What does disabling items in device manager actually do?

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Topic - The art of building Computer Transports - cics 08:00:10 04/05/07 (204)

Version 0.3 is available. See new thread link... - cics 04:24:23 09/15/07 (0)

Is Secret Rabbit technically challenged? - 64 bit 23:44:12 08/29/07 (1)

Nope. Its still the best way to upsample, more... - cics 01:21:31 08/30/07 (0)

VIA low power system? - Patrick82 14:19:03 06/07/07 (2)

RE: VIA low power system? - loud'a03086 09:52:53 06/25/07 (0)

Definitely worth a try. I would suggest... - cics 11:53:59 06/08/07 (0)

WAV is smoother than FLAC - Patrick82 15:15:20 06/06/07 (1)

RE: WAV is smoother than FLAC - cics 12:00:56 06/07/07 (0)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - jawilsonmozo 14:48:31 05/23/07 (0)

Zalman TNN-300 case with Enermax 485 watt PSU - cics 09:09:55 05/07/07 (4)

Zalman's replacement PSU is better... - cics 11:29:43 06/07/07 (0)

XG Magnum - kgiessler 09:13:11 05/20/07 (2)

RE: XG Magnum - cics 09:52:25 05/20/07 (1)

RE: XG Magnum - kgiessler 10:00:06 05/20/07 (0)

How deep the Rabbit hole goes? - cics 02:23:40 05/01/07 (2)

Re: How deep the Rabbit hole goes? - texastea006@yahoo.com 07:08:52 05/01/07 (1)

Re: How deep the Rabbit hole goes? - edward 15:55:47 05/02/07 (0)

Have you tried changing affinity? - edward 12:07:27 04/18/07 (18)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - cics 05:58:42 04/19/07 (17)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - texastea006@yahoo.com 09:45:26 04/19/07 (16)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - texastea006@yahoo.com 14:14:27 05/09/07 (15)

Yes, it works! I get similar improvements and better dynamics - cics 03:35:58 05/12/07 (11)

With this setup, Quantum Physics Noise Disruptor works very well on soundcard. - cics 06:43:30 05/14/07 (0)

Only run second "?.bat" (which calls foobar.bat) - cics 03:49:02 05/12/07 (9)

Re: Only run second "?.bat" (which calls foobar.bat) - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:17:05 05/15/07 (8)

Winlogon and smss.exe set to low and one processor - cics 10:13:04 05/17/07 (7)

Try this change - cics 10:24:37 05/17/07 (6)

Re: Try this change - texastea006@yahoo.com 06:19:11 08/21/07 (0)

Re: Also change 'System' process priority to low - cics 07:18:13 06/29/07 (0)

Can you clarify please. - edward 15:05:05 05/17/07 (3)

Re: Can you clarify please. - cics 11:35:37 05/18/07 (2)

Re: Can you clarify please. - edward 20:50:23 05/18/07 (1)

Re: Can you clarify please. - cics 22:35:40 05/19/07 (0)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - edward 19:37:30 05/09/07 (2)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - texastea006@yahoo.com 21:23:20 05/09/07 (1)

Re: Have you tried changing affinity? - edward 23:26:59 05/09/07 (0)

Changes to Version 0.1 - cics 10:20:23 04/18/07 (85)

17 [New] Windows system startup changes - cics 01:56:46 08/04/07 (6)

RE: 17 [New] Windows system startup changes - texastea006@yahoo.com 06:23:13 08/21/07 (5)

Also add '/nodebug' which works on my Dell PC but avoid '/pcilock' on Dell (pity) - cics 01:44:15 08/22/07 (4)

RE: Also add '/nodebug' which works on my Dell PC but avoid '/pcilock' on Dell (pity) - texastea006@yahoo.com 10:08:25 08/27/07 (0)

RE: Also add '/nodebug' which works on my Dell PC but avoid '/pcilock' on Dell (pity) - texastea006@yahoo.com 06:29:27 08/22/07 (2)

RE: Also add '/nodebug' which works on my Dell PC but avoid '/pcilock' on Dell (pity) - texastea006@yahoo.com 12:00:05 08/26/07 (1)

RE: Also add '/nodebug' which works on my Dell PC but avoid '/pcilock' on Dell (pity) - cics 01:08:22 08/30/07 (0)

16. [Change] Use latest Intel Pentium Dual Core processor (E2140) over recommended Core 2 Duo E6300 - cics 08:35:47 06/14/07 (3)

Try AGP aperture 32MB and AGP speed 8x. In Windows set power scheme in Power Options to 'Home/Office Desk' - cics 00:19:56 06/16/07 (2)

RE: Try AGP aperture 32MB and AGP speed 8x. In Windows set power scheme in Power Options to 'Home/Office Desk' - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:08:05 06/21/07 (1)

Gone back to AGP 4x and Power Scheme set to 'Portable/Laptop' with aperture at 32MB - cics 23:03:25 06/21/07 (0)

15. [Change] Disable Windows Prefetcher - cics 09:41:52 05/30/07 (0)

14. [Change] Remove Windows Programs - cics 09:37:16 05/30/07 (2)

Networking Services - cics 09:39:59 05/30/07 (0)

Accessories and Utilities - cics 09:38:42 05/30/07 (0)

13. [Change] Windows Startup & Recovery - cics 09:34:34 05/30/07 (0)

12. [New] Further culling of Windows using AutoRuns - cics 09:26:56 05/30/07 (12)

RE: 12. [New] Further culling of Windows using AutoRuns - nola_powerman 10:17:52 05/30/07 (8)

Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - cics 12:20:17 05/30/07 (7)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - nola_powerman 07:04:50 05/31/07 (6)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - cics 07:53:59 05/31/07 (5)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:44:54 05/31/07 (4)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - cics 14:56:15 05/31/07 (3)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - texastea006@yahoo.com 08:01:05 06/01/07 (2)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - cics 01:27:39 06/02/07 (1)

RE: Start Windows in Safe Mode then enable vgasave - texastea006@yahoo.com 05:21:37 06/03/07 (0)

Print Monitors TAB - cics 09:31:41 05/30/07 (0)

Network Providers TAB - cics 09:30:32 05/30/07 (0)

Explorer TAB - cics 09:28:41 05/30/07 (0)

11. [New] Lower System RAM - cics 02:20:36 05/01/07 (11)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - giulio 22:40:54 09/30/07 (1)

Foobar track buffering - cics 23:52:01 10/01/07 (0)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - edward 15:53:23 05/02/07 (8)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - cics 09:07:22 05/03/07 (7)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - edward 21:17:56 05/03/07 (6)

which mobo do you use? - nc 12:21:53 06/21/07 (0)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - cics 08:50:43 05/07/07 (4)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - texastea006@yahoo.com 14:25:55 05/09/07 (2)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - edward 19:55:39 05/09/07 (1)

Re: 11. [New] Lower System RAM - texastea006@yahoo.com 21:53:33 05/09/07 (0)

Stay away from SuperCache ii when using SATA RAID - cics 13:44:18 05/08/07 (0)

10. [New] Fewer Windows Services - cics 02:16:24 05/01/07 (2)

Re: 10. [New] Fewer Windows Services - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:47:57 05/03/07 (1)

Re: 10. [New] Fewer Windows Services - cics 21:59:21 05/03/07 (0)

9. [New] Further BIOS Refinements - cics 02:11:01 05/01/07 (7)

Enable 'Direct Frame Buffer' - cics 09:24:53 07/10/07 (0)

Change CPU Cache settings - cics 23:12:02 06/21/07 (1)

Also Set '1T CMD Support' - cics 01:56:33 06/24/07 (0)

Re: 9. [New] Further BIOS Refinements - texastea006@yahoo.com 07:28:46 05/03/07 (3)

Definitely disable 'Execute Disable Bit' - cics 11:25:29 05/03/07 (1)

Re: Definitely disable 'Execute Disable Bit' - texastea006@yahoo.com 19:23:18 05/03/07 (0)

Re: 9. [New] Further BIOS Refinements - cics 09:28:41 05/03/07 (0)

Quantum Physics Noise Disruptor - texastea006@yahoo.com 12:12:21 04/19/07 (0)

8. [New] Remove Foobar component: foo_ui_std.dll - cics 23:18:05 04/18/07 (2)

Re: 8. [New] Remove Foobar component: foo_ui_std.dll - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:14:52 05/04/07 (1)

Re: 8. [New] Remove Foobar component: foo_ui_std.dll - cics 07:02:24 05/14/07 (0)

7. [New] Computer Case/Chassis - cics 10:41:45 04/18/07 (0)

6. [New] Bypass Windows Explorer (User Interface) - cics 10:39:36 04/18/07 (10)

Re: 6. [New] Bypass Windows Explorer (User Interface) - texastea006@yahoo.com 15:24:35 04/20/07 (9)

It gets even better ... - cics 09:58:53 04/21/07 (8)

Option 2: Kill Windows â€“ Aggressive - cics 10:06:35 04/21/07 (4)

Option 2: Kill Windows â€“ Aggressive (Signature Edition) - cics 02:24:52 04/22/07 (3)

Re: Option 2: Kill Windows â€“ Aggressive (Signature Edition) & Shutdown Problem Fixed! - cics 12:16:53 04/24/07 (2)

Re: Option 2: Kill Windows â€“ Aggressive (Signature Edition) & Shutdown Problem Fixed! - edward 20:59:07 05/03/07 (1)

Re: Option 2: Kill Windows â€“ Aggressive (Signature Edition) & Shutdown Problem Fixed! - texastea006@yahoo.com 14:29:32 05/09/07 (0)

Option 1: Kill Windows â€“ Medium - cics 10:03:21 04/21/07 (2)

Re: Option 1: Kill Windows â€“ Medium - texastea006@yahoo.com 06:22:44 04/24/07 (1)

Re: Option 1: Kill Windows â€“ Medium - cics 09:55:12 04/24/07 (0)

5. [New] Change to System Cache mode - cics 10:28:42 04/18/07 (0)

4. [New] Disable System Devices - cics 10:26:42 04/18/07 (12)

Summary of Devices to be disabled - cics 09:12:46 05/30/07 (5)

PCI bus view - cics 09:23:42 05/30/07 (0)

Disable System Devices - cics 09:21:02 05/30/07 (0)

Disable Non-Plug and Play Drivers - cics 09:18:50 05/30/07 (0)

Disable Network Adapters - cics 09:16:34 05/30/07 (0)

Disable onboard VGA - cics 09:14:52 05/30/07 (0)

Here's another 2 devices - cics 06:55:18 05/14/07 (5)

Re: Here's another 2 devices - texastea006@yahoo.com 11:41:37 05/15/07 (4)

Re: Here's another 2 devices - nola_powerman 08:37:36 05/29/07 (1)

No audible benefit in disabling audio drivers as KS or ASIO bypasses this... - cics 09:10:23 05/30/07 (0)

'Autoruns' is very cool! - cics 09:40:13 05/20/07 (1)

Have also disabled 'sysaudio' (ASIO bypasses this) and 'swmidi' (wavetable synthesizer) - cics 07:43:35 05/22/07 (0)

3. [For Info] LCD / Plasma screen setting - cics 10:25:09 04/18/07 (0)

2. [Change] No Video hardware acceleration - cics 10:23:44 04/18/07 (0)

1. [Change] Permanent Underclocking - cics 10:22:01 04/18/07 (0)

More XP tweaks:I'd like you to hear your thoughts. - texastea006@yahoo.com 12:10:46 04/13/07 (7)

What does disabling items in device manager actually do? - cics 10:09:35 04/15/07 (0)

Safe to remove & replace power from ROM drive while computer is on? Definite NO. - cics 09:57:45 04/15/07 (0)

Disable system devices - cics 09:52:49 04/15/07 (4)

Re: Disable system devices - texastea006@yahoo.com 18:35:48 04/16/07 (3)

Dell (spread spectrum) & Folder Options - cics 10:31:29 04/17/07 (0)

Re: Disable system devices - texastea006@yahoo.com 18:55:41 04/16/07 (1)

Re: Disable system devices - cics 10:48:03 04/18/07 (0)

Computer case/chassis recommendation - cics 05:48:09 04/12/07 (5)

Point of note: Steel cases will generally be better for electromagnetic disturbance shielding than aluminum cases. - Ugly 11:42:37 04/12/07 (4)

"Al provides great E field blocking it will do nothing for H fields" - cics 13:05:38 04/15/07 (0)

Not sure if steel over aluminium would make a sonic difference - cics 14:09:23 04/12/07 (2)

Re: Not sure if steel over aluminium would make a sonic difference - Ugly 16:54:05 04/12/07 (1)

Re: Not sure if steel over aluminium would make a sonic difference - cics 02:59:57 04/13/07 (0)

Further reduction in Video hardware acceleration - cics 05:19:14 04/10/07 (0)

It is working but upsampling doesn't seem to buy me anything. - Ugly 01:42:42 04/09/07 (3)

Re: It is working but upsampling doesn't seem to buy me anything. - artcheng@netvigator.com 02:20:29 04/09/07 (2)

Re: It is working but upsampling doesn't seem to buy me anything. - Ugly 22:18:41 04/09/07 (0)

Re: It is working but upsampling doesn't seem to buy me anything. - Ugly 07:19:32 04/09/07 (0)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - some questions - aljordan 05:28:13 04/08/07 (5)

Why setting lower latency in the sound card achieves far superior results? - cics 08:59:11 04/08/07 (0)

Disable Video BIOS Shadow - cics 08:45:28 04/08/07 (0)

DVD/CD drive still emit EMI when no CD - cics 08:40:05 04/08/07 (0)

Remove unnecessary cables within PC incl keyboard - cics 08:30:09 04/08/07 (0)

1 x 1024MB vs 2 x 512MB - cics 08:22:56 04/08/07 (0)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - fmak 05:10:52 04/08/07 (6)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - cics 08:07:11 04/08/07 (5)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - fmak 09:08:04 04/08/07 (4)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - cics 10:50:51 04/08/07 (3)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - fmak 11:25:18 04/08/07 (2)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - cics 14:14:21 04/08/07 (1)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - fmak 22:41:17 04/08/07 (0)

Setting LCD/plasma screen resolution - cics 09:14:37 04/07/07 (0)

Setting for permanent underclocking - cics 03:49:01 04/07/07 (5)

Re: Setting for permanent underclocking - Dawnrazor 09:51:44 04/07/07 (4)

Re: Setting for permanent underclocking - cics 12:28:04 04/07/07 (3)

Re: Setting for permanent underclocking - swarmer 23:49:20 04/09/07 (2)

Re: Setting for permanent underclocking - swarmer 00:35:13 04/10/07 (1)

Re: Setting for permanent underclocking - cics 05:41:49 04/10/07 (0)

Donâ€™t play music from USB drives and Network - cics 10:52:57 04/06/07 (17)

Re: Donâ€™t play music from USB drives and Network - swarmer 22:04:19 04/10/07 (0)

Re: Donâ€™t play music from USB drives and Network - artcheng@netvigator.com 22:55:40 04/06/07 (1)

Yes. - cics 02:04:46 04/07/07 (0)

Re: Donâ€™t play music from USB drives and Network - artcheng@netvigator.com 22:45:28 04/06/07 (2)

Could be - not sure. - cics 02:21:59 04/07/07 (1)

Re: Could be - not sure. - artcheng@netvigator.com 02:32:01 04/07/07 (0)

Not necessarily - Christine Tham 15:31:34 04/06/07 (10)

Re: Not necessarily - cics 20:28:27 04/06/07 (9)

Re: Not necessarily - Christine Tham 21:11:53 04/06/07 (8)

Re: Not necessarily - cics 03:19:40 04/07/07 (7)

I'm not sure I understand you - Christine Tham 19:37:45 04/07/07 (4)

Re: I'm not sure I understand you - cics 07:55:02 04/08/07 (3)

Re: I'm not sure I understand you - KeithC 13:09:03 04/08/07 (2)

Design goal is to elliminate all IO overheads - cics 23:04:53 04/08/07 (0)

Hardware RAID is implemented - cics 22:49:12 04/08/07 (0)

Re: underclocking - aljordan 16:09:02 04/07/07 (1)

Re: underclocking - aljordan 16:12:23 04/07/07 (0)

Some additional suggestions - Christine Tham 01:50:41 04/06/07 (14)

Flash - jbmcb 07:56:25 04/06/07 (11)

Re: Flash - artcheng@netvigator.com 23:08:27 04/06/07 (0)

Re: Flash - artcheng@netvigator.com 22:51:41 04/06/07 (0)

Check out something called "EWF" - Christine Tham 15:10:09 04/06/07 (8)

Re: Check out something called "EWF" - Bubba 19:56:20 04/06/07 (0)

Re: Check out something called "EWF" - Dawnrazor 15:27:38 04/06/07 (6)

Google is your friend - Christine Tham 15:33:41 04/06/07 (5)

By the way, if you do follow the instructions ... - Christine Tham 15:49:53 04/06/07 (3)

Re: By the way, if you do follow the instructions ... - Dawnrazor 19:21:12 04/06/07 (2)

The "trial" period is for Windows XP Embedded ... - Christine Tham 21:18:06 04/06/07 (1)

Thanks - Dawnrazor 21:46:52 04/06/07 (0)

Re: Google is your friend - Dawnrazor 15:43:33 04/06/07 (0)

Spread spectrum - gbeard 04:53:23 04/06/07 (1)

Re: Spread spectrum - Christine Tham 15:18:44 04/06/07 (0)

Great Post - thanks! - navman 13:38:02 04/05/07 (0)

Re: The art of building Computer Transports - ASB 12:31:05 04/05/07 (0)

this is worth at least $600 - bobp 09:37:18 04/05/07 (7)

Re: this is worth at least $600 - aljordan 15:42:51 04/07/07 (1)

120mm fans - bobp 22:27:31 04/07/07 (0)

Bobp, you're right, cases are important and affect sound. More... - cics 20:39:15 04/05/07 (4)

I completely ignored the case and fans and couldn't be happier - pburke 11:13:18 04/09/07 (1)

Re: I completely ignored the case and fans and couldn't be happier - artcheng@netvigator.com 07:22:20 04/10/07 (0)

BTX motherboards - laznos 18:02:25 04/06/07 (0)

Re: Bobp, you're right, cases are important and affect sound. More... - bobp 22:17:55 04/05/07 (0)

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