"JethroUK©" <reply@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uV0Rj.127513$Lq5.33108@xxxxxx
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>I have desktop PC and only one monitor and I can't see why i need to run it
>*ever* and yet this task is in my scheduler programmed to run every time
>anyone logs on - and it's been running now for 17 hours continuous????
>
> Do i need this task to run?
>
> There seems to be dozens of these 'apparently' unnecessary tasks being
> performed - e.g. 'mcupdate' checks for media centre updates (which i never
> use) - even if i did a check once per month would be sufficient - but this
> is scheduled to run every - single - day
>
> does this explain why i don't have enough processing power left to open an
> explorer window in under 20 seconds despite having 4 times the power of
> my ol XP machine?
>
> Are there any tasks known to be useless that i can disable? and hopefully
> speed up my machine
You can disable the majority of the tasks in there, without any major
issues. The subfolder in which they're located gives a good indication of
which programs they're connected to. If you don't use multiple monitors or
Media Center, then sure, disable them.
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Jon