David, I have Windows XP Home and I, too, would love to speed up my notebook computer, but since I don't know what a lot of these programs do I'm hesitant to shut them off. How do I know which ones to disable in msconfig and which ones to keep. Arianna Calesso ----- Original Message ----- From: "david poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:33 AM Subject: Re: jaws and windows xp professional Here is what I do to increase speed and jaws performance on a new system. First, I uninstall anything I don't need or cannot use and this can take a little work. Next, I make sure that only what should be running at start up is running. and this can also take some doing. On a lot of laptops, there are all these little programs that run that can get in the way of jaws and slow the system down. Make sure you turn off all back ground processes such as indexing, automatic windows updates etc. I'll be happy to help with this and it can all be done by hand with a bit of time and patience. Doing it by hand is the best way because you have a better chance of cleaning out the registry this way and you get to know your computer better. Write me off list at: poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx Note, your mialage may vary because some processors just use a lot of over head. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx