I am not sure who gave you that advice but you do
not just go and turn off all services but you
better know what those services are and what they do before messing with them.
I am not sure what version of windows you are
using but you want to get a list of the services
running under your operating ssystem and what
they do. You better make very sure you know what
service does what and what you need or want on yoursystem.
I am a pretty advanced computer user and probably
a bit geeky too but I would never ever just turn
something off without knowing what it does and
without knowing how to reverse the changes I
made. Some people are just irresponsible with the advice they give.
Also, msconfig is _not_ repeat NOT the place to
disable services. You do that in the services
applet - and that that is not visible to the average user has good reasons.
There is a bunch of stuff in windows that can be
turned off or set to only launch manually - the
latter is what you need the services applet for -
but you better be prepared to do your
homework and know what you are doing. So three
lashes with a wet noodle for messing around with
something you don't seem to be too knowledgeable
on and something a bit more severe to whoever got you started on that. ;-p
I don't want to discourage you at all but rather
encourage you to know more whawt is going on on
your computer and then take control. if you
rather do not get that involved, putting more ram
in your computer might be another choice.
however, information is availble on those
services and if done right, tweaking the system
can really speed it up. But never ever turn off
anything without knowing the consequences - and
being able to reverse them. Getting sighted
assistance is, of course, normal but a cop-out
IMO if you do something as geeky and get yourself
into trouble. If you do this sort of thing,
knowing how to get out yourself should be part of
the package. And also, if you play, turn off one
app or one service at a time so you can keep
track of what might give you problems.
When I learned about services and what to
turnoff, i had a list with a description of what
did what and turned off quite a bunch. I only
messed up once and therefore was able to reverse the problem quite easily.
I hope you will enjoy learning more about your
system and what goes on under the hood and end up
knowing more and with a sleeker more responsibe system.
Take care and have fun but stay safe!
Doris
At 01:24 PM 11/11/2011 -0500, you wrote:
I was told that you could go to the services tab
of msconfig and disable all and press ok to
disable all the microsoft things from coming on
at start up. Here is what I did: Windows key+r,
for the run dialog box. Type in msconfig, press
enter. Control+tab, to go to the services tab.
Tab over to disable all and press enter. Tab to
the ok button and press enter. When my computer
came back on after the restart there was no
windows sound or speech. My sited wife could see
the desktop and use the mouse just fine. I tried
to use my short cut key to turn Jaws on,
control+Alt+J, but just got a option list
instead of Jaws coming on. I then had her go and
reverse what I did and I had her enable all in
the services tab of msconfig, and after restart
I have things working normally again. Here is my
question. How do you disable all in this dialog
of msconfig and still here the windows sounds
and Jaws? Any information would be appreciated.
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