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System Performance Tweaks – Stuff to Do After Installing
Windows Messenger
One of the ‘features’ of XP is the deeper integration of Windows Messenger. While
Messenger may be useful for on-line communication, it’s a real resource hog; we
recommend disabling it for audio use. To do this, right-click on its icon in the task tray
and select 'open'. (If an animated assistant pops up just cancel it…..we’ll deal with
getting rid of those later.) Now go to the “Tools” menu and select “Options /
Preferences”, and uncheck 'Run this program when windows starts'. This will deactivate
automatic startup, preventing Messenger from loading automatically again next time
you log on to Windows XP.
Figure 3- Deactivating Windows Messenger