Is there a list somewhere or instructions on how to turn off or
inactivate any and all unnecessary programs that might be running in
the background in Tiger? I am using an old Pismo as a dedicated
Stepmania machine, and want to minimize any system slowdowns on
background tasks. I already have figured out to turn off the internet
connection (duh!) and I think I have inactivated Spotlight, by having
it so that the entire hard disk is "Private" and not to be searched.

Anything else I can turn off?

thanks,

"None" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:011020051112005298%none@none.com...
> Is there a list somewhere or instructions on how to turn off or
> inactivate any and all unnecessary programs that might be running in
> the background in Tiger? I am using an old Pismo as a dedicated
> Stepmania machine, and want to minimize any system slowdowns on
> background tasks. I already have figured out to turn off the internet
> connection (duh!) and I think I have inactivated Spotlight, by having
> it so that the entire hard disk is "Private" and not to be searched.
>
> Anything else I can turn off?
>
> thanks,

In Tiger go to the Sysytem Preferences/Accounts,
Click on your account
click on Login Items
Remove any item you don't want to start up (highlight it by clicking on it
and then click the minus button at the bottom of the window.)

"None" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:011020051112005298%none@none.com...
> Is there a list somewhere or instructions on how to turn off or
> inactivate any and all unnecessary programs that might be running in
> the background in Tiger? I am using an old Pismo as a dedicated
> Stepmania machine, and want to minimize any system slowdowns on
> background tasks. I already have figured out to turn off the internet
> connection (duh!) and I think I have inactivated Spotlight, by having
> it so that the entire hard disk is "Private" and not to be searched.
>
> Anything else I can turn off?
>
> thanks,

In Tiger go to the Sysytem Preferences/Accounts,
Click on your account
click on Login Items
Remove any item you don't want to start up (highlight it by clicking on it
and then click the minus button at the bottom of the window.)

In article <011020051112005298%none@none.com>, None <none@none.com>
wrote:

> I am using an old Pismo as a dedicated
> Stepmania machine, and want to minimize any system slowdowns on
> background tasks.

Have you tried increasing stepmania's processor priority through the
renice command? Using renice isn't that hard to learn. FWIW, silly
little apps that get launched unintentionally usually don't use that
much of the CPU.

In article <011020051112005298%none@none.com>, None <none@none.com>
wrote:

> I am using an old Pismo as a dedicated
> Stepmania machine, and want to minimize any system slowdowns on
> background tasks.

Have you tried increasing stepmania's processor priority through the
renice command? Using renice isn't that hard to learn. FWIW, silly
little apps that get launched unintentionally usually don't use that
much of the CPU.