little programs that are constantly running haha but thats for the reply

**Praetor** · 07-26-2005, 06:06 PM

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hmm i was looking at my task manager the other day trying to shut down as many programs i dont need to try to give a video converter as much ram as it wanted, and i noticed that i have alot of useless little programs runnig that i dont want running such as 2 diffrent wizards for photoshop elements and another wizard for my camara and other little programs that come with programs that run all the time even when the origonal progam was never ran since boot... anyways does anyone know of a way to stop them from starting up? i cant remember the name of the file that holds a list of little progams to start them up when windows starts... lol anyhelp would be appreciated.

For starters ... wouldnt it be simpler to shut down Photoshop Elements while encoding?

DanLatimer · 07-26-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

For starters ... wouldnt it be simpler to shut down Photoshop Elements while encoding?

well thats the thing, it wasnt running. it was just one of those stupid wizards that was running so that when you plug a digital camara in it would pop up and say your to dumb too get the files yourself.. let ME do it! lol

07-25-2005, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	RAM hogs hey guys, hmm i was looking at my task manager the other day trying to shut down as many programs i dont need to try to give a video converter as much ram as it wanted, and i noticed that i have alot of useless little programs runnig that i dont want running such as 2 diffrent wizards for photoshop elements and another wizard for my camara and other little programs that come with programs that run all the time even when the origonal progam was never ran since boot... anyways does anyone know of a way to stop them from starting up? i cant remember the name of the file that holds a list of little progams to start them up when windows starts... lol anyhelp would be appreciated. __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound

07-25-2005, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
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DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	thanks cromwell, im kinda new to XP i used to use 98SE until this christmas __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound Last edited by DanLatimer; 07-25-2005 at 06:59 PM. Reason: spelling AGAIN

07-25-2005, 08:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	yes i did check to make sure that i got rid of programs that i dont use anymore, but my problem was really the programs that I like that have stupid useless little programs that are constantly running haha but thats for the reply __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound

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07-25-2005, 07:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	also go to control panel and look for useless programs that might be installed.