Vista and the background programs

Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!

I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
or send it to me at .

Thanks,

Mark

Start by disabling Indexing.

Also check out these links:
http://www.speedyvista.com/services.html
http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm

"Mea505" <> wrote in message
news:954c94bc-9be9-433f-887e-...
> Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
> is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
> absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
> reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
> oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
> that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
> absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
> I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
> laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
> but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
> I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
> manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!
>
> I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
> or send it to me at .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

OK, it is not a simple question. It can definitely be done. There is a
concept of Vlight or light weight Vista and this is one of the links for
that:

http://www.vlite.net/about.html

I think it is commercial app. It is also supposed to be used before the
installation. It tapers with the original .iso file. This is a post however,
I copied from someone in this NG, I believer and preserved in my database:

Posted on Saturday 02 February 2008 11:58
For those that really know what you are doing, you may have tried vLite (a
href="http://www.vlite.net/about.html"
target="_blank">http://www.vlite.net/about.html to make your Vista install
smaller and "lean & mean". I've done it, and it had some great results. But,
Microsoft says not to use it as it can affect your updates and such. So, use
at your own risk.

"Microsoft does not recommend using any tool to strip out applications from
Windows Vista prior to installing it on your system, as it may affect your
ability to download future Windows updates and service packs, and may cause
your system to become unstable," the company said in an e-mail to CNET
News.com."

So, think about it. Next time an update will come and it will find that
something is missing and you may have a lot of trouble.

I may also find a link to another site where the lightening of Vista is
performed after the installation. It is from MSFN community forums. I need
to look for it because there is so much stuff in there and it is
disorganized. So, I may be back.

With that method I think you will be safer since what it does it just
removes those program from the startup menu. They will be there but not
started. But still, all things should be considered.

"Mea505" <> wrote in message
news:954c94bc-9be9-433f-887e-...
> Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
> is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
> absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
> reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
> oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
> that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
> absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
> I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
> laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
> but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
> I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
> manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!
>
> I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
> or send it to me at .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

Yep, Bob forestalled me, fortunately. Now I recall that I saw it at the
blackViper website, not MSFN forums. It is an excellent compendium.

"Mea505" <> wrote in message
news:954c94bc-9be9-433f-887e-...
> Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
> is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
> absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
> reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
> oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
> that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
> absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
> I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
> laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
> but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
> I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
> manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!
>
> I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
> or send it to me at .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

Note: this does not apply to the bloatware installed by many OEMs, but to
the Windows Vista core services and applications. By all means, rid your
self of the bloatware.

FWIW, on a modern laptop with adequate hardware, why not just leave it
alone?

Unused resources are wasted resources.

A more detailed response is that while some things may be unnecessary at the
moment, they may become necessary later on at a time when you may not recall
what you did when you just bought your laptop and decided to "free"
resources. More than once I have discovered "tweaked" computers that
exhibited odd behavior because people turned things off in a desire to shave
1.3 seconds off a boot time or to free 14kbs from ram.

If you are really a windows geek and know what you are doing, I don't see
any problem with people disabling things, as they can re-enable them later,
but too often I run into people who heard from a friend they need to disable
this or that and did so without any real understanding.

Unless you have a demonstrable need...leave it be.




"AlexB" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yep, Bob forestalled me, fortunately. Now I recall that I saw it at the
> blackViper website, not MSFN forums. It is an excellent compendium.
>
> "Mea505" <> wrote in message
> news:954c94bc-9be9-433f-887e-...
>> Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
>> is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
>> absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
>> reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
>> oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
>> that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
>> absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
>> I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
>> laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
>> but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
>> I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
>> manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!
>>
>> I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
>> or send it to me at .
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>

I agree with you 150%.

Perhaps I did not make my point clear that I was against any tweaking. The
bloatware should be killed as matter of initialization.

"gerryf" <> wrote in message
news:AA0D7E87-DD49-46A4-BD29-...
> Note: this does not apply to the bloatware installed by many OEMs, but to
> the Windows Vista core services and applications. By all means, rid your
> self of the bloatware.
>
> FWIW, on a modern laptop with adequate hardware, why not just leave it
> alone?
>
> Unused resources are wasted resources.
>
> A more detailed response is that while some things may be unnecessary at
> the moment, they may become necessary later on at a time when you may not
> recall what you did when you just bought your laptop and decided to "free"
> resources. More than once I have discovered "tweaked" computers that
> exhibited odd behavior because people turned things off in a desire to
> shave 1.3 seconds off a boot time or to free 14kbs from ram.
>
> If you are really a windows geek and know what you are doing, I don't see
> any problem with people disabling things, as they can re-enable them
> later, but too often I run into people who heard from a friend they need
> to disable this or that and did so without any real understanding.
>
> Unless you have a demonstrable need...leave it be.
>
>
>
>
> "AlexB" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Yep, Bob forestalled me, fortunately. Now I recall that I saw it at the
>> blackViper website, not MSFN forums. It is an excellent compendium.
>>
>> "Mea505" <> wrote in message
>> news:954c94bc-9be9-433f-887e-...
>>> Can someone tell me what programs are absolutely essential when Vista
>>> is running? In other words, when starting up, what programs are
>>> absolutely required for the entire format to operate correctly. The
>>> reason I ask is simple: I have a laptop with Vista, and there are
>>> oodles of programs running in the background. I want to remove those
>>> that are not needed for Vista; but I am not sure which ones are
>>> absolutely needed and which ones are simply extraneous. At this point,
>>> I am not concerned about what other programs I might have on the
>>> laptop and I understand that many of the other programs are running,
>>> but I want to take it down to bare bones. The problem is that although
>>> I have one of the fastest processors (2, actually, according to the
>>> manufacturer), the computer runs so slow!
>>>
>>> I anyone is privy to such a list, please either send it to the group,
>>> or send it to me at .
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>