I am not going to make the same ugly comments the Fake Katahu made in the past.

You know that you want to free up a ton of resources on your computer just to make FS run faster and respond faster. But you hate the fact that you have to press ctrl-alt-del, then select the programs to close (never close system tray nor Explorer, you need them), click end task and start the process allllllllllll over again for each program. You hate that.

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The steps that I will discuss must ONLY be handled by those who know EVERYTHING about computers. This is not for newbies. I cannot garantee that this process will improve FPS and I cannot garantee that there will be positive results. So be EXTREMELY careful.

Go to Start menu, click Run, type in MSCONFIG within the empty field. A window will pop up. Click the start up tab. Uncheck any start up program that you don't want other than systray.

I say again, this process is definitly not for newbies, amatures, rookies or any other untrained people. This is for SERIOUS computer geeks who know what to do and what not to do in this case. This process must only be used as a last resort.

Correct me if I'm wrong in this.

PS: the fake KATAHU is still out for sure. I am the real one.

How about XP? Got my wife a machine with XP and it is diff. I have prodded around on it and in the Start Up section there is really not that much to shut down. I suspect the slow performance of XP lies in the Resources section but not familiar with it. Got a great XP tweak to safely shut down the hundreds of apps. apparently running behind the scenes in XP? It's silly that my machine, at half the speed of hers, loads up, surfs and runs so much faster than hers. 

'Ello All, and G'day from the 453rd Virtual Squadron....

I run a sweet little program that enables me to control all that starts up , with the best , a refreshing re-boot....

"http://wheresjames.com"   get the start-up manager.

when you shut that stuff down , using the Cntrl+alt+delete, you have already used the resources on starting , in the first place.... the utility I am suggesting , allows a cleaner "reboot" and is a safe way to control that process.
when I installed my new sound card , it tried to place about 6 new Icons in my tray... wow, for sound ?  I shut them all down with this sweet little tool ( everything is checked in my msconfig )  and wheresjames stops the ones I dont want or need . yes I still have great sound w/o all those icons .

hope this helps.

Cheers !