Optimisation for a games machine...

[GrandMaster]

y not just post a link? i dont wanna install msnmsngr =\

[.Atlantis]

y not just post a link? i dont wanna install msnmsngr =\

Erm, no link until it's finished because I don't want 100 users complaining about something that I'm trying to fix. And you don't have to have msnmsgr installed. It will just say it's not available and carry on with the proccess.

[jkinzer]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of computers are you guys running that you need to shut down half of windows to run a game? My 4.77 MHz IBM PC XT S can run Splinter Cell and Half Life 2 at the same time. ;)

[.Atlantis]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of computers are you guys running that you need to shut down half of windows to run a game? My 4.77 MHz IBM PC XT S can run Splinter Cell and Half Life 2 at the same time. ;)

Does it matter? Freeing up resources for High-Powered games is a god save!

[M$ Agent #2]

Im running a pretty hefty machine but I wanna see how good it can get :)

[.Atlantis]

Right, First beta is here. I accept no responsibility for the harm it may cause to your computer.

All this does is create 2 batch files and a VBS file. One batch file stops the services. The other starts them again. Sorted.

You may see a few errors pop up in the CMD window, but it will NOT matter, because basically you do not have those installed on your computer. The same will happen when you undo the changes. I gave this a slight test and it seemed to have worked.

Project1.exe

[philmcneal]

Right, First beta is here. I accept no responsibility for the harm it may cause to your computer.

All this does is create 2 batch files and a VBS file. One batch file stops the services. The other starts them again. Sorted.

You may see a few errors pop up in the CMD window, but it will NOT matter, because basically you do not have those installed on your computer. The same will happen when you undo the changes. I gave this a slight test and it seemed to have worked.

awesome i hope you make a version that allows explorer.exe leaves in tact because other programs like mirc or ventriollo still needs it :( as well as msn.

keep it up :D

[philmcneal]

ok more suggestions

add a drop down list to how much ram you can specifiy

and it looks like when i click on "undo conifg" it enables all the services that are defaulted when you install windows... breaking what I tweaked on the services already so what you should do is get the program to scan the pc's services configuration then make a backup

when you click undo it will restore the ones that were running before you start stopping all the services besides ALL the useless services.

make the program look prettier? instead of a cmd crap popping up there's a progess bar telling you what's happening ( disabling x service and so forth ).

keep it up!

[cibbis]

downloaded it, tried it, loved it, gonna use it forever, gonna give it to my friends!

heh excellent little app made halo work sooo much better on my system

[TooPackShaker]

eh same thing as tweaking your services. alot of those never need to run at all, and if its an online game your gonna need network connections and maybe some more of those. interesting idea but to me services are set it and forget it.

this is my setup, I dont bother disabling a couple more when I play a game

Edited November 6, 2003 by TooPackShaker

[GodsBrother]

damn thats looking nice how far have you got with the GUI version? (if your making one).

It would be handy to be able to change somethings i.e. the memory levels freed, or to add a service to stop, or in that case remover one so it runs a little quicker.

[Visentinel]

Start High Priority would be better rite ? No need to go thru killing apps and stripping XP to the core and No reboot needed to get everything back to normal :whistle:

[Inertia]

it looks fairly basic at the moment, it simply launches a batch file.

it has potential, but this way if system services are stopped usualy, then they get started again on restore. thats not good, it definatly needs to be customisable.

A custom batch file is the only way to go for now.

[hornett]

Start High Priority would be better rite ? No need to go thru killing apps and stripping XP to the core and No reboot needed to get everything back to normal

Hmmm, I haven't studied the XP kernel but I'd imagine that even if a process is running at high priority, some time will be given to other processes running.

Edit : Explorer nor any other apps are being killed on my system. It seems that taskkill isn't a valid command on my system (XP Home)

[.Atlantis]

Right, please not forgetting this is Beta 1. I just wanted to check to see if it was all working a ok. So I need to know that first. I will then add customizable options to what Proccesses you would like to enable and disable. Again this is just Beta 1, a GUI version will be coming soon. This took 5 minutes to make, I just needed to see what bugs where in it so far, not what people want adding :D

-Grant

[+John Teacake MVC]

id like to help with the program, im trying to get into MSN at the moment so i can add u if u need any help.

[CajunFox]

Setting the priority level to "high" for the games often causes the system to become unstable, often rendering the shell useless.

Encryption how far have you got? I created a front end to the batch file that I've been using for two years now, but I'm not sure how stable it is hence don't want to make it a public release.

Additionally on my version I have several other features that improve the performance but, it would take too long to document, I'll give you a copy if you want so you can work it out.

[.Atlantis]

Setting the priority level to "high" for the games often causes the system to become unstable, often rendering the shell useless.

Encryption how far have you got? I created a front end to the batch file that I've been using for two years now, but I'm not sure how stable it is hence don't want to make it a public release.

Additionally on my version I have several other features that improve the performance but, it would take too long to document, I'll give you a copy if you want so you can work it out.

I wouldn't mind, that would be a great help.

[wstokeley]

My 4.77 MHz IBM PC

Dont you mean Ghz? I'd be worried about my performance if not..

[.Atlantis]

Dont you mean Ghz? I'd be worried about my performance if not..

:laugh:. owned

[GodsBrother]

LOL so how far u guys got in this quest?

[axis]

Is this going to restart all the services again, because I have certain services I already disabled or stop from auto starting. Maybe some kind of auto sensing feature.

[GodsBrother]

Is this going to restart all the services again, because I have certain services I already disabled or stop from auto starting. Maybe some kind of auto sensing feature.

How could you do that? Intersting thought though. :huh:

[Anthony_gas]

This program is fantastic!! I play alot of emulator games like Zinc and Mame that require more resources than your conventional game and I have a P4 3.06 GHz PC and games like Streetfighter EX 2 Plus use to hog so much but after using the Cajunfox's game server it performs like i want it to.

I spoke to CajunFox last night on MSN an he said that he will release his private version which is a game server that auto-detects services and memory levels, CPU usage as well as give the game high process priority making gaming and hosting game servers easier. I'll find out when he's gonna release.

[.Atlantis]

I guess I will end my production with the little program then.