Clean boot your pc to play games...from Microsoft

You can boot your Windows OS machine without starting a bazillion background processes.  Why?  So that you can play games better.  This tip comes from Microsoft!

 

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From the site:

 

 To restart your computer by using a clean boot procedure, follow these steps when you are using Windows XP.

Note You may experience a temporary loss of some services functionality when you follow these steps. Restoring the settings restores the functionality, but may result in the return of the original error message or behavior.

1.	Click Start, and then click Run.
2.	In the Open box, type msconfig, and then click OK.
3.	On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
4.	Under Selective Startup, click to clear the following check boxes: • Process SYSTEM.INI File • Process WIN.INI File • Load Startup Items
5.	On the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
6.	Click OK, and then click Restart.