I play a lot off games on line, and I would like to know if I could have one startup in win xp home for say only games, meaning disabling any services are running programs that I would not use for gaming commiting all memory and pcu use to only gaming. Then have another start up for my regular use. Is this possible, if so, where do I get info on this?
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Jump to PostThat takes me back to the days when we rebooted to DOS for the same reason.
This can be done, and it's explained here:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/xpprofiles.htm
Read it carefully, as there's a lot involved. You might be better off just disabling a few services and adding max memory to …
Jump to PostI have a old suggestion to ,you buy a new hdd install and load windows on new drive ,and buy 2 hdd caddies ,install drives in the caddies , setup one the way you like and use it for gaming ,.also this is really good for family's with kids ,one …
Jump to PostThat may not work well, and incurs considerable expense for a new OS.
USB drives will operate considerably slower, and certainly won't be suitable for games.
If you want to keep the kids out, XP has provided User Accounts for just that purpose.
Use a strong password for your own …
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