St. wrote:
>      Well, I didn't disable that.

I meant the process scheduler, not the service called "scheduler". :-)

> I left all windows services running and 
> disabled ZA, AVG email scanner, AVG Watchdog, Google update service, 
> Ad-Aware, Epson printer status, A-Squared free service, Office source engine 
> and nVidia driver service(???).

Oh, OK. Well, I guess the AV type stuff might be running more than you'd 
expect, and I wouldn't be surprised of the nVidia driver services were 
the problem. I almost always leave that sort of stuff turned off and 
never have a problem.  Lots of AV stuff is a performance suck.

>      I guess you could also disable a lot of Windows services too, but you'd 
> have to be careful (or at least I would), because some rely on others to 
> work and I haven't got a clue as to what services rely on others.

Well, it's all listed, and turning it off tells you what else it'll 
disable. Knowing what they're *for* is another question. And it won't 
let you turn off the stuff you need to run windows at all.

> but it felt more 'fluid' if you like.

"Feelings" is what I was trying to avoid, especially when the game will 
show you the actual measured results. :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

Post a reply to this message