Startup/Services Profiles for Audio vs. Normal?

Does anyone know of a program that will allow me to create separate startup profiles based on what I'm doing? For audio work, I would like to be able to start up in "Audo" Mode and turn off certain services/startup programs and even disable network connections, etc. for the best performance for audio. Then I would like to be able to switch profiles when I'm done and restart to have everything put back the way it was normally without having to do this whole list manually every time.

Any ideas?

 

Don't know of a program but you could use the XP built in tool called Taskkill to kill processes etc.

Info here: http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm


I use a program called pskill. I placed pskill in the Windows directory and then created batch files.

Example: In metapad, I use instead of notepad, I typed the following:

pskill WinPatrol
pskill memzip
pskill powerpro
pskill MultiRes
pskill regprot
pskill ArovaxShield
pskill avgas

(Noticed the .exe is not used in the process name)

I then saved this as a .bat file (Kill processes.bat) in My Documents folder and created a hotkey to execute the .bat file.

To start these programs I created a folder in My Documents named "Start batch". In this folder I placed shortcuts to these programs and a batch file.

This batch file reads:

start memzip
start WinPatrol
start PowerPro
start tclock
start hpqtra08
start regprot
cls

I created another hotkey to execute the "start processes.bat" batch file.

For services I wanted to stop, I created a folder in My Documents named "Services Stop-Start".

In this folder I placed two batch files. One to stop services and one to start services and created hotkeys to both.

Start sevices batch file:

NET START "Volume Shadow Copy"
NET START "COM+ System Application"
NET START "MS Software Shadow Copy Provider"
Pause

Stop services batch file:

NET STOP "Volume Shadow Copy"
NET STOP "COM+ System Application"
NET STOP "MS Software Shadow Copy Provider"
Pause

I use the pause command in these batch files. The command window stays open so I can verify all commands have been executed. You could use the cls command in which the command prompt window will auto close upon completeing execution of the batch file.

This may not be what you want to do and I'll probably get all kinds of advice as to how I should do it, because there are many ways to create batch files using different commands, but these methods work for me.

Hitting a few hot keys is a whole lot faster than stopping/starting services and processes on an individual basis.

 

Just another suggestion.

Right click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on the Hardware tab. Click Hardware Profiles. Click your (Current) profile and choose Copy. Name the copied profile to Audio. (Always include at startup etc.)

Restart choosing your new Audio Profile. In that "mode" set your parameters as desired. ie; in Device Manager you could disable your modem and/or your NIC so drivers/resources aren't loaded for it. With these disabled, you wouldn't have a need for Anti-Virus or Firewall taking up resources. You could disable those. Same with your video. If you don't need "super graphics" in Audio mode, you could run Standard VGA. Etc etc.