Using MSCONFIG to remove unnecessary services + startup files to reduce lag?

Has anybody besides me done this? When I was on MS earlier, I experienced lag like no other. Never once in my life, have I lagged so much. It's not my modem or router, because I checked. So I started messing around with my comp in msconfig. I removed.. so many.. unnecessary startups, but didn't touch any services. So far, my MS seems to be lag-free for the most part. Has anybody else messed with this? (Assuming you guys know what you're doing)

For services, you will want to use services.msc, not msconfig. I recommend BlackViper as a guide for configuring services.

Well, what you did was to free up RAM and CPU cycles and maybe reduce hard drive read&write, which is the way to reduce lag because of the computer.

msconfig is weak. Use autoruns instead. It will show EVERYTHING that your computer loads on startup: programs, services, Windows Explorer hooks, drivers, and more. You're studying computer stuff so I know you won't be all "wtp is all this stuff".

it helps. when i used windoze i'd usually disable EVERYTHING in msconfig besides the required services. usually 99% of those progs are useless anyways. then again it is windows..

it helps. when i used windoze i'd usually disable EVERYTHING in msconfig besides the required services. usually 99% of those progs are useless anyways. then again it is windows..

Yeah, this is a great way to stop your computer from turning on properly. It's the reason why services.msc is recommended over msconfig - services.msc does not allow you to stop the services that are needed to be running.

msconfig is weak. Use autoruns instead. It will show EVERYTHING that your computer loads on startup: programs, services, Windows Explorer hooks, drivers, and more. You're studying computer stuff so I know you won't be all "wtp is all this stuff".

Is it strange that I'm rather fascinated by that? I'll go ahead and download it now. Whatever makes me curious makes me more interested..