Which programs can I remove from startup?

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gte204i · #1 Post by **gte204i** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:21 am

So I was messing around with my T42 disabling unnecessary windows services, removing some programs from startup, etc. to improve speed. What programs that come preloaded on the T42 can I remove from the startup? (Note: I need wireless and wired networking)

I don't need dialup, so I removed "digital line detect". I also removed "IBM message center", as it was really starting to annoy me. Is there a good use for this?

BTW, I didn't actually remove anything - I just unchecked these programs from the windows startup list (win.ini or something like that - I don't exactly remember). Thanks for the advice.

[ALSO - if you haven't removed unnecessary windows services from your computer, you are really missing out. It really improves the performance and security of your machine.]

taphil · #2 Post by **taphil** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 11:36 am

The only IBM-specific ones I have run are:

ATIModeChange Ati2mdxx.exe
ATIPTA atiptaxx.exe
BMMGAG pwrmonit.dll
BMMLREF bmmlref.exe
BMMMONDWND batinfoex.dll
TPHOTKEY tphkmgr.exe
SynTPLpr syntplpr.exe
SynTPEnh syntpenh.exe

I have nothing in Startup.

Using msconfig is easy to check/uncheck what you want/don't want to load.

#3 Post by **K. Eng** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 11:50 am

The included Norton stuff can suck up resources. I ditched that as soon as I could and installed Norton Antivirus Corporate. It doesn't have a fancy interface but it sure as heck loads up faster!

The Message Center is useless. I uninstalled that completely.

krosenstein · #4 Post by **krosenstein** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 11:57 am

Even though I've used msconfig to prevent things like the Message Center and support.com from loading at startup, they are still loading. I've tried removing the relevant entries from the registry key, and they still load.

Anyone have any ideas what's causing this.

Ken Rosenstein
T41 2373-9FU

sktn77a · #5 Post by **sktn77a** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:00 pm

Depends which programs are loading. If it's Quicktime, Realplayer, AIM, etc, you have to go into the preferences and uncheck the "run on startup" option.

krosenstein · #6 Post by **krosenstein** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:30 pm

I said it was IBM Message Center and support.com

gte204i · #7 Post by **gte204i** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:40 pm

I removed "IBM message center" from the startup by running msconfig and unchecking it from the startup list. I'm not sure about support.com

XCoalMiner · #8 Post by **XCoalMiner** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:27 am

A column I follow at InfoWorld had a recent ist of WinXP services you can disable. I haven't tried this yet (on 'to do list'), perhaps you can report back if anything stands out.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/ ... win_1.html

Greg Gebhardt · #9 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:28 am

My statup is empty with no problems

Leon · #10 Post by **Leon** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:07 am

You mean, if you run msconfig, and click the startup tab, NOTHING is checked??

Nabeel · #11 Post by **Nabeel** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:16 am

I actually used this guide for the preferences:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

I uninstalled the message center, and the IBM installer. But the services thing helped more than anything.

Greg Gebhardt · #12 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 12:45 pm

Leon wrote:You mean, if you run msconfig, and click the startup tab, NOTHING is checked??

NO, I mean that I have removed everything from the start up folder under programs. I have removed some items in the startup in msconfig but if you remove too much you are in big trouble.

Which programs can I remove from startup?

Which programs can I remove from startup?

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