AlacrityPC - very cool utility

[Hawkes]

Hey gang.... just got my recent issue of CPU magazine and every year they put on a list of utilities for the PC that they rank highest.  Last year they wrote about FPS Speedup, but this year they give strong kudos to AlacrityPC.  AlacrityPC will bascially have your PC run clean of all background processes and unnecessary programs.  It goes as far as shutting down the Windows Shell.  This will work for both Vista and XP.  I used it last night for COD4 and TF2 and found a noticeable effect.  You can customize it and create your own configurations as well.

If you are someone who tabs out a lot though to do other things while you are playing then this isn't for you since it shuts down just about everything you don't need.

http://alacritypc.kensalter.com

[Kastil]

Now if only they had something like that for Windows 2k.  Old School represent!

[Dementedi]

I will give it a try!! Visa seems to be a resource hog..

[Snackcakes]

Now if only they had something like that for Windows 2k.  Old School represent!

this will fix your win2k problem, just point it at the computer, pull the trigger, then go to the computer store and get a new one.

trust me kas... I am an IT professional

[Turkley]

Now if only they had something like that for Windows 2k.  Old School represent!

this will fix your win2k problem, just point it at the computer, pull the trigger, then go to the computer store and get a new one.

trust me kas... I am an IT professional

An IT professional with a computer that crashes regularly during raids.

[Snackcakes]

if by regularly you mean once, then yes. this is true. but in my own defense it was hardware failure not software. if the HD decieds to die even my evil IT Voodoo can't save it.

[Kastil]

But but, you see my 2k is VIRUS PROOF!! Ain't no respectable hacker going to try and crack something this old.

[Redbear8]

But but, you see my 2k is VIRUS PROOF!! Ain't no respectable hacker going to try and crack something this old.

That doesn't mean that the old viruses aren't still around, or can't still be brought back. I take this as a personal challenge!

*engage shifty eyes*

[Kastil]

But but, you see my 2k is VIRUS PROOF!! Ain't no respectable hacker going to try and crack something this old.

That doesn't mean that the old viruses aren't still around, or can't still be brought back. I take this as a personal challenge!

*engage shifty eyes*

Oh noes! Spare my Lolcat picture collection senor, and my pattycake vids!  But feel free to hack into my tubgirl mspaint art.

[Varg]

i have been looking for something like this. Thanks Hawkes.

[Aldoran]

I wish I could use this, but because my wife and kids are almost constantly streaming video files off my PC it would never do.

Damn the man. I guess I get to keep dreaming of the days when I get more than 10 FPS in shatt...

[Reddawn]

you need a 360! burn the video's onto a dvd and slap it in the 360

[Juggz]

Any wisdom on how to configure this? Granted, I didn't read the help...so if that's where I should start, steer me that direction.

Otherwise, I went through the interface, made some custom modifications/configurations, started the utility....and then sat at this black Command Prompt screen w/ a couple of options.

I waited for about 20 min, then hit X to skip it...it did some stuff, finished, and I'm left with a GUI that looked identical to when I started the utility....

[Varg]

I set this up last night and noticed a night and day diffence in COD4. This is an awesome ulitity.
I didnt have those issues Juggz, you should get a command prompt that goes through all your services and turns them off. Dunno.

[Dementedi]

I'm running Vista 64 and had some unusual issues. My gaming pc has very little running on it anyway but I was looking for something to give me the extra edge. I experienced some crashes using this utility on the default Vista settings. Anyone with any ideas or help?