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Old 11-06-2002, 04:12 PM   #1
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Background programs

When I check my background programs running before playing games, I have the following running: Explorer, Navapw32,Newmixer, Remind 32, Rundill 32, Instant Access, Systray ... now I know what most are but not sure about Remind 32 and Instant Access..should they be running and if not how can i shut them down? Also any others that need to be shut down??
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Old 11-06-2002, 04:20 PM   #2
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Hi Truckman36,

You really only need Explorer and Systray. You should also have the antivirus running, but you can turn it off before gaming.

Instant Access: From TextBridge Pro 9.0 OCR scanner software. Available via Start -> Programs

Remind 32: This one could be associated with many programs as it's a generic term for a reminder applet (for registration, calendar dates, etc...).

Here's a nice page that lists many programs that run in background: Startups - Full List

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Old 11-06-2002, 05:35 PM   #3
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Ditto.

Endtask everything apart from Explorer and Systray before gaming.
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