things to do before overclocking

disabling all the system services you will never need, and setting the ones that you use occasionally to manual greatly improves performance.

windows is set up, by install default, for utter noobs. it has certain resources that an experienced user knows are eating away at threads and using idiotic chunks of memory.

this quickie guide assumes you are running vista or win7, and are an administrator...

1. right-click on the taskbar and select start task manager
   
2. select processes
   
3. then click user name to order the running system processes easier
   
4. items listed under your username or SYSTEM can be tweaked (LOCAL SYSTEM is a bit harder to do)
   
5. leave this window opened
   
6. click on the start button and select run
   
7. in the box type msconfig.exe
   
8. in this system configuration panel select startup
   
9. uncheck all the "run on windows start" items that are non-essential
   
10. click apply and exit that box
    
11. right on my computer and select manage
    
12. click services and applications
    
13. click services
    
14. then click startup type to order the system processes easier
    
15. double-clicking on each of these will give you the option to start/stop these, and to choose their startup type
    

ie: i disable these...

• Windows Search
  
• Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
  
• Media Center Extender Service
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN (after first run)
  
• Routing and Remote Access
  
• Windows Media Center Receiver Service
  
• Windows Media Center Scheduler Service
  
• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
  
• Software Protection
  
• Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
  
• WWAN AutoConfig
  
• WLAN AutoConfig
  
• Windows CardSpace
  
• Windows Biometric Service
  
• Tablet PC Input Service
  
• Superfetch
  
• Smart Card Removal Policy
  
• Smart Card
  
• Secondary Logon
  
• Remote Registry
  
• Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
  
• Remote Desktop Services
  
• Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector
  
• Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper
  
• HomeGroup Listener
  
• Fax
  
• Bluetooth Support Service
  
• Adaptive Brightness
  

others things like hibernation, screensavers, system restore and virtual memory can also be switched off.

also...

within the control panel, select programs and features, then select turn windows features on or off

i deselect these:

• windows DVD maker
  
• windows media center
  
• all print and document services
  
• remote differential compression
  
• tablet pc components
  
• windows gadget platform
  
• and the XPS services and viewer
  

i hope this help

it is meant as a rough guide, and there are many more ways to increase system efficiently, via gpedit.msc, etc..

what works for one PC may not necessarily work for another

This is great, thanks for posting! Will end up using this during my next build in a couple of days so great timing on posting =P

Holy balls wmpnetwk.exe was so annoying. It would ranomly max out my cpu for 10-15 minutes then stop. Then fire backup. Windows Media Networking Sharing Service is fail. Mine might just be bugged, but I disabled that for sure. Great little list. Some of these things can be disabled regardless of overclocking or not. Thanks!

like tortuga said there are lots of things that can be disabled regardless of ocing as its something i do on almost every pc i touch.

blackviper.com is a great site if your not sure what things do and if you need them or not.

A lot of these are set to manual, is that ok?

Thanks

Really awesome guide that I will be definitely using. Hopefully I can get a few more points with folding .

Thanks for posting this mate. Learning new things everyday

Some of these services even creates more hazard than they do good if you aren't using them. You should take a look at this if you are going to overclocking or not. Great post!

If its set to maunual then its ok to leave it like that. Manual means windows will switch on that service if its called for. If not called for then its off and not using any resources.

Good list dugdiamond! Although a lot of these services wont make much impact on a decent machine. Especially on some of the monster machines I see on this board! For example I would leave the remote access services on. You might not need it now but the one time you want to RDP and find you cant because the service isnt running you will be annoyed!

But if you are running Vista then its really worth doing the steps that dugdiamond suggests. Vista is buggy, just switching superfetch off can make a huge difference (It sometimes runs at 100%) But Windows 7 handles it all a lot better.

after clicking manage on my computer nothing happens :/ Yes my acc is set to admin, and yes windows are pirated (though i don't think that it has got something to do with it). Any suggestions?

MasterIdler said:

after clicking manage on my computer nothing happens :/ Yes my acc is set to admin, and yes windows are pirated (though i don't think that it has got something to do with it). Any suggestions?

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this is an old common bug on win7, where the registry was overwritten

run compmgmtlauncher.exe

if that does not work - you have had a virus OR it was a 'dodgy' copy

there are fixes that are too lengthy to go into here.... but google is you friend: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=win+7+computer+manage+not+working&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQrAIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevenforums.com%2Fgeneral-discussion%2F22522-computer-context-menu-manage-not-working-7.html&ei=e28xT_roAoaj8gP3ws3uBg&usg=AFQjCNFCyl8ef7MsYULls4MsGYE7isB_Dg&sig2=u6-L8TdSu5qYc9RRmoT1BA&cad=rja