WoW loader

[skvsr]

While searching through the addons at WoWinterface, I saw an old utility that shut down Windows background services , then launched WoW. That would free up substantial memory to be dedicated to the game. One of the comments followig was that one gamer had written his own batch file to do the same thing so the launcher was not of benifit to him. They were, of course, dealing with XP.

Questions: Is shutting down those services a viable option in Vista?
If so, could someone please list such a batch file so that I could create one and give it a try? I think I can create a batch file, but I have no idea what to put in it! Or, perhaps, some of you "whiz-bang kids" could create such a launcher.

 

[nattyg]

yes it's an option...but i haven't really needed to; unless you're running particularly low on memory it really shouldn't be an issue.

at any rate to shut services down you add

net stop servicename or "service descriptive name"

to each line of the batch file

for example...

net stop "Windows Search"
net stop "Offline Files"
net stop "Ready Boost"


those are all descriptive names

there are a number you can shut down, but in all honesty, at most i would only shutdown windows search and perhaps any AV stuff you have going on

e.g.

net stop "Microsoft Forefront Client blah blah blah"

at the very least it will save you an inadvertent virus check mid raid =/