Speeding up my computer

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That Guy

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Hi, I would like to make my computer run faster. I currently use a dell inspiron 6400 running windows vista home premium. When I bought the computer it came with many pre-loaded programmes. I use the computer for internet surfing( wirelessly), typing, messaging and occasionally playing music (on itunes) and internet flash games. These are a list of programmes my computer is currently running:
Cyberlink PowerCinema resident Program,
Desktop Window Manager,
Media Centre Media Status Aggregator Service,
ITunesHelper Module,
McAfee Integrated Security Platform,
Quickset,
Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Tray Applet,
Task scheduler Engine,
Kodak Easyshare Software,
RoxMMTrayApp Module,
Dell support,
Windows sidebar,
Sony Ericsson PC SUITE,
Windows explorer,
Brightness Control Panel,
Java ™ Platform SE binary,
Macrovision FLEXnet Connect Scheduler,
Digital Line Detection,
CameraMonitor Application,
tsnp2std Microsoft,
hkc md Module,
persistence Module,
Delivery manager
, Media Centre Tray Applet,
Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements,
Sigmatel Audio system tray application,
windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application,

Could you please tell me the programmes that i need just to run my computer normally and how to stop the ones I don’t need permanently (turn them off) Any other tips on how to speed up my PC would be helpful
 
That Guy said:
Hi, I would like to make my computer run faster. I currently use a dell inspiron 6400 running windows vista home premium. When I bought the computer it came with many pre-loaded programmes. I use the computer for internet surfing( wirelessly), typing, messaging and occasionally playing music (on itunes) and internet flash games. These are a list of programmes my computer is currently running:
Cyberlink PowerCinema resident Program,
Desktop Window Manager,
Media Centre Media Status Aggregator Service,
ITunesHelper Module,
McAfee Integrated Security Platform,
Quickset,?
Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Tray Applet,
Task scheduler Engine,
Kodak Easyshare Software,
RoxMMTrayApp Module,
Dell support,
Windows sidebar,
Sony Ericsson PC SUITE,
Windows explorer,
Brightness Control Panel,(unless you need it)
Java ™ Platform SE binary,
Macrovision FLEXnet Connect Scheduler,
Digital Line Detection,
CameraMonitor Application,
tsnp2std Microsoft,
hkc md Module,
persistence Module,
Delivery manager
, Media Centre Tray Applet,
Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements,
Sigmatel Audio system tray application,
windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application,

Could you please tell me the programmes that i need just to run my computer normally and how to stop the ones I don’t need permanently (turn them off) Any other tips on how to speed up my PC would be helpful
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The ones in red should be safe to disable from startup by going START>in run/search box type> msconfig and go to startup tab and click them off, then do a reboot.

Also right click your desktop in a space and select view>show desktop icons and turn them off(untick)
Then goto your taskbar(assume at bottom of screen(default)) and right click then select toolbars and choose desktop.
Now your desktop items will be in a list structure and it should shave a bit more time of loading up the OS.

There's loads more little tweaks such as editing the menushow delay in the registry from 400 to around 150(works good for me) which makes your menus open quicker. I'm sure people here will help you with some more bud;)
 
Post a list of programs and we can see what you need to uninstall and go from there.

Well post a list of your programs. This how you do it:

  • Download Hijackthis from here
  • Open Hijackthis
  • Click on "Open Misc Tools"
  • Click on "Open Unistall Manager"
  • Click on "Save List"
  • Save it in a location
  • Notepad will open
  • Hit Ctrl + A
  • Copy + paste in a forum reply

From the list of programs, we can tell you what ones to uninstall.
 
probably a copy/paste from his website but it was on topic:P just not sure about being allowed to have his paypal on bottom :(
 
If it was me, I'd uninstall ALL of the programs that were installed by default. (If you don't use em')

For speed, maybe try a faster hard drive, more RAM or potentially a CPU upgrade if the BIOS supports it.
 
Going to control panel and "adjusting for best performance" in system properties would be a good start, then disabling "show desktop icons" and using MSCONFIG to adjust/turn off startup programs would also be enough for most people IMO

Of course regular DeFrags and Temp file cleanups would be good too,

If not... then it's time to then look at hardware upgrades;)
 
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