Startup Questions

[NewVincent]

I'm trying to speed-up my XP start up. I've eliminated plenty of nonessential programs. I don't want a lot of processes running in the background. Can someone tell me If I can eliminate any of the following:

BCMSMMSG.exe What is this?
Any Synaptics pointing device?
Any Spam Killer from McAfee.

Thanks for your help.

 

[NewVincent]

Anyone?

 

[peterhuang913]

BCMSMMSG.exe - Modem driver
Synaptics - mousepad driver

 

[therascalking]

this site is awesome for figuring out what processes do what, if you have any more questions about what you can kill and what you cant:

What Process? Process Library - Identify & Manage Windows Processes

and most processes that are important... if you kill em, theyll just turn themselves back on anyways... good luck - RK

 

[therascalking]

ill also point you toward these threads here in tech forums... maybe theyll help too:

http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/black-vipers-top-tweaks-faster-pc-168133/
http://www.techist.com/forums/f9/how-make-windows-startup-faster-167209/
http://www.techist.com/forums/f9/how-keep-winxp-really-fast-stable-156582/

the 'search' button is your friend - RK