Improving performance! Help Needed!

[arion]

There are a lot of tasks and application that run in the background under Windows XP using the IBM ThinkPad T series images.

What should and should not be turned off ?

Where can I find info on what they all do ?

Thanks.

[selvan777]

Here's a good place to start but it's not specific to any TP:

Windows XP Home and Professional Service Pack 2 Service Configurations by Black Viper
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

[arion]

Yeah I already know and have read that site before but it has no info on the ThinkPad software and drivers.

[jdhurst]

I let most of the IBM tools run. They range from decent to excellent (Access Connections). I set the following:

1. All of them except Access Connections not to show up in the system tray or taskbar.
2. IBM Message Centre specifically - download the newest version. It has a setting not to run. I don't run it except as I wish to.

If the system is working properly with all IBM and Windows updates in place, your ThinkPad should run at idle at zero CPU.

... JD Hurst

[selvan777]

Here's what's running on mine, perhaps someone could suggest to trim it down even more.

BatInfEx.dll.BMMAutonomicMonitor
BMMLREF.exe
ibmpmsvc.exe
TPHKMGR.exe
TPONSCR.exe

[arion]

This is ehat is runnining on the ThinkPad T41 (from msconfig on T41)

What are the following tasks

S3Tray2.exe
SynTPLpr.exe
SynTPEnh.exe
TpShocks.exe
TPHKMGR.exe
TpKmapAp.exe -helper
tp4ex.exe
EzEjMnAp.exe
atiptaxx.exe
ucstartup.exe
tfswctrl.exe
AGRSMMSG.EXE
SMax4PNP.exe
SMax4.exe /tray
BMMLREF.EXE
QCWLICON.EXE
TpKmapMn.exe

Thanks for this it makes a huge difference if I know what all these do so I can know what to / not to disable.