few extra FPS in XP

[dragonmere]

Wow... Someone already probably thought of this on winNT but I've been sticking with the 9x until XP... Anyway

Before I start a game, like always, I close down every program. Then I hit alt+ctrl+del and go over to the processes tab. I "end process tree" explorer.exe (and a few Notrons utilities). I then use File->New Task within the TaskMan to start the game.

It might just be me, but I'm getting a few extra fps...

Oh, my sig is WAY out of date...

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P5MVP-A4, AMDK-6 350,SDR 64 PC100 & 64 PC133,Jayton GeForce2MX-32, SB PCI128, 30GB WD300AB 5400 RPM, Netgear FA30TX running WIN98 FE

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nice tip.

another way to get a little more performance out of any NT-based system is by setting up a "Power User" on your user profiles and using that exclusively when playing games...