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I recommend shutting off the HP Total Care Advisor. While pretty, I found this program a needless drain on resources, as most of its features are redundant and monitored elsewhere within Windows. Shutting it off doesn't affect the HP Touchsmart software at all.
I know there's quite a few 'extras' running on these wonderful computers... extras that can be shut off. The trick is knowing what is SAFE to shut off so that the computer still functions just fine AND the touchsmart technology functions just fine. I made some mistakes that resulted in my having to use the recovery manager and go back to ground zero.
Does anyone have any recommendations for safe optimization tricks? I hate having a bunch of junk running that I really don't need.
Thanks in advance.
January 19, 2009 2:34 PM
January 20, 2009 10:44 AM
For a Touchsmart PC right out of the box, these are the items you want to leave on, everything else you can turn off.
OsdMaestro
SoundMax Audio Settings
HP KEYBOARD
OSD Application
hpwuSchd Application
Symantec Security Technologies
SMax 4PNP Application
January 24, 2009 11:06 AM
updated: January 24, 2009 11:09 AM
Those are the services for the programs. Just ensure that you are optimizing the start up menu, not the services.
Click start- run- type in: msconfig- select start up.
Use target's reply to guide you on what you can and cannot disable from the start up menu.
Don't do anything with the services.
January 24, 2009 2:10 PM
Compu-tech101 said: Those are the services for the programs. Just ensure that you are optimizing the start up menu, not the services. Click start- run- type in: msconfig- select start up. Use target's reply to guide you on what you can and cannot disable from the start up menu. Don't do anything with the services.
Go to HP's site. They recommend suspending some of these for computer optimization.
John
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